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2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Public Administration General Program (MPA)

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Public Administration Graduate Programs information

Requirements

Thirty-six credits, as follows:

A. Core Courses (12 credits)

B. Administrative Functions and Processes (12 credits)

PUB 519 - Law and Administrative Processes (3).
or
POL 520 - Law and Administrative Processes (3).
PUB 596 - Intergovernmental Relations (3).
Two from:
PUB 503 - Personnel Issues in Public Service (3).
PUB 518 - Budgeting in Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3).
or
HCR 518 - Budgeting in Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3).
PUB 520 - Resource Development and Administration (3).
PUB 524 - Employment, Law and Public Policy (3).
or
HCR 524 - Employment, Law and Public Policy (3)
PUB 540 - Volunteerism and the Independent Sector (3).
PUB 547 - Grants Administration and Implementation (3).
PUB 549 - Green Community Development (3).
PUB 594 - Grantwriting and Administration in Public and Nonprofit Agency Settings (3).

C. Analytical Methods (9 credits)

PUB 571 - Public Economics (3).
or
ECN 571 - Public Economics (3).
PUB 585 - Applied Research Methods for Administrators (3).
or
EDL 670 - Applied Research Methods for Administrators (3).
One from:
PUB 508 - Evaluation of Services and Programs (3).
or
HCR 508 - Evaluation of Services and Programs (3).
PUB 523 - Accounting in Government and Non-Profit Organizations (3).
PUB 580 - Quantitative Methods for Public Administration (3).
or
ECN 580 - Quantitative Methods for Public Administration (3).

D. Applied Research or Applied Experience (3 credits)

PUB 590 - Internship (3).
PUB 599 - Special Topics in Public Administration (3).

Note

With consent of the program director, up to six credits in the following courses may be applied to the program:

Transfer of Credit

Up to six (6) credit hours of graduate credit completed at an accredited institution may be accepted for transfer. Transfers of credit are subject to the approval of the program director. Transfers are made in accordance with the policies of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies.

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