For admissions advising, please contact: Rob Wassmer, Ph.D. by email or phone 916/278-6304.
Students
may pursue the MPPA degree on a full time or part time basis. Courses are scheduled
to accommodate the employed or part time student. Graduation with the Master’s
Degree in Public Policy and Administration requires two years of full time graduate
study and a minimum or 36-39 units of academic credit, including the completion
of a master’s project/thesis. Part time students can normally expect to complete
degree requirements within three years.
Application
All materials should be submitted to the PPA
department
unless otherwise noted. Application to the MPPA program must include:
Other Requirements
Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree with a GPA of 3.0 or better.
A grade of B or better is required in all prerequisite
courses. Prerequisites are: microeconomics, statistics, and government/political
science. Applicants with prerequisite deficiencies may be required to complete
additional course work.
Deadline
The application deadline is March 3 for Fall 2008.
There are no Spring
admissions.
How Competitive is our graduate program?
Here is a
chart with some statistics
prospective students may find interesting...
More Information Request
information about the PPA program here. Download the program application from here.
For information about University
admissions, financial aid, and other University related questions, you may go
to Student Services
and Information.
For admissions advising, please contact: Rob Wassmer, Ph.D. by
email or phone 916/278-6304.