Excerpt from the 2003-2004 Georgia Tech

Graduate City & Regional Planning Program Manual

Dual Degree Program:  Public Policy

Advisors:  David Sawicki, City and Regional Planning

Ann Bostrom, Public Policy

a)      Objectives

The objective of the dual degree program in City and Regional Planning and Public Policy is to provide an education and research experience to those students wishing to work in urban policy analysis at the national, state and local level.  Graduates will be more likely to work in political rather than planning settings and be focused more on policy research and analysis rather than on land planning and design.  The dual degree is an efficient step towards Ph.D. programs in either City and Regional Planning or Public Policy with an emphasis on Urban Policy.  The dual degree student receives both degrees in less time than it would take to receive the two degrees sequentially.  

b)      Admissions 

Students interested in completing the dual Public Policy degree program must apply separately and be admitted into each degree program.  Applications should be completed prior to enrollment in either program but no later than the end of the first semester of graduate enrollment.   

c)      Program Overview

Fall Year 1 (14 hours)

CP6002 Introduction to Fields of Planning (2 hrs.)

CP6012 Theory and History of Planning (4 hrs.)

CP6019 Quantitative and Computer Methods + Lab (4 hrs.)

PubP6001 Introduction to Public Policy (1 hr.)

PubP6116 Microeconomics for Policy Analysis (3 hrs.)

Spring Year 1 (13 hours)

CP6023 Advanced Planning Methods + Lab (4 hrs.)

CP6452 Urban Development Policy (3 hrs.)

PubP6112 Research Design in Policy Science (3 hrs.)

PubP6012 Fundamentals of Policy Processes (3 hrs.)

PubP6606 Urban Development Policy (cross listed) 

Fall Year 2 (13 hours)

CP6052 Applied Planning Studio (4 hrs.)

PubP6118 Public Finance and Policy (3 hrs.)

PubP6114 Applied Policy Methods and Data Analysis (3 hrs.)

PubP6010 Ethics, Epistemology, and Public Policy (3 hrs.)

Spring Year 2 (12 hours)

CP6016 Growth Management Law and Implementation (3 hrs.)

CP Elective (3 hrs.)

CP Elective (3 hrs.)

PubP Elective (3 hrs.)

Summer Year 2:  Thesis Option (13 hours)

CP7000 Master's Thesis (5 hrs.)

CP Elective (3 hrs.)

PubP 7000 Master's Thesis (5 hrs.)

Summer Year 2:  Professional Paper Option (13 hours)

CP8990 Applied Research Paper (4 hrs.)

3 Electives CP or PubP (9 hrs.)

PubP6801 Research Paper (4 hrs.)

A minimum of 30 course hours (plus 4 hours of option paper or 5 hours of Thesis) with a CP prefix is required for this dual degree.