The 2019 MDP Curriculum

**Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, MDP classes for Fall 2020 will be accessible online**

Some interesting facts about the MDP Curriculum

MDP students require 50 credits to graduate.
Required credits take three forms: core, flex-core, and elective. Core courses are specific, preselected courses that MDP students must take to graduate. Flex-core courses are pre-selected course sets from which students choose the best fit. Elective courses (not listed below) are courses that MDP students use to reach the 50 credit requirement and are chosen to meet their specific areas of interest not covered by the core and flex-core requirements.
Inter-disciplinary program = inter-departmental coursework. Whenever possible, classes are offered in the specific academic units (colleges, departments) where the research and knowledge reside and taught by faculty from that area.
Many of the core and flex-core courses put students one step closer to a minor in a particular focus area. Popular minors include program evaluation, non-profit management, natural resource sciences and management, and human rights.
A minor is not required but many students elect to pursue a minor.
This link directs to the University Graduate School's programs and minors catalog.
This link re-directs to the 2019 Program Planning Worksheet (PPW).

Students choose one of the following courses, taken where their schedule permits, [1.5-3 credits]

PA 5003 (1.5 cr) | Introduction to Public Financial Analysis & Management OR
PA 5032 (2 cr) | Intermediate Regression (recommended concurrent with PA 5521) OR
PA 5044 (2 cr) | Advanced Regression OR
PA 5311 (3 cr) | Program Evaluation OR
OLPD 5501 / EPSY 5243 (3 cr) | Principles and Methods of Evaluation

Fall Semester, First Year [14-15 credits]

MDP 5001 (2 cr) | Ways of Knowing for Sustainable Development [Wilsey]
PA 5501 (3 cr) | Theories & Policies of Development [Friedemann-Sánchez]
PA 5031 (4 cr) | Statistics for Public Affairs or PA 5045 Statistics for Public Affairs, Accelerated [How to decide?]
PA 5151 (3 cr) | Organizational Perspectives on Global Development & Humanitarian Assistance [Oelberger] (This course can also be taken in fall of second year)
PUBH 6134 (2 cr) | Global Public Health [Toscano] OR

….PUBH 6320 (3 cr) | Fundamentals of Epidemiology [Var.]

Spring Semester, First Year [13 credits]

MDP 5002 (3 cr) | Program Development Workshop [Wilsey]
MDP 5005 (3 cr) | Qualitative Methods for Development Practice [A. Sames]
AGRO 5321 (3 cr) | Ecology of Agricultural Systems [Jordan]
PA 5521 (4 cr) | Development Planning & Policy Analysis [Assaad]

Summer [3 credits]

MDP 5004 (3 cr) | Summer Field Experience

Fall Semester, Second Year [7 credits]

MDP 5100 (1 cr) | Post-Field / Pre-Capstone Seminar [Johnstone/Wilsey]
PA 5503 (3 cr) | Economics of Development [Assaad]
GEOG 5401 (3 cr) | Geography of Environmental Systems & Global Change [Klink, OFFERED ONLINE] (See Note)
OLPD 5104 (3 cr) | Strategies for International Development Education [Johnstone] OR

OLPD 5107 (3 cr) | Gender, Education & Development [DeJaeghere].

Note: On April 16 the program was informed that GEOG 5401 would not be offered in spring 2021 and would instead be offered fall 2020. This change was described as temporary but may ultimately become a permanent change within the GEOG offerings.

Spring Semester, Second Year [6 credits]

MDP 5200 (3 cr) | Capstone Workshop in Development Practice [Var.]
~~GEOG 5401 (3 cr) | Geography of Environmental Systems & Global Change [Klink, OFFERED ONLINE]~~ (See Note) OR
GCC 5008 (3 cr) | Policy and Science of Global Environmental Change [Polasky, Reich, and Hobbie ] OR

PA 5751 (3 cr) | Addressing Climate and Energy Challenges at the Local Scale [Harrington]

PA 5011 (3 cr) | **This course being offered as a substitute for those who did not take PA 5151 in the first year.*** Management of Organizations [Oelberger]