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MPA Curriculum

MPA Course Sequencing 

FULL-TIME SCHEDULE of 12 units per semester

*PPD 543 ­ Internship Seminar is required for pre-­service students only (students who do not have two years full-­time work experience.)

1st Year Fall1st Year Spring1st Year Summer2nd Year Fall2nd Year Spring
PPD 540:
Fundamentals of Public
Administration
(4 Units)
PPD 541:
Public Financial Management
and Budgeting
(4 Units)
OptionalPPD 543:
Internship Seminar
(Pre-Service Students Only)
(1 Unit)
Management Elective
(One from either:
PPD 672: Collaborative Governance,
PPD 673:
Strategic Planning in the
Public Sector,
PPD 675:
Nonprofit Management &
Leadership,
PPDE 648: Performance Management)
(4 Units)

PPD 545:
Public & Nonprofit
Organizational Behavior
(4 Units)
PPDE 505:
Professional Workshop in Public
Administration
(2 Units)
Analytic Elective
(One from either:
PPD 542: Policy & Program Evaluation,
PPD 554: Policy Analysis,
PPD 557: Operations Research,
PPD 558: Multivariate Statistical Analysis)
(4 Units)

PPD 546: Capstone
(4 Units)
PPD 503:
Economics for Public Policy
(4 Units)
–OR–
PPD 504:
Essential Statistics for Public
Management
(2 Units)

PPD 503:
Economics for Public Policy
(4 Units)
–OR–
PPD 504:
Essential Statistics for Public
Management
(2 Units)

Elective
(4 Units)
Elective
(4 Units)

FULL-TIME SCHEDULE of 8 units per semester

*PPD 543 ­ Internship Seminar is required for pre­-service students only (students who do not have two years full-­time work experience.)

1st Year Fall1st Year Spring1st Year Summer2nd Year Fall2nd Year Spring2nd Year Summer
optional
PPD 540:
Fundamentals of Public
Administration
(4 Units)
PPD 541:
Public Financial
Management and
Budgeting
(4 Units)
PPD 503:
Economics for
Public Policy
(4 Units)
PPD 543:
Internship Seminar
(Pre-Service Students Only)
(1 Unit)
Management Elective
(One from either:
PPD 672: Collaborative
Governance,
PPD 673: Strategic Planning
in the Public Sector,
PPD 675: Nonprofit
Management & Leadership,
PPDE 648: Performance
Management)

PPD 546: Capstone
(4 Units)
PPD 545:
Public & Nonprofit
Organizational Behavior
(4 Units)
PPDE 505:
Professional Workshop
in Public Administration
(2 Units)
Elective
(4 Units)
Analytic Elective
(One from either:
PPD 542: Policy & Program
Evaluation,
PPD 554: Policy Analysis,
PPD 557: Operations
Research,
PPD 558: Multivariate
Statistical Analysis)
(4 Units)

PPD 546: Capstone
(4 Units)
Elective
(4 Units)
PPD 504:
Essential Statistics for
Public Management
(2 Units)

Elective
(4 Units)

PART-TIME SCHEDULE of 4 units per semester

*PPD 543 – Internship Seminar is required for pre-service students only (students who do not have two years full-time work experience.)

1st Year Fall1st Year Spring1st Year Summer2nd Year Fall2nd Year Spring
PPD 540:
Fundamentals Of Public
Administration
(4 Units)

PPD 504:
Essential Statistics for Public
Management
(2 Units)

PPD 503:
Economics for Public Policy
(4 Units)

PPD 543:
Internship Seminar
(Pre-Service Students Only)
(1 Unit)

PPD 541:
Public Financial Management
and Budgeting
(4 Units)

PPDE 505:
Professional Workshop in Public
Administration
(2 Units)

PPD 545:
Public & Nonprofit
Organizational Behavior
(4 Units)

3rd Year Fall3rd Year Spring3rd Year Summer4th Year Fall4th Year Spring
Analytic Elective
(One from either:
PPD 542: Policy & Program
Evaluation,
PPD 554: Policy Analysis,
PPD 557-Operations Research,
PPD 558: Multivariate Statistical
Analysis)
(4 Units)

Management Elective
(One from either:
PPD 672: Collaborative
Governance,
PPD 673: Strategic Planning in
the Public Sector,
PPD 675: Nonprofit
Management & Leadership,
PPDE 648 Performance
Management)
(4 Units)

Elective
(4 Units)

Analytic Elective
(One from either:
PPD 542: Policy & Program
Evaluation,
PPD 554: Policy Analysis,
PPD 557: Operations Research,
PPD 558: Multivariate Statistical
Analysis)
(4 Units)

PPD 546: Capstone
(4 Units)

—OR—
Elective
(4 Units)

—OR—
Elective
(4 Units)