Graduate Programs

Executive M.P.A.

The Executive MPA offers a work-centered curriculum that is designed to reflect the way problems realistically present themselves in the workplace. Courses are organized and planned with deliberate sequencing to maximize learning that carries over from one course to another. Students admitted to this degree have at least 10 years of experience and are required to complete 45 credits of coursework in a cohort model.

Requirements

Core courses (39)

PA 513Administrative Ethics and Values

3

PA 517Leadership Development for Public Organizations

3

PA 518Leading Public Organizations

3

PA 533Public Policy: Origins and Process

3

PA 534Administrative Law

3

PA 539National Policy Process

3

PA 540Administrative Theory and Behavior

3

PA 545Organizational Development

3

PA 552Analytic Methods in Public Administration II

3

PA 583Advanced Budgeting Concepts and Techniques

3

PA 590Human Resource Management in the Public Sector

3

PA 510Selected Topics

0-6

PA 510Selected Topics

0-6

PA 510: (determined based on cohort members’ interests and opportunities.)

Capstone Requirement (6)

Students will register for the following course 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 512Case Analysis

3-6

Diversity

At some point within their program of study students must satisfactorily complete one course the primary focus of which is diversity.  This does not require additional credit hours or coursework beyond the existing 45 credit hours.  EMPA students normally complete two courses with this focus (PA 510 Cultural Competence & Public Leadership and PA 510 International Field Trip), but the requirement is applicable to students in the program since there are rare situations in which a particular student may not participate in the international experience. Courses options would include, but are not limited to the following.
PA 549Cross-cultural Communication in the Public Sector

3

PA 593Civil Rights for Public Managers

3

PA 594Enhancing Diversity in the Workplace

3

PA 529Nonprofit Field Study in Oaxaca, Mexico

3-6

PA 547Culture, Values and Leadership

3

PA 523Nongovernmental Organizations: Nonprofits on the World Stage

3

PA 514Global Leadership and Management

3

Other courses can be approved by the adviser.

Total Credit Hours: 45