Overview
East Carolina University's Public Administration, MPA program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA).Our mission is to prepare professionals to meet the needs and challenges of public service; conduct scholarly and applied research in public administration and policy; and engage students and faculty in partnerships with governmental, non-profit, professional, and educational organizations.
While our primary service area is eastern North Carolina, our aim is to offer educational opportunities that enable our graduates to be competitive far beyond this geographic area. Our student body is comprised of roughly equal proportions of in-service students and pre-service students. As with most programs. in-service students, these individuals work primarily in eastern North Carolina. Our pre-service students, on the other hand, tend to come from all across the state, with some coming from other states and countries. While our graduates are employed heavily in the eastern of North Carolina, many are also employed outside this region at all levels of government and non-profit organizations.
ECU Advantage
What makes the MPA degree distinctive among academic degrees is its focus on the public sector and issues of policy making and governance. MPA degrees are specifically designed to enable students to work at all levels of government, although our program focuses more on local government in North Carolina. The MPA degree is also broader in its focus, allowing our graduates to work across multiple policy/administrative areas such as city/county government, human resources, budgeting, police, planning, economic development, health care administration, or non-profit management.
Our faculty bring their experiences working in diverse capacities with non-profit agencies as well as county, city, and federal government, to their teaching and research. They do work on such topics as transportation policy, homelessness, human resource management issues, electronic governmental information management, state-federal interactions, and social welfare policy.
Our classes are offered in the evening or online. About one third of our classes are offered online.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Public Administration Theory and Practice
- Research Methods and Techniques
- Public Budgeting and Financial Management
- Human Resource Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
- Public Policy Analysis
- Public Ethics and Professionalism
- Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement
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Campus Location
- Greenville, United States
Disciplines
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Living costs
Greenville
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