Degree Requirements

Course Requirements

Students complete 13 courses (52 credit hours). Ten courses (40 credit hours) of core course work and three courses (12 credit hours) of electives are required.

​Required Courses

• MPS 500 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SERVICE MANAGEMENT
• MPS 508 INTRODUCTION TO NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT
  
• MPS 515 NONPROFIT FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
• MPS 519 RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
• MPS 522 FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• MPS 533 APPLIED STATISTICS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
  
• MPS 546 ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING
• MPS 583 RESEARCH METHODS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
  
• MPS 593 INTEGRATIVE SEMINAR
• MPS 594 ETHICAL LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC SERVICE

Electives

• Choose three from the following list:
• MPS 501 CROSS-SECTOR ANALYSIS
  
• MPS 513 VOLUNTEERISM
• MPS 516 MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
• MPS 520 VALUES-CENTERED LEADERSHIP
• MPS 521 LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
• MPS 523 GROUP DYNAMICS FOR LEADERS
• MPS 524 MARKETING FOR SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
  
• MPS 525 WORKING WITH NONPROFIT BOARDS
• MPS 528 FOUNDATION MANAGEMENT
• MPS 529 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING
• MPS 530 ANALYSIS OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
• MPS 561 LAW AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
• MPS 600 INDEPENDENT STUDY
• MPS 601 INTERNSHIP
or MPS 610 INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP
• MPS 611 MANAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL NGOs ​

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