Graduate Programs

Executive M.P.A.

The Executive MPA offers a curriculum designed to prepare working professionals for advanced leadership in public organizations. Students are required to have 10 years of significant work experience. The program uses a cohort model to facilitate course sequencing and maximize learning across courses. Students are required to complete the following 45 credits of coursework.

Requirements

Core courses

PA 513Administrative Ethics and Values

3

PA 517Leadership Development for Public Organizations

3

PA 518Leading Public Organizations

3

PA 533Public Policy: Origins and Process

3

PA 534Administrative Law

3

PA 539National Policy Process

3

PA 540Administrative Theory and Behavior

3

PA 544International Field Experience

3

PA 545Organizational Development

3

PA 547Culture, Values and Leadership

3

PA 559Research Design and Analytic Methods for Administrative Leaders

3

PA 583Advanced Budgeting Concepts and Techniques

3

PA 590Human Resource Management in the Public Sector

3

Total Credit Hours:39

Capstone Requirement

Students will register for the following two courses to complete their capstone, a culminating project intended to demonstrate mastery of the core skills taught in the program as applied to a real-life problem of public management:
PA 508Reflective Practice

3

PA 512Case Analysis

3-6

Total Credit Hours:6

Total Credit Hours: 45