Executive M.P.A.
The Executive MPA offers a curriculum designed to prepare working professionals for advanced leadership in public organizations. Students are required to have 10 years of significant work experience. The program uses a cohort model to facilitate course sequencing and maximize learning across courses. 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