联合文学或科学学士学位和公共管理硕士（BA / MPA或BS / MPA）学位为合格的学生提供了获得公共管理硕士学位的机会，同时获得了MPA计划的12个学分的本科学位。该计划是为有上进心的学生设计的，他们希望将职业选择纳入其本科课程。该课程特别与公共服务专业相关，但也适用于所有本科专业的学生。MPA学位申请的广度来自于对公共，非营利性和受监管部门的MPA学位。实施和执行公共政策的组织包括联邦，州，地方和特区政府，非营利组织和受监管的行业。MPA学位适用于从事制定法律和法规，提供公共服务，提供艺术，音乐和其
The joint Bachelor of Arts or Science and Master of Public Administration (BA/MPA or BS/MPA) degree provides qualified students with the opportunity to earn a master's degree in public administration while taking 12 credits of the MPA program as an undergraduate student.The program is designed for highly motivated students with the desire to build career options into their undergraduate curriculum. The program is especially relevant to public service majors but it is also suitable and applicable for students from all undergraduate disciplines.The breadth of MPA degree applications derives from the MPA degree focus on public, nonprofit, and regulated sectors. Organizations implementing and enforcing public policies include federal, state, local, and special district governments, nonprofit organizations, and regulated industries. The MPA degree is useful in organizations engaged in making laws and regulations, delivering public services, providing access to art, music, and other amenities, developing and sustaining communities, providing education, health care, and public safety, holding corporations and public officials accountable, and advocating on behalf of environmental, social, safety, community, and political issues. By graduating with a combined Bachelor?s/Master of Public Administration degree, the student is graduating ready for a career position.