Objectives of the Master of Public Administration Program
▪ Practice servant leadership using Christ as the model in serving people and society.
▪ Provide leadership, vision, and strategic planning in a variety of organizations and environments.
▪ Prepare to lead others in environments increasingly characterized by change and complexity.
▪ Master principles of human behavior and motivation to maximize use of human resources.
▪ Master key functional area skills in communications, human resources, accounting, governmental finance, economics, and public policy analysis.
▪ Appreciate the trend to interdependency between local, state, and federal agencies and the need to continually update leadership principles and techniques.
▪ Complete a significant hands-on project in a live organization and integrate the knowledge and skills from all courses taken.
▪ Develop organizational-wide skills in structure, coordination, policy, and design of subunits.
▪ Master methods of organizational change and development
▪ Develop the ability to apply the most recent research and concepts emerging in management and leadership.
▪ Interact with executive level leaders from the community to identify current challenges and strategies available to address them.
MPA Concentrations
Finance , Human Resources
