Public Policy Analysis, Graduate Certificate (Boston)

CSSH Graduate General Regulations

The Graduate Certificate in Public Policy Analysis seeks to provide students with the tools to analyze and shape public policy at the local, state, and national levels. Students have an opportunity to gain an understanding of the political and legal processes of policymaking, develop skills central to conducting research on policy questions, and learn techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of competing policies.

Academic Standing/Progress 

Students in the program are monitored for academic progress. Those students whose grade-point average (GPA) falls below a 3.000 are notified by and meet with the director of academic programs. They are counseled that if their GPA does not rise to a 3.000 or higher, they run the risk of not graduating and are advised on strategies for improvement. 

Core Requirements 

Students may not reuse required degree courses for the certificate.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Analysis Methods and Skills
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:		8
INSH 5302	Information Design and Visual Analytics
INSH 6300	Research Methods in the Social Sciences
LPSC 7311	Strategizing Public Policy
or PPUA 6506	Techniques of Policy Analysis
PPUA 5260	Ecological Economics
PPUA 5261	Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Decision Making
PPUA 5262	Big Data for Cities
PPUA 5263	Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy
PPUA 6502	Economic Analysis for Policy and Planning
PPUA 6509	Techniques of Program Evaluation
PPUA 7237	Advanced Spatial Analysis of Urban Systems
Policy
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:		4
PPUA 5220	How Healthcare Works: Business and Policy Innovations
PPUA 5230	Housing Policy
PPUA 5231	Transportation Policy
PPUA 5232	Immigration and Urban America
PPUA 5234	Land Use and Urban Growth Policy
PPUA 5240	Health Policy and Politics
PPUA 5245	Education Policy in the United States
PPUA 5264	Energy Democracy and Climate Justice: Technology, Policy, and Social Change
PPUA 5269	Social Policy: Design, Implementation, and Critique
PPUA 5270	Food Systems and Public Policy
PPUA 6232	Designing Global Economic and Social Policy

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

12 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required