公共政策硕士（MPP）课程旨在拓宽您的视野并提高特定技能，为您在公共服务领域的职业未来做好准备。在您的第一年，您将参加一些课程来开发核心技能，这些技能包括：经济学，道德，管理和领导力，谈判，政治，政策分析和定量分析。第一年的“春季政策练习”达到高潮，这是一个为期数周的模拟，可以让您集成和应用从第一年核心中学到的工具和概念。然后，在第一年后的夏季，您很可能会进行以政策为导向的实习。应用论文《政策分析练习》为第二年课程设置了上限。在学术环境中的好处之一是发现和研究新兴趣的机会。因此，我们鼓励您探索不同的政策领
The Master in Public Policy (MPP) curriculum is designed to broaden your perspective and sharpen specific skills to prepare you for a successful career in public service. During your first year, you will take courses to develop professional competencies in: Economics, Ethics, Leadership, Negotiation, Politics, Policy design and delivery and Quantitative analysis. Your first year culminates in Spring Exercise, a two-week simulation that has you integrate and apply the tools and concepts you learned from the first-year core. Then, during the summer after your first year, you will most likely take on a policy-oriented internship. The Policy Analysis Exercise, an applied thesis, caps the second-year curriculum. One of the benefits of being in an academic environment is the chance to discover and investigate new interests. That's why we encourage you to explore different policy areas.<br><br>The International and Global Affairs (IGA) concentration trains the next generation of policymakers and leaders like you to tackle the complex issues of a globalizing world. As an IGA concentrator, you add a layer of depth to your master's degree through further intensive coursework taught by Harvard Kennedy School faculty members who are among the world's leading scholars of global affairs. The concentration provides training for you to become a globally minded policymaker serving in a national, regional, or local government agency, international or nongovernmental organization, or multinational corporation. Many concentrators translate their IGA training into careers in international security, human rights, energy security, environment and resource systems, or information systems-all of which address international and global challenges and governance. There are a number of centers and programs at HKS that focus on topics and issues central to the IGA concentration and possibly your area of academic interest.