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Twin Cities Campus

Public Affairs M.P.A.

HHH Administration
Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs
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Contact Information
Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 301 19th Avenue S, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-3800; fax: 612-626-0002)
Email: hhhadmit@umn.edu
Website: http://www.hhh.umn.edu
  • Program Type: Master's
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2022
  • Length of program in credits: 30
  • This program does not require summer semesters for timely completion.
  • Degree: Master of Public Affairs
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the General Information section of this website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
The Master of Public Affairs (MPA) degree prepares mid-career professionals for public leadership and policy and program analysis. The curriculum, designed for working professionals, can be completed in one calendar year of full-time enrollment, or two to three years when pursued part time. The program includes a 1-day orientation in early August, a 3-day intensive foundations week in late August, and monthly Friday-Saturday meetings from September to May. Classes are in person. Students may choose to be remote on those occasions when they cannot attend in person. In addition to core coursework, electives are chosen in consultation with the advisor to support each student’s individual academic and career goals.
Program Delivery
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program is 3.00.
A four-year bachelor's degree from an accredited US university or foreign equivalent at time of enrollment.
Special Application Requirements:
At least 10 years of post-baccalaureate professional work experience is preferred and highly recommended. Pre-baccalaureate experience may be considered for applicants with a significant gap between completion of high school and the bachelor's degree. A complete application will include a University of Minnesota application, personal statement, resume or C.V., transcripts, TOEFL scores (if applicable), at least three letters of recommendation, and an optional diversity statement.
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
  • TOEFL
    • Internet Based - Total Score: 100
    • Paper Based - Total Score: 600
  • IELTS
    • Total Score: 7.0
Key to test abbreviations (TOEFL, IELTS).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the General Information section of this website.
Program Requirements
Plan C: Plan C requires 30 major credits and up to credits outside the major. There is no final exam. A capstone project is required.
Capstone Project: The capstone project is designed to provide a learning opportunity for students to apply their knowledge through a client-based team project. The workshop includes a written report and oral presentation for the client that summarizes major findings of the semester-long study.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
A minimum GPA of 2.80 is required for students to remain in good standing.
At least 1 semesters must be completed before filing a Degree Program Form.
Coursework offered on both the A-F and S/N grade basis must be taken A-F. Up to 6 of the 14 credits required for self-designed concentration may be taken S/N.
Required Core Courses (12 credits)
Take the following courses:
PA 5051 - Leadership Foundations (2.0 cr)
PA 5052 - Public Affairs Leadership (2.0 cr)
PA 5053 - Policy Analysis in Public Affairs (2.0 cr)
PA 5054 - Program Design and Implementation Analysis (2.0 cr)
PA 5055 - Qualitative Research Methods and Analysis (2.0 cr)
PA 5056 - Quantitative Research Methods and Analysis (2.0 cr)
Capstone Project (4 credits)
Take the following courses:
PA 5080 - Capstone Preparation Workshop (1.0 cr)
PA 8081 - Capstone Workshop (3.0 cr)
Electives (14 credits)
Select 14 elective credits, in consultation with the advisor, to complete a self-designed concentration. Some common courses are listed below. Other courses may be used with advisor approval.
