Curriculum Sheet

PREREQUISITES: The following prerequisites must be completed by students without equivalent masters-level coursework.

PADM 651 Introduction to Public Administration
ELS 732 Quantitative Research Design or CHP 640 Data Interpretation Methods for Health Care
Students taking ELS 732 should plan to take ELS832 as the multivariate statistics course. Students taking CHP640 should plan to take HLSC811 as the multivariate statistics course.

CORE COURSES: (12 hours)

• URBN 807 Urban Theory and Practice
• PADM 808 Administrative Theory
• PADM 810 Public Law and Urban Governance
• URBN 801 Public Policy Analysis

RESEARCH CORE COURSES: (12 hours)

• URBN 880 Logic of Social Inquiry
• HLSC 812 Qualitative Research Methods or ECI 890 Qualitative Research Design
• ELS 832 Statistics Applied to Research in Education and Human Services II or HLSC 811 Quantitative Research Design – Multivariate
• PADM/URBN 853 Research and Evaluation Design

MAJOR (CONCENTRATION): (12 hours)*

Public Administration Track - Students may select four of the following courses for their concentration:

• PADM 804 Program Evaluation
• PADM 820 Public Personnel Administration
• PADM 845 Organization Development and Change Management
• PADM 823 Ethics and Public Administration
• PADM 830 Theories of Conflict Resolution and Problem Solving
• PADM 881 Intergovernmental Management
• PADM 811 Urban Services Administration
• PADM 898 Directed Research
• PADM 834 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
• PADM 838 Conflict Mediation and Arbitration

Urban Policy Track - Students may select four of the following courses for their concentration:

• URBN 802 Urban Resource Allocation
• URBN 803 Urban Services Design and Implementation
• URBN 805 Urban Law and Public Policy
• URBN 804 Program Evaluation
• URBN 811 Urban Services Administration
• PADM 823 Ethics and Public Administration
• PADM 830 Theories of Conflict Resolution and Problem Solving
• PADM 834 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
• PADM 838 Conflict Mediation and Arbitration

MINOR (COGNATE): (9 hours)

Courses may be taken outside of USPA, including, but not limited to, the following: international management, marketing, finance, accounting, educational leadership, business and government, community health, urban economics, industrial psychology, criminal justice, sociology, political science, and engineering management.

DISSERTATION SEMINAR: (3 hours)

• URBAN /PADM 881 Dissertation Seminar

DISSERTATION: (12 hours)

TOTAL PROGRAM CREDIT HOURS: (60 hours)