Suffolk University

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)

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 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 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 859    Internship (3 credit course)
PAD 900     Special Topics in Public Administration (1.5 to 3 credits)
PAD 910     Directed Individual Study

Healthcare Administration Electives

HLTH 824 Healthcare Accounting

HLTH 825 Legal Environment of Healthcare

HLTH 826 Healthcare Financial Management

HLTH 828 Managerial Epidemiology

HLTH 830 Healthcare Operations Management

HLTH 831 Performance Improvement & Patient Safety

HLTH 834 Disability and Public Policy

HLTH 835 Healthcare Marketing

HLTH 850 Health Information Systems

HLTH 860 Leadership & Ethics in the Healthcare Organization

HLTH 900 Special Topics