Associate Professor--Stowers
Assistant Professor--Naff
The program is based on the premise that policy and administration must be understood in relation to each other, and the core of the program seeks to develop knowledge, skills, and understanding in both public policy and public administration. The common core of the program is heavily focused on essential knowledge and skills for public management. However, beyond the core, the program offers four areas of emphasis as an opportunity for specialization. They are Urban Administration, Public Management, Policy Analysis, and Non-Profit Administration. The requirements for the M.P.A., in general, and the specialty emphases, in particular, are shown in detail on the following page. Taking an emphasis for specialization is optional and not mandatory. Those who choose not to pursue an emphasis may take appropriate electives to satisfy their professional needs. Students may choose courses relevant to their professional interests offered by other departments and programs throughout the university.
Students who lack basic knowledge about American society, government, and politics may be required to take additional preparatory work prior to advancement to fully classified status. Potential applicants who are still completing their undergraduate work may wish to strengthen their preparation for the program with courses in public administration, economics, politics, public policy, and research techniques.
Units
PA 700 Democracy and Public Administra-
tion in Diverse Environments 3
PA 710 Research Methods for Public
Administration 4
PA 720 Microeconomic Applications for
Public Administration and Policy 3
PA 730 Politics of Policy-Making and
Implementation 4
PA 740 Managing Organizational Behavior 3
PA 745 Managing Human Resources 3
PA 750 Managing Budgets in the Public
Sector 4
PLSI 603 Public Service Internships (3) and
PLSI 604 Internship Seminar (1) or
URBS 650 Urban Internship Fieldwork (3) and
URBS 651 Urban Internship Seminar (1) 0-4
PA 895 Master's Project or
PA 898 Master's Thesis 3
Emphasisor Electiveson advisement 10
Minimum total 37-41
PA 760 Urban Administration 3
Units selected from the following 7
ECON 506 Economics of State and Local
Government
ECON/URBS 535Urban Economics
GEOG 858 Seminar in Environmental and
Land-Use Planning
GEOG/URBS 433Urban Transporta-
tion (4)
PLSI 712 Seminar in Urban Politics and
Policy Foundation (4)
URBS 514 Urban Growth Managment (4)
URBS 565 Social Policy and Family
Systems (4)
URBS 570 Urban Health Policy
URBS 580 Urban Housing
URBS 582 Homelessness and Public Policy
Total for emphasis 10
PA 725 Public Management 4
Units selected from the following 6
PA 765 Management Information
Systems in the Public Sector (4)
PA 727 Advanced Seminar in Public
Management
PA 747 Financial Management in the
Public Sector
PA 767 Administrative Law
ECON 601 Applied Macroeconomics
ECON 806 Cost Benefit Analysis and Strategic
Planning
PLSI 501 American Bureaucracy (4)
PLSI 731 Government and Ethics
Total for emphasis 10
PA 780 Policy and Organizational Analysis 4
Units selected from the following 6
PA 765 Managing Information in the
Public Sector (4)
PA 784 Program Evaluation
ECON 320 Introduction to Econometrics
ECON 805 Seminar: Applied Analysis in the
Public Sector
ECON 806 Cost-Benefit Analysis in Strategic
Planning
Total for emphasis 10
PA 770 Administration of Non-Profit
Organizations 4
Units selected from the following 6
PA 780 Policy and Organizational
Analysis (4)
PA 727 Advanced Seminar in Public
Management
PA 747 Financial Management in the
Public Sector
PA 784 Program Evaluation
MKTG 868 Marketing of Non-Profit Organi-
zations
PLSI 731 Government and Ethics
SW 800 Planning and Program Develop-
ment
TPW 460 Grant Writing
Total for emphasis 10
After initiating a research program (PA 895, Master's Project, or PA 898, Master's Thesis), graduate students must enroll each semester in PA 897, Research in Public Administration, until the project or thesis is completed.