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Course Descriptions
The Master in Public Administration Program (MPA) requires two prerequisites,
PAFF 510 and PAFF 521, in addition to the following courses:
Core courses
PAFF 510 Logic of Inquiry
PAFF 521 Public Management/Public Administration
PAFF 522 The Policy Process
PAFF 523 Introduction to Policy Analysis
PAFF 525 Public Ethics and Democratic Government
PAFF 527 Public and Not-for-Profit Finance
Students must also take one course from the following list of electives:
PAFF 521 Administrative Law
PAFF 533 Intergovernmental Relations
PAFF 534 Personnel Administration in Public and Not-for-Profit Organizations (This course was approved by the New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Professional Credentialing as a means of fulfilling one of the requirements for the Nursing Home Administrator Licensure. )
PAFF 537 Organizational Behavior
PAFF 551 Introduction to Management/Leadership in Not-for-Profit Organizations
PAFF 561 Comparative Public Administration and Policy
Concentrations
Students will be offered two course sequences in several concentrations including:
- public administration
- nonprofit administration
- environmental policy
- health policy
- comparative administration and policy
- urban planning (with the Department of Geography)
- educational policy (with the School of Education)
MPA students will be encouraged to enroll in the three-course Leadership Certification program offered by the School of Management.
