Policy Analytics
With advanced training in data analysis, visualization, and policy evaluation, students are prepared to analyze public policy problems using cutting edge techniques and to communicate their insights to a broad audience.
Concentration Courses
HBS 503: Administrative Law and Regulatory Policymaking
Legal foundations of the administrative state. Agency implementation of legislation through rulemaking, enforcement, and adjudication. Legislative oversight, executive control, and judicial review of agency actions.
HBS 512: Research Design and Data Acquisition
Methods for planning and executing research from experiments to case studies. Development of research questions and hypotheses, measurement issues, and validity of inferences. Basic assumptions and techniques of research in public policy including measurement, analysis, acquiring and reporting data.
HBS 513: Data-Driven Decisions
Methods and analytic tools used to translate data into models and forecasts to support public decision-making. Emphasis on econometric and simulation approaches, including linear regression and maximum likelihood methods.
Earn an optional Policy Analytics Certificate
HBS 514: Policy Communication and Data Visualization
Approaches to communicating complex scientific and policy information to varied audiences, media training, as well as data visualization strategies and techniques.
John Briggs
“I chose the Baker School because I was looking for an online MPA program from a recognized school that would bring value to my career. I believe the Baker School’s program does that.”