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Dec 11, 2024
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2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Public Administration, MPA
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Return to: Undergraduate & Graduate Academic Programs
Program Director: Billy Riggs, PhD
The Master of Public Administration (MPA) and the MPA with a concentration in Health Services Administration (MPA/HSA) programs provide mid-career and aspiring professionals with an opportunity to obtain advanced managerial education applicable to a broad range of public sector, nonprofit, and health care organizations. The MPA program is accredited by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA).
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Mission
We prepare our graduates for public leadership by advancing a challenging curriculum while pursuing complementary research and transforming learning into acts of consequence to serve our communities, especially the most vulnerable among us.
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Goals
- Educate students to be compassionate and effective leaders who humanely manage public organizations
- Prepare students to initiate and facilitate interactions between government, for-profit, and nonprofit sectors to provide ethical and workable solutions to societal needs
- Create a collaborative environment of excellence in instruction, research, and service
- Translate research into effective practices and achievable, humane policies
- Prepare students to determine, collect, and analyze the evidence appropriate and essential for implementing public service strategies
Program Learning Outcomes
GOAL 1: EDUCATE STUDENTS TO BE COMPASSIONATE AND EFFECTIVE LEADERS WHO HUMANELY MANAGE PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS.
- Identify and describe differences between the vision, values, and goals of actors in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors; discuss practical and ethical implications of these differences for public leadership
- Identify and discuss the role of public leaders toward recognizing and instituting the principles of democratic governance in public organizations and community-based initiatives
GOAL 2: PREPARE STUDENTS TO INITIATE AND FACILITATE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT, FOR‐ PROFIT, AND NONPROFIT SECTORS TO PROVIDE ETHICAL AND WORKABLE SOLUTIONS TO SOCIETAL NEEDS.
- Report findings and interpret research in recognition of, and with respect for, diverse cultural and historical perspectives; correctly identify limitations and constraints; effectively communicate with elected officials, administrators, issue advocates and the population at large
- Determine, collect and articulate the interests of diverse voices of a community, especially the most vulnerable among us
GOAL 3: CREATE A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN INSTRUCTION, RESEARCH, AND SERVICE.
- Demonstrate leadership behavior through application of organizational and managerial theories
GOAL 4: TRANSLATE RESEARCH INTO EFFECTIVE PRACTICES AND ACHIEVABLE, HUMANE POLICIES.
- Determine, collect and articulate the interests of diverse voices of a community, especially the most vulnerable among us
- Accurately interpret and communicate analytic research and policy implications to stakeholders
GOAL 5: PREPARE STUDENTS TO DETERMINE, COLLECT, AND ANALYZE THE EVIDENCE APPROPRIATE AND ESSENTIAL FOR IMPLEMENTING PUBLIC SERVICE STRATEGIES.
- Develop and apply the critical thinking and analytical skills (qualitative and quantitative) necessary for effective, informed, and balanced policy analysis
- Develop and present informed and balanced results
STUDENTS IN THE HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION CONCENTRATION OF THE MPA WILL ALSO:
- Identify challenges and issues in the U.S. health care sector in specific areas of policy, its contemporary legal framework, and management; describe/develop operational responses and managerial adaptations
Major Requirements (38 units)
The On-Campus MPA curriculum is comprised of 38 units. There are nine core courses, four units each, and one elective course at two units.
Electives
Complete one from the following:
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