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MPA Required Courses
effective January 2009

In addition to fifteen credit hours in the PMC program, the following 3-credit hour courses are required:

New  Crane MPA

48 Credit hour program
15 Credit hours from PMC program rollover into the MPA Program (CORE + 2 Non Core if MCO = 6 or CORE + 3 if MCO = 3)

  • V506 Statistical Analysis for Effective Decision Making (IUPUI CORE)
  • V517 Public Management Economics (IUPUI CORE)
  • V520 Environmental Policy Analysis
  • V540 Law & Public Affairs (IUPUI CORE)
  • V547 Negotiation & Dispute Resolution
  • V566 Executive Leadership (Capstone Course)
  • V590 Research in Public Affairs
  • V598 Governing & Leading in a Global Society (IUPUI CORE)
  • V602 Strategic Management of Public & Nonprofit Organizations

New  NAVSEA MPA

48 Credit hour program
15 Credit hours from PMC program rollover into the MPA Program (CORE = 4 Non Core if MCO = 6 or CORE + 5 if MCO = 3)

  • V506 Statistical Analysis for Effective Decision Making (IUPUI CORE)
  • V517 Public Management Economics (IUPUI CORE)
  • V520 Environmental Policy Analysis
  • V540 Law & Public Affairs (IUPUI CORE)
  • V547 Negotiation & Dispute Resolution
  • V550 Topics in Public Affairs: NAVSEA Topics
  • V566 Executive Leadership (Capstone Course)
  • V590 Research in Public Affairs
  • V598 Governing & Leading in a Global Society (IUPUI CORE)
  • V602 Strategic Management of Public & Nonprofit Organizations
  • V620 Professional Ethics
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