Programs

Bloomington Campus

Master of Public Affairs

Residential Core Requirements

(24 credit hours) The M.P.A. core is designed to ensure that each student acquires both the prerequisite analytical skills and an understanding of policy issues and governmental processes that compose the environment within which graduates will pursue their careers.

Requirement I: Required Courses (24 credit hours)
SPEA-F 560 Public Finance and Budgeting (3 cr.)
SPEA-V 506 Statisitcal Analysis for Effective Decision Making (3 cr.)
SPEA-V 512 OR V538 Public Policy Process OR Comparative and International Policy Process (3 cr.)
SPEA-V 517 Public Management Economics (3 cr)
SPEA-V 532 Social Equity and Justice in Public Affairs (1.5 cr.)
SPEA-V 535 Managing and Leading in Public Affairs (3 cr.)
SPEA-V 536 Rights and Responsibilities: How Law Shapes Public Affairs (1.5 cr.)
SPEA-V 537 Designing and Managing Complex Projects (1.5 cr.)
SPEA-V 548 Evidence-Based Decision Making (1.5 cr.)
SPEA-V 600 Capstone in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)

*Note: Extremely well-prepared applicants may petition the program director to waive one or more of the core requirements on the basis of advanced course work done elsewhere. Students may be exempted on the basis of satisfactory equivalent course work or by examination. Credit hours waived from the core add to the electives a student may use. Students requesting course waivers should contact the appropriate graduate program director for requirements and guidelines.

 

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