Master of Public Administration Tracks

Learn quantitative tools for evaluating policies and programs. Course covers bivariate to multivariate regression, including linear and nonlinear models, with techniques for assessing inequalities across subgroups and accounting for unobserved confounding factors.

Gain an overview of cost-benefit analysis in the public and non-profit sectors. Fundamental concepts and practices of cost-benefit analysis are introduced, with emphasis on applications to public investments, policies, programs and regulations.

Learn how to use evidence to determine if policies and programs are achieving their intended outcomes and, if not, how to identify problems in implementation, fidelity, and program theory.

Learn quantitative tools for evaluating policies and programs. Course covers bivariate to multivariate regression, including linear and nonlinear models, with techniques for assessing inequalities across subgroups and accounting for unobserved confounding factors.

Course provides an introduction to the policy process, focusing on new directions in policy process scholarship, policy design, and evidence-based insights for practitioners.

Course examines how insights from economics and psychology can improve public policy design and implementation. Introduces a new approach to design different from the classical rational model.

Focus on contemporary approaches to governance and the evolving tools, networks, and partnerships used in public problem-solving with an emphasis on collaborative management, intergovernmental relations, citizen participation, and the wide array of policy tools governments employ to achieve public value.

Explore the dynamics of managing individuals and groups in public and nonprofit organizations. Students will examine theories and practices of motivation, leadership, team development, and conflict management, with an emphasis on how managers can create effective, inclusive, and collaborative work environments.

Examine how organizations function, adapt, and interact with their environments, with a focus on public and nonprofit settings. Students will explore classic and contemporary theories of organizational structure, decision-making, culture, and behavior, and apply them to challenges in governance and management.

Learn quantitative tools for evaluating policies and programs. Course covers bivariate to multivariate regression, including linear and nonlinear models, with techniques for assessing inequalities across subgroups and accounting for unobserved confounding factors.

Learn key aspects of finance and fiscal policy and state-local roles in a modern economy on the expenditure and revenue side of decisions in an urban setting. Course emphasizes understanding of the mechanisms of fiscal and economic policy and the skills for the analysis and design of policies.

Learn fundamentals of the revenue side of the government sector, including core concepts and theories as well as methods for empirical analyses of three major taxes and other minor revenue sources at the state and local levels.