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The Public Policy Program offers the Master of Public Affairs and Politics (M.P.A.P.) degree to help students develop or refine analytic and quantitative skills and to form a more thorough understanding of the political institutions and processes through which public policies are implemented and formulated. The M.P.A.P. is normally a one-year degree for full-time students, but students may also pursue it in a part-time fashion. Prospective students with five or more years of work experience in politics or public policy are encouraged to apply for the M.P.A.P.
Students must complete 31 credits, including 13 credits of required course work. There is no thesis requirement. Students cannot graduate with more than three courses (9 credits) with grades below a B.
- Public Policy Formation 34:833:510 (3 credits; first semester):
Formulation and implementation of public policy, with emphasis on federal policymaking, models for policy choice, and intergovernmental policy problems. Analysis of the formulation and implementation of a governmental program.
- Policy Methods I 34:833:530 (4 credits; first semester, first year):
Provides students with an the opportunity for problem solving, building of data, identification of data problems, statistical analysis applications, reaching conclusions from data analysis, and communicating results. There would be statistical lab work with appropriate statistical packages (e.g., SPSS).
- Economics for Public Policy 34:833:543 (3 credits; second semester):
Basic microeconomic analysis with applications to current policy issues. Models of consumer and firm behavior applied to issues such as assistance programs for low-income individuals, tax incentives for firms and workers, and environmental regulation. Public goods, externalities, and the role of government in economic markets.
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State and Local Public Finance 34:833:540 (3 credits; second semester):
Theory and practice of state-local public finance; link between regional economy and subnational governments; fiscal federalism; major state-local spending programs; revenues, including property, sales, and income taxes and gambling; intergovernmental grants.
- Analytical Course (3 credits):
Students should take Policy Methods II 34:833:630 their second semester. Other courses may be substituted with faculty approval.
Students may choose among a wide array of courses offered by faculty and practitioners in the Public Policy Program, in other programs in the Bloustein School, elsewhere at Rutgers University, or even at other area universities through special arrangement. Electives include the legislative process, negotiation and conflict resolution, ethics, education policy, labor policy, the media, public policy advocacy, and social policy.
The M.P.A.P. may be combined with the JD degree from the Rutgers Law School at Camden or at Newark.
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