CSPH 5212 - Peacebuilding Through Mindfulness: Transformative Dialogue in the Global Community (3.0 cr)
CSPH 5807 - Mindfulness in the Workplace: Pause, Practice, Perform (2.0 cr)
OLPD 5501 - Principles and Methods of Evaluation (3.0 cr)
OLPD 5607 - Organization Development (3.0 cr)
PA 5003 - Introduction to Financial Analysis and Management (1.5 cr)
PA 5012 - The Politics of Public Affairs (3.0 cr)
PA 5081 - Understanding Power and Teamwork in Public Affairs Education (0.5 cr)
PA 5101 - Management and Governance of Nonprofit Organizations (3.0 cr)
PA 5103 - Leadership and Change (1.5-3.0 cr)
PA 5104 - Human Resource Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3.0 cr)
PA 5105 - Integrative Leadership: Leading Across Sectors to Address Grand Challenges (3.0 cr)
PA 5108 - Board leadership development (1.0 cr)
PA 5114 - Budget Analysis in Public and Nonprofit Orgs (1.5 cr)
PA 5135 - Managing Conflict: Negotiation (3.0 cr)
PA 5136 - Group Process Facilitation for Organizational and Public/Community Engagement (1.0 cr)
PA 5137 - Project Management in the Public Arena (1.5 cr)
PA 5144 - Social Entrepreneurship (3.0 cr)
PA 5145 - Civic Participation in Public Affairs (3.0 cr)
PA 5152 {Inactive} (1.5 cr)
PA 5161 - Redesigning Human Services (3.0 cr)
PA 5162 - Public Service Redesign Workshop (3.0 cr)
PA 5190 - Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management (1.0-3.0 cr)
PA 5251 - Strategic Planning and Management (3.0 cr)
PA 5290 - Topics in Planning (0.5-4.0 cr)
PA 5311 - Program Evaluation (3.0 cr)
PA 5401 - Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy (3.0 cr)
PA 5405 - Public Policy Implementation (3.0 cr)
PA 5421 - Racial Inequality and Public Policy (3.0 cr)
PA 5422 - Diversity and Public Policy (3.0 cr)
PA 5451 {Inactive} (3.0 cr)
PA 5490 - Topics in Social Policy (1.0-4.0 cr)
PA 5501 - Theories and Policies of Development (3.0 cr)
PA 5590 - Topics in Economic and Community Development (1.0-3.0 cr)
PA 5790 - Topics in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (1.0-3.0 cr)
PA 5801 - Global Public Policy (3.0 cr)
PA 5823 - Human Rights and Humanitarian Crises: Policy Challenges (3.0 cr)
PA 5880 - Exploring Global Cities (1.0-3.0 cr)
PA 5890 - Topics in Foreign Policy and International Affairs (0.5-5.0 cr)
PA 5920 - Skills Workshop (0.5-4.0 cr)
PA 5926 - Presentation Skills: How to Inspire Your Audience and Change the World (1.0 cr)
PA 5927 - Effective Grantwriting for Nonprofit Organizations (1.5 cr)
PA 5929 - Data Visualization: Telling Stories with Numbers (2.0 cr)
PA 5976 - Voter Participation (1.0 cr)
PA 5990 - Topics: Public Affairs - General Topics (0.0-3.0 cr)
PUBH 7200 - Topics: Public Health Practice (0.5-4.0 cr)
 
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PA 5051 - Leadership Foundations
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall
Leadership concepts, tools, and strategies in a personal, community, and organizational context for mid-career students. Prereq: Master in Public Affairs student(cohort program) or public affairs leadership certificate student (cohort program). 5051-5052 must be taken in same academic yr
PA 5052 - Public Affairs Leadership
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Continues 5051. Leadership concepts, tools, and strategies in diverse settings for mid-career students. Prereq: Master in Public Affairs student(cohort program) or public affairs leadership certificate student (cohort program). 5051-5052 must be taken in same academic yr
PA 5053 - Policy Analysis in Public Affairs
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall
Process of public policy and program analysis, including problem formulation, program design, and implementation. Opportunity to draw upon published research and conduct field-based research to understand implementation conditions. Professional communications, including writing of memos, requests for proposals, and implementation briefs, are stressed. Prereq: Master in Public Affairs student (cohort program) or public affairs leadership certificate student (cohort program). 5053-5054 must be taken in same academic yr
PA 5054 - Program Design and Implementation Analysis
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Continues 5053. Process of public policy and program analysis, including problem formulation, program design, and implementation. Opportunity to draw upon published research and conduct field-based research to understand implementation conditions. Professional communications, including writing of memos, requests for proposals, and implementation briefs, are stressed. Prereq: Master in Public Affairs student (cohort program) or public affairs leadership certificate student (cohort program). 5053-5054 must be taken in same academic yr
PA 5055 - Qualitative Research Methods and Analysis
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall
Problem-based learning of analytical reasoning through social science research methods. Systematic review and literature review. Qualitative research including interviews, focus groups, and analysis. Research proposal. prereq: Major in public affairs (cohort) or public affairs certificate (cohort); 5055-5056 must be taken in same academic yr
PA 5056 - Quantitative Research Methods and Analysis
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Problem-based learning to analytical reasoning through social science research methods. Frequency distributions, descriptive statistics, elementary probability, statistical inference. Hypothesis testing. Cross-tabulation, analysis of variance, correlation. Simple regression analysis. prereq: Master in Public Affairs student (cohort program) or public affairs leadership certificate student (cohort program). 5055-5056 must be taken in same academic yr
PA 5080 - Capstone Preparation Workshop
Credits: 1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis: S-N only
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Project management, qualitative research, and critical framework to complete Capstone course. Students write draft of client project group norms and client contract.
