PA at University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. PA 5021Microecon for Policy Analysis
• 1. PA 5003Intro to Fin Analysis & Mgmt
• 1. PA 5033Multivariate Techniques
• 1. PA 5031Statistics for Public Affairs

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate PA coursework.

• PA 5021Microecon for Policy Analysisopens 4 courses (4 directly)
• PA 5003Intro to Fin Analysis & Mgmtopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• PA 5033Multivariate Techniquesopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• PA 5031Statistics for Public Affairsopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• PA 5038Analytics for Leaders Iopens 1 course (1 directly)
• PA 5051Leadership Foundationsopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate PA work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 31 PA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 313 more PA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in PA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at PA 5022

  1. PA 5021Microecon for Policy Analysis
  2. PA 5022Apps of Econ for Pol Analysis

• 2 courses deep, ending at PA 5039

  1. PA 5038Analytics for Leaders I
  2. PA 5039Analytics for Leaders II

• 2 courses deep, ending at PA 5044

  1. PA 5033Multivariate Techniques
  2. PA 5044Applied Regression, Accel.

• 2 courses deep, ending at PA 5052

  1. PA 5051Leadership Foundations
  2. PA 5052Public Affairs Leadership

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PA yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PA yet.

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Department events

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