{"id":299,"date":"2020-10-20T16:47:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T20:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps-sppa\/?page_id=299"},"modified":"2025-10-07T12:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T16:59:13","slug":"graduate-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/sppa\/graduate-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>The Master of Public Policy, Administration and Law (MPPAL) program was designed for busy, working professionals wishing to advance their careers in the public sector by obtaining a degree part-time while continuing to work full-time. Designed on the cohort model, where you take the majority of your courses with the same classmates, students gain an instant networking circle that is supplemented by the many engaged alumni, professors and practitioners they encounter in our classrooms and at our celebrated events.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading text-uppercase h5\">Quick Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/advising\/cluster-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Academic Advising<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/students.yorku.ca\/york-gpa-calculator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GPA Calculator<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/careers.yorku.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Career Services<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.laps.yorku.ca\/\" 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