The master of public affairs and politics (M.P.A.P.) is a 30-credit program designed for students with significant work experience in public affairs and politics (generally five years) or a previous or concurrent graduate degree. Students are expected to complete a required core of 12 credits in policy, research methods, economics, and analysis. Students complete the remaining 18 credits with electives. Students may pursue the M.P.A.P. program on either a full- or part-time basis.
There is no thesis requirement. Students cannot graduate with more than three courses (9 credits) with grades below a B.
| Required Course of Study | Credits
|
| 34:833:510 Public Policy Formation | 3
|
34:833:530 Methods I: Research Design
| 3
|
| 34:833:630 Methods II: Data Analysis | 3
|
34:833:543 Economics and Public Policy
| 3
|
| Elective courses |
18
|
| Total Credits for the M.P.A.P. | 30 |
Students may choose among a wide array of courses offered by faculty
and practitioners in the public policy program, in other programs in
the Bloustein School, elsewhere at Rutgers University, or even at other
area universities through special arrangement. Electives include the
legislative process, negotiation and conflict resolution, ethics,
education policy, labor policy, the media, public policy advocacy, and
social policy.