PA 8081 - Capstone Workshop
Credits: 3.0 [max 6.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring & Summer
Project for external client on issue agreed upon by student, client, and instructor. Students apply interdisciplinary methods, approaches, and perspectives from core courses. Written report with analysis and policy recommendations. Oral presentation. Topics vary by term. prereq: completion of core courses or instr consent
CSPH 5212 - Peacebuilding Through Mindfulness: Transformative Dialogue in the Global Community
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring & Summer
This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the core principles and practices of peacebuilding through restorative dialogue, using a mindfulness-based approach, in the context of multiple interpersonal, community, national, and international settings. prereq: Jr or Sr or Grad, or instructor consent.
CSPH 5807 - Mindfulness in the Workplace: Pause, Practice, Perform
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Mindfulness in the Workplace is an experiential course designed to teach core mindfulness skills while also exploring specific applications to the workplace setting. The course explores key mindfulness traits and how they relate to essential workplace skills, such as resilience, task execution, critical analysis, intra/interpersonal growth, leadership, and other related topics. In addition, the course explores how corporate culture can be a barrier or a catalyst for adoption of mindfulness principles. By exploring the above topics from the perspective of the workplace and academic literature, students will gain an understanding of how to apply evidence-informed techniques to help them on the job. Prereq jr or sr or grad, or instructor consent
OLPD 5501 - Principles and Methods of Evaluation
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: OLPD 5501/EPsy 5243
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Introduction to program evaluation. Planning an evaluation study, collecting and analyzing information, reporting results; evaluation strategies; overview of the field of program evaluation.
OLPD 5607 - Organization Development
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Introduction to major concepts, skills, and techniques for organization development/change. prereq: Grad student only
PA 5003 - Introduction to Financial Analysis and Management
Credits: 1.5 [max 1.5]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Finance/accounting concepts/tools in public/nonprofit organizations. Fund accounting. Balance sheet/income statement analysis. Cash flow analysis. Public/nonprofit sector budgeting processes. Lectures, discussions. Cases. prereq: Public policy major/minor or major in development practice, public affairs or liberal studies or grad nonprofit mgmt cert or instr consent
PA 5012 - The Politics of Public Affairs
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Politics is how we make collective decisions about matters of shared consequence. This course examines politics and introduces students to key concepts and skills needed for effective political analysis. The central themes of the course focus on power; institutions and organizations; discourse; and citizenship.
PA 5081 - Understanding Power and Teamwork in Public Affairs Education
Credits: 0.5 [max 0.5]
Grading Basis: S-N only
Typically offered: Every Fall
Power and teamwork in public affairs education.
PA 5101 - Management and Governance of Nonprofit Organizations
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Theories, concepts, and real world examples of managerial challenges. Governance systems, strategic management practices, effect of funding environments, management of multiple constituencies. Types of nonprofits using economic/behavioral approaches. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
PA 5103 - Leadership and Change
Credits: 1.5 -3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Models of change/leadership. How leaders can promote personal, organizational, and societal change. Case studies, action research. Framework for leadership and change.
PA 5104 - Human Resource Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Theory/practice of developing, utilizing, and aligning human resources to improve culture/outcomes of nonprofit/public organizations. HR strategy, individual diversity, leadership, selection, training, compensation, classification, performance appraisal, future HR practices.
PA 5105 - Integrative Leadership: Leading Across Sectors to Address Grand Challenges
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Law 6623/Mgmt 6402/OLPD 6402/P
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Are you interested in working across government, business, and the non-profit sector for public good? Are you wondering how you can create sustainable shared leadership on challenges that can best be addressed together? This course explores multi-sector leadership and related governance and management challenges from a variety of perspectives and provides an opportunity for students to work together to apply what they are learning individually and in teams through in-class exercises and a final team project. The course is taught by a team of interdisciplinary faculty and considers different contexts, forms, and specific examples of multisector leadership that can enable transformative action to tackle a significant societal issue and achieve lasting change. Credit will be not be granted if credit has been received for GCC 5023, OLPD 6402, PUBH 6702, MGMT 6402, PA 5130, LAW 6623.
