Master of Planning/Master of Public Administration

The MPL/MPA dual degree is designed for the study of the relationships between planning and public administration. Administrative skills, budgeting and fiscal analysis, knowledge of operations services of local governments, and formulation and conduct of planning operations within the context of municipal management are required. This dual degree program normally requires five semesters in residence.

Prerequisites
Students have completed 12 undergraduate course credit units of social science, with no more than 8 units in any one field. Students must also satisfy the Master of Public Administration statistics prerequisite and other prerequisites. PPD 525 satisfies the School of Policy, Planning, and Development prerequisite in descriptive and inferential statistics for dual degree students. Dual degree students completing PPD 525 with a grade of B or higher need not to take PPD 404x Statistics for Policy, Planning, and Development.

Requirements
Students must complete 60 units, including 26 units in public administration, 20 units in planning and 14 units of PPD electives (eight in planning).

Public Administration
Intersectoral Leadership (PPD 500) – 2 units
Economics for Policy, Planning and Development (PPD 501ab) – 2-2 units (4 total)
Public Administration and Society (PPD 540) – 4 units
Public Financial Management and Budgeting (PPD 541) – 4 units
Human Behavior in Public Organization (PPD 545) – 4 units
Professional Practice of Public Administration (PPD 546) – 4 units

Students select one of the following:
Policy and Program Evaluation (PPD 542) – 4 units
Modeling and Operations Research (PPD 557) – 4 units
Administrative Research and Analysis (PPD 666) – 4 units

Urban and Regional Planning
Planning Theory (PPD 524) – 2 units
Statistics and Arguing from Data (PPD 525) – 2 units
Comparative International Development (PPD 526) – 2 units
The Social Context of Planning (PPD 527) – 2 units
Legal Environment of Planning (PPD 529) – 2 units
Planning History and Urban Form (PPD 533) – 2 units

Planning Studios
Students take PPD 531L (4, 4) to total 8 units.

Electives
Students take 14 units of elective course within SPPD. Eight of these elective units must be taken in planning. Dual degree students who complete PPD 404x with a grade of C or higher need not take PPD 525. Instead, students who complete PPD 404x should take two additional elective courses within Policy, Planning, and Development for a total of 16 elective units.