School of Urban and Public Affairs
Online Master of Public Administration
Accredited by NASPAA
Program Overview
Please see Program Overview or visit the UT Telecampus for more information.
Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Required Core Courses (30 credit hours)
- SUPA 5302 Foundations of Urban Research and Analysis
- URPA 5309 Intergovernmental Relations
- URPA 5320 Public Organization Theory
- URPA 5326 Public Budgeting
- URPA 5329 Financial Management in the Public and Non-Profit Sectors
- URPA 5345 Evaluation Research
- URPA 5350 Public Administration
- 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)
- URPA 5360 Urban Management/Planning Internship for students with less than one year of appropriate work experience.