Urban Affairs and Public Policy (MA)

Core Curriculum:

Twenty-four credits.

• UAPP 613 - Planning Theory and Urban Policy Credit(s): 3
• UAPP 649 - Civil Rights Law and Policy Credit(s): 3
• UAPP 691 - Quantitative Analysis in Public and Nonprofit Sectors Credit(s): 3
• UAPP 693 - Economics in Public & Nonprofit Sectors Credit(s): 3
• UAPP 701 - Public Policy Credit(s): 3
• UAPP 702 - Research Methods in Urban and Public Policy Credit(s): 3
• UAPP 703 - Urban Society and Public Policy Credit(s): 3
• UAPP 707 - Public Policy Analysis Credit(s): 3

Area of Research:

Student take six credits of coursework in their area of interest. Faculty will pre-define several areas that the School has strength in, but students are also free to develop their own area of focus with the advice and consent of their academic advisor. 

Thesis:

As a culminating learning experience, students will complete six credits of thesis.

• UAPP 869 - Master’s Thesis Credit(s): 1-6

Historic Preservation Graduate Certificate Student Requirements:

Students enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation will replace the Area of Research and the Thesis requirements with the following 12 credits:

• UAPP 629 - Historic Preservation Theory and Practice Credit(s): 3
• UAPP 630 - Methods in Historic Preservation Credit(s): 3

• Six (6) credits of electives drawn from the approved list for the Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation.