Required: Complete 27 semester hours

MPA 500: Introduction to Public Administration (F)

MPA 510: Quantitative Methods in Public Administration (F)

MPA 511: Applied Research Techniques (S)

MPA 520: Organizational Theory (F)

MPA 530: Public Budgeting (S)

MPA 540: Public Sector Human Resource Management (F)

MPA 599: Public Administration Capstone (F)

Choose one Public Policy Course (required; 3 Sem Hrs.)  

MPA 504: State and Local Government

MPA 551: Introduction to Public Policy (S)

Choose one Ethics Course (required; 3 Sem. Hrs.)             

MPA 526: Leadership in Building Community (F)

MPA 524: Ethics in Public Administration (S)

F indicates a course typically offered during the fall semester.

Complete 12 semester hours. Students, with prior approval of the Program Director, may take other graduate level courses outside of the department to fulfill elective requirement.

MPA 508: Contemporary Issues

MPA 514: Government Planning

MPA 515: Emergency Management

MPA 555: Selected Topics in Public Policy

MPA 556: Environmental Policy

MPA 557: Health Policy

MPA 561: Introduction to Nonprofit and Community Organizations

MPA 562: Strategic Planning for Nonprofit and Community Organizations

MPA 563: NGO Management and Development

MPA 565: Grant Writing

MPA 566: Nonprofit Community Relations

MPA 569: Nonprofit Financial Management

MPA 571: Administrative Law

MPA 593: Independent Study

MPA 595: Internship

MPA 597: Public Service Project