All students in the Master of Public Service & Administration degree program are required to complete a concentration as part of their degree requirements. The State and Local Government Policy and Management (SLGPM) concentration consists of the following courses:
- SLGPM Core (REQUIRED):
- PSAA 617: State and Local Government: Institutions and Policy
- SLGPM Electives (TWO REQUIRED):
- PSAA 613: Immigration and Education Policy
- PSAA 616: Managing Workplace Diversity in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
- PSAA 618: Education Policy
- PSAA 619: Urban Policy and Management
- PSAA 625: Urban Sustainability Policies and Management
- PSAA 626: Contract Management
- PSAA 630: Program Evaluation in Public and Nonprofit Organizations (if not used as PM or NPM track Quant. II requirement)
- PSAA 635: Social Welfare and Health Policy
- PSAA 636: Grant and Project Management in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors
- PSAA 641: Organization Theory for the Public Sector
- PSAA 642: Ethics and Public Policy
- PSAA 648: Performance Management in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors
- PSAA 656: Fundamentals of Homeland Security
- PSAA 661: Human Resources Management in Government and Public Service
- EDAD 620: Educational Program Evaluation
- EDAD 652: Politics of Education
- GEOG 660: Applications in GIS
- LDEV 671: Sustainable Development
- MGMT 658: Managing Projects
- PLAN 610: Structure and Function of Urban Settlements
- PLAN 612: Transportation in City Planning
- PLAN 633: Planning for Healthy Communities
- PLAN 656: Housing and Community
- RPTS 604: Principles of Community and Community Development
The City & County Governance Program is part of this concentration.