Major: Public Administration
Concentration: Public Policy
Degree: Master of Public Admin.
Prerequisites (6 credits)
SELECT One American Govenment course
One undergraduate course in American Government, or American Political System, or POS 2041 Intro to American Government.
SELECT One Statistics course
One undergraduate course in Statistics; or POS 3713 Political Inquiry and Analysis.
Core Requirements (24 credits)
NOTE: PAD 5700 is a prerequisite for PAD 6706, PAD 6066, PUP 6006, and PUP 6007. PAD 6060 is a prerequisite for PAD 6066.
In order to graduate from the program: grades of C or above are required in all MPA courses; grades of B or above are required in at least 7 of the 8 required core courses; and MPA students must meet the minimum graduation requirements for master's degree students at the university. All students must apply for graduation during registration for the last semester of courses in the program. Deadlines are published online.
Students from the UNF undergraduate MPA fast track program who have successfully met the admission requirements of the MPA program are not required to take PAD 6060. They must take the remainder of the MPA core but are further required to take only 3 electives, for a total of 33 hours of graduate course work.
PAD6060 3 Public Admin in Modern Society
PAD5700 3 Public Admin Research Methods
PAD6417 3 Human Res in Public/NP Mgmt
PAD6227 3 Government Budget and Finance
PAD6106 3 Admin Behavior in Public Org
PUP6006 3 Prog Eval Pub/NP Mgt
PAD6436 3 Ethics in Public Service
PAD6066 3 Capstone Seminar
Prereq: requires permission of MPA director
Major Requirements (12 credits)
PUP6007 3 Policy Analysis
PAD6706 3 Research Design
(prereq: PAD 5700, with grade of B or better)
SELECT Two Eelectives from below:
(Other courses may be approved by the MPA Director) - URP 6058 Urban and Regional Planning
- PAD 5384 Civic Groups and Public Policy
- POS 6158 Policy and Politics in Local Government
- PAD 6256 Public Economics (prereq:PAD 6227 with a grade of B or better)
Major Electives (6 credits)
Students are required to take one or two courses, depending upon whether or not they are required to complete an internship, from among other MPA program courses. Other electives from outside the MPA program may be approved by the MPA director.
SELECT 1-2 additional MPA courses
