The Master of Public Administration, Public Management Concentration, housed in the Political Science Department, provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary for administering public agencies and programs.
Courses are taught by University full-time faculty in Political Science and in Regional Planning, and by adjuncts with particular expertise in public management, public budgeting issues, public policy analysis, program evaluation, and implementation, human resource concerns, urban planning, and administrative law. Regional economic and administrative concerns are addressed in such courses as "Managing Towns and Cities" and "The Regional Economy of New England."
Completion of this concentration prepares students to meet the public management challenges of the 21st century and provides a quality graduate degree that is affordable, responsive to local workforce needs, and is accessible to working part-time commuting students.