Total credits in the program: 50
Credits at CSUMB: 50
You may complete a required 400-hour policy internship related to your area of concentration through an intensive fulltime summer experience or part-time during your course of study. (Some students may use employment-based internship experience.)
You officially begin the program by enrolling in the MPP 500 Master’s Seminar. The course instructor will work with you to design an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) that maps out how you will achieve the Learning Outcomes designated below by successfully completing the listed courses or alternative assessment options. You conclude the program by completing your Applied Policy Analysis (APA) Project in an agency or organization. APA Projects are presented in the Spring MPP Policy Forum.
LO1 Collaborative Leadership ~ Demonstrate the ability to involve community stakeholders and key decision-makers in developing, articulating and sustaining a policy vision.
LO2 Communication ~ Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex policy ideas to a variety of individuals and groups and an understanding of the elements, dynamics, and mechanics of personal and professional communication.
LO3 Critical Thinking ~ Demonstrate appropriate care and deliberation whether or not one should accept, reject, or suspend judgment about a claim and decide the degree of confidence with which one can make that determination.
LO4 Cross-Cultural Competence ~ Demonstrate an understanding of the role diverse cultural values and attitudes play in political participation, and the development and implementation of public policy. Demonstrate capability of communicating and negotiating with individuals from racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds different than one's own.
LO5 Economics ~ Demonstrate an understanding of market economies, market institutions, the strengths and limitations of markets on public policy, and the rationale for government intervention.
LO6 Ethics ~ Demonstrate the ability to articulate the values and ethics that are inherent in the roles of those who develop, promote, and implement public policy and apply them appropriately; adopt an ethical approach when participating in activities to develop, promote, and implement public policy; support those policies that allow responsible parties to respond with care to those who need it; and support those policies that promote social justice and inclusivity.
LO7 Information Technology/Management ~ Demonstrate the ability to use information technologies to support public policy development and implementation; to define requirements for improved information systems and information management methods; and to manage information collection, analysis, and dissemination in support of public policy process.
LO8 Knowledge & Skills in Multiple Disciplines ~ Demonstrate the ability to critically analyze the major public policy issues in a variety of the major fields including but not limited to the following: public health, social welfare, medical care, business, government, environment, land use, watershed resources, marine science resource protection, and demonstrate competence in two selected areas of concentration.
LO9 Legislative Processes ~ Demonstrate an understanding and ability to communicate across the various bodies and interrelationships in the legislative process.
LO10 Policy Analysis ~ Demonstrate the ability to identify and analyze a policy issue and present well-informed policy recommendations; identify and work with all actors in the policy review and approval process; and secure approval and implementation of recommended policies.
LO11 Political Institutions and Processes ~ Demonstrate an understanding of the formal and actual processes of democratic policy making and the changing institutional context influenced by culture and events over time.
Complete: MPP 520 Presidential & Congressional Politics and Policy
LO12 Program Planning, Budgeting, and Evaluation ~ Demonstrate knowledge of public sector finance and the budgeting process, and skill in financial planning, budget preparation, monitoring, analysis, and program and policy evaluation.
LO13 Research and Data Skills ~ Demonstrate the ability to analyze trends in the economy, technology, sociocultural issues, and political issues at various levels and sectors of society.
Revised 7/1/05