Degree Requirements (54 credits / 18 courses)

MPA Required Courses (21 credits / 7 courses)

Select 2 of the following:

P.AD 711 Foundations of Public Organizational Administration 
P.AD 712 Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation 
P.AD 717 Organizational Effectiveness in Government 
P.AD 718 Leadership Strategies for an Interconnected World

Select 2 of the following:

P.AD 713 Foundations of Public Financial Administration 
P.AD 813 Administrative Strategies of Local Government
P.AD 822 Management Information Systems
P.AD 827 Financing State and Local Government 
P.AD 847 Nonprofit Financial Management

Select 2 of the following:

P.AD 716 Public Service Human Resource Management 
P.AD 838 Ethics in Management 
P.AD 842 Workplace and Labor Law 
P.AD 850 Alternative Dispute Resolution

Select one* of the following:

P.AD 858/890 Internship in Public Management (for pre-professional students) 
P.AD 890 Strategic Management (for in-service students)
*If you take CJ 783/884, you do not need to take P.AD 758/759 and can take an additional MPA elective.

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MPA Elective Courses (9 credits / 3 courses)

Select three Public Management courses not already counted toward the required seven.

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Crime and Justice Studies Requirements (12 credits/4 courses)

CJ 681 Crime and Commuities
CJ 701 Seminar in Crime and Justice Studies
CJ 702 Research Methods in Crime and Justice Studies
CJ 709 Crime and Justice Studies Quantitative Analysis back to top^

Crime and Justice Studies Electives (12 credits/4 courses)

CJ 638 White Collar Crime
CJ 657 Perspectives on Drug Policy
CJ 681 Crime and Communities
CJ 683 Policing in America
CJ 685 Seminar in Corrections
CJ 686 Seminar in Juvenile Justice
CJ 687 Justice and the Community Courts
CJ 688 Restorative Justice
CJ 690 Substance Abuse in Criminal Justice
CJ 691 Intimate Violence and Sexual Assault
CJ 692 Criminal Justice Policy
CJ 694 Critical Victimology
CJ 695 Special Topics in Criminal Justice
CJ 704 Legal Issues in Criminal Justice Systems
CJ 705 Race, Class, Gender, and Justice
CJ 708 Ethical Issues in the Criminal Justice Professions
CJ 723 Thesis Research and Writing l
CJ 724 Thesis Research and Writing ll
CJ 783 Practicum in Criminal Justice I
CJ 784 Practicum in Criminal Justice II
CJ 786 Internship in Criminal Justice I
CJ 787 Internship in Criminal Justice II
CJ 788 Internship in Criminal Justice III
CJ 800 Independent Study in Criminal Justice

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