Public Administration

Overview

This fully online program is ideal for students seeking public sector career placement or advancement.

Features

In the Master of Public Administration program from Sacred Heart University, you will also:

• Learn to strategically manage resources in public and non-profit organizations

• Develop an understanding of the public policy process and changing social demographics

• Harness information technology and apply analytical skills to make decisions informed by data

• Have the option to complete the program in one year (as a full-time student) or two years (as a part-time student)

• Apply ethical and legal principles to identify solutions and advance the common good

• Learn to foster transparency and accountability by communicating key public issues to diverse audiences

• Complete a capstone project where you will work with a client in a public service or non-profit agency to identify a problem and write a paper addressing the problem

• Have access to SHU’s Institute for Public Policy for conducting survey research on public policy issues

• Benefit from a cohort model that creates a strong student support system and future peer network

• Participate in projects with SHU’s Center for Nonprofit Organizations

• Complete your studies fully online.