Master in Public Policy/Master of Business Administration
The JU Public Policy Institute (JU PPI), in cooperation with the Davis College of Business, offers an MPP- MBA dual degree program. In this program, students receive both an MPP degree and MBA degree in a year less than if the degrees were pursued separately.
The JU MPP-MBA dual degree program is a three year program with year one in either the JU MPP program or JU MBA program. In year one, students will take first year MPP courses or first year MBAcourses. In year two, courses will be taken in the other program. Year three will have mixed policy and business courses. If pursued separately, the two degrees would take four years to complete.
Program Requirements
The total coursework consists of 67 credit hours. Public policy coursework constitutes 37 credit hours, including an internship (two credit hours). The MPP internship requirement must be met prior to the third year of the Dual Degree program and can be met through: (1) a MPP internship, (2) qualifying clerkship, (3) professional experience, or (4) on written request and upon written approval by the JU PPI Director, substitution of an approved PPOL elective. MBA coursework consists of 30 credit hours, to be completed as prescribed by the business school.
Students undertaking the JU MPP program in year one will have the following course of study:
First Year: 3 MBA credits and 22 MPP credits
Second Year: 18 MBA credits and 3 MPP credits
Fall Semester:
Spring Semester
| ECON 520 | Economics of High Performance | 3 |
| FIN 534 | Optimizing Financial Perfrmnc | 3 |
| INB 555 | Competing in the Global Econ | 3 |
| MKG 540 | Strategic Mkg in Digital Econ | 3 |
| PPOL LAWB | | 3 |
PPOL LAWB: taken at FCSL and schedule course if not taken in fall semester
NOTE: ACCT 509 and FIN 509 do not count in the 18 MBA credits
Third Year: 12 MPP credits and 9 MBA credits
Fall Semester
| PPOL 541 | Public Policy Analysis | 3 |
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| PPOL 695 | Capstone: Client Policy I | 3 |
| | Or | |
| PPOL 697 | Capstone:Rsrch Pol Thesis I | 3 |
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| PPOL/MGT xxx | Choose one (1) management course from the following cross listed courses: PPOL 610/MGT 610, PPOL 611/MGT 620 or PPOL 612/MGT 630 | 3 |
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| Elective xxx | MBA Elective course | 3 |
| | Or | |
| PPOL LAWB | | 3 |
PPOL LAWB: taken at FCSL and schedule course if not taken in Year 2
PPOL xxx and MGT xxx: Choose one (1) management course from the following cross listed courses: PPOL 610/MGT 610, PPOL 611/MGT 620 or PPOL 612/MGT 630
Elective xxx: transferable for MPP credit
Spring Semester
| DSIM 577 | Managing Prod and Srvc Oper | 3 |
| MGT 553 | | 3 |
| MGT 554 | | 3 |
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| PPOL 696 | Capstone: Client Policy II | 3 |
| | Or | |
| PPOL 698 | Capstone: Rsrch Pol Thesis II | 3 |
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| Elective xxx | MBA Elective course | 3 |
| | Or | |
| PPOL LAWB | | 3 |
Elective xxx: transferable for MPP credit
PPOL LAWB: schedule course if not taken in Year 2
PPOL LAWB: taken at FCSL
Summary:
- JU MPP Program: 37 MPP credits and 9 MPP transfer credits from MBA curriculum. Total of 46 MPP credits.
- JU MBA Program: 30 MBA credits and 7 MBA transfer credits from MPP curriculum. Total of 37 MBA credits.