Public Administration

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Concentrations

  • Health Policy and Administration
  • Human Resources Management
  • Public Budgeting and Financial Management
  • Public Management

The M.P.A. program requires successful completion of a minimum of 42 credit hours of acceptable graduate-level work consistent with the M.P.A. Study Plan Worksheet developed with the M.P.A. Coordinator. The 42 credit hours must be completed within a seven-year period. At least 33 of the 42 credit hours must be completed at UNM. Students must maintain a 3.0 ("B") grade point average for all M.P.A. course work. Upon completion of the Core curriculum and a minimum of 36 credit hours, a student must successfully complete a culminating experience. Culminating experience options include a thesis option (6 credit hours) or PADM 553 Professional Paper and PADM 552 Designing Applied Research (6 credit hours). Arrangements for completing a culminating experience should be coordinated with the M.P.A. Coordinator.

  1. Core curriculum (18 credit hours)
  2. Concentration (15 credit hours)
  3. Elective (3 credit hours)
  4. Designing Applied Research course for those selecting the professional paper option (3 credit hours)
  5. Culminating Experience: professional paper (3 credit hours) or thesis (6 credit hours).

Core Curriculum (18 credit hours)

Before enrolling in other Public Administration courses, students are required to complete the core curriculum:

    Credit
Hours
PADM 500 Public Management and Policy 3
PADM 521 Institutional Development and Behavior 3
PADM 522 Program Evaluation* 3
PADM 525 Human Resources Management in the Public Sector 3
PADM 544 Public Budgeting 3
PADM 596 Research Methods for Public Managers* 3

*Students must meet the statistics prerequisite before enrolling.

Concentrations (15 credit hours)

Students must declare a concentration by the completion of 21 credit hours. A Program of Studies (POS) is due to the School of Public Administration office no later than completion of 30 credit hours. For further information about individual concentrations please see the School of Public Administration Web site or contact the Graduate Academic Advisor at spadvise@unm.edu or (505) 277-1092.

Health Policy and Administration Concentration

    Credit
Hours
  Select at least three of the following courses:  
PADM 561 Health Policy and Management 3
PADM 562 Health Governance in Global Perspective 3
PADM 563 Healthcare Finance 3
PADM 564 Healthcare Policy and Program Evaluation 3
POLS 511 Sem: Health Policy and Politics 3
  Select up to two of the following courses:  
PADM 551 Problems 3
PADM 555 Workshop for Interns* 3
PADM 570 Pro-seminar in Public Policy 3
PADM 590 Sem: Health Policy and Management 3
ECON 564 Topics in Health Economics* 3
LAW 531 Health Law 3
PH 554 Health Policy, Politics and Social Equity 3
PH 565 Public Health: Law Policy and Ethics 3
PH 579 New Mexico Border Health: US - Mexico Border Migration and Latino Health 3


*Must be approved by the School of Public Administration Director.

Human Resources Management Concentration

    Credit
Hours
  Select five of the following courses:  
PADM 528 Employment Dispute Resolution 3
PADM 529 Administrative Law 3
PADM 538 Non-Profit Management 3
PADM 588 Practice of Negotiation and Public Dispute Resolution 3
PADM 590 Sem: Workplace Transformation 3
PADM 590 Sem: Systems Design in Dispute Resolution 3
OILS 540 Foundations of HRD and Instructional Technology 3
MGMT 463 Employment Law* 3
MGMT 506 Managing People in Organizations 3
MGMT 564 Human Resources Management: Theory and Applications** 3


* Prerequisite MGMT 306 and MGMT 310
** Prerequisite MGMT 506

Public Budgeting and Financial Management Concentration

Currently under review. See the School of Public Administration Web site, or call (505) 277-1092.

Public Management Concentration

Currently under review. See the School of Public Administration Web site, or call (505) 277-1092.

Culminating Experience: Professional Paper/Thesis

Students may choose between either a professional paper or a thesis to complete their degree. Under the Professional Paper (non-thesis) option, the student completes 39 course credit hours and 3 Professional Paper credit hours. Under the thesis option, student completes 36 course credit hours and 6 thesis credit hours.

The School of Public Administration may change curriculum, degree requirements, admission requirements and policies at any time, without notice, for all programs. Contact SPA for current information and assistance with program planning.

NOTE: A special fee of $15.00 per course is charged to students registering for PADM courses.

  • A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with an undergraduate grade point average for the last 60 hours, or overall major grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or equivalent.
  • Letter of Intent (2-3 Pages)
  • 3 Letters of Recommendation
  • Resume
  • One official transcript from EACH academic institution you have attended. You do not need official transcripts for coursework taken at the University of New Mexico.
  • $50 Application Fee
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