Catalog Navigator : Public Informatics Degree Options

This STEM degree program is suitable for students with undergraduate degrees in any field. Applicants must demonstrate quantitative proficiency (with coursework, work experience, or by examination). Programming or data management skills are a plus. Students with appropriate backgrounds may substitute more advanced courses for topics already mastered.

Duration: Full-time students are expected to complete the 36 credits required for the M.P.I. degree in three semesters (1.5 years).

CORE (24 credits)

34:816:970:502 Theory and Practice of Public Informatics (3)
34:970:527 Applied Multivariate Methods (3) or 34:970:630 Discrete Choice Methods (3)
34:970:590 Graphical Communication for Planners (3) or equivalent
34:970:591 Introduction to GIS for Planning (3) or equivalent
34:970:592 Topics in GIS (3) or equivalent
34:816:314, 34:833/970:633 Machine Learning for Public Informatics (3)
34:816:511, 34:970:510 Public Informatics Studio 1 & 2 (3, 3) OR Capstone (6) - 34:510/511 Studio (3,3) or 34:833:640/641 Policy Research Practicum (3,3)

ELECTIVES (12 credits)

These may be clustered in a specific application area, or the student may pursue breadth of expertise.

34:501:565 Information Systems for Health Care (3)
34:816:503 Data Visualization (3)
34:816:511 Public Informatics Studio (3)
34:816:614 Research Internship (BA)
34:816:616 Directed Study (BA)
34:816:637 Global Data Analytics (3)
34:816:640 Robotics and Society (3)
34:816:641 Socially Cognizant Robotics (3)
34:816:645 Artificial Intelligence (3)
34:833:524 Ethics in Planning and Public Policy (3)
34:833:540 State and Local Public Finance (3)
34:833:543 Economics and Public Policy (3)
34:833:635 Survey Research (3)
34:970:507 Comprehensive Planning (3)
34:970:516 Methods of Planning Analysis II (3)
34:970:528 Housing Economy and Markets (3)
34:970:572 Green Building (3)
34:970:593 Advanced Planning Graphics and Visualization (3)
34:970:618 Environmental Planning and Management (3)
34:970:620 Energy Sustainability and Policy (3)

A broad range of additional analytics, public policy, healthcare, transportation, planning, data science, business analytics, finance and other courses at Rutgers University and its partner institutions may be taken as electives, subject to appropriate terms and approvals.