Public Administration (MPA)

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Plan B (Non-thesis)

Thirty-nine hours of graduate 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 of Approved Elective Credit

POLS 5710 - Topics In Political Science Credits: 1-3
POLS 4052 - Federal Land Politics Credits: 3
POLS 5500 - Internship in Public Administration Credits: 1-6
(Students are also allowed to take electives offered outside of the MPA prgram. Consult the program director for additional opportunities.)

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.