MPAL Curriculum and Advising Sheet
The Public Management specialization is designed for students who would like to focus even more on managerial and leadership skills. Students completing the Public Management specialization will be prepared to
- effectively apply management theory to practical management challenges;
- diagnose complex situations and resolve them in ways that enhance organizational performance;
- engage in fundamental strategic management techniques;
- set organizational priorities, use performance data to manage operations and use performance information to develop more effective employees and make financial decisions;
- effectively manage projects.
Required Course:
- PUBAFRS 7557: Strategic Management (3 credit hours)
Elective Courses: Choose three
- 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)
The Public Policy specialization is designed for students who would prefer to develop their public policy knowledge and policy analysis skills. Students completing the Public Policy specialization will be able to
- understand the public policy process;
- apply the concepts from economics to policy problems;
- set up basic program evaluations and assess the evaluations conducted by others;
- further develop their analytic tools or knowledge of a specific policy area.
Required Course:
- PUBAFRS 6000: Policy Formulation & Implementation (4 credit hours)
Elective Courses: Choose three
- 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)
The Criminal Justice Administration and Policy specialization, developed in conjunction with the Department of Sociology, is designed for students who would like to develop their managerial skills in the field of criminal justice. Students completing the specialization will be prepared to
- understand the criminal justice system generally as well as specifically in Ohio;
- understand the role of administrators in a criminal justice system;
- understand crime and society’s responses to crime, based on public policy and the criminal justice system;
- make evidence-based recommendations regarding key correctional populations (arrestees, probationers, prisoners, parolees, drug abusers and others);
- articulate best practices related to prisons and jails;
- develop an understanding of criminal careers and recidivism.
Coursework for this specialization is offered by the Glenn College and the Department of Sociology.
Required Course:
- PUBAFRS 5506: Administration of Criminal Justice Policy (3 credit hours)
Elective Courses: Choose three
- 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)
The Nonprofit Management specialization is designed for students who would like to focus even more on the management skills unique to nonprofit organizations. Students completing this specialization will:
- learn to assess and manage nonprofit capacity to achieve organizational performance and system impact;
- learn the fundamentals of nonprofit budgeting, accounting and financial management;
- be prepared to engage in development and fundraising strategies, process and systems;
- grow their expertise in marketing for nonprofit and public sector organizations.
Note: Some courses in the Nonprofit Management specialization are only offered in person. Please consult your advisor for course planning and additional information.
Required Courses:
- PUBAFRS 7553: Nonprofit Management & Governance* (4 credit hours)
- PUBAFRS 7533: Nonprofit Financial Management (3 credit hours)
Elective Courses: Choose three
- PUBAFRS 5120: Social Change Advocacy (3 credit hours)
- PUBAFRS 5590: Fundraising & Philanthropy for Nonprofit Orgs (currently in-person only) (3 credit hours)
- 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)