Combined Degree MEd Educational Leadership - Higher Education Administration & MPP Public Policy

The combined M.Ed. in Educational Leadership with an concentration in Higher Education Administration with the M.P.P. is a combined educational leadership and public policy program that allows students to obtain both an M.Ed. and an M.P.P. degree in three years, instead of the four years that would be required if each were pursued separately. 

Candidates interested in this combined degree program must apply to and gain acceptance by both the Graduate School of Education and the Public Policy Program in Graduate Arts & Sciences.

Program of Study: Combined Degree MEd Educational Leadership - Higher Education Administration & MPP


Fall 1 (12 credits) 

EPPL 636 Student Developmental Theory

EPPL 503 Higher Education Organizations and Contexts

EPPL 619 Leadership & Change in Higher Education

EPPL 628 The History of Higher Education 

Spring 1 (9 credits)

EPPL 525 Assessment and Evaluation to Promote College Student Learning

EPPL 637 Social Justice Praxis for Higher Education

EPPL Elective

Fall 2 (11 credits)

PUBP 500 Math Public Policy Analysis

PUBP 590 Policy in Practice

PUBP 602 Quantitative Methods I 

PUBP 604 Microeconomics Public Policy

PUBP 607 Law & Public Policy

Spring 2 (9 credits)

PUBP 590 Policy in Practice

PUBP 603 Quantitative Methods II

PUBP 618 Policy Case Competition

PUBP/Applied Methods Requirement

Fall 3 (11 credits)

PUBP 590 Policy in Practice

PUBP 610 Policy Research Seminar

PUBP 612 Leading Change

LAW Requirement (one 3-credit course or two 2-credit courses)

Spring 3 (12 credits)

EPPL 585 Internship in Higher Education

EPPL 599B Master’s Project 

PUBP 611 Evidence in Policy Process

PUBP 609 Applied Ethics

Total Credits: 64 credits