公共管理哲学博士课程的任务是让学生深入了解该领域的历史，理论，实践和未来。该课程鼓励从学术角度出发进行广泛的智力探索，并为学生从事教学，研究，行政和咨询职业做好准备。博士课程是为那些在联邦，州或地方政府或非营利性机构担任监督或行政职位的经验，以及希望在大学或大学环境中教授公共管理的人们而设计的。该程序旨在为决策者，研究人员和未来的教授提供对治理过程的更复杂的理解。该课程包含了从该学科的经典和当代读物中收集的各种观点，对其开创性思想家的贡献的审查，对治理的机构和过程的分析，对新兴理论和趋势的探索以及对挑战的
The mission of the Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration program is to give students a deep and extensive knowledge of the history, theory, practice, and future of the field. The curriculum encourages broad intellectual inquiry with a scholarly perspective and seeks to prepare students for careers in teaching, research, administration, and consulting. The doctoral program is designed for those who have experience in a supervisory or administrative position with a federal, state, or local government or nonprofit agency and those wishing to teach public administration in a college or university setting. The program is structured to provide decision makers, researchers, and future professors with a more sophisticated understanding of the governing process. The curriculum incorporates a diversity of viewpoints, gathered from classical and contemporary readings in the discipline, examination of the contributions of its seminal thinkers, analysis of the institutions and processes of governance, exploration of emerging theories and trends, and an investigation of the challenges of leadership and public management in a democracy. Public administration is multidisciplinary and so during the coursework phase each student will be able to develop substantive and/or methodological knowledge in one or more of the many related disciplines, including sociology, economics, educational leadership, interdisciplinary health sciences, political science, statistics, and communication.