Master of Public Administration (MPA) Core Requirements for June 2001 - Summer 2007
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Master of Public Administration (MPA) - Core Requirements
For Students admitted June 2001 - Summer 2007
The Master of Public Administration (MPA) program curriculum consists of an 18 credit hour core and a 21 credit hour concentration. Students admitted as pre-career are also required to complete a three credit hour internship.
The core program addresses the body of knowledge and skills that is common to the administration of health care, nonprofit, and public entities. A listing of courses that fulfill each component of the core is provided by the table below. Course descriptions can be accessed by selecting the course numbers that were effective from the Fall 2001 semester to through the Summer 2007 semester. Courses under this curriculum that will not be taught under the new curriculum will be run in the Fall 2007 semester as PADM 5990 courses with the appropriate course title; these courses will not be offered after Fall 2007.
| MPA Core Components and Courses Click on the course number to access the description |
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits | |
| Foundations of Public Administration (Select One): | |||
| PADM 6000 | Foundations of Public Administration | 3 | |
| Political Environment (Select One): | |||
| PADM 6020 | Political Environment of Public Administration | 3 | |
| Economic Analysis (Select One): | |||
| PADM 6040 | Political Economy | 3 | |
| ECON 6010 | Applied Economics for Management | 3 | |
| Applied Research Methods (Select One): | |||
| PADM 6060 | Applied Research Methods | 3 | |
| Statistics and Quantitative Methods (Select One): | |||
| PADM 6070 | Data Analysis for Administrators | 3 | |
| Organization Behavior and Change (Select One): | |||
| PADM 6080 | Organization Theory and Behavior | 3 | |
| MGMT 6500 | Managing Change | 3 | |
| MGMT 6550 | Organization Theory | 3 | |
| PSCI 5340 | Administrative Theory | 3 | |
| SOC 6730 | Formal Organization | 3 | |