Master of Public Administration

33 credit hours

The M.P.A. degree requires a minimum of 33 credit hours of graduate work. The program of study requires completion of the following 8 core courses:

1) PA 501 Essentials for Public Management in a Complex Society: Processes, Structures and Values
2) PA 502 Leading and Managing Knowledge-Intensive Organizations
3) PA 522 Effective Management of Human Resources in Environments of Scarce Resources
4) PA 532 Managing Public Financial Resources in a Changing World
5) PA 568 Strategic Competitiveness in the Public Sector
6) PA 580 Policy Evaluation Analytics
7) PA 581 Policy Design Analytics
8) PA 509 Integrative Practicum for Effective Leadership in Public and Nonprofit Organizations

In addition to the core courses, students choose 3 elective courses. Elective courses may be selected from courses in public administration or other fields such as architecture, business, city and regional planning, civil engineering, computer science, design, environmental engineering, humanities, psychology, social sciences or law. Taking a course outside the M.P.A. program requires the permission of the student's advisor and the M.P.A. Program Director. No more than six credit hours may be taken in IIT courses numbered between 400 and 499. A maximum of nine credits of graduate-level coursework may be transferred from another accredited university if these have not been used toward a degree and upon approval of the student's advisor and the M.P.A. Program Director.