PA 5108 - Board leadership development
Credits: 1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis: S-N only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Nonprofit board governance. Governance models, roles/responsibilities, ethics/dynamics. Current research/concepts along with students' current board experiences to illuminate challenges/explore solutions that build board leadership competencies. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
PA 5114 - Budget Analysis in Public and Nonprofit Orgs
Credits: 1.5 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: PA 5111/PA 5114
Prerequisites: PA 5003
Typically offered: Every Spring
Techniques, terminology, concepts and skills for developing and analyzing operating and capital budgets in public and nonprofit organizations. Budget analysis using case studies, problem sets, and spreadsheets. Time value of money, cost-benefit analysis, break-even analysis, sensitivity analysis, and fiscal analysis. prereq: PA 5003
PA 5135 - Managing Conflict: Negotiation
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall
This course teaches the theory and the practice of negotiation strategies with an emphasis on applied, personal skill building constructed on a foundation of research and practice in the field. Students will apply their negotiation skills across interpersonal, public dispute, government, and private sector settings. The course focuses on developing students? personal theory of practice for decision-making, effective communication and impactful leadership through practice of distributive bargaining, value creation, consensus building, facilitation, and mediation exercises and discussions.
PA 5136 - Group Process Facilitation for Organizational and Public/Community Engagement
Credits: 1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Spring & Summer
Group process facilitation components, theories, tools, techniques. Facilitator’s role in group goals and processes. Facilitation in public policy. Cross-cultural challenges. Topics may include meeting management, group decision-making, conflict, participatory leadership, and other tools.
PA 5137 - Project Management in the Public Arena
Credits: 1.5 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
Project management and leadership strategies for implementing public policy, including new or revised government programs, public works, and regulations. Use of project management concepts, principles, and tools, including project definition, scoping, planning, scheduling (using the critical path method), budgeting, monitoring, staffing, and managing project teams. Application of "agile" and "extreme" project management in situations of complexity and uncertainty, including those due to the scrutiny and expectations of elected officials, the media, citizens, and other stakeholders.
PA 5144 - Social Entrepreneurship
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Introduction to field of social entrepreneurship. Prepares current/future managers/leaders to create, develop, lead socially entrepreneurial organizations/initiatives. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
PA 5145 - Civic Participation in Public Affairs
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Critique/learn various approaches to civic participation in defining/addressing public issues. Readings, cases, classroom discussion, facilitating/experiencing engagement techniques. Examine work of practitioner, design engagement process.
PA 5161 - Redesigning Human Services
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
This course provides an in-depth examination of the history and institutions delivering human services in the United States, with an emphasis on how human-centered design can help improve service provision and outcomes. It explores how public, nonprofit, and philanthropic structures create unique operational realities and cultures that must be navigated to lead change across institutional boundaries. It also systematically investigates contributors to disparities in the human services system, particularly race. The use of frameworks such as human-centered design, human services value curve, and an equity lens will help us on this exploration. Course learning materials take students through a design process to highlight strategies for systems change and improvement grounded in outcomes. Design processes are iterative and involve understanding and engaging the people and context in problem solving. Through project-based learning approach, students will understand the various constraints that need to be navigated in design: feasibility, viability, and desirability. Students gain experience using design to help appreciate these constraints and develop strategies for overcoming them.
PA 5162 - Public Service Redesign Workshop
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Public service delivery innovation and redesign in health and human services fields to improve outcomes. Study and application of theories of organizational development, leadership, and system change. Social system dynamics analysis. Engaging diverse stakeholders. Effects and influence of implicit bias on current and redesigned efforts. Models and tools for public service redesign.
PA 5190 - Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management
Credits: 1.0 -3.0 [max 9.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Selected topics.
PA 5251 - Strategic Planning and Management
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
Theory and practice of strategic planning and management for public and nonprofit organizations and networks. Strategic planning process, management systems; stakeholder analyses. Tools and techniques such as purpose expansions, SWOT analyses, oval mapping, portfolio analyses, and logic models.
PA 5290 - Topics in Planning
Credits: 0.5 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Selected topics.
PA 5311 - Program Evaluation
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course covers the core principals, methods, and implementation of evaluation research. Students will learn through an applied partnership with a nonprofit or state/local government clients. The course is designed for both students interested in a potential career in evaluation and those that want to be better consumers of research. Past programmatic/policy areas included health and human services, education, environment science, economic development, transportation, and evidence-based policymaking.
PA 5401 - Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Nature/extent of poverty/inequality in the United States, causes/consequences, impact of government programs/policies. Extent/causes of poverty/inequality in other developed/developing countries. prereq: Grad or instr consent
PA 5405 - Public Policy Implementation
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Theory, tools, and practice of the implementation of public policy, particularly in areas involving public, private, and nonprofit organizations. Analytical approach focuses on multiple levels in policy fields to pinpoint and assess implementation challenges and levers for improvement.
