MPA: Counseling and Addiction Services Management Concentration
Program Requirements
Core
| PA 605 | Epistemology and Research Methodology | 3 |
| PA 610 | Public and Administrative Law | 3 |
| PA 620 | Bureaucracy and Public Management | 3 |
| PA 625 | Public Budgeting and Finance | 3 |
| PA 630 | Politics of Public Policy | 3 |
| PA 640 | Theoretical Foundations of Public Administration | 3 |
| PA 641 | Ethics in Public Administration | 3 |
| PA 690 | Public Administration Internship | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 22 |
Counseling and Addiction Services Management
| SOC 671 | Introduction to Chemical Dependency Counseling | 3 |
| SOC 672 | Alcohol, Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency | 3 |
| SOC 673 | Approaches to Chemical Dependency Treatment I | 3 |
| SOC 674 | Approaches to Chemical Dependency Treatment II | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Choose one of the following:
| SOC 601 | Criminology Theory | 3 |
| SOC 626 | Communities | 3 |
| SOC 656 | Organizations in Contemporary Society | 3 |
| SOC 659 | Social Change in Appalachia | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Research
Completion of one of the following research options (three to six hours required):
| PA 695 | Research Query | 3 |
| SOC 675 | Practicum in Chemical Dependency | 3 |
| PA 699 | Thesis | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3-6 |
Total Credit Hours: 40-43