Dual MPA/MS SSIE Course Sequencing

Dual MPA/MS SSIE Course Sequencing: 60 credits

Year One

Fall (12 credits)

Spring (11 credits)

PAFF 521 Foundations in Public Service (4 cr.)

PAFF 510 Research Design and Methods (4 cr.)

PAFF 526 Managing Info & Tech (2 cr.)

PAFF 520 21st Century Governance (4 cr.)

SSIE 501 Introduction to Systems Science (3 cr.)

SSIE 500 Computational Tools (3 cr.)

SSIE 505 Applied Probability and Statistics (3 cr.)

* Prerequisite: one year of calculus

PAFF 502 or 503 (optional) (1 cr. each, online)

Summer



Year Two

Fall (11 credits)

Spring (12 credits)

PAFF 527 Budget and Finance (4 cr.)

PAFF Managing People in Organizations: 532, 534, 535, 536 (3 cr.)

PAFF Evidence-Based Decision-Making: 515, 516,

523 (4 cr.) * Prerequisite: PAFF 510

SSIE Elective (3 cr.)

SSIE 523 Collective Dynamics of Complex Systems (3 cr.)

SSIE Elective (600 level) (3 cr.)


SSIE Thesis or Elective (3 cr.)

Summer (2 credits)

PAFF 594 Internship (2 cr.)

* Prerequisite: 18 credits of PAFF coursework (including: (1) PAFF 510, (2) PAFF 520 and (3)

PAFF 521)

Year Three

Fall (12 credits)

Spring

PAFF or SSIE Elective (3 cr.)


PAFF or SSIE Elective (3 cr.)


PAFF 589 The Reflective Practitioner (3 cr.)


SSIE Thesis or Project (3 cr.)