Master of Public Policy and Administration, MPPA Learning Outcomes

Program Educational Objectives

Students earning the Master of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) degree from York College will be able to do the following:

• Articulate and apply a public service perspective.
• Understand, explain, participate in, and contribute to the policy process.
• Lead and manage in public governance and administration.
• Emulate the thought processes, professional work habits, ethical practices, and decision making approaches exhibited by career professionals.
• Use critical thinking capacity to systematically analyze and evaluate questions, ideas, issues, policies, programs, and their implications; and make subsequent decisions based on ethical and informed selection and interpretation of supporting information, research, evidence, data, and findings.
• Express knowledge, findings, interpretations, and prescriptions through written, oral, and visual communication skills accepted as standard conventions in the public service profession when communicating with peers, political leaders, and a diverse and changing workforce and citizenry.
• Execute the practical application of theories and concepts related to public policy, public administration/public management, policy analysis, and quantitative/qualitative research methods to better inform the policymaking process.