MPA required courses

PAD 711 Foundations of Public Organizational Administration
PAD 712 Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation 
PAD 713 Foundations of Public Financial Administration 
PAD 714 Legal Basis of Public Management 
PAD 715 Quantitative Analysis 
PAD 716 Public Service Human Resource Management 
PAD 717 Organizational Effectiveness in Government 
PAD 718 Leadership Strategies for an Interconnected World 
PAD 758 Internship (for pre-professional students) OR
PAD 759 Strategic Management (former title: Practicum) 

MPA elective courses

PAD 809 Economic/Financial/Admin Strategies of Public Service 
PAD 811 Politics of the Federal Bureaucracy 
PAD 812 Managing State Government 
PAD 813 Administrative Strategies of Local Gov’t 
PAD 814 Intergovernmental Relations 
PAD 815 Nonprofit Organizations in the Community 
PAD 816 Analysis of Public Policy 
PAD 818 Public Sector Labor/Mgmt. Relations 
PAD 819 Grants-in-Aid and Grants Management 
PAD 820 Governmental Decision-Making 
PAD 821 Human Services Integration 
PAD 822 Management Information Systems 
PAD 827 Financing State and Local Govt. 
PAD 829 Environmental Policy and Administration 
PAD 830 Public Liaison Strategies 
PAD 835 Nonprofit Marketing and Communication 
PAD 836 Health Economics  
PAD 838 Ethics in Management 
PAD 839 Leadership and Decision-Making 
PAD 840 Comparative Public Policy: Dublin, Ireland/Puerto Rico/Washington, D.C./Prague 
PAD 842 Workplace and Labor Law
PAD 845 The Entrepreneurial Nonprofit  
PAD 846 Community and Citizen Empowerment 
PAD 847 Nonprofit Financial Management 
PAD 848 Nonprofit Law and Ethics  
PAD 849 Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits  
PAD 850 Alternative Dispute Resolution  
PAD 855 Civic Innovation and Effective Governance 
PAD 856 Group Theory and Facilitation Practice    
PAD 900 Special Topics in Public Administration   
Special Topics: Public Service, Public Relations, Lobbying, Housing, Transportation, Managed Care, Long Term Care (1.5 credit course)
PAD 910 Directed Individual Study