Master of Public Administration Degree Requirements
- These requirements apply to students entering this program in fall 2024 and thereafter. Students who enrolled earlier should consult the catalog in effect at the time they enrolled.
- Read the course descriptions.
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Prerequisites: This program requires all incoming students to be computer and information literate. Students should be comfortable operating a computer for such basic tasks as word processing, Internet searching, file downloading and e-mailing. Competence in a specific computer application program, such as Microsoft Excel, is stipulated as a prerequisite for enrollment in some courses.
This 36-credit program requires the following:
Core Courses (27 credits)
Public Administration Fundamentals (9 credits)
choose three courses
- PUAD 619 Public Management
- PUAD 620 Public Policy
- PUAD 623 Foundations: Bureaucracy and the Political Process
- PUAD 627 Legal and Ethical Environment of Public Administration
Management Skills (6 credits)
choose two courses
- PUAD 621 Human Resources Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
- PUAD 622 Public Budgeting and Fiscal Administration
- PUAD 626 Information Resources Management
Analytical Skills (9 credits)
must take all three courses
- PUAD 628 Statistical Applications in Public Administration
- PUAD 629 Public Program Evaluation
- PUAD 630 Analytical Tools in Public Administration
Capstone Experience (3 credits)
- PUAD 798 Problem Solving Seminar in Public Administration
Specialization (9 credits)
Select 9 credits within your chosen specialization. (below are recommended electives)
Budgeting & Fiscal Administration
- PUAD 701 Public Administration and Public Finance
- PUAD 702 Public Financial Management
- PUAD 777 Political Economy of Nonprofit Organizations
- PUAD 781 Information Technology: Public-Sector Applications
- PUAD 785 Public-Sector Performance Measurement
Global Affairs & Human Security
- GAHS 504 Human Security and Social Change
- GAHS 508 Global Governance
- GAHS 740 Global Affairs and Human Security Capstone
Health-Care Policy & Administration
- HSMG 630 The Legal Environment of Health Care Management
- HSMG 660 Comparative Global Health and Human Security
- HSMG 753 Policy Issues in Health Care
- HSMG 766 Human Resources Management and Organizational Behavior for Health Administrators
Negotiations & Conflict Management
- CNCM 506 Understanding and Assessing Conflict
- CNCM 513 Negotiations: Theory and Practice
- CNCM 515 Mediation: Theory and Practice
Public Policy & Administration
- HSMG 753 Policy Issues in Health Care
- PUAD 720 Urban Politics and Policy Planning
- PUAD 734 Strategic Planning
- PUAD 740 Administrative Law and Regulation
- PUAD 763 Public Policymaking
- PUAD 775 Intergovernmental Administration
- PUAD 781 Information Technology: Public-Sector Applications
Public & Nonprofit Management
- PUAD 700 Intro to Nonprofits
- PUAD 703 Urban Management
- PUAD 704 Managing Diversity
- PUAD 730 State and Local Personnel Management
- PUAD 732 Leadership and Organizational Change
- PUAD 733 Managing Public-Sector Projects
- PUAD 734 Strategic Planning
- PUAD 770 Community Development
- PUAD 775 Intergovernmental Administration
- PUAD 777 Political Economy of Nonprofit Organizations
- PUAD 781 Information Technology: Public Sector Applications
- PUAD 785 Public-Sector Performance Measurement
*PUAD 705 Special Topics in Public Administration and PUAD 709 Individual Research may also be used to satisfy specialization requirements. NOTE: Faculty members are limited to teaching a maximum of two independent study courses per semester as well as the summer school session.
Internship (3 credits)
- PUAD 790 Internship
**May be waived by the program director for those with pertinent experience. If you have not had any significant public-sector work experience, you must take a 3-credit internship in addition to the other requirements.