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MPA Course of Study and Core Requirements

MPA students

All MPA degree students must complete 36 semester hours of course work earning no grade below C (C- is not acceptable). A GPA of 3.0 or higher is needed to earn the MPA degree. All MPA students must complete the following 27-hour core curriculum.

Most courses are hybrid, meaning some classes may have an in-person (or Zoom) meeting, usually offered in the evening (Monday – Thursday) at the Boca Raton campus.

 

MPA Core Courses

Course Number & Title

Credits

PAD 6053 - Introduction to Public Service and Administration*      

 3

PAD 6106 – Organization and Administrative Behavior                

3

PAD 6227 – Public Budgeting and Finance               

3

PAD 6417 - Human Resource Management in the Public Sector   

3

PAD 6036 – Public Administration and Public Policy                    

3

PAD 6701 – Statistical Analysis for Effective Decision Making**   

3

PAD 6063 – Public Leadership

3

PAD 6436 – Ethical and Legal Foundations in the Public Sector

3

PAD 6139 – Public Service Capstone

3

Elective Course #1

3

Elective Course #2

3

Elective Course #3 or

PAD 6941 – Government Internship

(If no public sector work experience)

3

 

*Should be taken within the first 12 credit hours

**An undergraduate statistics course is a pre-requisite

 

Sample of MPA Elective Courses

The remaining 9 hours are electives. As part of the 9 hours, students who don’t have any public sector experience must complete a one-semester, 20-hour-per-week internship, while registered for the accompanying Government Internship course, PAD 6941. In the past few years, FAU MPA students have completed local government internships with city governments such as Coral Springs, Delray Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Village of Royal Palm Beach, and Wilton Manors. Some students complete non-profit internships, including internships with the Urban League and the Arthritis Foundation, and others completed internships at federal agencies such as the Smithsonian Institute and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

Strategic Planning in the Public Sector PAD 6333
Images of Pub Administration PAD 6065
Decision Making in the Public Sector PAD 6135
Labor Relations in Government PAD 6427
Seminar in Administrative Policy Making PAD 6035
Public Policy Process PAD 6385
Survey Research in Public Sector PAD 6727
Local Government Administration PAD 6807
Intergovernmental Administration PAD 6826

For any questions regarding the Master of Public Administration degree program, please contact Dr. Pablo Sanabria (Program Coordinator) at psanabria@fau.edu.