Child Advocacy and Policy Concentration
Students must complete 36 semester hours, including the Capstone course in which they will complete the master’s closure exercise.
Requirements
Core courses | ||
PAD 503 | Analytical Tools | 3 |
Analysis - Select One | 3 | |
Informatics for Public Policy | ||
Advanced Analytical Tools: Forecasting, Time Series Analysis, and Predictive Analytics | ||
Policy and Economics | 15 | |
Budget And Finance | ||
Public Policy for Managers | ||
Economics and Public Policy | ||
Public Policy Analysis | ||
Program Evaluation | ||
Closure Exercise | ||
PAD 573 | Capstone in Public Policy | 3 |
Child Advocacy and Policy Concentration | 12 | |
Perspectives on Child Maltreatment and Advocacy | ||
Global Child Advocacy Studies | ||
The System's Response to Child Maltreatment | ||
Choose one additional course: | ||
Childhood Trauma: Risk and Resiliency | ||
U.S. Social Policy | ||
Total Hours | 36 |
Students will also complete 12 hours of Public Administration and Public Policy Electives or approved graduate course work from another department. These 12 hours may be used to complete a concentration or Graduate Certificate. (Note, if students elect to pursue the Graduate Geographic Information System Certificate, they will exceed the typical MPP of 36 hours and take 39 hours).