Earn your UBalt degree fully online in our MPA program.
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.
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:
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)
Note: Through the Online MPA, you can only specialize in Public and Nonprofit Management as listed below:
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
Assurance of Learning: Master of Public Administration (MPA)
Mission Statement: The Master of Public Administration (MPA) program prepares graduates to be effective administrators, managers and leaders serving the public interest in public, nonprofit and private sector organizations. Through an active faculty engaged in research and service, the MPA program delivers a curriculum providing students with substantive knowledge, skills and judgment to succeed as professionals in an increasingly complex and diverse environment. Students graduating from our program contribute to their broader communities while adhering to the highest standards of ethical conduct.
Program-Level Student Learning Outcomes
By completion of the Master of Public Administration program:
Students will have the ability to formulate evidenced-based recommendations from an analysis of public policy issues.
Students will have the ability to use appropriate judgment in practicing current public organizational management and public budgeting techniques.
Students will have the ability to demonstrate a broad based knowledge in public administration theory, research and practice.
Students will have the ability to prescribe appropriate policies as they relate to a variety of human resource and personnel issues.
Students will have the ability to demonstrate technical written and oral presentation skills needed to communicate to professional audiences.