The Master of Public Policy degree will require 72 units of graduate courses, taken over two years. Below is a breakdown of what you will have to take during the course of your studies.
For more details, please refer to UCR's General Catalog.
The Policy Process:
PBPL 200 Introduction to Policy Analysis (4 credits)
PBPL 202 Policy Institutions and Processes (4)
PBPL 206 State Governments as Laboratories of Change (4, <=2023 entrants)
Policy Analytic Methods (for 2023 Entrants):
PBPL 210 Quantitative Methods For Public Policy Analysis (4)
PBPL 212 Qualitative Social Science Methods (4)
PBPL 220 Policy Evaluation (4)
PBPL 214 Applied Microeconomics For Public Policy (4)
Policy Analytic Methods (for 2024 Entrants):
PBPL 205 Research Design and Statistics for Public Policy (4)
PBPL 210 Quantitative Methods For Public Policy Analysis 1 (4)
PBPL 220 Quantitative Methods For Public Policy Analysis 2 (4)
PBPL 212 Qualitative Social Science Methods (4)
PBPL 214 Applied Microeconomics For Public Policy (4)
Policy Analytic Methods (proposed for 2025 Entrants):
PBPL 205 Research Design and Statistics for Public Policy (4)
PBPL 210 Quantitative Methods For Public Policy Analysis 1 (4)
PBPL 220 Quantitative Methods For Public Policy Analysis 2 (4)
PBPL 212 Qualitative Social Science Methods (4)
PBPL 2## Economics For Public Policy Analysis 1 (4)
PBPL 2## Economics For Public Policy Analysis 2 (4)
Institutional Context:
PBPL 216 Public Leadership and Management (4)
PBPL 222 Ethics, Professionalism, and the Normative Bases of Public Policies (4)
Additional Requirements:
PBPL 289A,B Capstone Research Project (8)
PBPL 298I Individual Internship (4)
Electives -- 24 credits for 2024 entrants. (20 credits proposed for 2025 entrants)