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Dual Degree Programs with Planning

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PUBLIC POLICY AND MASTER OF CITY PLANNING

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The objective of the Dual Degree Program in City Planning in Public Policy is to provide an education and research experience to those students wishing to work in urban policy economic development analysis at the national, state and local level.

The dual degree student receives both degrees.

The total program described above constitutes the 68-credit minimum for the dual degree program (receiving both degrees).

ADMISSIONS
Students interested in completing the dual Public Policy and City Planning degree program must apply separately and be admitted into each degree program.

Applications should be completed prior to enrollment in either program but no later than the end of the first semester of graduate enrollment.


PROGRAM CONTACTS:

Program Graduate Advisors:
Ms. Johnnie White, School of Public Policy
Ms. Jawaan Wallace, City and Regional Planning

Program Faculty Advisors:
Prof. Jennifer Clark, Dual Degree Advisor, School of Public Policy
Prof. Michael Elliott, Dual Degree Advisor, City and Regional Planning
Prof. John Walsh, Director of Graduate Studies, School of Public Policy

Faculty in Economic Development at Georgia Tech:
Dan Breznitz, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and School of Public Policy
Marco Castillo, School of Public Policy
Jennifer Clark, School of Public Policy
Harley Etienne, City and Regional Planning and School of Public Policy
Dan Immergluck, City and Regional Planning
Nancey Green Leigh, City and Regional Planning
Gordon Kingsley, School of Public Policy
Julia Melkers, School of Public Policy
David Sawicki, City and Regional Planning and School of Public Policy
Phil Shapira, School of Public Policy


REQUIRED CORE COURSES FOR MSPP/MCP:

I. Core Courses for the Master of Science in Public Policy:

PUBP 6001: Introduction to Public Policy (1 hr)
PUBP 6010: Ethics, Epistemology, and Public Policy (3 hrs.)
PUBP 6012: Fundamentals of Policy Processes (3 hrs.)
PUBP 6112: Research Design in Policy Science (3 hrs)
PUBP 6114* Applied Policy Methods and Data Analysis (3 hrs)
PUBP 6116: Microeconomics in Policy Analysis (or CP 6031)(3 hrs)
PUBP 6118: Public Finance and Policy (3 hrs)
PUBP 6201: Public Policy Analysis Capstone (3 hrs)

Students must also take one of the following three classes:
PUBP 6014: Organization Theory (3 hrs)
PUBP 6017: Public Management (3hrs)
PUBP 6018: Policy Implementation and Administration (3 hrs)


II. Core Courses for City Planning Program:

CP 6002: Fields of Study in Planning (2 hr.)
CP 6012: History and Theory of Planning (3 hrs.)
CP 6016: Growth Management Law and Implementation (3 hrs.)
CP 6024: Quantitative and Computer Methods in Planning (4 hrs.)
CP 6025: Advanced Planning Methods (4 hrs.)
CP 6031: Economic Analysis in Planning (3hrs.)
CP 6052: Applied Planning Studio (4 hrs.)

Note: A minimum of 30 course hours (plus four hours of option paper or six hours of thesis) with a CP prefix is required for this dual degree.


Modifications to the Quantitative Sequence for Dual Degree Students:

CP 6024: Quantitative and Computer Methods in Planning (4 hrs.)
PUBP 6112: Research Design in Policy Science
PUBP 6114: Applied Policy Methods and Data Analysis
(no CP 6023: Advanced Planning Methods required if this sequence is followed)


A THESIS OR PROFESSIONAL OPTION PAPER IS REQUIRED FOR THE DUAL DEGREE:

THESIS AND PROFESSIONAL PAPER OPTIONS:

Thesis Option

CP 7000: Master's Thesis (6 hrs.)
PUBP 7000: Master's Thesis (6 hrs.)

Professional Paper Option

CP 8990: Applied Research Paper (4 hrs.)
PUBP 6801: Research Paper (4 hrs.)


STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE AT LEAST FOUR COURSES IN THEIR AREA OF CONCENTRATION (12 HRS):

CONCENTRATIONS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND/OR URBAN AND REGIONAL POLICY:

Economic Development Concentration Sequence:

PUBP 6600: Local Economic Development Planning and Policy (3 hrs) (Green Leigh)
PUBP 6602: Economic Development Analysis and Practice (3 hrs) (Clark)

Urban and Regional Policy Concentration Sequence:

PUBP 6604: Methods of Urban Policy Analysis and Planning (3 hrs) (Clark)
PUBP 6606: Urban Development Policy (3 hrs) (Sawicki)

Economic Development, Community Development, and/or Urban and Regional Policy Electives:

PUBP 6415: Regions, Technology, and Policy (3 hrs)
PUBP 6741: Geographies of Innovation: Regions and Labor Markets (3 hrs)
PUBP 8550: Advanced Topics in Urban and Regional Economic Development (3 hrs)
PUBP 6740: Innovation and the State (3 hrs)
PUBP 8803/CP 8663: Special Topics: Community Development (3hrs)
CP 6432: Industrial Restructuring and Its Planning Implications (3 hrs)
CP 6442: Equity, Social Justice, and Economic Development (3 hrs)