Master of Public Administration
What insights and skills will you need to manage public policy
programs? How will you handle the economic and social factors that
drive behavior in the public sector? If you are interested in
advanced leadership studies in the public and non-profit sectors,
this degree program offers exceptional training.
MPA Undergraduate Prerequisites - 9 credits**
ACC 305 Financial and Managerial Accounting*
MGT 340 Organization Theory and Behavior*
MGT 352 Political, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Business
Managerial Core Requirements - 12 credits
RES 600 Graduate Research Methods
IT 620 Information Resource Management
MPA 625 Strategic Management in the Public Sector*
RES 603 Applied Research Development*
Select one of the following courses as a Core Course; the other
course will be taken as a Major course:
COM 623 Global Communication
LDR 620 Ethical Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility
Major Requirements - 27 credits
MGT 665 Corporate Power, Politics, and Negotiation*
MPA 610 Strategic Planning and Implementation in Public
Administration
MPA 630 Managing Public Policy
MPA 642 Public Finance: Government Accounting and Control*
MPA 646 Procurement and Contract Administration
MPA 650 Human Behavior and Resource Administration
MPA 667 Public Finance: Politics of the Budgetary Process
MPA 670 Public Administrator and the Law*
Whichever of the following courses was not taken as a Core course:
COM 623 Global Communication
LDR 620 Ethical Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility
Credits Required for Degree: 39
*Indicates courses requiring a prerequisite.
**Credits not applied toward degree requirements.