Dear TSPPPA Masters and Combined Degree Students,
Fall 2022 registration is quickly approaching. Below is some handy advice to help you with registration and course selection.
- Summer 2022 registration has already begun. Fall 2022 registration begins on Thursday, April 14th at 9:00am. You are welcome and encouraged to take courses throughout the university (including off campusand online) and the consortium. As long as courses are at the master’s level (6000 or above at GW) and also relevant to public policy/administration, they will at least count as elective or field credits. If you have questions about specific courses, please contact your core advisor, the relevant field advisor, or program director (Peter Linquiti for ENRP students and Anil Nathan for MPA/MPP and combined degree students)
- Course name changes: PPPA 6013, formerly known as Econometrics for Policy Research I, is in the process of a name change to Regression Methods for Policy Research. During this transition, you may see the course under either one of those names. The class content has remained the same along with its prerequisites. Similarly, PPPA 8022 is in the process of a name change from Econometrics for Policy Research II to Econometrics for Policy Research.
- If any PPPA courses are full or require permission (i.e. PPPA 8022 for masters students and all courses for combined degree students) and you would like to be placed on a list, please fill out the PPPA course registration waitlist and permission form. The program director and instructor will receive this information. Please do not contact the instructors directly to get permission.
- Some non-PPPA courses require instructor or department permission to register. Usually, the best way to get this permission is to email the course instructor an RTF-EZ form to sign, and then send it to the registrar (a notable exception is the Milken School, which has it’s own registration procedures). If you are having issues registering for non-PPPA courses and cannot find the proper point of contact in those departments, please contact tspppa@gwu.edu for additional help.
- Continue to review the weekly “Tberg Skim” for important registration information and updates.
- Review our website for information on program requirements, advising, and field course options, as well as the masters students handbook.
- Check your DegreeMap to make sure you are on track with your program requirements. If you have waived any classes that are not reflected in DegreeMap, please contact your program director.
- MPA and MPP students should declare your field of study as soon as you have decided using the field of study declaration form. You can change your field at any time by simply completing the form again. Please feel free to contact a field advisor for help choosing field classes.
- Check the advising website for more tips as well as contact info for core and field advisors to help in your academic planning.
Please don’t hesitate to contact any of us with questions or concerns. We all wish you good health and a strong finish to the spring semester.
Sincerely,
Your Program Directors and Core Advising Team
ENRP students: Prof. Peter Linquiti
MPA/MPPs with last names A-G and combined degree students: Prof. Anil Nathan
MPA/MPPs who are active duty military: Prof. Bill Adams
MPAs with last names H-R: Prof. Michael Worth
MPPs with last names H-R: Prof. Dylan Conger
MPAs with last names S-Z: Prof. Stephanie Cellini
MPPs with last names S-Z: Prof. Kathy Newcomer