Political Science Requirements (15 credits/5 courses)

Professional Politics Track

GVT 723 Graduate Internship
GVT 747 Seminar in Legislation and Lobbying
GVT 755 Seminar in Campaigns and Elections
GVT 772 Ethical Issues in Professional Politics
GVT 776 Advanced Research Methods in Professional Politics

International Relations Track

GVT 723 Graduate Internship
GVT 761 Seminar in International Relations Theory
GVT 763 International Political Economy
GVT 774 Ethical Issues in International Relations
GVT 778 Advanced Research Methods in International Relations

Political Science Electives (9 credits/ 3 courses)

Select any 3 Political Science or Public Administration courses not already counted toward the required 5.

MPA Required Courses (15 credits / 5 courses)

P.AD 712 Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
P.AD 713 Budgeting and Financial Management
P.AD 714 Legal Basis of Public Management
P.AD 716 Public Service Human Resource Management
P.AD 717 Organizational Effectiveness in Government

MPA Elective Courses (15 credits / 5 courses)

Select any five (5) PAD courses not already counted towards the required five.

Elective options include:

P.AD 809 Economic/Financial/Admin Strategies of Public Service
P.AD 811 Politics of the Federal Bureaucracy
P.AD 812 Managing State Government
P.AD 813 Administrative Strategies of Local Government
P.AD 814 Intergovernmental Relations
P.AD 815 Nonprofit Organizations in the Community
P.AD 816 Analysis of Public Policy
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 821 Human Services Integration
P.AD 822 Management Information Systems
P.AD 827 Financing State and Local Government
P.AD 829 Environmental Policy and Administration
P.AD 830 Public Liaison Strategies
P.AD 835 Nonprofit Marketing and Communication
P.AD 838 Ethics in Management
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 845 The Entrepreneurial Nonprofit
P.AD 846 Community and Citizen Empowerment
P.AD 847 Nonprofit Financial Management
P.AD 848 Nonprofit Law and Ethics
P.AD 849 Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits
P.AD 850 Alternative Dispute Resolution
P.AD 855 Civic Innovation and Effective Governance
P.AD 856 Group Theory and Facilitation Practice
P.AD 900 Special Topics in Public Administration
P.AD 910 Directed Individual Study