Law (Pre-2008)
Requirements for students admitted prior to summer 2008
The Master of Public Administration law concentration offered by the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Western Michigan University is composed of 21 credit hours. You must complete one course each from Areas I to V and transfer six credit hours from the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School J.D. program.
Area I: legal dimensions
- PADM 6210: Federal Administrative Law (three credit hours)
Area II: budgeting and finance
- PADM 5860: Budget Development for Nonprofit Organizations (three credit hours)
- PADM 6120: Principles of Public Budgeting (three credit hours)
- PADM 6520: Financial Management of Health Care Organizations (three credit hours)
Area III: human resources
- PADM 6270: Human Resources Administration (three credit hours)
- PADM 6290: Supervisory Skills for Administrators (three credit hours)
- PADM 6440: Human Resources for Nonprofit Organizations (two credit hours)
Area IV: cognate electives
- BIOS 5120: Environment and Health Problems (three credit hours)
- GEOG 5560: Studies in Urban and Regional Planning (three credit hours)
- GEOG 5570: Environmental Impact Assessment (three credit hours)
- PSCI 6010: Foundations of American Politics I (three credit hours)
- PSCI 6020: Foundations of American Politics II (three credit hours)
- PSCI 6040: American National Politics and Public Policy (three credit hours)
- PADM 6130: Local Government Administration (three credit hours)
- PADM 6150: State and Local Government Finance (three credit hours)
Area V: capstone
- PADM 6800: Project Paper Seminar (three credit hours)