Student Learning Outcomes

MPA Program

Upon completion of the Master of Public Administration degree, the student will be able to:

1.  Lead and manage in public governance
   -Apply the project management approach to public management models
   -Manage projects
   -Understand the relationships between public policy, whether proposed or enacted, and leadership and management in implementation
   
2. Participate in and contribute to the public policy process
   -Apply techniques for program evaluation and policy analysis
   -Describe and execute the policymaking process, including defining the problem, setting the agenda, formulating policy, implementing policy and evaluating policy
   -Prepare a budget reflecting policy priorities
   
   
3. Analyze, synthesize, think critically, solve problems and make decisions
   -Employ analytical tools for collecting, analyzing, presenting and interpreting data, including appropriate statistical concepts and techniques 
   -Identify and employ alternative sources of funding, including grants, taxes and fees 
   -Understand and apply the legal context of public affairs, administration and policy
   
   
4. Articulate and apply a public service perspective

    -Behave ethically and with integrity: tell the truth, keep confidences, admit mistakes
   -Understand and apply criteria appropriate to public affairs, administration and policy
   -Maintain privacy and security of documents and understand Big Data challenges

5.  

   Communicate and interact productively with a diverse and changing workforce and citizenry
   -Communicate effectively in writing: prepares clear, concise and well-organized written materials tailored to the audience’s level of expertise and needs
   -Communicate effectively in speech: presents oral information accurately, clearly, concisely persuasively tailored level of expertise and needs
   -Work productively in teams

    
   Revised to Assessment Year 2/26/18