Executive Master of Public Administration
The Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) degree is designed to prepare individuals for positions of leadership in public service organizations. This program will provide a strong foundation in public policy, the organizational environment, the management of public service orgranizations, and the appliation of quantitative and qualitative analysis to decision making.
All EMPA students are required to pass an oral comprehensive exam during their last semester of study prior to completion of PA 6113 Professional Project. Scheduling of the oral comprehensive exam should be timely and will be at the discretion of the director of the EMPA program. The student should contact the director to schedule an exam time.
Required Core Courses (18 credit hours):
- PA 6003 Public Administration and Public Policy
- PA 6023 Ethics
- PA 6053 Public and Non-profit Budgeting
- PA 6063 Policy Analysis/Program Evaluation
- PA 6073 Research Methods
- PA 6083 Organizational Leadership
Select three courses from the following (9 credit hours):
- PA 6013 Statistics for Public Administrators
- PA 6033 Rural Politics
- PA 6043 Legal Issues in Public Administration
- PA 6153 Public Personnel Administration
- PA 6183 Special Topics I
- PA 6193 Special Topics II
One track course, other than from the track chosen, may be taken as an elective.
Local Government Track:
- PA 6093 Community Development
- PA 6103 System Management
- PA 6113 Professional Project
Non-Profit Track:
- PA 6123 Non-Profit Leadership/Marketing
- PA 6133 Non-Profit Fundraising
- PA 6113 Professional Project
Social Justice Track:
- PA 6163 Social Equity, Public Finance and Org Dev
- PA 6173 Public Administration and Social Justice
- PA 6113 Professional Project
Criminal Justice Track:
- PA 6203 Criminal Criminological Theory
- PA 6213 Law and Society
- PA 6223 Correctional Administration
- OR
- PA 6233 Police and Society
- PA 6113 Professional Project
