Four 3-credit courses (12 credits) are required to complete the 42-credit curriculum. After the core curriculum cluster one is completed, electives may be sequenced throughout a student`s program leading to a concentration. Students may select electives from the following courses. With the approval of their advisers, students also may take electives in other departments to fit their individual educational and career goals.

Concentration in General Public Administration and the Environment

•     26:834:503  Topics in Public Administration (3)
•     26:834:504  Topics in Public Administration (3) Syllabus
•     26:834:505  Intergovernmental Management (3)
•     26:834:507  Leadership (3)
•     26:834:703  Internship in Public Administration (3)

Concentration in Management Theory and Skills

•    26:834:524  Strategic Planning (3)
•    26:834:525  Management Techniques (3) Syllabus
•    26:834:526  Public and Nonprofit Productivity (3) Syllabus
•    26:834:527  Cases in Public and Nonprofit Productivity (3)
•    26:834:528  Information Systems and Public Administration (3)
•    26:834:577  Human Resource Management for Nonprofits (3)

Concentration in Economics, Budgeting, and Finance

•    26:834:543  Public Financial Management (3) Syllabus
•    26:834:544  Professional Development Strategies (3)
•    26:834:545  Capital Budgeting (3)
•    26:834:546  Infrastructure Finance (3) Syllabus
•    26:834:547  Government Revenue Systems (3)
•    26:834:576  Resource Development for Nonprofit Organizations (3)

Concentration in Health Care and Environmental Health

•    26:834:581  Introduction to Health Care Systems (3) Syllabus
•    26:834:582  Health Care Management (3) Syllabus
•    26:834:584  Health Care Finance (3) Syllabus
•    26:834:585  Health Care Policy (3) Syllabus
•    26:834:586  Violence in the United States (3) Syllabus

Concentration in Urban Educational Administration and Leadership

• Public Education Law Seminar
• 26:834:556  Foundations of Urban School Administration and Supervision (3) *
• 26:834:557  Urban School Leadership and Communication (3) *   
• 26:834:558  Curriculum, Instructional Leadership and Assessment in Urban Schools (3) *
• 26:834:559  Public School Finance (3) *
• 26:834:614  Urban Educational Policy and School Improvement (3) *

Concentration in Nonprofit Management

•    26:834:570  Theory and Practice of Nonprofit Management (3)
•    26:834:571  Nonprofit Budgeting (3) Syllabus
•    26:834:575  Grant Writing and Grants Management (3) Syllabus
•    26:834:576  Resource Development for Nonprofit Organizations (3)
•    26:834:577  Human Resource Management for Nonprofits (3)
•    26:834:578  Strategic Planning and Management for Nonprofits (3)
•    26:834:544  Professional Development Strategies (3)