MPA/MAAP Dual Degree
Master
In massachusetts (USA)
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Massachusetts (USA)
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Duration
Flexible
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Start date
Different dates available
The MPA/MA in Applied Politics dual-degree program will allow you to develop your political abilities while refining your leadership skills. This option is particularly useful if your goal is a long-lasting management career in municipal, state, or federal government.
With this powerful pair of degrees, you will master the intricacies of public administration in a NASPAA-accredited program in the Sawyer Business School, focusing on health policy, human resources, nonprofit management, or local, state, or federal government. In our College of Arts & Sciences, you will engage the pragmatics of the political world, including legislation, lobbying, writing, and data analysis. All of it will set you up for success in roles such as municipal manager, public service executive, legislator, or cabinet-level official.
A required internship will further strengthen your skills and provide valuable networking contacts for your career.
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Subjects
- IT Law
- Leadership
- Data analysis
- International
- Global
- Financial
- Public
- Government
- Writing
- Financial Training
- Public Administration
Course programme
This 18-course (54 credits) program consists of:
- Eight required MPA courses (24 credits)
- Two MPA electives (6 credits)
- Five required Government courses (15 credits)
- Three Government electives (9 credits)
MPA Requirements: 10 courses, 30 credits
MPA Core (8 courses, 24 credits)
- P.AD-711 Foundations of Public Service and Administration
- P.AD-713 Managing Financial Resources
- P.AD-715 Quantitative Analysis
- P.AD-716 Public Service Human Resource Management
- P.AD-717 Organizational Change
- P.AD-718 Leadership Strategies for an Interconnected World
- P.AD-810 Public Sector Admin Law
- P.AD-890 Strategic Management
Choose any two (2) PAD 800- or 900-level elective courses.
Students must complete 30 credit hours in the Institute for Public Service; PAD and GVT electives are not interchangeable.
Notes:
- Students must take GVT-777 prior to taking P.AD-715.
- Students with no professional public management experience must take PAD 859 Public Service Internship (this will count as an elective). Students who take GVT-723 do not need to take P.AD-859 and can take an additional MPA elective.
- Students should meet with their faculty advisor in both programs when determining their program.
MAAP Core (5 courses, 15 credits)
- GVT-723 Graduate Internship
- GVT-724 Politics of Public Policy
- GVT-747 Seminar in Legislation & Lobbying
- GVT-755 Seminar Campaigns & Elections
- GVT-777 Writing for the Policy Professional
- Electives can include any graduate course offered by the Government Department. Other Suffolk University graduate courses may be taken as electives with the approval of the program director.
- Electives will be chosen to support your field of concentration and choice of internship area.
- P.AD-711 Foundations of Public Service and Administration
- P.AD-712 Information Based Management
- P.AD-713 Managing Financial Resources
- P.AD-715 Quantitative Analysis
- P.AD-716 Public Service Human Resource Management
- P.AD-717 Organizational Change
- P.AD-718 Leadership Strategies for an Interconnected World
- P.AD-810 Public Sector Admin Law
- P.AD-811 Politics of Federal Bureaucracy
- P.AD-814 Collaborative Public Management
- P.AD-815 Nonprofit Management
- P.AD-816 Seminar in Public Policy
- P.AD-817 Administrative Strategies of State and Local Government
- P.AD-819 Grant Writing and Management
- P.AD-822 Public Management Information Systems
- P.AD-823 The U.S. Health System
- P.AD-827 Financing State & Local Government
- P.AD-828 Public Service Communication
- P.AD-831 Civic Innovation and Citizen Engagement
- P.AD-832 Health Policy
- P.AD-838 Ethics in Public Service
- P.AD-839 Leadership and Decision Making in Action
- P.AD-840 Comparative Public Policy
- P.AD-842 Workplace and Labor Law
- P.AD-847 Nonprofit Financial Management
- P.AD-848 Nonprofit Law and Ethics
- P.AD-849 Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits
- P.AD-859 Public Service Internship
- P.AD-861 Data to Policy
- P.AD-862 Leading Change: State Policy
- P.AD-890 Strategic Management
- P.AD-900 Special Topics
- P.AD-910 Individual Study in Public Service
- GVT-010 Summer Campaign Lab
- GVT-609 Transitional Justice
- GVT-623 Political Survey Research
- GVT-638 Environmental Policy & Politics
- GVT-641 Ready, Set, Run!
- GVT-642 Candidate Definition
- GVT-643 Candidate Media Strategy 101
- GVT-660 United Nations Seminar
- GVT-663 International Legal Systems
- GVT-665 International and Transnational Organizations
- GVT-666 Governance & Regional Political Economy
- GVT-667 Comparative Social Movements
- GVT-671 Topics in Democracy
- GVT-682 Crisis and Integration in Europe
- GVT-685 Politics of the Middle East
- GVT-687 Conflict & Reconciliation: Community Service Abroad
- GVT-723 Graduate Internship
- GVT-724 Politics of Public Policy
- GVT-741 Drug Policy: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- GVT-747 Seminar in Legislation & Lobbying
- GVT-755 Seminar Campaigns & Elections
- GVT-761 Seminar: International Relations Theory
- GVT-763 International Political Economy
- GVT-765 Global Public Policy
- GVT-777 Writing for the Policy Professional
- GVT-778 Global Policy & Data Analysis
- GVT-803 Washington Academic Seminar I
- GVT-804 International Political Marketing
- GVT-805 Washington Seminar on National Security
- GVT-834 Global Migration Politics
- GVT-906 Summer Party Convention Program
- GVT-910 Independent Study
- GVT-920 International Internship - Brussels
- GVT-938 Summer Campaign Lab
- GVT-957 Thesis Research & Writing
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MPA/MAAP Dual Degree