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?

• Orientation will be offered remotely.
• Summer Sequences will be offered in a hybrid format.
• The plan for Fall Semester onward is to move to an 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.

Sequence	Course
Orientation  June 7 - 11, 2021	Program overview
Summer Sequence 1 June 14 - July 16, 2021	Economics for Public Policy
	Statistics for Public Policy
Summer Sequence 2 July 19 - August 20, 2021	Economics of Government Intervention
	Statistics for Program Evaluation
Fall Semester September 8 - December 21, 2021	Policy Analysis and Problem Solving
	The Politics of Policymaking in Comparative Perspective
	Elective 1
	Elective 2
Spring Semester January 26 - May 20, 2022	Policy Problems of the 21st Century
	Management, Implementation, and System Dynamics in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
	Policy-In-Action Consultancy
	Elective 3

Commencement May 29, 2022

Classes and sequencing subject to change.