The Public Policy concentration provides students with analytical and statistical skills needed for policy analysis and program evaluation. Coursework helps students develop an understanding of the political, social economic and institutional contexts of public policy. Electives provide opportunities to explore substantive policy interests.
Core Courses (40 quarter hours)
MPS 499 Presentation Skills/Public Services
MPS 500 Introduction to Public Service Management
MPS 503 Public Service Organizations in the Three Sectors
MPS 504 Ethics in Administration (two quarter hours) OR
MPS 502 Ethics in International Administration (two quarter hours)
MPS 522 Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
MPS 541 Economic Foundations
MPS 542 Policy Design and Analysis
MPS 543 Policy Implementation in a Bureaucratic and Political Context
MPS 570 Research Methods in Public Service
MPS 580 Quantitative Methods in Public Service OR
MPS 581 Advanced Quantitative Methods
EITHER
MPS 590 Public Service Assessment and Evaluation (two quarter hours) AND
MPS 593 Integrated Seminar
OR
MPS 585 Thesis Design (two quarter hours) AND
MPS 598 Thesis Research
Electives (12 quarter hours)
MPS 510 International Dimensions of Public Service
MPS 511 Sustainable Development and the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations
MPS 518 Proposal Writing (two quarter hours)
MPS 531 Financing and Costing in Health Care
MPS 544 Law Enforcement Policy Issues
MPS 545 Alternatives to Traditional Public Policy Analysis
MPS 546 Advocacy and Public Policy
MPS 550 Applications in Public Policy Analysis (two credit hours)
MPS 553 Management Control in Nonprofits and Government
MPS 561 Law and Nonprofit Organizations
MPS 563 Law and Public Policy
MPS 572 Urban Poverty Seminar
MPS 573 Urban and Community Analysis
MPS 574 Community Organizations and Urban Development
MPS 581 Advanced Quantitative Methods
MPS 600 Independent Study
MPS 601 Internship
MPS 605 Seminar in Administration: EU and NATO (Brussels)
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