Public Management Concentration

The public management concentration is designed to provide public employees or those preparing for service in the public sector with essential knowledge and skills in administration, budgeting and finance, communications, information systems, law, leadership, personnel, and policy analysis that are important for effective management in local, state, and federal agencies or nonprofit organizations.

Students in the public management concentration are required to complete the following core courses during their first two terms (full-time students) or three terms (part-time students):

  56:834:501  Foundations of Policy Analysis (3)

  56:834:503  Law and Public Policy (3)

  56:834:505  Organizational Behavior (3)

  56:834:515  Introduction to Public Budgeting and Finance (3)

  56:834:525  Public Management (3)

  56:834:535  Research Methods (3)

  56:834:536  Public Information Systems (3)

In addition to the 21 credits of core courses, students in the public management concentration must take:

  56:834:541  Internship I (3)*

  56:834:553  Financial Management of Public Programs (3)

  56:834:557  Human Resources Management (3)

  56:834:558  Executive Leadership and Communication Skills (3)

  56:834:675  Research Workshop (3) 

 Two electives and/or seminars (6)

* A student may, with the approval of the chairperson of the graduate department, substitute 56:834:650 Special Problems in Public Policy and Administration, 56:834:601-607 Colloquium in Public Policy and Administration, or other electives fir the internship requirement. Also, students with no public or nonprofit sector experience or with special educational needs or experience may apply to take a extra 3 credits of internship in lieu of one 3-credit elective or seminar