SPEA
Graduate
Degree Programs
Master of Public Affairs
The M.P.A. is a course of study that requires the completion of (1) the M.P.A. core, (2) the concentration requirement, (3) the experiental requirement, and (4) sufficient electives and/or mid-career option credit to total 48 credit hours.
EXPERIENTIAL COMPONENT: In order to be awarded the M.P.A. degree, students must obtain professionally relevant experience through an internship in SPEA-V 585. This requirements is automatically satisfied if a student is granted Mid-Career Option credit.
M.P.A. Core (21 credit hours)
Required of all students:
- SPEA-V 502 Public Management (3 cr.) OR SPEA-V 525 Management in the Nonprofit Sector (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 506 Statistical Analysis for Effective Decision Making (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 517 Public Management Economics (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 540 Law and Public Affairs (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 560 Public Finance and Budgeting (3 cr.) OR SPEA-V 526 Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 598 Governing and Leading in a Global Society (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 600 Capstone in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)
NOTE: V600 cannot be taken until all M.P.A. core courses are completed. V600 is only offered as an in-person class and cannot be substituted or transferred in from another university. Plan your schedule accordingly!
- SPEA-V 585 Internship or Mid Career Option Credit (3 cr.)
- Elective #1 (3 cr.)
- Elective #2 (3 cr.)
Criminal Justice Concentration (18 credit hours)
A minimum of nine credit hours of SPEA graduate courses with a "J" prefix is required (Effective Fall 2016).
Each of the following:
- SPEA-J 501 Evolution of Criminological Thought and Policy (3 cr.)
- SPEA-J 582 Criminal Justice Systems (3 cr.)
- SPEA-J 666 Criminal Justice and Public Safety Evaluation (3 cr.)
- SPEA-J 682 Planning & Management for Criminal Justice and Public Safety (3 cr.)
- SPEA-J 502 Research Methods in Criminal Justice & Public Safety (3 cr.)
- SPEA-J 524 Emergency Mangement (3 cr.)
- SPEA-J 528 Risk Analysis for Public Safety (3 cr.)
- SPEA-J 531 National and Homeland Security in America (3 cr.)
- SPEA-J 550 Topics in Criminal Justice (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 516 Public Management Information Systems (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 522 Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.) OR SPEA-V 561 Public Human Resources Management (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 541 Benefit-Cost Analysis of Public and Environmental Policies (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 566 Executive Leadership (3 cr.)
Other courses must approved by a faculty advisor.
PLUS A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL COURSES TO MEET THE MINIMUM DEGREE REQUIREMENT OF 48 CREDIT HOURS WITH A 3.0 CUMULATIVE GRADE AVERAGE.
NOTE: Please note that the course rotation is subject to change. Please see your faculty advisor.
(Effective Fall 2016)
