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2024-2025 Graduate and Professional Programs Catalog

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2024-2025 Graduate and Professional Programs Catalog

Master of Public Policy and Administration, MPPA

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The Master of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) prepares students by enhancing their knowledge of public policy and administrative structures in local, state, and federal government. The MPPA also provides students with hands-on learning opportunities to further develop their analytical and communication skills.

Undergraduate students who apply for “early entrance” to the MPPA Program are limited to earning 15 credits of MPPA courses while working towards their bachelor’s degree. In addition, “early entrance” MPPA students are limited to taking a maximum of 2 MPPA courses per semester.

The existing Post-Baccalaureate Certificates in Urban Planning and Non-Profit Leadership have implications for two of the three concentrations presented below. MPPA students may take a concentration in urban planning, non-profit leadership, or local government upon completing the respective course requirements. However, MPPA students are prohibited from earning both the MPPA and either of the post-baccalaureate certificates in Non-Profit Leadership and Urban Planning.

Degree Requirements (36 credits)

Core Courses (30 credits)

MPA 501 Public Policy Process and Issues 3 credit hours
MPA 510 Quantitative Analysis for Policy and Administration 3 credit hours
MPA 511 Policy Analysis 3 credit hours
MPA 516 Research Methods for Public Policy and Administration 3 credit hours
MPA 520 Policy Communications 3 credit hours
MPA 521 Microeconomics for Policymakers 3 credit hours
MPA 590 Thesis/Practical Research Applications/Experiential Learning Project I 3 credit hours
MPA 591 Thesis/Practical Research Applications/Experiential Learning Project II 3 credit hours
MPA 515 Strategic Planning and Management 3 credit hours
OR
MPA 517 Governmental Budgeting 3 credit hours
MPA 518 Public Sector Organizations 3 credit hours
OR
MPA 519 Leadership Development in the Public Sector 3 credit hours

Elective Courses (6 credits)

MPA 503 Seminar on Professional Development 3 credit hours
MPA 504 Program Evaluation 3 credit hours
MPA 505 Law and Public Policy 3 credit hours
MPA 512 History and Theory of Urban Planning 3 credit hours
MPA 513 Seminar on Local Government 3 credit hours
MPA 514 Nonprofits and Public Policy 3 credit hours
MPA 522 Policy Workshop 3 credit hours
MPA 561 Advanced Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours
MPA 570 Seminar in Public Policy and Administration 1 3 credit hours
MPA 571 Seminar in Public Policy and Administration 2 3 credit hours
MPA 580 Special Topics 3 credit hours
MPA 581 Special Topics in Public History 3 credit hours
MPA 592 Public Policy and Administration Independent Research 1 3 credit hours
MPA 593 Public Policy and Administration Independent Research 2 3 credit hours
MPA 530 Portfolio Assessment 1 3 credit hours
MPA 531 Portfolio Assessment 2 3 credit hours
Selected courses offered by other graduate programs at the College, as approved by the MPPA Program Director

Concentration in Urban Planning

MPA 512 History and Theory of Urban Planning 3 credit hours
MPA 561 Advanced Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours

Concentration in Non-Profit Leadership

MPA 514 Nonprofits and Public Policy 3 credit hours
MPA 515 Strategic Planning and Management 3 credit hours
MBA 554 Human Resource Management 3 credit hours
OR
MPA 518 Public Sector Organizations 3 credit hours
MBA 556 Executive Leadership 3 credit hours
OR
ML 510 Foundations of Leadership 3 credit hours
OR
MPA 519 Leadership Development in the Public Sector 3 credit hours

Concentration in Local Government

MPA 512 History and Theory of Urban Planning 3 credit hours
MPA 513 Seminar on Local Government 3 credit hours
MPA 517 Governmental Budgeting 3 credit hours
MPA 518 Public Sector Organizations 3 credit hours

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