MPA Core Curriculum & Areas of Emphasis
The MPA curriculum has four major components
- Core Curriculum (24 hours)
- Area of Emphasis (15 hours)
- Internship for Pre-Service Students (3 hours)
- MPA Professional Paper (3 hours)
Core Curriculum
Each MPA student must complete these courses:
- Politics and Management in Public Agencies (PADM 6100)
- Human Resource Management in Public Agencies (PADM 6110)
- Public Budgeting and Finance (PADM 6120)
- Administrative Law and Ethics (PADM 6140)
- Public Policy Formulation and Implementation (PADM 6160)
- Applied Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation (PADM 6161)
- Quantitative Methods for Public Administration (PADM 6230)
- Management of Public Information Technology (PADM 6260)
Areas of Emphasis
MPA students are expected to develop knowledge and expertise in a specialized are of public administration. This involves successful completion of five courses in a given sub-field. Depending on the individual area of emphasis, courses can be selected in public administration or in other recognized departments within the university (e.g., business; community health; planning; psychology; gerontology; etc.). While the interests and needs of individual students can be accommodated through customized, individual areas of emphasis, the currently established areas include:
- Community Health Administration
- Economic Development
- Environmental Policy Analysis and Administration
- Human Resource Management
- Non-Profit Health Care Management
- Planning
- Public Budgeting and Finance
- Public Policy
- Security Studies
- State and Local Administration
- Sustainable Tourism
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