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APPAM (Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management)
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Academic Calendar
Admissions on-line application
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Advanced Standing for Master’s degree, see Admissions page
Advising, see FAQs page
Ahn, Michael department faculty
Albelda, Randy affiliated faculty
Alumni profile: Alix Cantave, PhD
Alumni profile: Edie Mass, PhD
Alumni profile: Michelle Portman, PhD
Alumni profile: Udaya Wagle, PhD
Alumni profiles: our graduates, their dissertation topics and current employment
American Sociological Association (membership required)
Application deadline (January 15): see Admissions page
Application for admissions (on-line application)
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Barb's favorite web sites on writing assistance
Bookstore (phone: 617-287-5090)
boston.com: Boston Globe on-line resource for housing listings
Brochure: PhD Program (PDF)
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Calendar, academic
Calendar of Public Policy Events
Career resources: see Student Resources page
Careers in Public Policy
Chan, Connie S. department faculty
Chart of required Public Policy PhD courses
Chronicle of Higher Education
Comprehensive exams
The Community Front Page: UMB on-line resource for housing listings
Concentrations: see Graduate Program page
Contact page
Core courses
Core research and quantitative methods courses
Courses
Core courses
Core research and quantitative methods courses
Course descriptions: see Course page
Course offerings: see Course page
Course schedule
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Internships
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Required Public Policy PhD courses
Timeline of course requirements
Typical course schedule
Credits of course work: minimum 66 credits
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Degree Application form: MS degree
Degree Application form: PhD degree
Disability Policy Concentration: see Graduate Program page http://www.publicpolicy.umb.edu/gradprogram.php
Dispute Resolution Concentration: see Graduate Program page
Dissertation
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Economics courses: see Core courses
Electives and course descriptions
Email accounts
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FAQs
Faculty, department(*) and affiliated
Michael Ahn, PhD *
Randy Albelda, PhD
Elizabeth Bussiere, PhD
Connie S. Chan, PhD *
Thomas Ferguson, PhD
Donna Haig Friedman, PhD *
Billie Gastic, PhD *
Michael P. Johnson, PhD *
Winston Langley, PhD
David Levy, DBA
Catherine Lynde, PhD
David Matz, JD
Robert Moran, MBA
Erin O'Brien, PhD
Gary N. Siperstein, PhD *
Amy E. Smith, PhD *
Mary Huff Stevenson, PhD
Peter Taylor, PhD
David Terkla, PhD
Miren Uriarte, PhD
Eben Weitzman, PhD
Christian Weller, PhD *
Ann Withorn, PhD
Fellowships: see Student financial aid
Ferguson, Thomas affiliated faculty
Financial aid
Forms
Degree Application form: MS degree
Degree Application form: PhD degree
Incomplete Grade Agreement form
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Statute of Limitations Extension request form
Transfer Credit form
Friedman, Donna Haig departmental faculty
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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GRE: see FAQs
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Gastic, Billie departmental faculty
Graduate Program
Graduate Student Assembly (GSA)
Graduate Writing Center at UMass Boston
Grant proposal writing
Guidelines for the Public Policy Internship
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Handbook: Public Policy Policies and Procedures Manual
Higher Ed Jobs.Com: Job search tool
Homepage PhD Public Policy
Housing
boston.com: Boston Globe on-line resource for housing listings
The Community Front Page: UMB on-line resource for housing listings
How To Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy
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Incomplete Grade Agreement form
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Internship Guidelines
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Job placement: our graduates and their current employment
Johnson, Michael P. departmental faculty (Graduate Program Director)
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Langley, Winston affiliated faculty
Law and Society Association
Leave of Absence form
Levy, David affiliated faculty
Lynde, Catherine affiliated faculty
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MacPhee, Michael [Graduate Program Administrator] : See Faculty and Staff page
Massachusetts State Government employees: part-time program
Master’s degree Application form
Matz, David affiliated faculty
Means, Karen [Administrative Assistant]: See Faculty and Staff page
Moran, Robert affiliated faculty
MS degree Application form
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NASW (National Association of Social Workers)
NEA (National Education Association)
News and Calendar
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O'Brien, Erin affiliated faculty
On-line application
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Part-time program
Part-time program for Massachusetts State Government employees
PhD Courses
PhD degree Application form
PhD Program Brochure (PDF)
PhD Program - Contacts
PhD Public Policy - Homepage
PhD Program Brochure (pdf)
Policies and Procedures Manual: Student handbook
Policy Research fields: see FAQs
Political Economy courses: see Core courses
Political Institutions courses: see Core courses
Professional Organizations
AEA (American Economic Association)
AERA (American Educational Research Association)
APHA (American Public Health Association)
APPAM (Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management)
APSA (American Political Science Association)
ASA (American Statistical Association)
ASPA (American Society for Public Administration)
American Sociological Association (membership required)
Law and Society Association
NASW (National Association of Social Workers)
NEA (National Education Association)
Professor Weller's Tips on Writing for Policy Audiences
Public Policy Careers
Public Policy Degree Application form: MS degree
Public Policy Degree Application form: PhD degree
Public Policy Homepage
Public Policy Policies and Procedures Manual
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Qualitative Comprehensive Exam: see Comprehensive exams
Qualitative Research Methods: see Core research and quantitative methods courses
Quantitative Comprehensive Exam: see Comprehensive exams
Quantitative Research Methods: see Core research and quantitative methods courses
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Regional Economic Development Concentration: see Graduate Program
Registration for classes: WISER for matriculated students
Research fields: see FAQs
Research Methods courses: see Core courses
Resources page
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Statute of Limitations Extension request form
Special Education and Disability Policy Concentration: see Graduate Program
Stevenson, Mary Huff affiliated faculty
Student financial aid
Student Handbook
Student Housing
Student Resources page
Students and Graduates profiles of current students and alums
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TOEFL: see FAQs
Taylor, Peter affiliated faculty
Terkla, David affiliated faculty
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): see FAQs
Time to degree: see FAQs
Timeline of course requirements
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Transfer Credit form
Transfer credits from previous degree: see FAQs
Tuition and fees
Typical course schedule
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UMass Boston's Graduate Writing Center
Uriarte, Miren affiliated faculty
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WISER: UMB registration system
Weitzman, Eben affiliated faculty
Weller, Christian department faculty
Withorn, Ann affiliated faculty
Writing (see Student Resources page)
APA style
How To Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy
UMass Boston's Graduate Writing Center
Writing for Policy Audiences
Writing grant proposals
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