MPA: Economic Development and Intergovernmental 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 |
Economic Development and Intergovernmental Management
| RAPP 620 | Economic Development | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Choose four of the following:
| CIS 650 | Innovation, Technology and Organizational Change | 3 |
| PA 611 | Jurisprudence | 3 |
| PA 645 | Seminar in Founding Fathers and American Thought | 3 |
| PA 655 | Community Development | 3 |
| PA 656 | Non-profit Organizations | 3 |
| PA 660 | Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations | 3 |
| RAPP 610 | Ideology and Policy Development in Appalachia | 3 |
| RAPP 611 | Spatial Analysis | 3 |
| RAPP 630 | Graduate Seminar in Regional Issues | 3 |
| RAPP 637 | Environmental Policy and Management | 3 |
| RAPP 670 | Directed Research | 3 |
| RAPP 685 | Advanced Environmental Education | 3 |
| SOC 620 | Sociology of Education | 3 |
| SOC 656 | Organizations in Contemporary Society | 3 |
| MNGT 612 | Organizational Theory | 3 |
| GOVT 600 | Seminar: State and Local Government | 3 |
| GOVT 612 | American Political Development | 3 |
| PS 600 | Political Science Seminar | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Research
Completion of one of the following research options (three to six credit hours required):
Total Credit Hours: 40-43