- Program Description
- Admission Requirements
- Degree Requirements
- Required Courses
- Contact Information
- Program Website
Program Description:
If your goal is to advance your ability to implement
policy or manage government and nonprofit organizations,
the MPA degree can help you accomplish it with 36 semester
hours of coursework. The curriculum is built upon core
courses that develop essential problem-solving and decision-making
skills. Organizational Management & Change, Economics
& Public Finance, Democracy & Policy Making, and
Information & Analytic Methods are just some of the
courses that offer first-hand opportunities to study the
important issues of public affairs. The required curriculum
will help you hone your skills in management and analysis,
but you may gain specific insights into your area of interest
by pursuing one of three concentrations available to students.
Each is designed to equip students with the management
and analysis skills demanded of managers in challenging
public affairs positions.
Admission Requirements:
A baccalaureate degree from a college or university
of accredited standing, preferably with a minimum grade-point
average of 3.0 for the MPA. Two sets of official transcripts
are required from all higher education institutions attended.
Three recommendations from qualified references. Applicants
are required to take the GRE, GMAT, or the LSAT unless they
meet the requirements for waiver stated in the course catalog.
Completed credentials should be received by June 1 for the
fall semester, November 1 for the spring semester, and April
1 for the summer semester. Click
here for more information about admission requirements.
Degree Requirements:
All students must complete a minimum of 36 semester credit
hours of graduate course work, excluding preparatory workshops,
with a grade point average of B or better. Students must
receive a grade of B-or better in all required core courses.
No more than six credit hours of independent study can
be applied toward the degree. Students who have not had
significant work experience in the public or nonprofit
sectors must complete an internship through an additional
three-semester hour course bringing their total credit
hour requirements to 39.
Required Courses:
All MPA students must complete the following core
courses or approved equivalents:
- P AD 5001-3. Governance and Institutions
- P AD 5002-3. Organizational Management and Change
- P AD 5003-3. Information and Analytic Methods
- P AD 5004-3. Economics and Public Finance
- P AD 5005-3. The Policy Process and Democracy
- P AD 5006-3. Leadership and Professional Ethics
All MPA students must complete 15 hours of electives.
A student can choose to design an area of special emphasis
with assistance from his/her faculty advisor, or pursue
a general MPA with no specialty. Additionally, students
on the Denver campus may choose to one of three areas
of concentration: Environmental Policy, Management and
Law; Local Government; and Nonprofit Organizations. Click
here for descriptions of the concentrations.
Finally, all M.P.A. students must complete the Advanced
Seminar class during the last semester of their degree
program: P AD 5361-3. Advanced Seminar in Public Policy
and Management.
Internships. Students who have limited experience in
public, nonprofit, or relevant private sector service
must enroll in P AD 6910, Field Study in Public Administration.
A minimum of 300 hours of supervised work and study is
required to earn three credit hours of academic credit.
This requirement raises the total semester hours needed
to earn the MPA degree to 39.
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Contact Information:
Location:
Lawrence Street Center
1380 Lawrence Street, Suite 500
Denver, CO 80204
Phone:
Main Office: (303) 556-5970
Fax: (303)556-5971
Mailing Address:
PO Box 173364
Campus Box 142
Denver, CO 80217-3364
E-mail:
Pete.Wolfe@cudenver.edu
Web Address:
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/public/gspa/programs/c01.html
