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Applied Diplomacy

Students complete a total of 19 courses (76 credit hours). Seventeen courses (68 credit hours) of core coursework and two elective courses (8 credit hours) are required.

Program Requirements Quarter Hours
Core Requirements 68
Elective Courses 8
Total hours required 76
  • Create and assess plans for citizen involvement in policy planning, advocacy, and implementation.
  • Understand, apply, and consider the trade-offs in social equity, political accountability, and economic efficiency.
  • Describe best practices for ethical journalism that contribute to social responsibility in reporting the news.
  • Apply digital storytelling techniques to produce examples of journalism that effectively navigate the evolving news industry.
  • Analyze the news of the day and evaluate how journalism and public policy intersect in media.

Degree Requirements

Course Requirements

Students complete a total of 19 courses (76 credit hours). Seventeen courses (68 credit hours) of core coursework and two elective courses (8 credit hours) are required.

​Core Courses

Course Title Quarter Hours
MPS 501FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE4
MPS 514GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION4
or MPS 541 ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE
MPS 533APPLIED STATISTICS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE (USING EXCEL)4
or MPS 536 APPLIED STATISTICS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE (USING SPSS)
MPS 542POLICY DESIGN AND ANALYSIS4
MPS 543POLICY IMPLEMENTATION4
MPS 546ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING4
MPS 563LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY4
MPS 572POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND PUBLIC POLICY4
or MPS 573 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
MPS 593INTEGRATIVE SEMINAR4
or JOUR 596 NEWS NOW: JOURNALISM MA CAPSTONE
JOUR 500REPORTING BOOTCAMP4
JOUR 501ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN JOURNALISM4
JOUR 503MULTIMEDIA REPORTING4
JOUR 509JOURNALISM LAW AND ETHICS4
JOUR 513POLITICAL REPORTING4
JOUR 520DATA JOURNALISM4
or JOUR 531 JOURNALISM BY NUMBERS
or MPS 552 GIS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
JOUR 526POLITICAL COMMUNICATION4
JOUR 533INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING4

Elective Courses

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select two from the following:8
PUBLIC SERVICE MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION *
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
GIS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT *
PRINCIPLES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING
PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING
COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY POLICIES
METROPOLITAN PLANNING
POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND PUBLIC POLICY *
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT *
STUDY ABROAD SEMINAR
ENERGY POLICY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
URBAN RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION POLICY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNSHIP
SPECIAL TOPICS
ADVANCED MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM
VISUAL COMMUNICATION
OPINION AND COLUMN WRITING
INTERNATIONAL REPORTING
DATA JOURNALISM *
REPORTING FOR THE DEPAULIA
JOURNALISM BY NUMBERS *
SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE NEWS
REPORTING FOR 14 EAST MAGAZINE
*If not taken as a core required course