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Sep 16, 2024
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2023-2024 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Public Administration, Urban Affairs Option, M.P.A.
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This degree is approved for distance education by the WSCUC.
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Admission
The general standards for admission are identical to those for the Public Administration, M.P.A. degree program. An applicant must demonstrate a background of related undergraduate course work of twelve units, or significant management and/or staff experience in public administration.
Requirements
- A minimum of 39 course units in graduate course work, with a minimum of 28 units of 500/600 level courses in public policy and administration;
- Completion of an approved internship program (PPA 585 ) as required course work beyond the 39-unit minimum, or waiver of the internship requirement based on professional experience;
Satisfactory completion of the following:
Completion of 12 units of elective course work from:
- PPA 512 - Urban Executive Management (3 units)
- PPA 517 - Analytical Skills Development (3 units)
- PPA 523 - Urban Information Systems for Public Management (3 units)
- PPA 525 - Non-Profit Management (3 units)
- PPA 533 - Race, Inequality and Public Policy (3 units)
- PPA 535 - Intergovernmental Relations (3 units)
- PPA 540 - Grants Administration and Management (3 units)
- PPA 546 - The Urban Crisis and the Public Administrator (3 units)
- PPA 567 - Basic Governmental (Fund) Accounting (3 units)
- PPA 571 - Leadership Skills and Strategies in the Public Sector (3 units)
- PPA 575 - Public Sector Employer-Employee Relations (3 units)
- PPA 581 - Government/Community Relations (3 units)
- PPA 590 - Selected Topics in Public Policy and Administration (3 units)
- CRJU 504 - Criminological Theory (3 units)
- CRJU 530 - Criminal Justice Ethics, Values, and Diversity (3 units)
- CRJU 621 - Administration and Management of Criminal Justice Organizations (3 units)
- EDAD 625 - Leadership, Organizational Management, and Social Justice (2 units)
- EDAD 623 - Legal Aspects of Education (2 units)
- EDP 520 - Quantitative Research Methods in Education (3 units)
- EDP 536 - Collaborative Consultation in the Schools (3 units)
- GEOG 650 - Seminar in Cultural Geography (3 units)
- GEOG 666 - Seminar in Urban Geography (3 units)
- HIST 673 - Seminars in United States History (3 units)
- POSC 640 - Seminar in American Political Behavior (3 units)
- REC 521 - Recreation Administration (3 units)
- REC 571 - Theory, Philosophy, and Trends of Leisure, Recreation, Parks, and Tourism (3 units)
Successful completion of the following:
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