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The curriculum equips graduates with the following competencies essential to public service leadership:

  • Leading, managing, and engaging others in public service
  • Building professional relationships in a variety of organizational settings
  • Understanding and communicating diverse perspectives
  • Managing financial resources
  • Managing human capital
  • Analyzing information for decision-making
  • Identifying, collecting, managing, and interpreting relevant qualitative and quantitative data
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Program Components

Students must successfully complete these three essential components of the MPA program to graduate.

Coursework

A minimum of 45 hours of academic credit is required for graduation: 30 hours of core classes and 15 hours of elective courses in the student’s selected fields of interest.

Professional Work Experience (PWE)

Students develop their leadership competencies further in a public service work environment and gain work experience for career advancement.

Applied Research Problem

Students showcase their public administration competencies during their final semester, including a comprehensive oral exam and written response to an issue facing the public sector.

view a typical on campus course schedule
MPA Course Schedule 2-Year Planner
 
FALL
TERM 1 		Credit Hours
  		Semester
  		SPRING TERM 1
2021
  		Credit Hours
  		Semester
 
PUBA 709: Foundations of Public Administration
  		3 
  		Fall 
  		PUBA 710: Organization Theory
  		3 
  		Spring
 
PUBA 719: PA Analysis and Evaluation I
  		3 
  		Fall 
  		PUBA 720: PA Analysis and Evaluation II
  		3 
  		Spring
 
PUBA 721: Professional Communication
  		3 
  		Fall 
  		PUBA 723: Human Resource Management
  		3 
  		Spring
 
PUBA 760: Law for Public Administration
  		3 
  		Fall
  		PUBA 731: Public Financial Management
  		3 
  		Spring
 
MPA Elective 1: OPTIONAL
  		3 
  		Fall
  		     
TOTAL PUBA HOURS
  		15
  		  TOTAL PUBA HOURS
  		12
  		 
           

FALL Term 2 2021
  		   
SPRING Term 2 2022
  		   
PUBA 711: Public Service Leadership
  		3
  		Fall
  		PUBA 748: Applied Research II
  		1.5
  		Spring
 
PUBA 747: Applied Research I
  		1.5
  		Fall
  		Elective 4
  		3
  		Spring
 
Elective 2: 
  		3
  		Fall
  		Elective 5
  		3
  		Spring
 
Elective 3: 
  		3
  		Fall
  		Elective
  		3
  		Spring
 
TOTAL PUBA HOURS
  		10.5
  		  TOTAL PUBA HOURS
  		10.5
  		 
view a typical online course schedule
MPA Course Schedule 1.5 – Year Planner
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
PUBA 709 – Foundations of Public Administration PUBA 710 – Organization Theory PUBA 760 – Law for Public Administration
PUBA 721 – Professional Communication PUBA 720 – PA Analysis and Evaluation II PUBA 723 – Human Resource Management
PUBA 719 – Analysis and Evaluation I PUBA 731 – Public Financial Management *Professional Work Experience Practicum
Term 4 Term 5
PUBA 711 – Public Service Leadership Elective Course
Elective Course PUBA 747 – Applied Research I
Elective Course Elective Course
Elective Course PUBA 748 – Applied Research II
MPA Course Schedule 2.5 – Year Planner
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
PUBA 709 – Foundations of Public Administration PUBA 710 – Organization Theory PUBA 719 – Analysis and Evaluation I
PUBA 721 – Professional Communication PUBA 760 – Law for Public Administration PUBA 723 – Human Resource Management
Term 4 Term 5 Term 6
PUBA 720 – PA Analysis and Evaluation II PUBA 711 – Public Service Leadership Elective Course
PUBA 731 – Public Financial Management Elective Course PUBA 747 – Applied Research I
*Professional Work Experience Practicum
Term 7 Term 8
Elective Course Elective Course
Elective Course PUBA 748 – Applied Research II

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