Public Administration

650 Urban Center

503-725-3921

www.pdx.edu/public-administration/

• Minor in Civic Leadership
• M.P.A.
• M.P.A.: Health Administration (Admission suspended)
• M.N.L.
• E.M.P.A.
• Graduate Certificates:
  
• Nonprofit & Public Management
• Sustainable Food Systems (Participating Department with Urban Studies and Planning)
  
• Collaborative Governance
• Emergency Management and Community Resilience (Participating Department with Anthropology, Communication, Geography, and Urban Studies and Planning)
• Energy Policy & Management (Participating Department with Urban Studies and Planning, Economics, Engineering and Technology Management, and System Science)
• Futures Thinking and Foresight Practice (Graduate School Program. Participating Department)
• M.P.P.: (Participating Department with Hatfield School of Government)
• M.S. in Emergency Management Community Resilience (Participating Department with Anthropology, Communication, Geography, and Urban Studies and Planning)
  
• P.A.P. Ph.D. (Participating Department with Hatfield School of Government)
  

The Department of Public Administration offers a variety of programs to meet the educational needs of public service professionals. Mid-career managers and those intending such careers in federal, state, and local government; nonprofit agencies; and hospitals and other health care organizations are attracted to the programs offered by the department because of the quality of the faculty, the reputation of the programs, and the convenience of course scheduling. In addition to its own faculty and course offerings, the Department of Public Administration draws upon faculty and courses from other departments and schools, such as political science, economics, criminology and criminal justice, urban studies and planning, gerontology, public health, anthropology, geography, communication, and environmental science. Adjunct faculty with appropriate academic credentials and significant professional experience in government, nonprofit, and health organizations also contribute to the department.

The graduate programs offered under the Department of Public Administration admit students with undergraduate degrees in a variety of social sciences, as well as in business, the humanities, and sciences. It accepts both full- and part-time students, who have had substantial governmental and nonprofit experience, and who have little or no professional experience. To accommodate graduate students who are currently working, the department offers sections of all required courses in the evenings or late afternoons or in intensive weekend formats.

Accreditation

The Master of Public Administration, the Master of Public Administration: Health Administration and the Executive Master of Public Administration degrees are accredited by NASPAA (the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration).

Doctoral students

See the graduate program within the Hatfield School of Government for details under the Doctor of Philosophy in Public Affairs and Policy.