Masters degree in Public Administration at College of Charleston

 

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Masters Degree in Public Administration at College of Charleston

College of Charleston
Masters degree
Public Administration

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The joint Master of Public Administration degree is conferred by both The Graduate School of the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina. We are fully accredited by the National Association of the Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). Program faculty includes six professors and, in any given year, three faculty members from the University of South Carolina and several highly qualified adjunct faculty. Program governance and admissions decisions are made jointly by Joint Program Coordinating Committee, made up of faculty from both institutions.

The M.P.A. program at The Graduate School of the College of Charleston is designed to provide the following:

  • A carefully structured core curriculum that focuses on the major components of modern public management.
  • An elective curriculum that allows the student to develop a program of study suited to his/her career goals.
  • Opportunities to apply administrative knowledge and skills and gain practical experience in a public or nonprofit agency.
  • Opportunities for graduate assistants to learn through participation in various research and community service projects.

    Core Curriculum

    The program’s core curriculum is designed to explore the essential elements of public management and public policy and to prepare students for increasingly complex public responsibilities in local and state government, nonprofit organizations, public/private partnerships and regional and federal agencies. The core curriculum emphasizes both the skills and knowledge required to effectively manage and develop organizational resources and to understand the larger constitutional and political setting in which policy is developed and administrative tasks are defined and assessed.

    The core curriculum consists of 21 semester hours of coursework and a three-hour internship:
    PUBA 600 Perspectives on Public Administration
    PUBA 601 Research and Quantitative Methods for Public Administration
    PUBA 602 Public Policy
    PUBA 603 Administrative Ethics and Accountability
    PUBA 604 Personnel Administration
    PUBA 605 Financial Administration
    PUBA 701 Capstone Seminar
    PUBA 777 Internship

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