{"id":5030,"date":"2026-11-13T11:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T16:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bpapm\/?page_id=5030"},"modified":"2026-11-13T11:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T16:12:23","slug":"papm-program-changes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bpapm\/papm-program-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"PAPM Program Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        BPAPM program is changing, what are my options?\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting from the fall of 2027, the Bachelor of Public Affairs and Policy Management program is being enhanced with new concentration options, greater elective flexibility, and a Combined Honours pathway with Communication and Media Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read about the coming changes <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bpapm\/bpapm-program-changes-coming-in-2027\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students who begin the BPAPM program in \u00a02027-2028, \u00a0will have a new version of the program.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This does not affect students <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">already in BPAPM<\/strong>, unless you wish to change into the new program. You have <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">no obligation<\/strong> to do so; but, if you wish to change, this is what the new program will look like:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All students will do a\u00a0<strong>BPAPM majo<\/strong>r. \u00a0It will have<strong>\u00a08.5 credits.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is essentially the same as the current BPAPM core and required courses, but with 0.5 credits in History instead of 1.0, and an additional 1.0 credits in Law, State, and Constitution and Law, State, and Citizen.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Specializations will be called\u00a0<strong>concentrations.\u00a0<\/strong>Concentrations will have\u00a0<strong>4.0 credits.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Policy streams\u00a0<\/strong>will be\u00a0<strong>optional<\/strong>. They will have\u00a0<strong>1.5 credits.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will have a greater number of free electives. There will be 7.5 credits of free electives. If you do a policy stream, the 1.5 credits will come from your free electives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The language requirement will remain the same.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For students in each specialization:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students in the<strong>\u00a0Communication and Policy Studies<\/strong>\u00a0specialization, we recommend\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong>\u00a0changing to the new program. \u00a0The new program is a Combined Honours degree in Communications and BPAPM.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students in the\u00a0<strong>Development Policy Studies<\/strong>\u00a0specialization:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This will become a Development and Human Rights concentration. It will comprise 4.0 credits.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There will be an optional policy stream in Global Economic Relations. (1.5 credits).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students in the<strong>\u00a0International Pollcy Studies\u00a0<\/strong>specialization:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This will be called an International Policy concentration. It will comprise 4.0 credits.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There will be two optional policy streams:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Security, Defence and Intelligence (1.5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Global Economic Relations (1.5 credits).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students in the<strong>\u00a0Public Policy and Administration<\/strong>\u00a0specialization:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This will become a Public Policy and Administration concentration. It will comprise 4.0 credits.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There will be two optional policy streams:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Economic Policy (1.5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Policy (1.5 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students may do a<strong>\u00a0minor<\/strong>. A minor will be between 4.0 and 5.0 credits.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The credits for the minor would come from free electives\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students could, for example, do a minor in Indigenous Studies; Environmental Studies; Economics; History; etc.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students may not do a minor and a policy stream. Students may do the courses from both, but must choose to claim them as part of free electives, minor, or policy stream.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting from the fall of 2027, the Bachelor of Public Affairs and Policy Management program is being enhanced with new concentration options, greater elective flexibility, and a Combined Honours pathway with Communication and Media Studies. You can read about the coming changes here. 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