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 (39)
| PA 513 | Administrative Ethics and Values | 3 |
| PA 517 | Leadership Development for Public Organizations | 3 |
| PA 518 | Leading Public Organizations | 3 |
| PA 533 | Public Policy: Origins and Process | 3 |
| PA 534 | Administrative Law | 3 |
| PA 539 | National Policy Process | 3 |
| PA 540 | Administrative Theory and Behavior | 3 |
| PA 544 | International Field Experience | 3 |
| PA 545 | Organizational Development | 3 |
| PA 547 | Culture, Values and Leadership | 3 |
| PA 552 | Analytic Methods in Public Administration II | 3 |
| PA 583 | Advanced Budgeting Concepts and Techniques | 3 |
| PA 590 | Human Resource Management in the Public Sector | 3 |
Capstone Requirement (6)
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:
Diversity
At some point within their program of study students must satisfactorily complete one course the primary focus of which is diversity. This does not require additional credit hours or coursework beyond the existing 45 credit hours. EMPA students normally complete two courses with this focus (
PA 547 Culture, Values, & Leadership and
PA 544 International Field Trip), but the requirement is applicable to students in the program since there are rare situations in which a particular student may not participate in the international experience. Courses options would include, but are not limited to the following:
| PA 549 | Cross-cultural Communication in the Public Sector | 3 |
| PA 593 | Civil Rights for Public Managers | 3 |
| PA 594 | Enhancing Diversity in the Workplace | 3 |
| PA 529 | Nonprofit Field Study in Oaxaca, Mexico | 3-6 |
| PA 523 | Nongovernmental Organizations: Nonprofits on the World Stage | 3 |
| PA 514 | Global Leadership and Management | 3 |
Other courses can be approved by the adviser.
Total Credit Hours: 45