Current MAPP Student Resources
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MAPP Student Handbooks
- 2023-2024 (for students entering program in Fall 2023 through Spring 2024)
- 2022-2023 (for students entering program in Fall 2022 through Spring 2023)
- Course Requirement Changes Fall 2021
- 2021-2022 (for students entering program in Fall 2021 through Spring 2022)
- 2020-2021 (for students entering program in Fall 2020 through Spring 2021)
New admits
Academic resources
- How to Complete the Interactive Plan of Study (iPOS) – For students admitted in Fall 2021 or later
- How to Complete the Interactive Plan of Study (iPOS) – For students admitted in Fall 2020 or Spring 2021
PPS Projected course offerings*
*Future semester course offerings are tentative and subject to change.
Fall 2023
A: PPS 501 Fundamentals of Political Psychology
A: PPS 502 Cognition and Emotion
A: PPS 505 Biopolitics
A: PPS 506 Experimental Design
B: PPS 511 Public Opinion
B: PPS 514 Campaigns and Elections
B: PPS 598 Intro to the Psychology of Polling New
B: PPS 550 Capstone
Spring 2024
A: PPS 501 Fundamentals of Political Psychology
A: PPS 506 Experimental Design
A: PPS 598 Psychology of Foreign Policy New
B: PPS 504 Attitudes and Persuasion
B: PPS 515 Advances in Media Effects
B: PPS 598 Psychology of Fake News and Misinformation New
B: PPS 550 Capstone
Summer 2024
A: PPS 512 Political Polarization
A: PPS 513 Elite Decision Making
B: PPS 598 Political Campaign Management (recommended pre-requisite PPS 514)
C: PPS 550 Capstone
All graduate students must be enrolled in at least one graduate credit in both fall and spring semesters in either A or B sessions (or both). Summer enrollment is optional. Summer A and B courses are more condensed at 6 weeks, as opposed to fall and spring at 7.5 weeks, and offer the same amount of material as fall and spring semesters. Summer C session courses are 8 weeks long.
Other resources
- Graduate College: Students are responsible for knowing and adhering to the policies in the Graduate Policies and Procedures manual.
- ASU Academic Calendar: Students are responsible for knowing and adhering to the deadlines in the ASU Academic Calendar. Please specifically be aware of add/drop deadlines.
- Tuition and fees
- Online tutoring
- Pat Tillman Veterans Center
- ASU Online Resources (Support for Academic and Personal Issues)
- ASU Career Services
- Handshake: Handshake is a Career Services tool for students or alumni looking for internship and job opportunities
- Wellness Resources for Graduate Students