College of Arts & Sciences

Master of Public Administration Requirements

MPA Core Courses (27 credit hours)

  • PAD 600 - Foundations in Public Administration
  • PAD 601 - Human Resource Management
  • PAD 602 - Organizational Behavior & Theory
  • PAD 603 - Public Policy Analysis (pre-requisites: PAD 615 & PAD 616)
  • PAD 611 - Budgeting Techniques & Applications (pre-requisite: PAD 600)
  • PAD 612 - Administrative Law
  • PAD 615 - Research Methods in Public Administration (pre-requisite: PAD 600)
  • PAD 616 - Data Analysis (pre-requisite: PAD 615)
  • PAD 793 - Public Administration Capstone (students can take this class only during the last nine credit hours of their completion of the MPA curriculum)

MPA AREAS OF CONCENTRATION (12-13 credit hours)

Nonprofit Management 

Core courses (9 credit hours)

  • PAD 620 - Managing Nonprofit Organizations
  • PAD 621 - Resource Acquisition & Management
  • PAD 622 - Volunteer Management

Electives (Select any two or three for a total of 3 credit hours)

  • PAD 623 - Grants Writing (1 credit hour)
  • PAD 624 - Nonprofit Strategic Planning (1 credit hour)
  • PAD 626 - Nonprofit Program Evaluation (2  credit hours)
  • PAD 627 - Nonprofit Information Management (1 credit hour)
  • PAD 628 - Nonprofit Laws (1 credit hour)


Homeland Security & Emergency Management

Core courses (6 credit hours)

  • PAD 681 - Homeland Security
  • PAD 682 - Emergency Management or PAD 683 - Terrorism

Electives (Select any two for a minimum total of 6 credit hours)

  • PAD 622 - Volunteer Management (3 credit hours)
  • PAD 635 - Criminal Justice Administration (3 credit hours)
  • PAD 650 - Geography Information System (4 credit hours)
  • PAD 651 - Advanced Geography Information System (3 credit hours)
  • PAD 682 - Emergency Management  (3 credit hours)
  • PAD 683 - Terrorism (3 credit hours)
     

Metropolitan Governance

Core courses (6 credit hours)

  • PAD 660 - Planning & Community Development
  • PAD 675 - Local Government Management

Electives (Select any two for minimum total of 6 credit hours)

  • PAD 630 - Administrative Ethics (3 credit hours)
  • PAD 632 - Executive Management (3 credit hours)
  • PAD 650 - Geography Information System (4 credit hours)
  • PAD 651 - Advanced Geography Information System (3 credit hours)
  • PAD 661 - Urban Revitalization & Resource Development (3 credit hours)
     

General Public Management

Core course (3 credit hours)

  • PAD 630 - Administrative Ethics

Electives (Select any three for a minimum total of 9 credit hours)

  • PAD 620 - Managing Nonprofit Organizations (3 credit hours)
  • PAD 640 - Management of Public Information Systems (3 credit hours)
  • PAD 650 - Geography Information System (4 credit hours)
  • PAD 651 - Advanced Geography Information System (3 credit hours)
  • PAD 675 - Local Government Management (3 credit hours)
  • PAD 680 - Comparative  Public Administration (3 credit hours)
  • PAD 681 - Homeland Security (3 credit hours)

Other MPA Elective Courses

Students can take one or more of these elective courses for their area of concentration after getting prior approval from the MPA director.

  • PAD 694 - Special Topics (3 credit hours)
  • PAD 696 - Internship (3 credit hours)
  • PAD 699 - Readings and Practica in Public Administration (1-3 credit hours)