The Master of Science in Social Policy Program (MSSP) program is an eleven-month, ten-course program that prepares professionals with knowledge and skills to use policy to increase equality, promote equity, and forge social change. MSSP graduates are prepared for policy leadership positions in government, philanthropic foundations, research institutes, nonprofit and non-governmental organizations, and other related settings, through: Understanding the world views, assumptions, and philosophies underlying all policy solutions, Understanding how decisions about social policy issues are made, shaped and influenced at local, state, national and global levels, Formulating a social reform agenda that is evidence-based and aims at improving the equity, effectiveness, and efficiency of policy creation and implementation, and Generating and considering a wide array of policy options to address social problems.