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College of Liberal Arts

Requirements

The program has two tracks: Public Administration and Public Policy. All students must take four core courses: Public Administration, Public Policy, Research Design and Analysis, and Public Policy Analysis and Research. Those in the Public Administration Track must also take Public Finance, Human Resource Management, and Public Organization Theory and Management. Those in the Public Policy Track must take three of the following: American Politics and Public Policy, Comparative Politics and Public Policy, International Relations and Public Policy, Public Law and Public Policy, Political Theory and Public Policy. A total of 13 courses is required of all students.

After completion of all coursework students take a written and an oral examination. Students begin dissertation research after successfully completing these examinations

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Last updated April 19, 2007