Public Administration - College of Charleston

Public Administration from College of Charleston is a Campus Master Public Administration degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. The joint Master of Public Administration degree is conferred by both The Graduate School of the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina. We are fully accredited by the National Association of the Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). Program faculty includes six professors and, in any given year, three faculty members from the University of South Carolina and several highly qualified adjunct faculty. Program governance and admissions decisions are made jointly by Joint Program Coordinating Committee, made up of faculty from both institutions. The M.P.A. program at The Graduate School of the College of Charleston is designed to provide the following: A carefully structured core curriculum that focuses on the major components of modern public management. An elective curriculum that allows the student to develop a program of study suited to his/her career goals. Opportunities to apply administrative knowledge and skills and gain practical experience in a public or nonprofit agency. Opportunities for graduate assistants to learn through participation in various research and community service projects. Core Curriculum The program's core curriculum is designed to explore the essential elements of public management and public policy and to prepare students for increasingly complex public responsibilities in local and state government, nonprofit organizations, public/private partnerships and regional and federal agencies. The core curriculum emphasizes both the skills and knowledge required to effectively manage and develop organizational resources and to understand the larger constitutional and political setting in which policy is developed and administrative tasks are defined and assessed. The core curriculum consists of 21 semester hours of coursework and a three-hour internship: PUBA 600 Perspectives on Public Administration PUBA 601 Research and Quantitative Methods for Public Administration PUBA 602 Public Policy PUBA 603 Administrative Ethics and Accountability PUBA 604 Personnel Administration PUBA 605 Financial Administration PUBA 701 Capstone Seminar PUBA 777 Internship View more details on College of Charleston . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Public Administration courses.