One-Year MPA Program Schedule
See the course descriptions page for more information about required courses.
Academic Year 2021-2022
How will courses be offered?
- Summer Sequences will be offered in a hybrid format. Courses are NOT asychronous.
- Fall Semester onward is to move to a totally in-person, residential format, subject to change according to federal and state public health guidelines.
- The MPA Program will provide updates to students based on guidance from the University. See current information about the University's response to COVID-19 at healthy.brown.edu.
Fall Graduate School Orientation Dates (tentative)
Find updates on the Graduate School website
- All-Student Orientation: August 31 - September 1, 2021
- International Orientation: August 25 - 27, 2021
- Student of Color Orientation: August 29 - 30, 2021
MPA Academic Calendar |
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Sequence |
Credit |
Course |
OrientationJune 7 - 11, 2021 |
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Program overview |
Summer Sequence 1June 14 - July 16, 2021 |
.5 | Economics for Public Policy |
| .5 | Statistics for Public Policy | |
Summer Sequence 2July 19 - August 20, 2021 |
.5 | Economics of Government Intervention |
| .5 | Statistics for Program Evaluation | |
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1 | Policy Analysis and Problem Solving |
| 1 | The Politics of Policymaking in Comparative Perspective | |
| 1 | Elective 1 | |
| 1 | Elective 2 | |
Spring SemesterJanuary 26 - May 20, 2022 |
1 | Policy Problems of the 21st Century |
| 1 | Management, Implementation, and System Dynamics in Public and Nonprofit Organizations | |
| 1 | Policy-In-Action Consultancy | |
| 1 | Elective 3 |
Commencement May 29, 2022
Classes and sequencing subject to change.