Master in Public Administration
General Provisions
If the student has not taken undergraduate courses in a field of
specialization, he is required to take eighteen (18) units of qualifying
courses to be determined by the Academic Program Chairperson unless
otherwise specified in the curriculum;
The student may take more than the prescribed units in any
distribution in the curriculum to meet his career objective and
professional needs;
Free electives may be chosen from among the courses offered which are
outside the required subjects in the student’s curriculum;
If the student has completed courses substantially equivalent to the
required courses, he may waive the latter by application to the Dean.
Program Description
The Master in Public Administration (MPA) is a graduate degree program
offered to students and professionals whose interest is to work for,
engage in and lead towards the development, promotion and advancement of
effective, efficient, and efficacious public organizations and
administration.
The program is designed to provide excellent foundation for existing
and potential public administrators. Students of the program are exposed
to theoretical and praxiological understanding and appreciation about
the needs, concerns, issues, trends and problems of contemporary public
organizations and administration.
Vision
Promoting a relevant and responsive graduate program that caters to the
requirements and imperatives of an effective, efficient, efficacious,
engaging and electronic public organizations and administration or
(e-PA).
Mission
To produce responsible, committed, progressive public administrators who
are proactive, innovative, creative and transformational in managing the
affairs of public organizations in particular and in sharing and
teaching the discipline of public administration in general.
Objectives
- To provide advanced training for professional careers in public
service and administration
- To enhance competencies and leadership in specialized areas of
public administration
- To develop expertise in the utilization of analytical tools and
techniques in research relevant to public administration
Curriculum
- Foundation/Core (12 units)
- PA 621 Philosophy and Science of Public Administration
- PA 622 Public Administration Theory, Processes and
Practices
- PA 623 Statistics in Public Administration
- RH 600 Methods of Research
- Major (18 units)
- PA 624 Human Resource Management in Public Administration
- PA 625 Public Policy and Program Administration
- PA 626 Public Fiscal Administration
- PA 627 Leadership and Organizational Change
- PA 628 Local Government and Development Administration
- PA 629 Trends and Issues in Public Administration
- Electives/Cognates (6 units)
- RH 615 Seminar in Thesis Writing
- Any subject from allied field of specialization
- Thesis (6 units)
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