Public Administration, MPA

Required Core Courses (21 hours)

• PA 6003 - Principles of Public Administration
• PA 6053 - Public and Non-Profit Budgeting
• PA 6063 - Public Policy
• PA 6073 - Research Methods
• PA 6083 - Organizational Leadership
• PA 6153 - Public Personnel Administration
• PA 6263 - Program Evaluation

Electives (12 hours)

Select 12 hours from the following:

• PA 6013 - Statistics for Public Administrators
• PA 6033 - Rural Politics
• PA 6043 - Legal Issues in Public Administration
• PA 6133 - Nonprofit Organizations
• PA 6183 - Special Topics I
• PA 6193 - Special Topics II
• PA 6253 - Social Activism and Public Administration
• PA 6273 - Planning, Grant-Writing, and Implementation

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• *With advisor approval, courses outside of the PA program may be used as electives.

Professional Project (3 hours)

• PA 6113 - Professional Project

• All students are required to complete a professional project. This project is expected to incorporate the skills learned in the MPA program in a written product that is of use to a particular agency or organization. The student must receive prior approval in writing from the director of the MPA program before proceeding on the project. The student must be registered for PA 6113 during the term in which the project is completed. If a project is not completed during the term for which the student is enrolled, a grade of NC will be assigned. In order to complete the project the student must be enrolled for the credits during the term in which it will be completed. If the student is successful in completing the project a grade of CR will be assigned for the term during which the project was completed. However, any previous NC grades will not be changed and only the credits the student earned while enrolled in the semester that the project was completed will be awarded.