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SAMPLE REGISTRATIONS

As a manageable first semester course-load, we recommend that MPP, MS, and MURP students take ten to thirteen credits and MPA students take four to seven credits.

MPP (completed microeconomics prerequisite): 10.5 – 13 credits
1	PA 5003	Introduction to Financial Analysis and Management	1.5 credits
2	PA 5002	Introduction to Policy Analysis	1.5 credits
3	PA 5011	Public Management and Leadership	3 credits
4	PA 5021	Economics for Policy Analysis and Planning	3 credits
5	PA 5031	Empirical Analysis (can substitute an elective course if you have prior coursework in statistics)	4 credits

Could take PA 5002 in spring and take concentration or elective credits instead.

MPP (not completed microeconomics prerequisite): 10.5 – 13 credits
1	PA 5003	Introduction to Financial Analysis and Management	1.5 credits
2	PA 5002	Introduction to Policy Analysis	1.5 credits
3	PA 5011	Public Management and Leadership	3 credits
4	PA 5031	Empirical Analysis (can substitute an elective course if you have prior coursework in statistics)	4 credits
5	One, 3-credit concentration or elective course (i.e., PA 5511 Community Economic Development)		3 credits

Could take PA 5002 in spring and take concentration or elective credits instead.

MURP: 11.5 credits
1	PA 5031	Empirical Analysis (can substitute an elective course if you have prior coursework in statistics)	4 credits
2	PA 5004	Introduction to Planning	3 credits
3	PA 5013	Law and Urban Land Use	1.5 credits
4	PA 8201	Environment and Infrastructure Planning	3 credits
	or PA 8203	Neighborhood Revitalization Strategies and Theories	4 credits

Could take both PA 8201 and PA 8203 the first year -- and take PA 5013 in the second year -- for a total of 14 credits.

MS-STEP: 9 credits
1	PA 5031	Empirical Analysis (can substitute an elective course if you have prior coursework in statistics)	4 credits
2	PA 5021	Economics for Policy Analysis and Planning	3 credits

Could add additional concentration or elective credits.

MPA: 4 credits
1	PA 5941	Leadership for the Common Good	4 credits

Could add additional concentration or elective credits.

Current Events

August 26:
11am. Cedar-Riverside Tour (meet in HHH Atrium), followed by lunch at Acadia Restaurant (12pm)

11am-1:15pm. HHHCtr 131: PA 5031 Waivers. Bring your transcript, syllabi, and waiver form for faculty to review to determine if you are eligible to waive PA 5031.

August 27:
11am. Cedar-Riverside Tour (meet in HHH Atrium), followed by lunch at Acadia Restaurant (12pm)

11am-1:15pm. HHHCtr 274: PA 5031 Waivers. Bring your transcript, syllabi, and waiver form for faculty to review to determine if you are eligible to waive PA 5031.

August 28:
8pm: Humph night (join your fellow HHH students at Tracy’s Saloon (2207 E. Franklin Ave.)

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Important Deadlines

September 1:
Register by this date to avoid late fees.

Graduate Student Services Office
Humphrey Center
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301 19th Ave. So.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-3800
E-mail: hhhss@umn.edu

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