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Master of Public Administration
Available beginning Spring 2026
Degree Requirements
Students should refer to their DegreeWorks degree audit in their Web for Students account for more information regarding their degree requirements.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| PSCI 501 | Readings in the Political Science Canon | 3 |
| PSCI 502 | The Scope and Methods of Political Science | 3 |
| Choose 12 hours from the following: | ||
| PSCI 503 | Quantitative Methods | 3 |
| PSCI 528 | State and Local Governance | 3 |
| PSCI 540 | Seminar in Comparative Politics: Methods, Theories, Approaches | 3 |
| PSCI 550 | Leadership and Organizational Theory | 3 |
| PSCI 551 | Leadership in Management | 3 |
| PSCI 552 | Public Strategic Planning | 3 |
| PSCI 553 | Public Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| PSCI 555 | Conflict Management | 3 |
| PSCI 556 | Public Human Resources Management | 3 |
| PSCI 557 | Public Budgeting and Finance | 3 |
| PSCI 560 | Political Parties and Elections | 3 |
| PSCI 565 | The Presidency | 3 |
| PSCI 580 | Thesis I | 3 |
| PSCI 581 | ||
| PSCI 590 | Internship | 3 |
| Choose up to 12 hours as needed from the following: | ||
| ACCT 526 | Accounting for Managers | 3 |
| ACCT 547 | Financial Statement Analysis | 3 |
| LEAD 508 | Student Services Administration in Higher Education | 3 |
| LEAD 513 | Overview of Human Resource Development | 3 |
| LEAD 514 | Workforce Training and Development | 3 |
| LEAD 515 | Organization Development | 3 |
| LEAD 530 | Needs Assessment and Evaluation | 3 |
| LEAD 532 | Transformational Leadership and Human Relations | 3 |
| COMM 512 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| COMM 535 | Strategic Communication | 3 |
| COMM 540 | Conflict Management | 3 |
| ED 573 | Leadership and Mentoring in Education | 3 |
| EDLD 581 | Improvement Science for Education Leadership | 3 |
| EDLD 612 | Strategic Management and Change | 3 |
| EDLD 622 | Theories in Educational Leadership | 3 |
| EDLD 626 | Improvement Science for Education Leadership | 3 |
| EDLD 627 | Education Leadership | 3 |
| EDLD 670 | Critical Conversations and Team Building | 3 |
| EDLD 690 | Leadership of the Education Community | 3 |
| EDLD 694 | Instructional Leadership | 3 |
| EDLD 698 | Administrative Leadership | 3 |
| ENG 555 | Linguistics | 3 |
| ENG 565 | Grant and Proposal Writing | 3 |
| HIST 505 | Public History | 3 |
| HIST 542 | Research in Local and Regional History | 3 |
| MGT 508 | Strategic Planning (EL) | 3 |
| MGT 510 | Leadership in Management | 3 |
| MGT 592 | Human Resource Methods | 3 |
| MGT 594 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MIS 514 | Cyber Security | 3 |
| MIS 515 | Technology Project Management | 3 |
| MKT 521 | Marketing Management | 3 |
| NURS 510 | Organizational Behavior and Systems Leadership | 3 |
| NURS 514 | Healthcare Law, Ethics and Policy | 3 |
| NURS 522 | Healthcare Economics and Financial Management | 3 |
| SOCW 520 | Social Welfare Policy | 3 |
| SOCW 530 | Diversity and Social Justice | 3 |
| Total Degree Hours | 30 | |
