Degree Pathway, Master of Public Administration, Fall 2023 and Spring 2024

Sample Degree Pathway for Master of Arts - Public Administration

For students entering Fall 2023 and Spring 2024.

All programs are 39 credits, consisting of 4 required courses, 4 courses from the flexible core, and 4 courses from the general core, and 1 capstone course.

Required Courses

Course Number	Course Name	Credits
MPAD.5010	Foundations for Public Administration	3
MPAD.5020	Public & Non Profit Budgeting and Financial Management	2
MPAD.5030	Public & Non Profit Management & Leadership	3
MPAD.5040 or CRIM.5900	Data Analysis or Inferential and Descriptive Statistics	3
Total		12

Flexible Core

Course Number	Course Name	Credits
Total		12
	Managing Resources - Choose 1
MPAD.5400	Public Finance	3
PUBH.5110	Health Care Finance	3
	Managing People - Choose 1
MPAD.5300	Gender and Administration	3
CRIM.5200	Administration of Justice	3
CRIM.5210	Managing Justice Organizations	3
MPAD.5150	Public and Non-Profit Personnel Management	3
	Managing Communication - Choose 1
MPAD.5120	Communication Strategies for Public and Non-Profit Managers	3
	Managing Information - Choose 1
CRIM.5910	Research Design	3
CRIM.5920	From Data to Practice	3

General Electives

Course Number	Course Name	Credits
Total		12
CRIM.6130	Law and Public Policy	3
PUBH.5010	Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health	3
PUBH.6250	Health Policy	3
PSYC.5460	Grant Writing	3
	Choose from other Management Skills offerings	3

Capstone

Course Number	Course Name	Credits
Total		3
MPAD.6010	Capstone	3

Other electives may be selected with approval of the graduate coordinator.

Total Credits = 39

Total number of courses = 13

Last updated: 4/27/23