MPAL Curriculum and Advising Sheet

Published Date November 01, 2023
News Type College News

Total Required Credit Hours: 32

For current course listings and syllabi, please visit the Graduate Advising page.

Core Courses (7 courses, 20 credit hours total, complete all courses)

  • PUBAFRS 6051: Introduction to Public Affairs/Orientation to Program, 4 credit hours
    Prepares students for their roles as action-oriented administrators, managers and leaders within a democratic system of governance. Students will explore the context of public sector management and leadership.
  • PUBAFRS 6060: Managerial Leadership in Public and Nonprofit Organizations, 4 credit hours
    Introduces best practices on supervising and managing, and how to recruit, motivate and retain talent in public organizations. This course also teaches about the leadership skills and practices needed to lead high-performing public service organizations.
  • PUBAFRS 6045: Fundamentals of Budgeting & Financial Administration, 2 credit hours
    Provides a high-level understanding of government and nonprofit budgeting processes by focusing on planning and financial decision-making in public and nonprofit organizations. Students will be able to understand, communicate and participate in the budgetary process.
  • PUBAFRS 6055: Judgement in Managerial Decision-Making, 2 credit hours
    Provides opportunities for managers to identify common biases and logical fallacies in decision- making and employ skills and techniques to compensate for them.
  • PUBAFRS 6075: Data, Models, & Evaluation, 4 credit hours
    Provides students with the knowledge and tools necessary to analyze data. Students will learn the fundamentals of statistics needed to conduct analyses, and will develop an understanding of program evaluation and research design in order to evaluate the quality of analyses conducted by others and communicate findings.
  • PUBAFRS 6530: Negotiation, 1 credit hour
    Explores the major concepts and theories behind the psychology of bargaining and negotiation and improves students’ negotiation skills.
  • PUBAFRS 7990: Capstone, 3 credit hours
    (See below for details)

MPAL Specialization or Electives (12 Credits Required)

* *Required specialization track course

  • PUBAFRS 7557: Strategic Management*, 3 credit hours
  • PUBAFRS 7550: Contract Management, 3 credit hours
  • PUBAFRS 7554: Performance Management, 3 credit hours
  • PUBAFRS 7555: Project Management, 3 credit hours
  • PUBAFRS 7650: Public Management in Hybrid World, 3 credit hours

  • PUBAFRS 5506: Administration of Criminal Justice Policy*, 3 credit hours
  • SOC 5950: Evidence Based Practice, 3 credit hours
  • SOC 5925: Offender Decision Making & Prisoner Reentry, 3 credit hours
  • PUBAFRS 7507: Criminal Justice Policy, 3 credit hours
  • PUBAFRS 7508: Juvenile Justice System Policy, 3 credit hours

  • PUBAFRS 6000: Policy Formulation & Implementation*, 4 credit hours
  • PUBAFRS 6030: Public Sector Economics, 4 credit hours
  • PUBAFRS 5750: Business Government Relations, 3 credit hours
  • PUBAFRS 5770: Risk Analysis, 3 credit hours
  • PUBAFRS 7555: Project Management, 3 credit hours

  • PUBAFRS 7553: Nonprofit Management & Governance*, 4 credit hours
  • PUBAFRS 7533: Nonprofit Financial Management*, 3 credit hours 
  • PUBAFRS 5590: Fundraising & Philanthropy for Nonprofit Orgs (currently in-person only), 3 credit hours
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  • PUBAFRS 5592: Marketing for Nonprofit Organization, 3 credit hours
  • PUBAFRS 7501: Grant Writing (currently in-person only), 3 credit hours
  • PUBAFRS 7557: Strategic Management, 3 credit hours
  • PUBAFRS 7554: Performance Management, 3 credit hours
  • PUBAFRS 7555: Project Management, 3 credit hours

Exit Requirements:

  • Fulfillment of credit hour requirements
  • Fulfillment of course requirements
  • Achievement of a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 in all courses taken for graduate credit
  • Registration during the final semester of the degree program for a minimum of three graduate credit hours
  • Submission of the Application to Graduate to the Graduate School, via the GradForms system, by the deadline communicated by the Glenn College
  • Successful completion of the capstone course with grade “B” or higher

Please review the Graduate School Handbook for more detail on these requirements.

 

 

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