MPA: Security Studies, Intelligence and Theory 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

Security Studies, Intelligence and Theory

PA 680Homeland Security

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Choose four of the following:

PA 630Politics of Public Policy

3

PA 642Western Political Theory I

3

PA 643Western Political Theory II

3

PA 645Seminar in Founding Fathers and American Thought

3

PA 650Federalism Theory and Constitutional Law

3

PA 681American Diplomatic History

3

PA 686Intelligence Analysis

3

PS 600Political Science Seminar

3

RAPP 670Directed Research

3

GOVT 610American Politics

3

GOVT 620International Relations

3

GOVT 630Comparative Politics

3

GOVT 640Political Theory

3

Total Credit Hours:12

Research

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

PA 695Research Query

3

PA 699Thesis

6

Total Credit Hours:3-6

Total Credit Hours: 40-43