SPA Course Catalog
Public Administration
MPA Core Courses
- PA 8050 | Public Administration & Democracy
- PA 8090 | Organization Theory & Behavior
- PA 8100 | Advanced Public & Nonprofit Management and Leadership
- PA 8120 | Research Methods for Public Administration
- PA 8300 | Policy Design and Implementation
- PA 8400 | Public Budgeting
- PA 8530 | Planning and Evaluation
- PA 8990 | Capstone Project in Public Administration
MPA Focus Courses & Electives
Students in the MPA program will select three (3) focus courses based on areas of interest and in consultation of the MPA Advisor. Students work with their advisor to select two (2) electives that best match their career and academic goals.
- PA 8010 | The Public Economy
- PA 8030 | Internship
- PA 8110 | Managing Information in the Public Sector
- EMGT 8060 | Planning, Preparedness & Mitigation
- PA 8320 | Public Policy Evaluation
- PA 8330 | Seminar in Policy Analysis
- PA 8350 | Social Policy & Inequalitycourses/pa8350
- PA 8410 | Public Human Resource Management
- EMGT 8430 | Response, Recovery & Resilience
- PA 8436 | Municipal Administration
- PA 8470 | Administrative Ethics and Leadership
- PA 8480 | Seminar in Public Financial Administration
- PA 8520 | Seminar in Grant Writing
- PA 8540 | Nonprofits & Public Policy
- PA 8550 | Introduction to the Non-Profit Sector
- PA 8566 | Intergovernmental Management
- PA 8600 | Administrative Law
- PA 8710 | Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations
- PA 8730 | Administration of Healthcare Systems
- PA 8740 | Health Care Policy
- PA 8750 | Social Determinants of Health
- PA 8760 | The U.S. Health Care System
- PA 8930 | Negotiation Skills Management
- UBNS 8000 | Seminar in Urban Studies
- UBNS 8020 | Race, Ethnicity & American Urban Culture
- UBNS/PA 8826 Environmental Law
Doctoral Courses
- PA 9000 | Foundations of Public Administration
- PA 9200 | Theories of the Policy Process
- PA 9300 | Knowledge Development & Use
- PA 9400 | The Environment of Public Administration
- PA 9500 | Theories of Nonprofit Organizations and Civil Society
- PA 9600 | Seminar in Advanced Management Theory
- PA 9920 |Ph.D. Teaching and Professional Skills Workshop
- PA 9930 | Ph.D. Research and Professional Skills Workshop
- PA 9950 | Qualitative Research Methods in Public Administration
- PA 9960 | Qualitative Research Methods
- PA 9700 | Public Budgeting and Financial Theory