M. A Public Policy and Sustainable Development

The TERI University offers number of courses one of the course is M. A Public Policy and Sustainable Development.

In the first year of the programme during which the primary requirement will be coursework, the students will be exposed to basic concepts of the public policy environment. This will be with a view to a practical orientation, and new methodologies and tools will be demonstrated to the students. The first year of the programme will include a set of core and elective courses (listed on the following pages) at the TERI University, New Delhi, with a brief term of five weeks at the Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, USA, and one week at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, USA.

A major portion of the second year will be devoted to project or dissertation work in an area chosen by the participant and to be undertaken at his or her workplace. Towards the end of the second year, participants will return with their completed dissertations and spend about three weeks at TERI University, during which they will present their projects and complete the remaining requirements for the award of the degree.