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Curriculum

Course work for the MPA Degree requires 39 hours. The core work
for the MPA is as follows:

  • POL 765: Administrative Law
  • POL 800: Research Methods
  • POL 801: Administration, Ethics, and Public Policy
  • POL 875: Public Sector Organizations and Management
  • POL 876: Public Human Resources Management
  • POL 877: Public Finance Administration
  • POL 879: Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
  • POL 871: Field Study in Public Administration
 
General Degree Program
Students complete the core, 6 hours of POL 871, and 12 hours of electives.
 
Community Health Administration Option

MPA Core

  • POL 871: 6 hours
  • HEA 898: Health Care Delivery

Three courses from among:

  • HEA 816: Public Health Organization and Administration
  • HEA 855: Epidemiology and Risk Management
  • HEA 798: Health Promotion Program Planning
  • HEA 875: Seminar in Contemporary Health Problems
  • HEA 880: Special Project in Health
 
Community Development Option

MPA Core

  • POL 871: 6 hours
  • POL 845: Community Development

Three courses from among:

  • POL 733: Seminar in State and Local Politics
  • POL 835: Seminar in Intergovernmental Relations
  • GEO 725: Seminar in Planning
  • GEO 701: Advanced Geography
  • SOC 865: Demography
  • ECO 780: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
  • ECO 790: Regional Economics
  • LAS 735: Municipal Law
 
Environmental Health Option

MPA Core

  • POL 871: 6 hours
  • EHS 850: Health and Environmental Toxicology

Three courses from among:

  • EHS 825: Environmental Health Planning
  • EHS 845: Environmental Health Standards/Compliance
  • EHS 855: Emergency Sanitation/Shelter Environments
  • EHS 870: Assessing and Managing Health Risks
  • EHS 880 Food/Waterborne Disease Control

 

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