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Public Management - Local Government Administration
The concentration is composed of seven three-credit hour courses (21 credit hours): three courses from the Required Concentration Courses, three Elective Concentration Courses, and the Project Paper Seminar; one course from Elective Substitutes can be substituted for one of the Elective Concentration Courses with special permission from the student's advisor.
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
| Required Concentration Courses (9 credit hours required) | ||
| PADM 6130 | Local Government Administration | 3 |
| PADM 6120 | Principles of Public Budgeting | 3 |
| PADM 6270
or PADM 6290 | Human Resources Administration or Supervisory Skills for Administrators | 3 |
| Elective Concentration Courses (9 credit hours required) | ||
| PADM 6110 | Administrative Law and Governmental Regulation | 3 |
| PADM 6140 | Managing Community Growth / Development | 3 |
| PADM 6150 | State and Local Government Finance | 3 |
| PADM 6170 | Intergovernmental and Interorganizational Relations | 3 |
| Elective Substitutes (may substitute one course below for an Elective Concentration Course above with special permission from the student's advisor) | ||
| PADM 6400 | Nonprofit Governance | 3 |
| PADM 6780 | Program Evaluation | 3 |
| PSCI 6430 | Relations Between Subnational, National, and International Systems | 3 |
| GEOG 5560 | Studies in Urban and Regional Planning | 3 |
| GEOG 5700 | Cities and Urban Systems | 3 |
| GEOG 5570 | Environmental Impact Assessment | 3 |
| GEOG 5010 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| GEOG 6700 | Seminar in Urban Geography and Planning | 3 |
| GEOG 5690 | Intermediate Geographic Systems | 3 |
| GEOG 6690 | Advanced GIS Seminar | 3 |
| SOC 6640 | Studies in Criminology | 3 |
| SOC 6610 | Seminar: Current Issues in Criminology | 3 |
| SOC 6600 | Theoretical Issues in Criminology | 3 |
| MPA Project Paper Seminar | ||
| PADM 6800 | Project Paper Seminar | 3 |