| WHAT IS THE CURRICULUM?
The MS program requires 40 semester credits, including approximately 21 required core credits. Six additional credits can be used to complement a student's previous training, such as appropriate courses in science or its history or philosophy for those with social science backgrounds or appropriate courses in the social sciences for those with natural science backgrounds. Students may elect either a Plan A (thesis) or Plan B (non-thesis) program. For those pursuing a Plan A program, the master's thesis will be awarded 10 credits and students must complete a minimum of three additional credits. For those pursuing a Plan B program, 13 credits of additional electives must be chosen in consultation with their advisers. Plan B students also complete a Plan B paper. Although no internship is required, many students complete a professional internship between their two years of study.
Required core courses (approximately 21)
Two of the following:
Students who have not taken prior coursework in statistics must satisfy their advisers that they have adequate preparation in statistics or take Empirical Analysis I (PA 5031), which does not count toward fulfilling the 40-credit minimum requirement.
Electives (3 to 13)
Plan A thesis (10) or Plan B paper
Dual Degree Opportunities
By choosing a dual-degree, you can complete a Humphrey Institute degree and another University of Minnesota graduate or professional degree in less time (typically one year or less) than it would take to complete the two degrees independently.
We offer a dual degree with the University of Minnesota School of Law.
More about dual degrees
Recent Plan A theses and Plan B papers
- Scientific Uncertainty and the Kyoto Protocol
- Privacy and Electronic Commerce: An Argument for Coherent Federal Privacy Legislation
- Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention in Minnesota
- Nitrogen Management: A Policy Analysis of Nonpoint Source Pollution
- The Public Health Impacts of Particulate Emissions from Coal-fired Power Plants in Minnesota
- Combining Stream Ecology Processes and Economic Stock Externality Models to Create an Adaptive Management Water Pollution Policy
- The Minnesota Energy-efficiency Contract: A Proposal for the Administration of Energy Efficiency Programs In Minnesota
- Multi-use Management on the Upper Mississippi River System: Public Preferences for Future Management Actions
- A Performance, Cost/Benefit, and Policy Analysis of Photovoltaic Technologies in Minnesota
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