Students
complete an internal application during the first semester of the
junior year. Students must receive written authorization from the assistant dean for undergraduate programs to register for graduate
courses, regardless of academic major.
The Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) notifies
successful applicants of authorization to register for graduate courses before the end of the first semester of their
senior year.
Students must earn a grade of B or better in the
graduate courses taken in their senior year to receive credit towards the
M.P.A.
Graduate courses available to eligible undergraduate students include: (Undergraduate
students are limited to 15 graduate credits during their senior year)-
20:834:501 Introduction to Public Administration
(3)
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20:834:507 Leadership and Diversity (3)
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20:834:515 Administrative Ethics (3)
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20:834:521 Technology and Public Administration
(3)
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20:834:522 Managing Public Organizations (3)
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20:834:523 Human Resources Administration (3)
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20:834:541 Economic Issues in Public
Administration (3)
These graduate courses may be taken during the spring semester of
their junior year and fall and
spring semesters of a student's senior year. M.P.A. courses taken as an
undergraduate are charged at the undergraduate tuition rate and are
double-counted for undergraduate and graduate credits if students earn a
B or better. If students take graduate courses during the Summer or
Winter Session, they will be charged the graduate-level tuition
rate.
After receiving their undergraduate degree, students continue in the M.P.A. program,
taking M.P.A. courses until completion of the required 42 credits for the
M.P.A. degree. Post-B.S./B.A. degree credits carry the graduate
tuition rate.
