Graduate Programs

Admission Requirements

Degree Requirements

Master of Public Administration M.P.A.

Health Administration M.P.A. (Admission suspended)

Collaborative Governance Graduate Certificate

Energy Policy and Management Graduate Certificate

Executive MPA

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 513	Administrative Ethics and Values	3
PA 517	Leadership Development for Public Organizations	3
PA 518	Leading Public Organizations	3
PA 533	Public Policy: Origins and Process	3
PA 534	Administrative Law	3
PA 539	National Policy Process	3
PA 540	Administrative Theory and Behavior	3
PA 544	International Field Experience	3
PA 545	Organizational Development	3
PA 547	Culture, Values and Leadership	3
PA 559	Research Design and Analytic Methods for Administrative Leaders	3
PA 583	Advanced Budgeting Concepts and Techniques	3
PA 590	Human 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 508	Reflective Practice	3
PA 512	Case Analysis	3-6
Total Credit Hours:		6

Total Credit Hours: 45

Nonprofit Leadership Master

Nonprofit and Public Management Graduate Certificate

Public Affairs and Policy Ph.D.