The Department of Policy Analysis and Management is excited to announce that it is now offering an accelerated 5-year Bachelor/MS program. Cornell undergraduates accepted into the program earn the MS in Policy Analysis and Management in just one year beyond their Bachelor degree. The MS curriculum prepares students for research positions in the public and private sector. Students can also use the program to prepare for further graduate study in public policy, demography, economics, law, sociology and other related fields.
Students apply in their junior year. Students complete the MS program requirements over the next two years - their senior undergraduate year and one year enrolled in the Graduate School. To be adequately prepared for the MS program, by the end of their junior year students should have completed most of the core requirements for the PAM BS degree, or equivalent courses in research methods, statistics, economics, social sciences in other majors. Because there is flexibility in the MS program, students will have some space in their senior-year schedule to complete requirements in their undergraduate major. The curriculum requires students to take 10 courses over two years: 5 advanced courses in research methods; and 5 advanced courses in substantive policy areas and/or social science disciplines. Some of these courses may be taken during the senior year and double-count as elective credit for the undergraduate degree. Students also complete an MS thesis - an original, in-depth piece of public policy research.
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