MPA: Public Affairs Communication 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

Public Affairs Communication

COMM 605	Communication Theory	3
COMM 610	Introduction to Graduate Study, Research and Writing	3
COMM 667	Organizational Communication	3
Total Credit Hours:		9

Choose two of the following:

COMM 611	Advanced Public Speaking	3
COMM 621	Special Topics in Communication	3
COMM 650	Intercultural Communication	3
COMM 662	Media Criticism	3
COMM 683	Advanced Small Group Communication	3
Total Credit Hours:		6

Research

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

PA 695	Research Query	3
PA 699	Thesis	6
Total Credit Hours:		3-6

Total Credit Hours: 40-43