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 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 559 | Research Design and Analytic Methods for Administrative Leaders | 3 |
| PA 583 | Advanced Budgeting Concepts and Techniques | 3 |
| PA 590 | Human 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 508 | Reflective Practice | 3 |
| PA 512 | Case Analysis | 3-6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Total Credit Hours: 45