卡内基美隆大学

This program is tailored for individuals seeking to boost their career in policy development, implementation and evaluation, and to manage these functions in government, non-profit organisations, and the private sector.

Customised for students with little or no work experience, the program combines a comprehensive public policy and management curriculum with a compulsory 400 hours (approx. 10-12 week) internship program.

Degree Structure

The program comprises 198 units: 138 units of core courses and 60 units of electives.

Full-time students complete the program over five study periods (21 months).

For successful completion, you must complete the requisite coursework and internship components and achieve a cumulative quality point average (QPA) of at least 3.0.

Core Courses
90-710 Applied Economic Analysis
90-738 Applied Economics Analysis II
94-728 Business Intelligence and Analytics
90-747 Cost-Benefit Analysis
95-760 Decision Making Under Uncertainty
90-724 Financial Analysis
90-900 Internship
90-728 Introduction to Database Management
94-700 Organisational Design And Implementation
90-705 Policy Analysis I
90-706 Policy Analysis II (Public Finance)
94-702 Professional Writing
90-711 Statistical Methods
91-820 Strategic Planning
94-718 Strategic Presentation Skills
90-740 Systems Synthesis II

Elective Courses

The electives below represent a selection of those that have been offered in the past. It is provided in order to give an indication of the type of electives that may be available in the future. However, this part of the syllabus is constantly evolving and students need to be guided by the list of the current electives shown in the course schedule. Elective courses will be offered in a variety of areas related to the technology and business of information and communication technology. These courses will be offered by resident faculty as well as by faculty from other CMU campuses through short-term visits and distance learning.