College of Arts & Sciences

Master of Public Administration Curriculum

MPA Core Courses (27 credit hours)

  • PAD 600 - Foundations of 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 MPA elective courses for a minimum total of 9 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 640 - Management of Public Information Systems (3 credit hours)
  • 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)
  • PAD 515 - Cartography (3 credit hours)
  • PAD 519 - Introduction to Remote Sensing (3 credit hours)
  • PAD 520 -Advanced Remote Sensing (3 credit hours)