PA 5421 - Racial Inequality and Public Policy
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Historical roots of racial inequality in American society. Contemporary economic consequences. Public policy responses to racial inequality. Emphasizes thinking/analysis that is critical of strategies offered for reducing racism and racial economic inequality. prereq: Grad or instr consent
PA 5422 - Diversity and Public Policy
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
What is diversity? What role does it play in public policy? What role should it play? Whom does diversity include or exclude? In this highly participatory class, we will apply a policy analysis lens to explore how diversity interacts with, contributes to, and is impacted by policy. The interdisciplinary course readings draw from topics such as gender identity, intersectionality, socio-economic class, race and ethnicity, indigenous ways of knowing, sexual orientation, and disability. Students examine the evolution of difference and diversity, explore various domains of diversity (gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, class), and synthesize and apply this knowledge to the development of a policy brief that focuses on a particular policy or organizational problem.
PA 5490 - Topics in Social Policy
Credits: 1.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Selected topics.
PA 5501 - Theories and Policies of Development
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
What makes some countries wealthier than others, one group of people healthier and more educated than another? How does the behavior of rich nations affect poor nations? Origins of development thought, contemporary frameworks and policy debates. Economic, human, and sustainable development. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
PA 5590 - Topics in Economic and Community Development
Credits: 1.0 -3.0 [max 9.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Selected topics.
PA 5790 - Topics in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy
Credits: 1.0 -3.0 [max 9.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Selected topics.
PA 5801 - Global Public Policy
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
This course explores the emergence and evolution of rules, norms, and institutions that constitute international relations. It will focus, in particular, on those related to questions of war, peace, and governance. For students with an interest in international security, foreign military intervention, democracy and governance promotion, and the political economy of aid.
PA 5823 - Human Rights and Humanitarian Crises: Policy Challenges
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Examines response of governments, international organizations, NGOs, and others to global humanitarian and human rights challenges posed by civil conflict and other complex emergencies in places such as Syria, Ukraine, South Sudan, Somalia, Burma, and elsewhere. Course will also consider and assess UN and other institutions established to address these issues (like UNOCHA and UNHCR). In addition, course will examine US policy toward humanitarian issues and refugees (including US refugee admissions).
PA 5880 - Exploring Global Cities
Credits: 1.0 -3.0 [max 6.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Spring & Summer
Study abroad offered in cities across globe. Opportunities to study policy/planning issues in varied contexts from comparative/inter-cultural perspective. Study/work with practitioners/peers in field. Tanzania odd years/Austria even years. Additional countries may be added in future.
PA 5890 - Topics in Foreign Policy and International Affairs
Credits: 0.5 -5.0 [max 15.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Selected topics.
PA 5920 - Skills Workshop
Credits: 0.5 -4.0 [max 48.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Topics on public policy or planning skills. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
PA 5926 - Presentation Skills: How to Inspire Your Audience and Change the World
Credits: 1.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Learn techniques for making effective, persuasive presentations to different kinds of audiences. Practice is essential to improve speaking skills and reduce anxiety. Students practice by recording brief weekly presentations and making class presentations in a supportive environment. Techniques for using Powerpoint to create effective slides are practiced. Course components include presentation assignments; peer reviews; readings/videos and reflections; and class participation. May be repeated once.
PA 5927 - Effective Grantwriting for Nonprofit Organizations
Credits: 1.5 [max 1.5]
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
Grantwriting skills, processes, problem,s and resources for nonprofit organizations. Researching and seeking grants. Communication with potential funders and generating financial support. Collaborating effectively with the organization and clients to create substantive, fundable proposals.
PA 5929 - Data Visualization: Telling Stories with Numbers
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Tools for communicating quantitative information in an intelligent, effective and persuasive way. Topics covered include 1) writing and speaking about data; 2) data management in Excel in order to prepare data for charting; 3) understanding and ability to deploy core concepts in of design, layout, typography and color to maximize the impact of their data visualizations 4) determining which types of statistical measures are most effective for each type of data and message; 5) determining which types of design to use for communicating quantitative information; and 6) designing graphs and tables that are intelligent and compelling for communicating quantitative information.
PA 5976 - Voter Participation
Credits: 1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Voter participation issues and challenges including historical survey of voter participation in US and methods to increase voter turnout.
PA 5990 - Topics: Public Affairs - General Topics
Credits: 0.0 -3.0 [max 18.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
General topics in public policy.
PUBH 7200 - Topics: Public Health Practice
Credits: 0.5 -4.0 [max 80.0]
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
New course offerings or topics of interest in public health practice.