Portland-State-University 2021-2022 Bulletin

Executive M.P.A.

The Executive MPA offers a work-centered curriculum with a focus on taking leadership initiative. Students are required to have 10 years of significant work experience. The program is offered in a cohort model which facilitates course sequencing that maximizes learning that carries over from one course to another. Students are required to complete the following 45 credits of coursework.

Requirements

Core courses

PA 513Administrative Ethics and Values

3

PA 517Leadership Development for Public Organizations

3

PA 518Leading Public Organizations

3

PA 533Public Policy: Origins and Process

3

PA 534Administrative Law

3

PA 539National Policy Process

3

PA 540Administrative Theory and Behavior

3

PA 544International Field Experience

3

PA 545Organizational Development

3

PA 547Culture, Values and Leadership

3

PA 559Research Design and Analytic Methods for Administrative Leaders

3

PA 583Advanced Budgeting Concepts and Techniques

3

PA 590Human Resource Management in the Public Sector

3

Total Credit Hours:39

Capstone Requirement

Students will register for the following two courses to complete their capstone, a culminating project intended to demonstrate mastery of the core skills taught in the program as applied to a real-life problem of public management:
PA 508Reflective Practice

3

PA 512Case Analysis

3-6

Total Credit Hours:6

Total Credit Hours: 45