School of Urban and Public Affairs
Online Master of Public Administration
Accredited by NASPAA
Program Overview
Please see Program Overview.
Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Required Core Courses (30 credit hours)
- URPA 5302 Foundations of Urban Research and Analysis
- URPA 5309 Intergovernmental Relations
- URPA 5320 Public Organization Theory
- URPA 5322 Politics, Policy and Public Administration
- URPA 5326 Public Budgeting
- URPA 5332 Public Capital Budgeting
- URPA 5345 Evaluation Research
- URPA 5351 Public Human Resources
- URPA 5358 Ethics in the Public Service
- URPA 5399 Public Administration Capstone
Emphasis Area Required Courses (9 credit hours)
Students will design an emphasis to meet their personal and professional needs by choosing three courses from the list below.
- PAD 5355 Comparative Public Administration
- PAD 5361 Political Economy of Borders
- POLS 5331 Seminar in International Organizations and Law
- POLS 5344 Seminar in Border Theory
- SUPA 5300 Foundations of Urban Planning and Sociology
- SUPA 5301 Foundations of Urban Politics and Economics>
- URPA 5304 Urban Politics
- URPA 5310 Urban Policy and the Law
- URPA 5312 Economic Policy
Internship (3 hours)
The MPA program does require an internship course to be completed (URPA 5360). This 3 hour course is designed for students to earn 3 credit hours for completing a 1 semester long internship leading to public sector professional experience. There are no prerequisites that must be met before entering an internship or enrolling in URPA 5360, therefore students can immediately begin an internship within their first semester and thereafter.
URPA 5360 can be waived by newly admitted students and current students who have previously earned at least 1 year of professional public sector work experience. The procedure that must be followed by every student wishing to pursue the waiver is as follows: 1. Submit a Petition to the Graduate Faculty (form) with signature and all necessary student information 2. Attach a professional resume, illustrating at least 1 year of professional experience of public sector work 3. This form and resume must first be submitted to the Graduate Advisor and Committee Chair for approval 4. Once approval or denial decision is made, the student will then be notified as to whether or not the URPA 5360 – Internship course will be waived.
