This dual-degree is designed to prepare students interested in
public and private-sector careers, teaching and research, and at all
levels of government and nonprofit organizations. Each school offers a
set of required core courses and a choice of electives to meet the need
for highly trained individuals to use business skills to work on
complex public policy problems. Students develop and refine their
competence in analytic and quantitative skills, receive a thorough
foundation on the functions of markets as well as forming a thorough
understanding of the political institutions and processes through which
public policies are formulated and implemented.
Students apply
separately to the two programs and must identify their interest in the
dual-degree program on both applications. Each program accepts 12
credits from the other toward its degree. The student needs a total of
60 credits for the M.B.A. and 45 for the M.P.P. The student will
therefore need to take 48 credits with Rutgers Business School:
Graduate Programs-Newark and New Brunswick (RBS) and 33 with Edward J.
Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy (EJBSPPP).
Program Description
Students adhere to the following schedule:
Year 1 Full-time study with RBS
Summer 1: RBS internship in private sector
Year 2 Full-time study with EJBSPPP
Summer 2: Public policy applied field experience in public sector
Year 3 Mix of courses with RBS and EJBSPPP as needed
Students may reduce the third year load by taking additional classes in year two or by taking additional summer courses.
Curriculum
M.B.A. Core Courses
Courses (Semester)
22:010:502 Concepts and Practice of Financial Communication (2) (Fall)
22:010:503 Supporting Managerial Decisions (1) (Fall)
22:135:583 Career Development Program (0) (Fall)
22:198:504 Introduction to Information Technology (1) (Fall)
22:223:520 Macroeconomic Policy (2) (Fall)
22:373:510 Principles of Business Presentations (2) (Fall)
22:390:522 Analysis of Investments and Corporate Finance (2) (Fall)
22:630:550 Marketing Design and Strategy (2) (Fall)
22:960:563 Data Models and Decisions (3) (Fall)
22:135:582 Business Plan: A Team Competition (1) (Spring)
22:223:521 Economic Analysis and Economics of Industrial Organization (2) (Spring)
22:373:531 Law and Legal Reasoning in Business (2) (Spring)
22:373:623 Business, Ethics, and Society (1) (Spring)
22:553:533 Global Business and Strategy (2) (Spring)
22:620:540 Managing People (2) (Spring)
22:711:562 Supply Chain Logistics and Operations Management (3) (Spring)
M.P.P. Core Courses
Courses (Semester)
22:630:604 Marketing Research (RBS) (3) (Fall)
34:833:510 Public Policy Formation (3)
34:833:531 Policy Analysis and Evaluation (3)
34:833:640 Policy Research Seminar (6)
34:833:672 Applied Field Experience (6)
Dual-degree students take 18 credits (21) in the core, and complete
another 15 (12) credits of electives (depending on how Regression
Analysis is completed). Nine of these remaining credits must constitute
a substantive specialization in public policy, selected from among the
following options: arts policy (planned), education policy,
environmental policy, labor policy, political institutions and
processes, public opinion and polling, science and technology policy,
social policy, and urban policy (the applied economics and analysis
specialization would likely be inappropriate for dual-degree business
students). Courses applied to the specialization are chosen with the
consultation of the student`s adviser, who directs that specialization,
and the program director. Courses offered toward the concentrations may
include independent studies and courses not in EJBSPPP, but they may
not include courses in the core curriculum or, for dual-degree
students, courses in RBS.
M.P.P. Concentrations
Just as students in the traditional M.P.P. program, students in the
dual M.P.P./M.B.A. program are required to present a three-course
(9-credit) concentration to complete their degree requirements. The
program currently offers formal concentrations in the following areas,
each advised by a member of the faculty: education policy,
environmental policy, health policy, labor policy, political
institutions and processes, science and technology policy, social
policy, and urban policy.
Students must demonstrate basic
competency in the concentration by achieving a B+ or better in at least
two of the three courses. Courses offered toward the concentration may
be drawn from offerings within the public policy program (EJBSPPP) or
Rutgers generally, with the permission of the adviser and the program
director. Students may also perform an independent study, usually with
the adviser for the concentration, as part of the concentration.
Note: the M.P.P. concentrations in applied economics and policy
analysis or management are not permitted for the dual degrees.
