Public Management Concentration
The Public Management concentration provides students with knowledge, skills, and competencies that can be applied broadly in administrative leadership positions across government, nonprofit, and private sectors. Essential management concepts related to budgeting and human resources management are included. In addition, this versatile concentration allows students to choose between a wide range of elective courses to tailor it to their individual interests.
MPA Core Courses (24 credits)
- PA 8050 | Foundations in Public Service
- PA 8090 | Organization Theory & Behavior
- PA 8100 | Advanced Public & Nonprofit Management and Leadership
- PA 8120 | Research Methods for Public Administration
- PA 8300 | Policy Design and Implementation
- PA 8400 | Public Budgeting
- PA 8530 | Planning and Evaluation
- PA 8990 | Capstone Project in Public Administration
Public Management Focus Courses & Electives (15 credits)
Students in the Public Management Concentration will select three (3) focus courses based on areas of interest and in consultation of the MPA Advisor. Students work with their advisor to select two (2) electives that best match their career and academic goals.
- PA 8010 | The Public Economy
- PA 8030 | Internship
- PA 8110 | Managing Information in the Public Sector
- EMGT/PA 8160 | Planning, Preparedness & Mitigation
- PA 8320 | Public Policy Evaluation
- PA 8330 | Seminar in Policy Analysis
- PA 8350 | Social Policy & Inequality
- PA 8410 | Public Human Resource Management
- EMGT/PA 8430 | Response, Recovery & Resilience
- PA 8436 | Municipal Administration
- PA 8470 | Administrative Ethics and Leadership
- PA 8480 | Seminar in Public Financial Administration
- PA 8520 | Seminar in Grant Writing
- PA 8540 | Nonprofits & Public Policy
- PA 8550 | Introduction to the Non-Profit Sector
- PA 8566 | Intergovernmental Management
- PA 8600 | Administrative Law
- PA 8710 | Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations
- PA 8730 | Administration of Healthcare Systems
- PA 8740 | Health Care Policy
- PA 8750 | Social Determinants of Health
- PA 8760 | The U.S. Health Care System
- PA 8930 | Negotiation Skills Management
- UBNS 8000 | Seminar in Urban Studies
- UBNS 8020 | Race, Ethnicity & American Urban Culture
- UBNS/PA 8826 Environmental Law