STG JD / MPP: Requirements

Minimum Admission Requirements

  • Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the JD program, the School of Graduate Studies, and the MPP program.

Academic Path to Completion

Every CDP involves a specific combination of approved degree programs. The CDP requirements build on those of the two separate degree programs. Each CDP has a unique pattern of academic activity year by year.

Year Progression Specific Requirements
1
  • Year 1 JD program requirements
  • Complete all Year 1 courses of the JD program at the Faculty of Law.
2
  • Year 1 MPP program requirements, with the exception of PPG1008H.
  • Complete 3.5 full-course equivalents (FCEs) in the MPP program:
    • PPG1000H Governance, Institutions, and Public Policy;
    • PPG1002H Microeconomics for Policy Analysis;
    • PPG1003H Macroeconomics for Policy Analysis;
    • PPG1004H Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis;
    • PPG1005H The Social Context of Policy-Making;
    • PPG1007H Strategic Policy Implementation; and
    • either GLA2029H The Sustainability Imperative: Implications for Global Affairs and Public Policy or GLA2034H Decision Making and Strategic Thinking.
 
  • Substitute PPG1008H with an equivalent Law course (0.5 FCE) and obtain a minimum B+.
 
  • In the Summer session of Year 2, complete PPG2006Y MPP Internship.
3 and 4
  • MPP and JD program requirements.
  • Complete 2.5 FCEs in the MPP program:
    • PPG2000H Politics and the Policy Process;
    • PPG2002H Topics in Applied Economics for Public Policy;
    • PPG2003H Capstone Course: Integrating Issues in Public Policy; and
    • either PPG2011H Ethics and the Public Interest or PPG2022H Moral Foundations of Public Policy; and

    • either PPG2008H or an alternate international/global focused course as approved by the MPP program director.

  • In Years 3 and 4, complete a total of 41 to 45 JD credits, of which at least 18 credits are completed in Year 3. These include a perspective course, a moot (compulsory or competitive), and a Supervised Upper-Year Research Paper (SUYRP). Students graduating in 2017 or later will earn 45 JD credits.