In addition to joint degree programs with the Indiana University School of Law–Bloomington, the School of Public and Environmental Affairs collaborates with centers on area studies, other Indiana University Bloomington departments, and professional schools to deliver joint degree programs. SPEA’s combined master’s degree programs address the demand for specialists with expertise in policy, management, and science and the expertise and skill offered by the partner program. Candidates for the combined degree programs, excluding the program with the Mauer School of Law, complete the core requirements for the M.P.A. degree, additional course credits in a specialized concentration for a total of 36 credit hours in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, plus the required courses of the participating joint program. In every case students must apply separately to and be accepted into both programs to participate in a joint degree program.

Joint degree students (other than the M.P.A.–J.D.) must complete:

• the core requirements for the M.P.A. and a specialized SPEA concentration (36 credit hours) to include:
  

  Required Courses

  SPEA-V 502	Public Management	(3 cr.)
  SPEA-V 506	Statistical Analysis for Effective Decision Making	(3 cr.)
  SPEA-V 517	Public Management Economics	(3 cr.)
  SPEA-V 540	Law and Public Affairs	(3 cr.)
  SPEA-V 560	Public Finance and Budgeting	(3 cr.)
  SPEA-V 600	Capstone in Public and Environmental Affairs	(3 cr.)

  Specialized Area
  Students may design and develop a program of specialization courses in consultation with SPEA faculty advisors.

• the required courses of the other school or department for the joint degrees.
  

  To determine the requirements for participating joint degree departments or schools, refer to the section of the University Graduate School Bulletin about the participating unit or visit the appropriate Web page.

  SPEA participates with the following units in the M.P.A. program:

  Master of Public Affairs–Master of Arts in African American and African Diaspora Studies (M.P.A.–M.A.)
  Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies

  Master of Public Affairs–Master of Arts in African Studies (M.P.A.–M.A.)
  Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies

  Master of Public Affairs–Master of Arts in Central Eurasian Studies (M.P.A.–M.A.)
  Department of Central Eurasian Studies

  Master of Public Affairs–Master of Arts in East Asian Studies (M.P.A.–M.A.)
  Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures

  Master of Public Affairs–Master of Information Science (M.P.A.–M.I.S.)
  School of Library and Information Science

  Master of Public Affairs–Master of Arts in Journalism (M.P.A.–M.A.)
  School of Journalism

  Master of Public Affairs–Master of Arts in Latin American and Caribbean Studies (M.P.A.–M.A.)
  The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

  Master of Public Affairs–Master of Library Science (M.P.A.–M.L.S.)
  School of Library and Information Science

  Master of Public Affairs–Master of Arts in Russian and East European Studies (M.P.A.–M.A.)
  Russian and East European Institute

  Master of Public Affairs–Master of Arts in West European Studies (M.P.A.–M.A.)
  West European Studies