Social 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 503Analytical Tools3
Analysis: Must take PAD 503 and choose one from the remaining two analytics courses3
Informatics for Public Policy
Advanced Analytical Tools: Forecasting, Time Series Analysis, and Predictive Analytics
Policy and Economics15
Budget And Finance
Public Policy for Managers
Economics and Public Policy
Public Policy Analysis
Program Evaluation
Closure Exercise
PAD 573Capstone in Public Policy3
Social Policy Concentration
PAD 522U.S. Social Policy3
PAD 535Public Administration Diversity3
Choose up to two additional courses6
Global Child Advocacy Studies
International Poverty, Inequality, and Development
Community Economic Development
Total Hours36