Core Courses; 21 credit hours
The M.P.A. core is to ensure that each student acquires both the
skills and an of the crucial issues and struc
tures and processes which comprise environment which graduates will pursue their careers. Thus, 12 hours of course work are in the area with quantitative computer usage, economic and legal analysis. These courses are as follows:
V506 Analysis for Public Affairs I V507 Analysis for Public Affairs V517 Public Management Economics (3 CL)
V540 Law and Public Affairs (3 cr.)
In addition, students take 9 hours of with public administrative structure and process and with major ClC,''''dU y environmental
which public servants will have to cope. courses are as follows:
V502 Public Management (3 cr.1
V520 Environmental and Social Systems cr.) V560 Public Finance and Budgeting (3
well-prepared may petition the program director to waive one or more of the core requirements on the basis of advanced work done elsewhere. Students may be on the basis of equivalent course work or by an examination administered by in the core fields, Credit hours waived from the core will add to the electives a student may use. Students requesting course waivers should contact the appropri
ate program director for requirements and "u;""... uw~~
Elective Courses: 9 credit hours
Elective courses are used either to add breadth to a student's program, or to deepen a field of concentration, or to enhance skills in using languages, quantitative tools, or adminis
trative techniques.
Fields of Concentration: 18 credit hours
Concentrations are to give the student a focused educational experience in a substantive area of the student's interest, with a view to working in this area upon graduation.
The student chooses a concentration in conjunction with the M.P.A. program director and the concentration adviser. Concentrations offered at the campus include: Com
parative and International Environmental Policy, Management of Public Affairs, Policy Analysis, Public Fmancial Administration, Human Services Administration, Public Sector Labor Relations, Planning, Health Systems Urban Affairs, and Urban Management.
Comparative and International Affairs Concentration Requirements
The and International Affairs concentration is for both preservice many of whom will be foreign nationals, and for mid-career students, either American or foreign, who will be employed by governments, programs, and international organizations. Normally students should come into the concentration with training, although the hours of electives can be used to enhance ""'SU"S'
of particuLar cultures. All students in the concentration take the following three core courses:
V575 Comparative and International Administration 13 cr.) V576 Comparative and International (3 cr.) V577 Comparative and International 13 CL)
The remaining 9 hours of the concentration will be taken in an area of interest to the student. A list of some of the offerings from which the student may choose is shown below:
Anthropology E420 Economic E440 Political
E460 The Arts in Anthl'opolc)!n'
E520 Problems in rAn",,,,,,,,, 13 cr.) P500 Proseminar in rl.l'L.,,,,c~'lVI~Y
P600 Seminar in Prehistoric Business
D420 International Business Administration [3 cr.i D490 Special Studies in International Business leI. arL) D496 Foreign in Business cr.)
D502 Introduction to International Business 13
D519 Environmental for International Business [3 cr.) D527 Latin America: Business and Economic [3 CL)
Economics
E430 Introduction to International Economics
E495 Economic Development: Less (3 cr.) E530 International Economics (3 cr.)
E533 Current Problems in International Economics [3 cr.)
E592 Economic and Growth [3
E792 Workshops in of Development E793 Seminar in Planning and E825 Readings in Comparative
E830 in International Economics Education
H560 Education and Change in Societies cr.) H551 -H552 Education HI cr. eachi H553 Travel [cr. arr.]
Folklore
F486 Latin American Folk Music (3 cr.) F610 Seminar in Yoruba Folklore 13 cr.) F638 Seminar in Latin American Folklore (3 cLI
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F650 South American Indian Folklore (3 cr.) F800 Research in Folklore {cl.
F816 Seminar in Latin American (3 H425 of North Africa (3 cr.l
E431 History of Africa I cr.) F432 History of Africa cr.) F444 History of Mex.ico cr.) F445 Cuban Revolution cr.)
F447 United States-Latin American Relations to 1945 (3 cr.) H575 Individual in History {cr. an.]
H665 Colloquium in American History (Colonial Period) 14 cr.) H670 in Latin American History (National Period) (4 cr.) H695 in African History (4 cr.)
S865 Seminar in Latin American History IColonial Period) (4 cr.) S870 Seminar in Latin American History (National Period) 14 CL)
Journalism
r513 International Communication I (3 cr.) Latin American Studies
L40l Seminar on Contemporary Latin America (3 cr.) L425 Topics in Latin American Studies (1-3 cr.) Law
Bnl Seminar in International VeHJpU:lelll 13 CL)
Poli tical Science
Y657 Politics (3 cr.)
Y663 and Administrative Development (3 cr.) Y669 International Politics (3 cr.)
Y681 in Politics 13 cr.1
Y683 Readings in Politics (3
Y685 in Public Administration, and Policy (3 CL)
Y687 in International Relations (3 cr.)
Y689 Readings in Political and Methodology (3 cr.) Y757 Comparative Politics (3
Sociology
S615 Problems in 13 cr.)
Normally, students should select the remaining 9 hours of concentration electives iand
even the 5 hours electi ves; to add of a
For instance, a may wish to cover a and take courses
in, say, Latin American history, and economics. A second alternative would be for a student to take courses in a substantive area without regard to global area, such as international business and economics. Still a third alternative would be for a student to select courses from another M.P.A. concentration such as Management of Public Affairs or Urban Affairs. In all cases a student's program should be developed in consultation with an adviser.
Environmental Policy Concentration Requirements
Students an M.P.A with an concentration should note that
entry level positions are usually awarded on the basis ability to perform specific analytical or technical functions and not JUSt for a mastery of environmental policy perspectives, An environmental concentration will often be appropriate for mid-career students either
UC;;>Hl.U)1, to modify a strong technical base to embrace wider envi
Precareer students who have appropriate under
training will find the concentration applicable to a more However, precareer students who lack relevant UIl'IHOI'''<iIU
training may find at a level positions. Such students
who have an interest in the environment may wish to consider another concentration
and related environmental courses as electives or may wish to pursue a double concentration, In all cases the of the degree will be in
creased by early selection of a entry or mid-career position as a focus for the educational program,
As soon as a student decides to pursue an environmental policy concentration, the student must (I) choose a particular environmental career objective, [2) design a
concentration of at least 21 hours for this and (3) apply to the Environmental Policy Concentration Adviser for a faculty committee, The faculty advisory committee will assist the student in formulating a final concentration in accord with the student's career objectives and must approve the program,
1, The courses can serve either to initiate or to breadth to
the student.
Law B660 Environmental Law SPEA V527
SPEA V536 SPEA V547
SPEA V549 Planning
SPEA V552 Environmental Engineering
2, The lists of courses are provided in order to assist the student in
specific focus the environmental concentration, Note, however, that selection of courses must in every case take account of the student's background and objectives,
a. Land Use Focus. A focus in this area is most ~nlnTrmri~
backgrounds in or geology, or with skills in ''''AJUen .... ",
BUS L408 Law and Land Use Control BUS R501 Real Estate and Land Economics BUS T50l The
BUS G591 Methods BUS G630 Methods of BUS G631 Problems and ECON E419 Location and GEOG G335
GEOG G336 Environmental Sensing GEOG G404 Elements of Soil Science GEOG G405
GEOG G407
GEOG G413 Location GEOG G414
"'IO,;;'U,.,,,,
GEOG G417 GEOG G435 GEOG G477
GEOG G535 Advanced GEOG G802 Seminar in GEOG G830
GEOL G451 LAW B615
LAW B660 Environmental Law SOC S615 Problems in SPEA V548 Applied Earth
SPEA V549 Environmental Planning
SPEA V551 Environmental and Design
SPEA V552 Environmental ~u,"''''~~''''
b. Energy Policy Focus. Ba(:kgrocmd in geology, another science, or economic
"H,"!V~'" is appropriate, Public Utilities
BUS U506 Problems in Public and Management U501) GEOG G417 Land Use
PHYS P310 Environmental
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SPEA VS03 Public Affairs and the Environment (2 cr.)
SPEA VS 10 The Economic, and Regulatory Aspects of Environmental Control (2-3 VS13
SPEA VS1S SPEA V550 SPEA V552
SPEA V555 Topics in Environmental
SPEA V633 Seminar in Public Transportation Policy c. Science and Technology Management Focus
BUS P502 Management
BUS Z503 Behavior and .",,,uv,,,,.. Effectiveness BUS W512 Perspectives of Future Managers (2 CL)
BUS PS30 Research Management
PSCI Y665 Science, Technology and Public Policy PSCI '£765 Science and Social Evolution
SOC S647 Social SPEA VS15
SPEA V550 Topics in
Administration Concentration Requirements
Systems concentration is for administration students who want to assume a managerial position in the public health field. The policy concentration affords the student the opportunity to study policy, issues, and programs.
Combined with the M.P.A. core requirements, the concentration trains students to assume a leadership role in public health programs in organizations such as:
health health systems agencies, standards review organizations, planning councils, health maintenance, etc.
Required courses for concentration majors are the V545 U.S. Public Health
V546 U.S. Public Health V631 Seminar in Health
In addi tion to the three courses, students will select three electives, These electives may be selected from or any other course with the permission of the concentration adviser.
VS04 Public Organization V518 Intergovernmental I>v:ltems VS61 Public Personnel
V562 Public Program Evaluation V567 Public Financial Administration V595 Managerial Decisionmaking V610 Seminar in and VS8S Practicum in Affairs AHL B421 Management in AHL B401 Introduction to H366 Health Problems in the
C511 CL)
CSl2 Health Science (3 CL)
CS23 Community Health and Administration (3 CL)
CS91 Public Health Statistics HS 19 Problems and Issues in
Management of Public Affairs Concentration
Candidates who select the Management of Public Affairs concentration take advanced courses in the major administrative subjects: personnel management, budgeting and program evaluation, management analySis, information systems management, and general manage
ment and administration. Normally, pre-entry students will select a subject area other
than management and administrative behavior and concentrate in that one advisory specialization, Mid-career students and those pre-entry students headed for
administrative may wish to take management courses drawn from all the administrative subjects,
Students are to take either V504, Public Organization or V518, Intergovernmen
tal Systems Management, In addition, students select two of the follOWing concentration core courses:
V595 Managerial
A508 Accounting for Public (3 CL)
V562 Public Program Evaluation (3 cr,)
The remaining 9 credit hours drawn from Personnel Management
V561 Public Personnel and Manpower Systems (3 CL)
Plus electives to be chosen from:
V570 Public Sector Labor Relations (3 c1.:
V650 Topics in Public Personnel Management (1-3 cr.)
V662 Seminar in Productivity and cr.)
V670 Topics in Public Sector Labor -Collective Bargaining
-Dispute Settlement
-Administration of Labor "/i"'''''''''11','' -Labor Relations Law in the Sector
V675 Issues and Problems in Public Sector Labor Relations (3 CL)
Budgeting and Program Evaluation-electives to be chosen from:
V516 Managing Public Information Systems (3 cr,) V550 in Public Affairs Icr. arr,)
and
V562 Evaluation cr.}
and Program Analysis CL)
Evaluation [3 V664 Seminar in Complex Organization (3 CL)
V665 Seminar in Policy and Administration (3
Economics E562 Analysis of Public Expenditure t'TClI'C"mIS [3 CL)
Political Science Y665 Public Law and Policy: to Policy Analysis (3 cr,)
Management one of:
Health and
Opportunity and Affirmative Action and
V661 in Public "'f>r,()f"'f>
Business K512 Statistical P554 Advanced Statistics in
Fundamentals of Social Statistics
(3 CL) CL)
Electives to be chosen from:
V516 Public Information (3 CL)
and Program Evaluation (3 CL)
V562 Public Evaluation [3 Process [3 CL)
V664 Seminar in Complex Organization (3 cr.) V665 Seminar in Policy and Administration (3 CL)
K511 Fundamentals of Mathematical Optimization [3 cr.)
K51S Quantitative in 13 CL)
KS20 Introduction to Operations Research (3 E671 Econometrics I
E672 Econometrics II
Information Systems M~malgemE;nt-"le':ti'ves to be chosen from:
V516 Public Information 13 CL)
L544 to Information (3 CL)
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L643 Computer in Information ,"-,v"rf'.rns
L644 Information and Retrieval (3 cr.)
L645 Systems Analysis and Design (4 cr.)
Students a management and administrative behavior should, in consultation with an adviser, select courses in the field of organization theory and in the other administrative listed above.
Planning Concentration Requiremeuts
The Concentration offers students the opportunity to conceptual and analytical tools to a variety of substantive concerns in urban and regional p""u.""o. At the core of this concentration are courses designed to un1derstanding of theoretical, methodological and expertise in the
These courses are:
V563 The Planning Process (3 CL)
V549 Environmental Planning (3 CL)
VS93 Methods in Planning and Policy Analysis (3 cr.:
VS94 of Urban and Regional Science (3 cr.) A student must also select one of the following courses:
V450NSSO in Public Affairs: Workshop in Community 1J~'vt;llJlJ and VS67 Public Administration
A student who does not take V5S0 (Workshop) must also demonstrate an component either work, and internship (V58S), or a supervised (V590) in urban and planning,
In addition to these students will select a minimum of two elective courses to establish a sequence the concentration. These electives will be chosen in consultation with the concentration adviser. Alternative sequences include, but are not limited to: economic development, information systems, land use, regional economic methods, financial analysis, quantitative deci
sion analysis, transportation, and human Policy Analysis Concentration Requirements
The Policy Analysis concentration is "'-'''};'''''' for those interested in issues, methods, and
skills involved in the of of fields. Such
are useful for careers as policy agencies, budget executive partmental
provides HU,C;"C1"<'-<IJUlHU
All students in the concentration take:
V593 in and
V691 and Issues in Policy
Students also choose two of the following courses:
V562 Program Evaluation V595
V610 and Program Analysis
V662 Pflwr~m Administration
In consultation with the Policy Analysis concentration adviser, students choose two elec"
tives. Possible include:
Y665 Policy 1 and 2 E562 Analysis of
K520 Introduction to Operations K525 Quantitative Systems AnalysiS
V526 Applied Mathematics in Environmental Science E671 Econometrics 1
Public Financial Administration Concentration Requirements
Courses in the concentration develop technical skills necessary for budget analysis, prepara
tion, and operation; and application of tax policy; and public financial planning.
Students must select three courses from the four listed below to a fundamental base in public finance.
V609 Seminar in Revenue V610 Seminar in Government V660 Cases in Problems in Fiscal
V667 Seminar in Public and Debt (3 cr.)
These courses build the of revenue, budget, and fiscal administration issues and operations necessary for the concentration.
Three other courses are selected on approval of the concentration adviser to
meDt capabilities, according to the students' interest in urban program evaluation, fiscal information systems, fiscal planning, etc.. Among the available courses:
V562 Public Program Evaluation (3 cr.) V563 Seminar in the Planning Process 13 CL)
V662 Seminar in and Evaluation 13
V594 of Urban Science 13 CL)
V567 Public Administration (3 cr.) V665 Seminar in Policy and Administration 13 cr.) V668 Problems in Fiscal Federalism
E560 Microeconomic Aspects of (3 E561 Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance 13 E562 of Public Expenditure (3 CL)
A508 Accounting for Public (3 CL)
V585 Practicum in Public Affairs (3 CL)
V590 Research in Public Affairs cr. ~
VS16 Public .
V570 Public Labor Relations
V670 Topics in Public Sector Labor 13 cr.)
VS95 Decision (3 cr.)
Other suitable courses may be suggested by the student.
Human Services Administration Concentration Requirements
The concentration is designed to prepare persons for management positions in federal, state, and local human resource agencies. Emphases include application of public management processes to human service organization; skills requisite to with elected offiCials, administrativ'e officials, and consumer groups; and practices of departments of human resources, interagency administrative units, and multi-service centers.
Select six credits from the following:
VS54 Human Services Administration (3 cr.)
VS56 Topics in Human Services Administration (1-3 CL)
V545 Health Policy 13 cr.l
In addition to the six hours required above, students will select six credit hours from the group that affords students the opportunity to relate the MPA core to the concen
tration.
V508 Accounting for Public Administration V504 Public Organization
V518 Systems Management
V545 Health Policy I V546 Health Poliey II
VS54 Human Services Administration
VSS6 Topics in Human Services Administration V562 Public Program Evaluation
VS63 The Planning Process
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V564 Urban Management
V567 Public Financial Administration V582 The Criminal Justice System
V595 Decision-Making
V610 Seminar in Government Budget and Program Analysis V621 Seminar in Housing and Public Affairs
V631 Seminar in Health Planning
V682 Seminar in Criminal Justice Planning and Management Issues
Other courses can be substituted with the permission of the concentration adviser and in consultation with the Graduate Program Director.
In addition to the above courses students will remaining courses offered by SPEA and other schools and departments in order to familiarize themselves with human services Students without experience will take an internship in public affairs.
Public Sector Labor Relations Concentration Requirements
Students who select the Public Sector Labor Relations concentration take 6 hours of required work:
V570 Public Sector Labor Relations cr.)
V675 Issues and Problems in Public Labor Relations 13 cr.)
The remaining 12 hours of the concentration will be chosen from the list of departmental "H,pr,,","
SPEA
V561 Public Personnel and Manpower V562 Public Management and V6S0 Topics in Personnel '."""'5"H"~U' V661 Seminar in Public Personnel
V662 Seminar in Productivity and Pn,!>r,.m ,"V,.lU."U.VH cr,) V670 Topics in Public Sector Labor "'C;liHIUll~
Business
ZS13 Administration of Manpower (3 cLI ZS14 Seminar in Industrial Relations
Economics
E445 Collective Practices and Problems (3 cr.) E447 Economics of Market 13
E540 Labor Economics: Graduate
E547 Government Regulation of Labor (3 cr.) Education
A615 Workshop in School Law: Collective Negotiations (1-3 cr.) Law
B663 Labor Law I B664 Labor Law
B788 Seminar in (2 cr.)
in Social Organization: Class, Status and Conflict (3 cr.) Urban Affairs Concentration Requirements
Students who select Urban Affairs as their field of concentration may take a general sequence of urban courses or a sequence of urban courses, All students are to take
V564, Urban Administrationo In either the sequence or the ~p'''Cl;'''."CU
Urban Affairs concentration, up to three credits of VS8S, Practicum in Public substituted for optional courses in the concentration,
For those selecting the general sequence, the remaining fifteen hours of course work in the Urban Affairs concentration require at least one seminar in urban economics or geogra
phy, one seminar in urban sociology, anthropology, or psychology, and one seminar in political science,
It is also for the student the Urban Affairs concentration to devise a more hours in consultation with the adviser, Urban Management Concentration
This concentration is to
'''-'IU''''C' to function as public managers in complex and
The Urban Management Concentration provides advanced training for individ
uals interested in careers in local administration. This includes careers as city managers, chief administrative in local government, mayors, executive assistants to mayors and city managers, township county executives, and executive heads of councils of government and other regional bodies.
Students must four of the following six courses:
VS18 Systems Management (3 cr,)
VS62 Program Evaluation (3 cr.) VS64 Urban Administration (3 cro)
V567 Public Financial Administration (3 cr.) V594 Urban and Regional Science (3 cr.)
AS08 Accounting for Public Administration (3 cr.)
In addition, students must select one course from each of the following two areaso Planning
VS49 Environmental Planning (3 CL)
V563 The Process (1-3 Personnel and Labor Relations
V561 Public Personnel and Manpower (1-3 cr,) V570 Public Sector Labor Relations cLI
V650 Topics in Public Personnel (1-3 eLI V670 Topics in Public Sector Labor (1-3 CL)
The student will also select one three-hour course, or 3 one-hour courses in the urban public services area,
I-hour courses in urban public services-for Human Services
Transporta lion Criminal Justice Public
Recreation and Parks
Water Resources and Waste Disposal
3-hour course which focuses on a urban public service-for _" ... "._
V582 Criminal Justice Systems (3 cro) V586 Public in the U,So (3 CL)
V621 Seminar in Housing and Public Affairs (3 CL)
V633 Seminar in Public Transportation Policy (3 CL)
V684 Seminar in Emergency Services Planning, Management, and Issues Sb: Hour Experiential Component
It is required that students must fulfill an experiential component, either from work, an tWoe""""p, a workshop, research or a practicum in the of urban
managemento components are the School's Public Careers
Placement Center, and through SPEA's and service institutions and centerso
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Combined Doctor of Jurisprudence-Master of Public Affairs Program
The combined J.D.-M.P.A. Program enables the student to take a tfmT-"PQT
courses leading to the receipt of both degrees. The student must have a from an accredited institution of education and must apply to both the School of Law (Bloomington) and the School Public and Environmental Affairs. If the applicant is admit
ted to only one school, the applicant will be permitted to attend that school and will, of course, be to meet graduation requirements of that schooL
It is that the student apply to both schools simultaneously for the combined J.D.-M.P.A Program. It for a person already enrolled in the School of Law
to apply for admission to the School of Public and Environmental Affairs up to
of the second year of law study. It is also possible for a student enrolled in the School and Environmental Affairs to seek admission to the School of Law up to the end of the first year of the M.P.A. course of study.
Grade averages in the School of Law and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs will be Continuation in the program will require the student to meet academic standards in schooL A student in one school but meeting academic standards in the other may complete work for the degree in the school in which the student is able to meet the academic standards. Such completion must be upon the same conditions (credit hours, residency, etc.) as required of regular degree
82 credit hours for law and 48 credit hours for SPEA. Students will be each school based on the criteria of each schooL
Students enrolled in the combined program will be assigned co-advisers-one each from the faculty of the Law School and School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Co-advisers will be for reviewing and counseling with respect to course selection of the students for each semester to assure attainment of educational objectives. Co-advisers will also assist in scheduling which the student encounter as a result of the combined program.
The student will spend the first academic year in the School of Law.
the student will divide the second, third, and fourth years between the two schools, an average of seven to hours of law courses each semester and four to seven hours SPEA courses. Thus, the student will have a continuing educational experi
ence in both Schools.
Requirements for for persons admitted to the combined J.D.-M.P.A. are as follows:
a. 76 credits of law courses, including all degree requirements (e.g., courses, research seminars, etc.].
b. 34 credits of SPEA courses. Students are required to take the following M.P.A. core courses:
cr.)
for Public Affairs I (3 VS07 Quantitative for Public Affairs II (3 VS17 Public Management Economics [3 CL]
VS20 Environmental and Social Systems (3 cr.) VS60 Public Finance and Budgeting (3 CL)
The remaining 16 hours will consist of 2 hours of SPEA credit for the joint research paper and the courses for a concentration to be chosen by the student.
is to be completed in the last year of the combined program and jointly supervised by from both schools. Credi t for this supervised research will be
and will count toward degree requirements in both schools. A minimum of 4 credit hours