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 Fall | 1st Year Spring | 1st Year Summer | 2nd Year Fall | 2nd Year Spring |
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PPD 540: Fundamentals of Public Administration (4 Units) | PPD 541: Public Financial Management and Budgeting (4 Units) | Optional | 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) (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 Fall | 1st Year Spring | 1st Year Summer | 2nd Year Fall | 2nd Year Spring | 2nd Year Summer optional |
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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 Fall | 1st Year Spring | 1st Year Summer | 2nd Year Fall | 2nd Year Spring |
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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 Fall | 3rd Year Spring | 3rd Year Summer | 4th Year Fall | 4th Year Spring |
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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) |