该计划要求完成39个小时的研究生课程。学生分三个阶段完成课程：（1）核心课程，（2）选修/集中课程，以及（3）研究要求。必须完成这些步骤才能使学生获得MPA学位。<br>学生学习的核心问题是政治和法律机构及其流程，经济力量和社会体系，组织和管理技能与实践，概念和技术财务管理以及使用计算机和统计数据来改善决策的分析技术。
The Master of Public Administration provides education and training for the public and nonprofit sectors, conduct scholarly and applied research to advance the field of public administration, and serve the community. MPA students have the option to concentrate their studies in several specialized areas: Non-Profit Management, Urban Management & Policy, Arts Administration, Emergency Management, and Public Finance.<br>The program requires the completion of 39 hours of graduate coursework. Students complete the program in three stages: (1) core coursework, (2) elective/concentration coursework, and (3) the research requirement. These must be completed in order for a student to be awarded the MPA degree. Among the core issues students study are political and legal institutions and their processes, economic forces and social systems, organizational and managerial skills and practices, concepts and techniques of financial administration, and analytic techniques using computers and statistics to improve decision making. Of the 39 credit hours of graduate work required for the degree, a maximum of six (6) hours earned prior to admission to the graduate program may be applied to the program requirements, subject to the approval of the MPA Director. Each student must also complete a professional field experience requirement. This requirement may be filled with either an approved internship or other professional involvement (see examples of Professional Involvement and Internships below). In addition to course work, each student must complete a project on a topic of significance.