Graduate Program Overview in Public Policy at UMBC
Explore the comprehensive curriculum, including core courses, disciplinary foundations, and tailored tracks for MPP and Ph.D. students at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Learn about curriculum goals, components, and other requirements for prospective graduate students interested in policy analysis and research methodologies.
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SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY University of Maryland, Baltimore County NEW GRADUATE STUDENT ORIENTATION September 8, 2018
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY -- UMBC OVERVIEW OF M.P.P. AND PH.D. CURRICULA
CURRICULUM GOALS To provide students with: the logic of policy analytic thinking the ability to comprehend and make use of relevant social science research, theories, and concepts an understanding of research methodology and quantitative and qualitative research techniques the ability to appropriately and effectively use these techniques in policy research and analysis
CURRICULUM COMPONENTS: I Core Course Name Taught MPP PhD PUBL 600 Research Methodology PUBL 603 Theory & Practice of Policy Analysis Fall/Spring PUBL 604 Statistical Analysis Fall/Spring Fall/Spring PUBL 613 Managing Public Organizations PUBL 623 Governmental Budgeting PUBL 699 Policy Analysis Paper (1 credit) Fall/Spring Spring Fall/Spg/Sum Two additional methods/statistics courses PUBL 609 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Prep Spring Fall/Spring -- required
CURRICULUM COMPONENTS: II Disciplinary Foundations ECON 600 PUBL 601 SOCY 606 Taught Fall Fall/Spring Spring/Summer MPP PhD Specialization Courses 12 Credits/4 courses MPP (Non-Thesis) 21 Credits/7 courses PhD (15credits/5courses required in concentration and 6 credits/2 courses elective credits) 18 Credits Dissertation Research (PUBL 899)
CURRICULUM COURSES: III MPP Students An appropriate statistics/ methodology/ analytic course must be taken as one of the 4 track courses. MPP students are encouraged to take an additional relevant economics course (e.g., Health Economics for health track students) as one of their track courses. Ph.D. Students Ph.D. students (except those in a disciplinary track) must take at least one relevant economics course as part of their five track courses or two electives.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS MPP Policy Analysis Paper (PUBL 699) orMaster s Thesis (rarely used) Internship (PUBL 697; pre-service students only) Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination (PUBL 609) Field Qualifying Examination Dissertation (including at least 18 credits of 899 Doctoral Dissertation Research) More detail in breakout sessions
IDEAL COURSE SEQUENCING Included in the Guidebook for both MPP and PhD
POLICY SPECIALIZATIONS: I Education Policy Emergency Services (Fall 2017, Ph.D. only) Environmental Policy (Fall 2017, MPP only) Evaluation and Analytical Methods
POLICY SPECIALIZATIONS: II Health Policy Public Management Urban Policy
DISCIPLINARY CONCENTRATIONS Economics (MPP and Ph.D.), but see ECPA for master s Policy History (Ph.D. only)
Break Out Sessions Ph.D. Students Prof. Nancy Miller, Sam Rowe (Ph.D. 16) and Elysse Grossman (MPP 08, Ph.D. 14) MPP Students Prof. Tim Brennan, Sally Helms, Steve Sharkey (MPP 06) and Kiki Malomo-Paris (MPP 15)
