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Master of Public Administration
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 | Thesis II | 3 |
| 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 | |
