MIPA and NPP

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1	International Public Affairs and Neuroscience
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6	Courses	First Year Fall	Credits	Courses	First year Spring	Credits	Courses	First year Summer
7	NTP 990	Lab Rotation	1	NTP 990	2 Lab Rotations	1	NTP 990	Research 3 credits (Begin Research in Thesis Lab)
8	NTP 610	Cell and Molecular Neuroscience	4	NTP 990	Research	3
9	NTP 660	Neuroscience and Public Policy	1	NTP 611	Systems Neuroscience	4
10	NTP 700	Professional Development for Biomedical Graduate Students	1	NTP 660	Neuroscience and Public Policy	1
11	NTP 900	Neuroscience Seminar: Current Topics in Neurobiology	1	NTP 900	Neuroscience Seminar: Current Topics in Neurobiology	1
12	PA 880	Microeconomic Policy Analysis (CORE)	3	PA 873	Introduction to Policy Analysis (CORE)	3
13	PA	Elective	3
14			Total: 14		Select Ph.D. Thesis Mentor & Thesis Committee	Total: 13	Year 1 Total	30
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16	Courses	Second year Fall		Courses	Second Year Spring			Second Year Summer
17	Elective	Science and Technology Policy Elective	3	PA 850	International Governance (CORE)	3	PA 827	Administrative Internship 1-3 credits
18	Elective	Law/Bioethics Elective	3	PA 854	Macroeconomic Policy Analysis and International Financial Regulation (CORE)	3
19	NTP 990	Research	3	NTP 990	Research	4
20	NTP 660	Neuroscience and Public Policy	1	NTP 660	Neuroscience and Public Policy	1
21	NTP 900	Neuroscience Seminar: Current Topics in Neurobiology	1	NTP 900	Neuroscience Seminar: Current Topics in Neurobiology	1
22	PA 818	Introduction to Statistical Methods for Public Policy Analysis (CORE)	3
23			Total: 14			Total: 12	Year total	27-29
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25	Courses	Third year Fall		Courses	Third Year Spring			Third Year Summer
26	NTP	Elective	3	PA 860	Workshop in International Public Affairs (CORE)	3	NTP 990	Research 3
27	NTP	Elective	3	NTP 660	Neuroscience and Public Policy	1
28	NTP 990	Research	4	NTP 900	Neuroscience Seminar: Current Topics in Neurobiology	1
29	NTP 660	Neuroscience and Public Policy	1	NTP 990	Research	8
30	NTP 900	Neuroscience Seminar: Current Topics in Neurobiology	1			Total: 13
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32							Year total	28
33	Students can take up to 15 credits a semester but are advised to take 9-13 a semester.
34	Bolded courses are required for the MIPA program and are only offered once a year. MIPA graduation minimum requirement is 42 credits. Dual and double degree students requirements vary based on program.
35	Note: Only PA 818: Intro to Statistical Methods for Public Policy Analysis can be used to satisfy La Follette’s statistics requirement.
36	This course plan is intended to serve as a resource for students to ensure they complete all program requirements but is not the only path that students can take. For specific advising questions contact Mo O'Connor at mcoconnor@lafollette.wisc.edu
37	*A maximum of 3 credits can be accrued for internship via multiple internships or one worth 3 credits
38	For an up to date list of La Follette electives, visit the site below.
39	https://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/students/advising
40	Years 4, 5 & 6 Neuroscience Training Program only. More information including NTP requirements can be found here: https://npp.wisc.edu/
41	NTP requirements https://ntp.neuroscience.wisc.edu/
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