政治学硕士课程为学生提供两个集中的选择：国际事务和全球正义或城市政策与管理。在城市政策和行政管理领域，学生将学习技巧，以了解包括纽约市在内的美国大都市的政治和政策程序。该计划倡导理论作品和现实世界实践的协同生产，并期望学生成为城市环境中与政策相关领域的知识领袖：劳动，种族，族裔，移民，城市规划，选举和教育。
In the Urban Policy and Administration concentration, students develop skills to understand politics and policy processes in the US metropolis, including New York City. This program champions the collaborative production of theoretical work and real-world practice, and students are expected to be intellectual leaders in policy-relevant fields in urban settings: labor, race, ethnicity, immigration, urban planning, elections, and education.