The Master of Public Administration equips graduates with the following skills and knowledge:
Professionalism.
Effectively lead, manage, support, and collaborate with peers and across organizational boundaries in the public interest
Recognize, adapt to, and make decisions in changing and increasingly complex environments
Become effective users of communication and collaboration as tools for negotiating, creating, and implementing new solutions
Work to solve local, national, and international problems in public, private, and/or nonprofit administration with the goal of strengthening communities and improving lives
Participate in, and contribute to, the policy process
Articulate, apply, and advance a public service perspective
- Reflect upon the social and ethical responsibilities and the equity implications linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments
Core Knowledge.
Fluency in the theory of public administration necessary for professional practice
Apply management and policy tools for addressing urban and environmental policy problems
- Identify problems of practice and to locate innovations that can address these problems
- Research Methods and Analysis.
Design a sound applied research study grounded in relevant peer-reviewed research
Collect, analyze and use qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision making that best serves the well-being of the public
Conduct a review of research on specific topics in public administration in order to inform organizational decision-making
Critically consume and use data and representations of data by evaluating their relative strengths and limitations
- Translate results from academic research into practical guidance
- Communication.
Structure coherent written documents that present and evaluate evidence to support claims
Understand and properly use writing styles found in academic research and policy outlets
Make clear and cogent oral presentations
Communicate and interact productively and in culturally responsive ways with a diverse and changing workforce
- Communicate and interact productively and in culturally responsive ways with society at large