Public Administration, M.P.A.

The MPA is a 36-hour professional degree consisting of 27 hours of core courses and nine hours of electives. The core courses include the following:

Elective coursework will be selected by the student in consultation with an advisor in the MPA program. The MPA is a non-thesis program. It does require an internship (for students who are pre-service) or a practicum (for students who are in-service). Students are responsible for getting their own internships, though the department will provide information about and facilitate the selection of internship placements

In addition, each student will be given a comprehensive examination in accordance with the Public Administration Capstone PADM 7901 (a capstone course that each MPA student will take during the student’s last year in the MPA program). This comprehensive examination will be evaluated by professors of the MPA program.