Online Executive Master of Public Service and Administration
EMPSA Curriculum
Overview | Track Options | Course Descriptions | Sample Degree Plans
The public management track provides opportunities for graduate education in public management. The public management track focuses on the capabilities required for effective and ethical leadership in the public and nonprofit sectors. These include knowledge and skills pertaining to the internal operation of public-service organizations and to the relationship between those organizations and their environments.
Public Management Track Course Listings
PM Track Core Courses: All three courses required
- PSAA 623: Budgeting in Public Service
- PSAA 634: Public Management
- PSAA 643: Foundations of the Nonprofit Sector
PM Track Electives: Select three courses
- PSAA 602: Tools of Leadership in Public Service Organizations
- PSAA 604: Emergency Management and Homeland Security
- PSAA 608: Cybersecurity Policy, Issues and Operations – A Manager’s Guide
- PSAA 616: Managing Workplace Diversity in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
- PSAA 617: U.S. State and Local Government: Institutions and Policy
- PSAA 636: Grant and Project Management in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors
- PSAA 644: Management & Leadership of Nonprofit Organizations
- PSAA 648: Performance Management in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors
- INTA 659: Transnational Security Issues
