Doctoral Curriculum

Requirements | Policy Area Focus | Discipline Concentrations

Requirements

16 courses

Complete the equivalent of 16 courses (minimum), equaling 48 credits. (List below)

Core courses

Complete a set of core public policy course requirements:

• Political Economy of Public Policy
• Social Choice and the Political Economy of Policy Making
• Microeconomics

Concentration and research methodology

Complete disciplinary concentration and research methodology requirements, including sub-field requirements, in one of the following areas:

• Economics
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology

Discipline

Complete at least one course in each of above four disciplines (Economics, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology).

Weekly Seminar

Regularly attend and participate in a weekly seminar in which faculty present their research as models of the kind of interdisciplinary work relevant to public policy.

POlicy Area

Complete a course of study focusing on a particular policy area. (Course of study must be approved by the PhD Director of Graduate Studies.)

Research seminar

Complete a yearlong (two-course) research seminar leading to the dissertation proposal.

Dissertation

Attain dissertation status by the end of the third year. (Includes meeting qualifying requirements and passing the preliminary exam.)

Pass final exam.

• The final examination consists of an oral defense of a dissertation to an approved supervisory committee.
• This is typically completed by the end of the fifth year.