Master of Public Administration Areas of Study

Build skills in managing and analyzing data to inform public sector decision-making.

9 credits

• PAI 724 Data Driven Decision Making
• PAI 741 Data Wrangling and Visualization
• PAI 796 Ethics of Data Science

Explore the policy, economics, and administrative dimensions of environmental and sustainability challenges.

9 credits

• PAI 600: Sustainability Reporting and the Emergence of AI
• PAI 625: Introduction to Sustainability Trends
• PAI 777: Economics of Environmental Policy

Study the institutions, economics, and on-the-ground realities of international development work.

9 credits

• PAI 700 US Foreign Policy: Crisis and Transformation
• PAI 757 Economics of Development
• PAI 765 Humanitarian Action

Examine the law, policy, and strategy shaping national and global security.

12 credits

• PAI 683 Central Challenges to National Security Law and Policy
• PAI 718 U.S. National Security: Defense and Foreign Policy
• PAI 727 Responding to Proliferation: Nuclear Weapons & Nonproliferation Strategies
• PAI 739 U.S. Defense Strategy: Military Posture and Combat Operations

Study the policies and programs that shape social welfare, health, and equity.

9 credits

• PAI 748 Nonprofit Management
• PAI 781 Social Welfare Policy
• PAI 783 The Changing American Healthcare System