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Degree Requirements

  • The Urban Policy Analysis and Management Program produces leaders who master strong analytic skills, understand management and political strategies, and gain the ability to work with people, especially in teams. Students also develop negotiation and consensus-building skills. The centerpiece of the program is an experiential curriculum designed to give students a sound foundation in the techniques, theory, and practice of the profession. Students also learn how to challenge conventional solutions to the world’s complex problems through engaging public officials, nonprofit leaders, and private sector executives.

    Using a variety of instructional approaches—including case analyses, computer-based problem sets, and actual policy and management problems posed by public officials and nonprofit executives—the program introduces students to settings and problems they will face as professionals. The Urban Policy Analysis and Management master's program is built around courses through which students develop the intellectual and technical foundations and values of the profession. These are widely applicable to careers in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors.

    The master of science degree in Urban Policy Analysis and Management is conferred for completion of 42 credits, consisting of two core courses, six program courses, and five electives. In the capstone seminar, students develop individual research- and/or practice-based projects in a collaborative and multidisciplinary learning environment.

    Urban Policy Analysis and Management Curriculum

    Courses Credits
    Two Core Courses  
    NURP 5001 Economics for Management and Public Policy 3
    NURP 5013 Quantitative Methods 3
    Six Required Program Courses  
    NURP 5032 Public Management 3
    NURP 6002 Policy Analysis 3
    NURP 5008 Political Economy of The City 3
    MTCH 6120 Laboratory in Issue Analysis 6
    NURP 5011 Public Finance and Fiscal Management 3
    NURP 6008 Advanced Seminar in Urban Policy Analysis and Management 3
    Five Electives
    		  
    Students use their five elective courses to extend their policy and management knowledge and functional expertise. Electives are selected in consultation with an academic advisor from a wide range of courses offered by the Milano School and other graduate programs of the university. Students have the option of using their electives to pursue one of several areas of specialization, or they can be generalists. In any case, at least one elective must be an approved transnational or cross-cultural course. 15
    Total 42

    Internships

    Full-time students who enter the program without relevant prior work experience must complete a professional internship (minimum of 400 hours). Internships allow Milano School students to sharpen their abilities and build confidence through intensive involvement with professionals in actual work settings.

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