MSSP Social Policy at University of Pennsylvania

The Master of Science in Social Policy Program (MSSP) program is a ten-course program over eight months that prepares professionals with knowledge and skills to use policy to increase equality, promote equity, and forge social change. MSSP graduates are prepared for policy leadership positions in government, philanthropic foundations, research institutes, nonprofit and non-governmental organizations, and other related settings, through: Understanding the world views, assumptions, and philosophies underlying all policy solutions; Understanding how decisions about social policy issues are made, shaped and influenced at local, state, national and global levels; Formulating a social reform.

Faculty: School of Social Policy and Practice  |  Duration: 10 course units  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States

What you will study

Requires 10 course units in total. Listed required courses include MSSP 6280 Policy: Analysis of Issues, Strategy and Process; MSSP 6290 Research and Evaluation Design; MSSP 6300 Quantitative Reasoning/Social Statistics; MSSP 6310 Law and Social Policy; MSSP 7805 Law and Social Policy: Foundations; MSSP 6370 MSSP Policy Practicum.

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