Regardless of when you start, the MPA course sequence is intriguing and will keep you appropriately excited for your next semester of notable classes. 

Example Plans of Study and Scheduling
Master of Public Administration Program

Fall Start Round 1 (Example)			Spring Start Round 1 (Example)
Semester/Year	Round	Course Number	Semster/Year	Round	Course Number
Fall, Year 1	1	500	Spring Year 1	1	500
	2	505		2	505
Spring, Year 1	1	506	Summer		530
	2	508	Fall, Year 2	1	508
Summer		501		2	507
Fall, Year 2	1	503	Spring, Year 2	1	513
	2	513		2	503
Spring, Year 2	1	Elective	Summer		501
	2	Elective	Fall, Year 3	1	Elective
Summer		530		2	506
Fall, Year 3	1	Elective	Spring, Year 3	1	Elective
	2	507		2	Elective
Spring, Year 3	1	660	Summer		660
	2	699			699

            

Summer Start (Example)			Accelerated 14 Months (Example 1)
Semester/Year	Round	Course Number	Semester/Year	Round	Course Number
Summer, Year 1		501	Fall, Year 1	1	500, 503
Fall, Year 1	1	500		2	505, 513
	2	505	Winter		507
Spring, Year 1	1	506	Spring, Year 1	1	506, Elective
	2	508		2	508, Elective
Summer		530	Summer		530, 699
Fall, Year 2	1	503	Fall, Year 2	1	501, Elective
	2	507	Accelerated 14 Months (Example 2)
Spring, Year 2	1	513	Spring, Year 1	1	500, 513
	2	Elective		2	508, Elective
Summer		Elective	Summer		501, 530
Fall, Year 3	1	Elective	Fall, Year 1	1	503, Elective
	2	699		2	505, 699
Spring, Year 3	1	660	Winter		507
			Spring, Year 2	1	506, Elective

            

Core and Foundation Courses (Required)
Course Number	Course Title	Fall	Spring	Summer
MPA 500	Introduction to Public Administration	Round 1	Round 1
MPA 501	Politics and Policy		Round 2	Summer
MPA 503	Public Budgeting	Round 1	Round 2
MPA 505	Human Resources Management	Round 2	Round 2
MPA 506	Administrative Law	Round 2	Round 1
MPA 507	Information Technology for Public Administration	Round 2		Summer/Winter
MPA 508	Statistics for Public Managers	Round 1	Round 2
MPA 513	Program Planning and Evaluation	Round 2	Round 1
MPA 530	Organizational Theory and Change	Round 1		Summer
MPA 660	Internship	Fall 1-2	Spring 1-2	Summer
MPA 699	Capstone/Innovation in Public Administration	Round 2	Round 2	Summer

            

Concentration Elective Courses (Three Required)
Course Number	Course Title	Fall	Spring	Summer
Public and Non-Profit Management Concentration
MPA 502	Economics in the Public Sector	Round 1
MPA 521	Leadership & Management in Nonprofit Organizations		Round 2
MPA 616	Global Issue in Public Administration		Round 1
MPA 622	Nonprofit Fundraising and Development			Summer
Ethical Leadership Concentration
MPA 684	Leadership, Power, and Influence		Round 1	Summer
MPA 685	Negotiations and Conflict Management	Round 1		Summer
MPA 688	Ethical Management of Organizations	Round 2	Round 2
Healthcare Administration Concentration
MPA 681	US Healthcare Policies and Systems	Round 1
MPA 682	Ethical/Legal Issues in Healthcare		Round 1
MPA 683	Critical Issues in Healthcare	Round 2	Round 2
Analytics Concentration
MSIS 537	Data Management I	15 Weeks	15 Weeks
MSIS 545	Intro to Data Analysis & Computational Statistics	15 Weeks
MSIS 645	Data Mining & Predictive Analytics	15 Weeks	15 Weeks