Audrey Chambers
Program Manager
Phone: 602-543-4779
[email protected]
Register for the Informational Session on October 1, from 5-6 p.m. via Zoom here.
The application can be found here.
Sample Agenda from January 2024 session
2024 Business and Public Policy Information Session Recording
Professor Jonathan Bundy
Credits: 3
Washington, DC Session Dates and times will be listed below when they have been determined. The Business and Public Policy course, MGT565, is typically considered a Spring 2025 course (3 credits will be posted in the Spring 2024 semester).
MBA Sessions - Business and Public Policy
MBA Session 1: March 10-14, 2025
MBA Session 2: May 12-16, 2025 (this would count as a Spring elective)
MBA Health Care Policy Sessions
May Managing Health Care Policy: May 12-16, 2024
***All dates are subject to change
A 3-hour pre-departure session for this course is required and will be held in the evening a few weeks prior to your travel to The Washington Campus. If you miss the pre-departure session for this course for any reason, you will be dropped from the course. More details below in regards to pre-work requirements.
Course Objectives
The Washington Campus programs are intensive educational and professional development courses, based in Washington, D.C. Program faculty consist of policy and public affairs experts, political and government leaders, and other key players from business, associations, media, think tanks, and NGOs. Our faculty's in-depth, first-hand insights help prepare current and future organizational leaders to think and act more strategically regarding government, public affairs, and public policy. Current and future for-profit, non-profit, and public sector executives gain valuable perspectives on how government and public policy affects their organizations and industries, as well as their careers and communities. Participants learn how to craft and implement more successful strategies to manage these forces, including how to ethically and effectively influence the public policy process. All Campus programs incorporate site visits to government offices and agencies, and to other historic and important D.C. locations, so that participants better understand the actual places and players that shape and make policy.
The Government taxes, regulates and negotiates the terms of international trade and investment, as well as sets economic policy. Its policies may help or harm an entire industry or may affect one company disproportionately. This seminar provides a hands on understanding of how federal policy is developed and of the many players within the public policy process, which is indispensable to business students and to the development of sound business strategies.
Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of how regulatory, economic, tax, and trade policies are made. The experience helps prepare executives to contribute to the public policy process as:
Course Overview
Prior to the program course session, you will be required to attend a 3-hour course session conducted by Professor Jonathan Bundy. In addition, the seminar director will e-mail students a packet of brief reading prior to the seminar. The readings prepare students for vigorous class discussions. During the program, the faculty leader may add presentations or group projects for participants to complete and each faculty member or guest lecturer may provide additional material for participants to review.
Assurance of Learning and Course Assessment
The course will conclude with a take-home examination. Course grades will be determined by the following:
Take-home exam (45%) - The take-home exam consists of two 1000-word essays, drawn from a choice of key topics and concepts from the assigned readings and course sessions.
Group Advocacy Strategy Project (45%)- The team project involves the design of an effective advocacy strategy for the company and public policy issue of your choice (with faculty approval), and its presentation via Zoom.
Individual Participation (10%)- Participation consists of individual engagement during the online course with faculty, speakers, and other students.
Please visit The Washington Campus website (www.washcampus.edu) and the sample syllabus for more information on how each session will be conducted, and potential hotel and travel suggestions if any of the programs will be held in-person at The Washington Campus. To access the sample agenda, input the password "wpcmba2012" (without quotation marks).
Again, course information will be sent directly by The Washington Campus to all participants prior to course kick-off.
Overall Program Cost = Off Campus Program fee + W. P. Carey MBA Program tuition + ASU tuition
The total payment to The Washington Campus is $2250. This total includes the non-refundable $150 registration fee. Payment is due upon registration in order to have a space reserved, and costs are subject to change prior to registration.
The off campus program fee will be paid directly to The Washington Campus upon registration for the program. Spaces are reserved on a first come/first serve basis. Acceptance into the program by the W. P. Carey School of Business does not reserve your space with The Washington Campus. You must register with The Washington Campus and pay your program fee after you have been approved by W. P. Carey in order to guarantee your spot in the session. Instructions on how and when to make these payments will be sent following acceptance to the program.
Expenses covered by the Off Campus program fee:
Expenses not covered by the Off Campus program fee:
Tuition
Spring (January and March sessions) - 3 credit hours of ASU Tuition and Fees will be charged (Exception:
Professional Flex MBA students who are taking more than 7 credits in spring will not have additional ASU tuition).
NOTE: All amounts shown in the Tuition and Fees Schedules or in other University publications or web pages represent tuition and fees as currently approved. However, Arizona State University reserves the right to increase or modify tuition and fees without prior notice, upon approval by the Arizona Board of Regents or as otherwise consistent with Board policy and to make such modifications applicable to students enrolled at ASU at that time as well as to incoming students. In addition, all tuition amounts and fees are subject to change at any time for correction of errors. Finally, please note that fee amounts billed for any period may be adjusted at a future date.
Application for the Course
Your first step will be to apply here. This application will be reviewed by W. P. Carey Staff. If you gain approval, you’ll be sent next steps regarding completing your second application via the Washington Campus website.
Selection Process
Cancellation and Withdrawal Penalties
W. P. Carey Tuition
Students are required to pay tuition for any registered course unless the student drops or withdraws from the course prior to the on campus pre-departure session for the seminar for which they are registered. The withdrawal deadline for the on campus portion of the class is the day before the scheduled on campus session. No tuition refunds are made thereafter. All refunds are reduced by any amounts owed to the university.
All students wishing to withdraw from the course must provide a written statement to the program director by the close of business on the drop deadline.
Washington Campus Program Tuition and Fee
Please note the deadline schedule below and corresponding refund/transfer amount for The Washington Campus portion of the tuition, should you need to cancel or transfer your enrollment. No refunds will be issued for no-shows. The registration/activity fee is non-refundable and is not transferable to future programs. If you cancel or decide to transfer to another program date, TWC will apply the tuition refund/transfer amount as follows:
Cancellation/Transfer Policy
All cancellations must be submitted via email to [email protected]
Should you need to transfer or cancel your enrollment, please let our team know. No refunds will be issued for no-shows.
The application fee and deposit ($150) is non-refundable but is transferable to future programs.
Tuition is transferable and, in the case of a cancellation, may be refunded according to the following conditions:
• More than 30 days prior to the program start = 100% refund of tuition
• 15 days to 30 days prior to
the program start = 75% refund of tuition
• 14 days or fewer prior to the program start = 50% refund of
tuition
• No show = no refund of tuition