Contact Information
Helene McAdams will be PPS point person for concurrent students to consult
at Terry Sanford’s Institute of Public Policy for MPP course registration
and program questions. Cynthia Peters will remain as point person at Nicholas
School of the Environment for registration and program requirement questions. the Office
of Professional Studies' interaction
with studentsTis similar to that of the MPP DGS.
Mater’s Projects
The MPP student, MP Advisor, and committee members play
crucial roles in ensuring that the
Master’s Project (MP) is a top-quality piece of work. Advisors
and committee members serve as
guides to MPP students in forming and refining a topic
for the MP, writing and defending a
prospectus, writing and editing drafts, and ultimately
finishing a Master’s Project, the culminating piece of
the MPP Program at the Institute. In order to ensure that
the student, advisor, and committee members have the most
productive working relationship possible, we have created
the following guidelines and expectations.
Joint-appointed faculty has had difficulty
serving as primary advisors for MPP Master's Projects. Preference
is for MPP's to consult joint faculty for service on MP
Committees, not as primary MP Advisors.
For additional information, follow the links below:
Registration
Although Helene submits the
list of concurrent-degree students to be put on LOA (Leave
of Absence) to Graduate School in May, the Graduate School
does not process LOA requests until mid-August, which can
cause registration difficulties,
such as forcing MEM's to register for Continuation. Students
need to be advised to register under the MEM career, not
the Graduate career, if they are scheduled to be on LOA
from the MPP program during a given semester. If
a student does register for Continuation when he/she should
not, contact Helene McAdams, who will resolve the issue
with the Graduate School.
