MPA Core Courses (27 credits/9 courses)

P.AD 711 Foundations of Public Organizational Administration
P.AD 712 Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
P.AD 713 Foundations of Public Financial Administration
Law Course: EITHER P.AD 714 Legal Basis of Public Management OR
                     P.AD 848 Nonprofit Law & Ethics OR
                     HLTH 825 Legal Environment of Healthcare
P.AD 715 Quantitative Analysis
P.AD 716 Public Service Human Resource Management
P.AD 717 Organizational Effectiveness in Government
P.AD 718 Leadership Strategies for an Interconnected World
P.AD 890 Strategic Management

Students with no professional experience are required to take:

P.AD 858 Internship (for pre-professional students) (0 credits)

Required State & Local Government Courses (15 credits/5 courses)

P.AD 813 Administrative Strategies of Local Government
EITHER P.AD 814 Intergovernmental Relations OR
P.AD 830 Public Liaison Strategies
EITHER P.AD 818 Public Sector Labor/Mgmt Relations OR 
P.AD 819 Grants-in-Aid and grants Managment
P.AD 827 Financing State and Local Government
EITHER  P.AD 846 Community and Citizen Empowerment OR
P.AD 855 Civic Innovation and Effective Governance

Electives (12 credits/1 courses)

P.AD 814 Intergovernmental Relations
P.AD 818 Public Sector Labor/Management Relations
P.AD 819 Grants-in-Aid and Grants Management
P.AD 820 Governmental Decision-Making
P.AD 822 Management Information Systems
P.AD 829 Environmental Decision Making
P.AD 830 Public Liaison Strategies
P.AD 839 Leadership and Decision-Making
P.AD 840 Comparative Public Policy: Dublin, Ireland/Puerto Rico
P.AD 842 Workplace and Labor Law
P.AD 846 Community and Citizen Empowerment
P.AD 850 Alternative Dispute Resolution
P.AD 855 Civic Innovation and Effective Governance
P.AD 900 Special Topics (if related to State & Local Government)
P.AD 910 Directed Individual Study