Program of Study

Core Courses (27 credits)

Foundations of Public Organizational Administration
Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
Foundations of Public Financial Administration
Legal Basis of Public Management or Legal Environment of Healthcare or Nonprofit Law and Ethics
Quantitative Analysis
Public Service Human Resource Management
Organizational Effectiveness in Government
Leadership Strategies for an Interconnected World
Internship or Strategic Management

Elective Courses (18 credits)

Students select six electives from the following list. 
(Students may 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
Economic/Financial/Admin Strategies of Public Service
Politics of the Federal Bureaucracy
Managing State Government
Administrative Strategies of Local Government
Intergovernmental Relations
Nonprofit Organizations in the Community
Analysis of Public Policy
Public Sector Labor/Management Relations
Grants-in-Aid and Grants Management
Governmental Decision-Making
Human Services Integration
Management Information Systems
Financing State and Local Government
Environmental Policy and Administration
Public Liaison Strategies
Nonprofit Marketing and Communication
Ethics in Management
Leadership and Decision-Making
Comparative Public Policy: Dublin, Ireland/Puerto Rico
Workplace and Labor Law
The Entrepreneurial Nonprofit
Community and Citizen Empowerment
Nonprofit Financial Management
Nonprofit Law and Ethics
Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Civic Innovation and Effective Governance
Group Theory and Facilitation Practice
Special Topics in Public Administration
Directed Individual Study

Healthcare Administration Electives

Health Systems I
Health Systems II
Healthcare Financial Management
Legal Environment of Healthcare
Managerial Epidemiology
Healthcare Operations Management
Performance Improvement & Patient Safety
Health Policy
Disability and Public Policy
Healthcare Marketing
Global Health Needs & Organizations
Global Health Policy
Health Information Systems
Leadership & Ethics in the Healthcare Organization
Special Topics