Master of Public Administration (MPA)

The curriculum consists of seven (7) required courses, one (1) capstone course, and six (6) electives.

• P.AD-711 Foundations of Public Service and Administration
• P.AD-712 Information Based Management
• P.AD-715 Quantitative Analysis

• P.AD-713 Managing Financial Resources
• P.AD-716 Public Service Human Resource Management
• P.AD-717 Organizational Change
• P.AD-718 Leadership Strategies for an Interconnected World

• P.AD-890 Strategic Management

Choose 6 PAD electives. Students are allowed to take 2 electives outside of the MPA program after consultation with MPA Faculty Advisor.

PAD core courses are 700-level courses and electives are 800 or 900 level courses. Some electives are only offered every 1.5 - 2 years.

Students with no professional public service management experience are required to take PAD 859 - Internship. This 3-credit course will count as one of your 6 electives.

Students must complete all prerequisites prior to registering for healthcare courses. More information is available at suffolk.edu/mha. MPA students may not enroll in HLTH 890.

This concentration focuses on how public sector and non-profit organizations are moving toward new management and performance systems. This concentration will focus on the rationale for performance management and how to apply these various methods of performance management.

• P.AD-863 Introduction to Performance Improvement Strategies
• P.AD-865 Relating Performance to Stakeholders
• P.AD-866 Connecting Measurement to Performance Improvement
• P.AD-864 Performance Measure Capacities

This concentration focuses on preparing nonprofit and public service managers for positions in community healthcare, community advocacy organizations, and government health agencies to manage and lead in a dynamic and changing healthcare environment.

Required Course (3 credits):

• HLTH-705 Health Systems I: Healthcare in the U.S

• HLTH-807 Innovation: The Future of Healthcare
• HLTH-810 Quality, Patient Safety and Patient Experience
• HLTH-815 Ambulatory and Primary Care
• HLTH-842 Global Health

This concentration prepares states and local government managers and officials to function as effective leaders able to respond to the changing climates of government.

• P.AD-817 Administrative Strategies of State and Local Government

• P.AD-810 Public Sector Admin Law
• P.AD-814 Collaborative Public Management
• P.AD-819 Grant Writing and Management
• P.AD-827 Financing State & Local Government
• P.AD-828 Public Service Communication
• P.AD-831 Civic Innovation and Citizen Engagement
• P.AD-838 Ethics in Public Service
• P.AD-839 Leadership and Decision Making in Action
• P.AD-842 Workplace and Labor Law

This concentration covers the field of public service with special attention given to the additional intricacies of nonprofit management.

• P.AD-815 Nonprofit Management

• P.AD-819 Grant Writing and Management
• P.AD-847 Nonprofit Financial Management
• P.AD-848 Nonprofit Law and Ethics
• P.AD-849 Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits