Four 3-credit courses (12 credits) in a specialization area complete the 42-credit curriculum. Specialization courses may be taken throughout a student's program. Specialization areas with their respective courses are listed below. With the approval of the M.P.A. director, students also may take specialization courses in other departments to fit their individual educational and career goals.
Courses for Any of the Specializations
20:834:503 Topics in Public Administration (3)
20:834:504 Topics in Public Administration (3)
20:834:590 Internship I (3)
20:834:591 Internship II (3)
(Students may take up to 6 credits of internship as specialization courses.)
Administration and Management of Public Organizations (Select 4)
20:834:505 Intergovernmental Relations and Management (3)
20:834:507 Leadership and Diversity (3)
20:834:514 Administrative Transparency (3)
20:834:524 Strategic Planning (3)
20:834:525 Management Techniques (3)
20:834:528 Information Systems and Public Administration (3)
20:834:542 Public Budgeting Systems (3)
Animals, Community, and the Law
20:834:549 Animals Certificate Practicum (3)
20:834:550 Animal Law in Disasters, Estates, and Litigation (3)
20:834:551 Animal Cruelty and the Law (3)
20:834:552 The Companion Animal and the Law (3)
Environmental Sustainability (Select 2)
26:120:534 Biological Invasions (3)
26:120:551 Biology of Pollution (3)
26:375:560 Air Pollution Measurements (3)
26:375:602 Geographic Information Systems (3)
26:380:511 Geologic Site Characterization in New Jersey (3)
26:380:521 Analytical Methods in Urban Environmental Pollution (3)
26:380:576 Environmental Geology (3)
26:380:606 Electrical Environmental Geophysics (3)
26:790:538 Global Environmental Issues (3)
Environmental Sustainability New Jersey Institute of Technology Courses (Select 2)
EnE 662 Site Remediation (3)
EnE 671 Environmental Impact Analysis (3)
EvSc 611 Hazardous Waste Management (3)
EvSc 614 Quantitative Environmental Risk Assessment (3)
Policy Analysis and Evaluation (in partnership with the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, New Brunswick (Select 4)
20:834:529 Performance Measurement (3)
20:834:540 Citizen Surveys (3)
34:833:520 Legislative Policymaking (3)
34:833:524 Ethics in Public Policy (3)
34:833:525 Decision Making for Public Policy (3)
34:833:543 Economics and Public Policy (3)
34:833:610 Macroeconomics for Public Policy (3)
34:833:628 Advanced Qualitative Methods (3)
34:833:635 Survey Research (3)
34:833:685 Cost Benefit Analysis (3)
Public Budgeting and Financial Management
20:834:514 Administrative Transparency (3)
20:834:542 Public Budgeting Systems (3)
20:834:545 Capital Budgeting (3)
20:834:568 Government Revenue Systems (3)
Nonprofit Management (Select 4)
20:834:514 Administrative Transparency (3)
20:834:570 Theory and Practice of Nonprofit Management (Required) (3)
20:834:571 Nonprofit Budgeting (Required) (3)
20:834:575 Grant Writing and Grants Management (3)
20:834:576 Resource Development for Nonprofit Organizations (3)
20:834:578 Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations (3)
Performance Improvement (Select 4)
20:834:507 Leadership and Diversity (3)
20:834:514 Administrative Transparency (3)
20:834:524 Strategic Planning (3)
20:834:525 Management Techniques (3)
20:834:526 Public and Nonprofit Productivity (3)
20:834:528 Information Systems in Public Administration (3)
20:834:529 Performance Measurement (3)
Public Health Administration (Consult adviser)
20:834:503 Topics: Health Services Research (3)
20:834:504 Topics: Law and Public Health (3)
20:834:581 Introduction to Health Care Systems (3)
20:834:582 Health Care Management (3)
20:834:584 Health Care Finance (3)
20:834:585 Health Care Policy (3)
20:834:586 Violence in the United States (3)
Urban Education Administration
20:834:553 Urban Education Policy and School Performance (3)
20:834:556 Urban School Administration and Supervision (3)
20:834:559 Public School Finance (3)
20:834:560 Public Education Law (3)
Urban Health Administration (in partnership with the School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey) (Select 4)
20:834:503 Selected Topics (3)
20:834:504 Topics: Law and Public Health (3)
20:834:581 Introduction to Health Care Systems (3)
20:834:582 Health Care Management (3)
20:834:584 Health Care Finance (3)
20:834:585 Health Care Policy (3)
20:834:586 Violence in the United States (3)
