MSPPM Advanced Coursework Requirements

Advanced Policy Topics courses are designed to provide you with an opportunity to explore the substantive aspects of policy making within the context of several policy areas.

Advanced Methods courses deepen your understanding of both the tools and topics of policy analysis and management. Many of these courses count toward your concentration area.

Additional Management courses are designed to equip you to lead and manage organizations in the public interest.

All MSPPM students except MSPPM-DA students must take 90-728, Introduction to Database Management, plus at least six units from the courses listed below. Students may take additional courses from the lists as advanced policy or methods courses where cross-listed, but students may not use any course to satisfy both an information systems core requirement and an advanced requirement.

Information technology courses that meet the core requirement are listed in four categories:

• Analytics—courses at the intersection of data analysis and information technology. There is very high demand for graduates who have analytical skills including a statistical package such as SAS or other advanced statistical software.
• Applications—courses about using or analyzing information technology in organizations and a variety of settings. These courses apply information technology to various industries and functional areas of organizations.
• Strategy—courses on approaches to using information technology as a comparative advantage or to advance the missions of organizations. These courses address the advantages as well as threats to strategic uses of information technology.
• Systems—courses on or supporting designing, building, and implementing information systems. These courses have material at the foundation of information systems and provide comparative advantages for graduates.

Analytics

Applications

Strategy

Systems