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- Degree Requirements
Core Courses (28 credits)
PAD 700 Graduate Communication and Information Technology (1 credit)
PAD 711 Foundations of Public Organizational Administration
PAD 712 Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
PAD 713 Budgeting and Financial Management
Law course: EITHER PAD 714 Public Service Law OR
HLTH 825 Legal Environment of Healthcare OR
PAD 848 Nonprofit Law and Ethics
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 890 Strategic Management in Public Service (Capstone Course)
PAD 711 Foundations of Public Organizational Administration
PAD 712 Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
PAD 713 Budgeting and Financial Management
Law course: EITHER PAD 714 Public Service Law OR
HLTH 825 Legal Environment of Healthcare OR
PAD 848 Nonprofit Law and Ethics
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 890 Strategic Management in Public Service (Capstone Course)
Students with no professional experience are required to take:
PAD 858 Internship (for pre-professional students/ 0 credits)
Elective Courses (21 credits)
Students select seven electives from the following list.
MPA students may take both PAD and HLTH 800 and 900 level courses as electives (except HLTH 890 Healthcare Strategic Management).
Students may also be allowed to take up to two electives in the Sawyer Business School or College of Arts and Sciences with the permission of the Chair of the Public Management Department.
Public Administration Electives
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 Government
PAD 814 Intergovernmental Relations
PAD 815 Nonprofit Organizations in the Community
PAD 816 Analysis of Public Policy
PAD 818 Public Sector Labor/Management 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 Government
PAD 829 Environmental Policy and Administration
PAD 830 Public Liaison Strategies
PAD 811 Politics of the Federal Bureaucracy
PAD 812 Managing State Government
PAD 813 Administrative Strategies of Local Government
PAD 814 Intergovernmental Relations
PAD 815 Nonprofit Organizations in the Community
PAD 816 Analysis of Public Policy
PAD 818 Public Sector Labor/Management 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 Government
PAD 829 Environmental Policy and Administration
PAD 830 Public Liaison Strategies
PAD 832 Health Policy
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 DC/Prague
PAD 842 Workplace and Labor Law
PAD 845 The Entrepreneurial Nonprofit
PAD 847 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 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 DC/Prague
PAD 842 Workplace and Labor Law
PAD 845 The Entrepreneurial Nonprofit
PAD 847 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 851 Golbal Health Needs and Organization (1.5 credits)
PAD 852 Global Health Policy (1.5 credits)
PAD 855 Civic Innovation and Effective Governance
PAD 856 Group Theory and Facilitation Practice
PAD 855 Civic Innovation and Effective Governance
PAD 856 Group Theory and Facilitation Practice
PAD 859 Internship (3 credit course)
PAD 900 Special Topics in Public Administration (1.5 to 3 credits)
PAD 910 Directed Individual Study
PAD 900 Special Topics in Public Administration (1.5 to 3 credits)
PAD 910 Directed Individual Study
Healthcare Administration Electives
HLTH 900 Special Topics