Public Administration (MPA) + Concentrations

Plan B Non-Thesis

Thirty-nine hours of gradaute credit, to include:

21 hours of Core Credit

• POLS 5000 - Survey of Public Administration Credits: 3
• POLS 5400 - Public Personnel Management Credits: 3
• POLS 5410 - Administrative Behavior and Theory of Organization Credits: 3
• POLS 5440 - Principles and Processes of Government Budgeting Credits: 3
• POLS 5510 - Public Policy and Program Management Credits: 3
• POLS 5684 - Empirical Analysis for Public Administration Credits: 3
• POLS 5690 - Capstone in Public Management Credits: 3

6 Hours of Option-Core Credit

• POLS 5420 - Seminar In Public Administration Credits: 3
• POLS 5460 - Public Administration and Law Credits: 3
• POLS 5465 - Survey of the Nonprofit Sector Credits: 3
• POLS 5480 - Ethics In Government Credits: 3
• POLS 5710 - Topics In Political Science Credits: 1-3
• POLS 5810 - Seminar in Political Philosophy Credits: 3

12 Hours CJ Concentration Electives

• CRMJ 5000 - Survey of Criminal Justice Credits: 3
• CRMJ 5500 - Internship in Criminal Justice Credits: 3
• One graduate-level Criminal Justice elective
• CRMJ 5100 - Public Policy and Crime Credits: 3

12 Hours ENR Concentration Electives

• ENR 5030 - Ecology of Knowledge Credits: 3
• ENR 5050 - Techniques in Environmental Data Management Credits: 4
• ENR 5100 - Foundations of ENRS Credits: 3
• ENR 5150 - Environmental Science: Perspectives and Methods Credits: 3
• ENR 5240 - Disease Ecology Credits: 3
• ENR 5270 - Writing and Reviewing Science Credits: 4
• ENR 5285 - Wildland Hydrology Credits: 3
• ENR 5310 - Environmental Anthropology Credits: 3
• ENR 5450 - Negotiation Credits: 3
• ENR 5500 - Risk Analysis Credits: 4
• ENR 5560 - Conservation Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
• ENR 5600 - Campus Sustainability Credits: 3
• ENR 5700 - Media, Science, and Society Credits: 3
• ENR 5750 - ENR Law and Policy Credits: 3
• ENR 5800 - Historic Preservation Credits: 3
• ENR 5870 - Graduate Seminar Credits: 1
• ENR 5890 - Topics in Environment and Natural Resources Credits: 1-6
• ENR 5900 - ENR Policy in Practice Credits: 3
• ENR 5920 - Collaborative Practice Methods Credits: 3
• ENR 5921 - Collaborative Practicum Credits: 1-3
• ENR 5940 - Continuing Registration: Off Campus Credits: 1-2
• ENR 5950 - Leadership in Natural Resources Management Credits: 2
• ENR 5960 - Thesis Research Credits: 1-12
• ENR 5961 - Plan B Projects Credits: 2
• ENR 5975 - Independent Study Credits: 1-6

12 Hours NPO Concentration Hours

• POLS 5465 - Survey of the Nonprofit Sector Credits: 3
• POLS 5710 - Topics In Political Science Credits: 1-3
• POLS 5500 - Internship in Public Administration Credits: 1-6
• ENGL 4075 - Writing for Non-Profits Credits: 3

Additional Information

Significant administrative experience is required of all M.P.A. graduates. If the M.P.A. student has little or no administrative experience an internship is required and will be included as 3 hours of the required elective credits. Students entering the M.P.A. Program are expected to possess basic computer literacy, and to have access to a computer for such purposes as communicating with professors via e-mail, receiving MPA Program memos, conducting research on the Web, retrieving articles from course documents libraries, working on course projects, and for conducting interactive/electronic class discussion. Students must earn a B or higher in all core classes.  In addition, students must maintain an overall graduate GPA of 3.000.