• Entering the School: First Steps

Planning Your Program of Study

• Getting Started: The Advising Process
• Transfer of Credit
• Readmission
• Classes Taken at Other Georgia System Universities
• Policy on Academic Performance and Incompletes
• Part-Time Students: Late Afternoon and Evening Courses
• Praxis: Practical Experience
• Internships
• Graduate Co-Op Program
• Graduate Research Assistantships
• Graduation

The Curriculum

Master of Science in Public Policy

• Degree Requirements for the MSPP
• Required Core Courses
• Additional Statistical Preparation
• Joint MS Degree with City Planning
• Areas of Concentration
• Environmental Policy
• Science and Technology Policy
• Urban and Regional Economic Development
• Information and Telecommunications Policy
• Final Paper Option: Professional Research Paper
• Final Paper Option: Procedures for a Thesis
• Final Paper Option: Procedures for a Public Policy Workshop
• Suggested Program Schedule for the MSPP

Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy

• Degree Requirements for the Ph.D.
• Program of Study
• Core Classes for the Ph.D.
• Major and Minor Areas of Specialization
• Residency Requirement
• Doctoral Qualifying Examinations
• The Dissertation
• Suggested Program Schedule for the Ph.D.
• Core Reading List

Joint Doctor of Philosophy (Joint Ph.D.) with Georgia State University

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