MPA: Public Affairs Communication Concentration

Program Requirements

Core

PA 605Epistemology and Research Methodology

3

PA 610Public and Administrative Law

3

PA 620Bureaucracy and Public Management

3

PA 625Public Budgeting and Finance

3

PA 640Theoretical Foundations of Public Administration

3

PA 641Ethics in Public Administration

3

PA 660Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations

3

PA 690Public Administration Internship

1

Total Credit Hours:22

Public Affairs Communication

COMM 605Communication Theory

3

COMM 610Bibliographic Research and Writing

3

COMM 667Organizational Communication

3

Total Credit Hours:9

Choose two of the following:

COMM 611Advanced Public Speaking

3

COMM 621Special Topics in Communication

3

COMM 650Intercultural Communication

3

COMM 662Media Criticism

3

COMM 665Organizational Behavior

3

COMM 683Advanced Small Group Communication

3

Total Credit Hours:6

Research

Completion of one of the following research options (three to six hours required):

PA 695Research Query

3

PA 699Thesis

6

Total Credit Hours:3-6

Total Credit Hours: 40-43