Pilihan program

Ringkasan program

The Mission of the Master of Science in Public Policy is to offer students an interdisciplinary graduate education designed to develop skills for careers in which a solid understanding of the public policy process and the analysis and evaluation of public policies are essential. Students will be prepared for analytical and administrative positions and responsibilities in a wide array of professional settings in the public, non-profit, and private sectors as well as advanced study for careers in research. Specific skills include knowledge of the policy process and related ethical concerns, rigorous research skills that provide students with an essential grounding in statistical and data analysis and research design, and effective communication skills. While there are no specific course prerequisites, entering students will benefit from exposure to undergraduate courses in the Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, college algebra, and research design. In order to qualify for graduation, students must maintain a minimum 3.0 grade point average in their degree program’s core courses plus an aggregate grade point average of 3.0 for all graduate courses taken in the student’s degree program at UT Dallas. Students seeking a Masters in Public Policy must complete at least 36 semester credit hours of graduate coursework in the program. The program has three components: twenty-one semester hours of required coursework; nine semester hours of prescribed electives and six hours of free electives.

Modul program

This program module includes Policymaking and Institutions (Six hours); POEC 6313 (PA 6313 and PSCI 6313) Public Policymaking and Institutions POEC 7318 (PA 7318) Ethics, Culture and Public Responsibility; Methodology [Statistics, Research Design, and related - nine hours]; EPPS 6313 Introduction to Quantitative Methods EPPS 6316 Applied Regression; Students with a concentration in Legal Studies would substitute POEC/PSCI 6343 Law and The Policy Process for POEC 6316. EPPS 6310 Research Design I EPPS 6352 Evaluation Research Methods in the Economic, Political and Policy Sciences or PSCI 5307 Legal Reasoning and Writing; Economics (Three hours); POEC 7317 Economics for Public Policy Workshop or Prescribed Elective (Three hours); POEC 6V47 (PA 6V47) Policy Research Workshop in Health Care Policy or POEC 6V62 Policy Research Workshop in Social Policy or POEC 6V76 Policy Research Workshop in Development Studies; Other Workshop course, internship or approved elective; Prescribed Electives; Students complete nine hours in ONE area of concentration; Criminology; Domestic Social Policy; Health Policy; International Conflict and Security; Legal Studies and Other concentration proposed by the student and approved by the Director; Free Electives.

Persyaratan masuk bagi mahasiswa internasional

Applicants must have completed a baccalaureate degree from an accredited university or college with a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.00 (on a 4.0 scale), and a combined verbal and quantitative score of at least 1000 on the GRE. International Students must have minimum TOEFL score of 550 on paper based, 80 on the internet based test and 6.5 on IELTS or 67 on PTE academic or a passing grade in level 112 of English from the ELS Language Centers.

Kualifikasi

Magister (S2)

Institusi penerbit ijazah

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS

Nama jurusan

School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences