Master of Public Policy - Plan of Study
The Plan of Study provides a sequential grid of the two-year MPP curriculum. The required core courses are filled in.
Students select the elective courses. Students are required to take a minimum of 80 units to complete the MPP. In
addition to the core requirements listed below, students take 10 elective courses.
Student
Name: ____________________________________ UID # ____________________
Date: _________________
FALL - YEAR 1
UNITS
WINTER - YEAR 1
UNITS
SPRING - YEAR 1
UNITS
PUB PLC 201 – Principles of
Microeconomic Theory I
4
PUB PLC 202 - American
Political Institutions &
Processes
4
PUB PLC 206 – Political
Economy of Policy Adoption
and Implementation
4
PUB PLC 203 - Statistical
Methods of Policy Analysis I
4
PUB PLC 204 - Principles of
Microeconomic Theory II
4
PUB PLC 210 – Methods of
Policy Analysis
4
Elective
4
PUB PLC 208 - Statistical
Methods of Policy Analysis II
4
Elective
4
Elective
4
Total Units Planned
12
Total Units Planned
12
Total Units Planned
16
FALL - YEAR 2
UNITS
WINTER - YEAR 2
UNITS
SPRING - YEAR 2
UNITS
PUB PLC 298A – Applied Policy
Project I
2
PUB PLC 298B - Applied
Policy Project II
6
PUB PLC 209 - Management
in the 21st Century
4
Elective
4
Elective
4
PUB PLC 298C – Applied
Policy Project III
2
Elective
4
Elective
4
Elective
4
Elective
4
Elective
2
Total Units Planned
14
Total Units Planned
14
Total Units Planned
12
E = elective course
Faculty Advisor’s Signature: ______________________________________________________
Program Course Requirements (42 units / 11 courses)
The MPP program consists of eleven required courses (42 units) which must be taken in sequence as indicated on the
Plan of Study. The remaining 10 courses (38 units) are electives. Students can use electives to build analytic skills by
taking courses such as Research Methods, Advanced Statistics and Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Applied GIS,
etc. Students may also take policy related courses in other UCLA Departments such as Urban Planning, Social
Welfare, Public Health, Management, Law, Sociology, Economics, Political Science and other departments on campus.
To complete the program students must complete a total of 80 graduate level units with a minimum 3.0 cumulative
grade point average.
Electives (38 units /10 courses)
To be considered for degree requirements, electives must be graduate level courses and relevant to the public policy
curriculum. Students are able to take undergraduate courses. However, only one upper-division undergraduate
course (100-199 series) can count toward the minimum 80 units required for the MPP degree and only when similar
course content is not offered at the graduate level.