O'Neill School Of Public and Environmental Affairs
Graduate
Degree Programs
Master of Public Affairs-Doctor of Jurisprudence
The combined MPA-JD program enables the student to take a sequence of courses leading to the attainment of both degrees.
Requirements for Graduation:
- 84 credit hours of law courses and satisfy all requirements for the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence.
- 31 credit hours of O'Neill courses.
- Complete of a research paper in the last year of the combined program.
MPA Course Requirements (15 credit hours):
- SPEA-V 502 Public Management (3 cr.) OR SPEA-V 521 The Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 506 Statistical Analysis for Effective Decision Making (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 517 Public Management Economics (3 cr.) OR SPEA-V 562 Public Program Evaluation
- SPEA-V 526 Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.) OR SPEA-V 560 Public Finance and Budgeting (3 cr. )
- SPEA-V 600 Capstone in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)
MPA Electives (15 credit hours):
Student may select 15 credit hours of any SPEA-V courses
Joint Research Paper (1 credit hour):
To be completed in the last year of the combined program and jointly supervised by advisors from both schools. Credit for this supervised research will be arranged and will count toward degree requirements in both schools. One credit hour of V590, Research in Public Affairs, will toward the MPA degree program.
The topic must be selected no later than the end of the third year of the combined program, must include elements of both disciplines, and must be approved by the student's co-advisors.
