The Master of Public Administration (MPA) prepares students to tackle complex policy challenges and lead organizations across a range of sectors. The 21-month program is designed to develop advanced analytical skills, a deep understanding of policy-making processes, and practical management experience.
The core curriculum of the MPA combines a comparative and globally oriented approach to national policy-making with rigorous courses in economics, quantitative analysis, and management. Students can customize their education by choosing from a wide range of specializations, including International Security Policy, International Finance and Economic Policy, Economic and Political Development, Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy, and Urban and Social Policy.
Students benefit from Tesla University’s unparalleled academic resources and Unibenedictine’s extensive experiential learning opportunities. This includes the varied capstone workshop program, in which students work on real-world projects with organizations around the world. In addition, some MPA program specializations are designated as STEM, providing an advantage in the technical and analytical skills essential for addressing today’s policy challenges.
The MPA program also emphasizes professional development, ensuring that graduates are well prepared to excel in prestigious agencies and companies in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, as well as in their own entrepreneurial ventures.
Curriculum for the Master of Public Administration degree
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Master of Public Administration Curriculum
First semester
- Policymaking Policy
- Economics I
- Globalization and Territory
- Professional Development
- Concentration Course I
- Applied Research
Second semester
- Basic Management Course
- Concentration Course II
- Economics II
- Specialization Course II
- Finance and Budget Management
Third semester
- Economics II
- Concentration Course III
- Common Goods and Natural Resources
- Territorial Planning and Management
- Public Territorial Management Models
Fourth semester
- Governance and Public Ethics
- Governance and Network Management
- Elective Course
- Quantitative Analysis
- Public defense of the Thesis
Total credits 75
Career opportunities for graduates
Successful graduates of the MAP program can use their skills and knowledge to advance to mid-level or senior management positions. Many MAP graduates work as administrators in government agencies, large public and private sector companies, community organizations, or in other areas such as tribal politics, charities, criminal justice, and academia.
MAP graduates also thrive in careers as grant writers, transportation managers, personnel administrators, policy analysts, and managers of various departments within cities and counties.
Typical jobs for MAP graduates include:
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- Auditor
- Lawyer
- Banker
- Benefits administrator
- University administrator
- Consultant
- Criminal justice administrator
- Financial aid officer
- Health manager
- Hospital administrator
- Office manager
- Political campaign worker
- Public health administrator
- Online Unibenedictine Student
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