Master of public policy (M.P.P.) (two-year) students are required to present a three-course (9-credit) concentration to complete their degree requirements. The program currently offers the following policy areas, each advised by a member of the faculty:
Community Development
Economic
Education
Environment
Health
Labor and Workforce
Political Processes and Institutions
Social Policy and Gender
Students must demonstrate basic competency in their 3-course area of concentration by achieving a B+ or better on average. Students are welcome to design their own concentration of cross-cutting substantive concerns, subject to the approval of the program director.
Courses offered toward the policy area may be drawn from offerings within the public policy program, the Bloustein School, or Rutgers generally, with the permission of the adviser or the program director. Note that students may, because of course scheduling, need to take courses in their policy area during their first year of enrollment.
Students may select courses not formally listed toward their policy area when they are approved by the faculty adviser or program director. Such selections may include independent studies, and it is assumed that such independent studies will normally be conducted under the supervision of the faculty adviser. No courses from the core requirements for the program may be counted toward requirements for the concentration. Some courses may have pre- or corequisites that students are responsible for identifying and fulfilling.
