Program Overview

Introduction to the BA-MPA and BA-MUP Programs

The BA-MPA and BA-MUP programs, offered in collaboration with the NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study, provide students with the opportunity to pursue a professionally-focused Master's degree. These dual-degree programs allow students to funnel their undergraduate explorations directly into a graduate degree, studying the intersection of ideas, needs, and the greater good.

Admission Criteria

Admission to the dual-degree program is open to Gallatin students who have completed 72 credits toward their BA degree and have earned a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Curriculum

On the BA-MPA and BA-MUP tracks, students can complete up to 21 credits toward the 45 credit graduate degree while still an undergraduate student. This can include both undergraduate course equivalents and graduate coursework. If students complete the maximum 21 credits during their undergraduate career and take a prescribed sequence of coursework in consultation with an advisor, they can finish the MPA or MUP degree in one additional full-time year. If students complete fewer than 21 credits, they will need two years to finish the graduate degree at Wagner.

Undergraduate Course Equivalents

The following undergraduate courses are equivalent to NYU Wagner core courses:

• CORE-GP 1011 Statistical Methods
  • BIOL-UA 42 Biostatistics
  • ECON-UA 18, Statistics
  • ENVST-UA 310, Environmental Quantitative Methods
  • POL-UA 850, Introduction to Research Methods in Political Science
  • PSYCH-UA 10, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
  • SOC-UA 302, Statistics for Social Research
  • UGPH-GU 20, Biostatistics for Public Health
  • UPADM-GP 111, Quantitative Analysis for Public Policy
• CORE-GP 1018 Microeconomics
  • ECON-UA 2, Introduction to Microeconomics
  • ECI-UF 2, Principles of Microeconomics
  • ECON-UA 10, Intermediate Microeconomics
  • UPADM-GP 140, Economics of Public Policy
• CORE-GP 1020 Management and Leadership
  • UPADM-GP 103, Management and Leadership
• CORE-GP 1021 Financial Management
  • No undergraduate course equivalent
• CORE-GP 1022 Introduction to Public Policy
  • POL-UA 300, Power and Politics in America
  • POL-UA 354, Politics of Administrative Law
  • UPADM-GP 101, Politics of Public Policy

Applying to Wagner

If accepted onto the BA-MPA or BA-MUP track, students are not automatically admitted to the corresponding Wagner graduate program. Students must complete the graduate application in their final undergraduate year at the end of the fall semester.

Financial Aid

Pursuing a graduate degree is an investment in the future and a serious commitment of time and money. All Bachelor's-Master's track applicants will be considered for scholarships and funding to help finance their degree. In the graduate application, students can also opt to be considered for the Georgina and Charlotte Bloomberg Public Service Fellows Program, a full-tuition scholarship opportunity.