Urban Management and Policy

The Urban Management and Policy Concentration consists of 15 credit hours within the MPA curriculum. Students must fulfill the following requirements:

1- Students are required to take the following two courses:
MPAD 6184 Urban government and Politics (3)
MPAD 6185 Intergovernmental Relations (3)

2- Students must complete two of the following courses:
MPAD 6128 Foundations of Public Policy (3)
MPAD 6142 Grant Writing and Reporting (3)
MPAD 6143 Introduction to Administrative Law (3)
MPAD 6160 Information Systems in Public Administration (3)
MPAD 6290 Introduction to Emergency Management (3)
MPAD 6324 Financial Analysis for Government and Nonprofit Organizations (3)
MPAD 6326 Applied Economics for Public Administrators (3)
MPAD 6328 Urban and Community Development (3)
MPAD 6330 Program Evaluation for the Public & Nonprofit Sectors (3)
MPAD 6332 Project Management (3)
MPAD 6350 Public Sector Financial Management (3)
MPAD 6352 Public Sector Financial Reporting and Analysis (3)
GEOG 5155 Retail Location (3)
GEOG 5190 Geographic Info Systems for Non-Majors (3) or GEOG 5120 Introduction
to Geographic Information Systems (3)
GEOG 5210 Urban Planning Methods (3)
GEOG 5260 Transportation Policy Formulation (3)
GEOG 6300 Applied Regional Analysis (3)
GEOG 6301 Industrial Location (3)
GEOG 6500 Urban Planning: Theory and Practice (3)

3- Students must complete an additional three credit hours of MPAD electives.

Appropriate non-MPAD courses may be taken within this concentration upon approval of the student’s advisor and the MPA Director.