NGO Education Survey

College: University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Required Core Courses (21 Hours) PADM 70103 - (was 7301) The Profession of Public Administration PADM 70133 - (was 7303) Public Organization Theory PADM 71303 - (was 7313) Human Resource Management in the Public Sector PADM 72303 - (was 7323) Public Financial Administration PADM 76203 - (was 7362) Public Policy Analysis I PADM 76303 - (was 7363) Public Policy Analysis II PADM 77303 - (was 7373) Seminar in Public Administration Elective Courses (15 Hours) PADM 54103 - (was 5341) Seminar in Comparative Public Administration PADM 55303 - (was 5353) Seminar in Public Budgeting PADM 72403 - (was 7324) Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations PADM 72603 - (was 7326) Public and Organizational Networks for Nonprofits PADM 73003 - (was 7330) Independent Study in Public Administration PADM 73103 - (was 7331) Problems in Public Administration PADM 73303 - (was 7333) Administrative Leadership and Public Management PADM 73403 - (was 7334) Grant Writing and Fundraising PADM 73503 - (was 7335) Urban Management PADM 73603 - (was 7336) Managing the Not-for-Profit Sector PADM 73703 - (was 7337) Public Organizational Change and Development PADM 73803 - (was 7338) Public Personnel Problems and Issues PADM 73903 - (was 7339) State Administration and Reform PADM 74003 - (was 7340) Ethics in Public Administration PADM 74103 - (was 7341) Managing Public Disputes PADM 74203 - (was 7342) Public Revenue Management PADM 74303 - (was 7343) Organizational Partnerships and Collaboration PADM 74503 - (was 7345) Urban Management and Community Change PADM 7346 - Current Issues in Public and Nonprofit Management PADM 75303 - (was 7353) Seminar in Intergovernmental Management PADM 78003 - (was 7380) Public Program Evaluation PADM 78503 - (was 7385) Seminar in Public Policy PADM 79303 - (was 7393) Administrative Law PADM 8300 - Internship in Public Administration Graduation Requirements Successful completion of 36 hours of approved MPA courses with a GPA of at least 3.0, Successful completion of the capstone seminar (PADM 77303).

The public administration degree requires 36 graduate credit hours, which includes 21 required hours that includes successful completion of the capstone seminar PADM 77303, and 15 approved elective hours. Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA for all courses approved for the MPA program. In accordance with the Graduate School policy, students who fall below a 3.0 GPA will have the next 12 credit hours to raise their GPA. Students admitted conditionally must maintain a 3.0 GPA in their first 12 graduate hours of core MPA courses. Students without professional, managerial, or research experience in public or nonprofit administration are urged to take a three-hour internship (PADM 80103 or PADM 80203). Students considering pursuit of a doctoral degree are encouraged to take a six-hour thesis project (PADM 8000).