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Department of Public Administration
San Francisco State University
835 Market Street,
5th Floor Room 515,
San Francisco, CA 94103

E-mail: mpa@sfsu.edu
Phone: 415-817-4455
Fax: 415-817-4464
Office Hours: M--TH 8:30am-6:30pm

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Courses and Course Syllabi

Pre-Requisites / Core Courses / Internship / Culminating Experience / Electives & Elective Emphases

MPA Steps to Graduation / MPA Road Map to Graduation / Tentative Course Schedule / Course Syllabi

Course-Id Title
Graduate Core Courses
P A 700 Introduction to Public Administration and Public Policy ( 3 units)
P A 705 Research Methods and Data Analysis for Public Administration I ( 3 units)
P A 706 Research Methods & Data Analysis for Public Administration II ( 3 units)
P A 710 Microeconomic Analysis for Public Administration ( 3 units)
P A 715 Policy-Making and Implementation ( 3 units)
P A 720 Managing Organizational Behavior ( 3 units)
P A 725 Managing Human Resources ( 3 units)
P A 730 Managing Budgets in the Public Sector ( 3 units)
Graduate Electives Courses
P A 740 Public Sector Management ( 3 units)
P A 742 Strategic Public and Non-profit Management ( 3 units)
P A 744 Nonprofits, Public Policy and Society ( 3 units)
P A 745 Administration of Non-profit Organizations ( 3 units)
P A 747 Developing Non-profit Resources ( 3 units)
P A 749 Management of NGOs in an International Context ( 3 units)
P A 750 Financial Management in the Public Sector ( 3 units)
P A 752 Public Administration and the Law ( 3 units)
P A 755 Managing Information Systems in the Public Sector ( 3 units)
P A 757 E-Government ( 3 units)
P A 760 Diversity in Public Organizations ( 3 units)
P A 762 Leadership for the Public and Non-profit Sectors ( 3 units)
P A 770 Policy Analysis ( 3 units)
P A 775 Program Evaluation ( 3 units)
P A 780 Urban Administration ( 3 units)
P A 782 Community and Economic Development ( 3 units)
P A 784 Intergovernmental Relations ( 3 units)
P A 800 Capstone Course in Public Administration ( 3 units)
P A 858 Seminar in Environmental and Land Use Planning ( 3 units)