Degrees Offered:
| Program Title |
Ph.D. |
Ed.D. |
M.S. |
M.A. |
Master |
M.Ed. |
MFA |
| Public Administration |
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GRADUATE FACULTY
Director of Graduate Programs:
E. O'Sullivan, Box 8102, 5-5070, elizabethann_osullivan@ncsu.edu, Political Science
William T. Kretzer Distinguished Professor:
T. A. Birkland
Professors:
C. K. Coe, D. M. Daley, G. D. Garson, R. C. Kearney, A. J. Taylor, M. Tschirhart;
Associate Professors:
J. D. Coggburn, E. O'Sullivan, J. E. Swiss, M. L. Vasu;
Assistant Professors:
R. Bosworth, J. R. Brunet, R. M. Clerkin, B. L. Nowell;
Extension Assistant Professors:
S. K. Straus
Administrative specialties include: non-profit management, and urban/local government
management. Specialized courses are offered in environmental policy, financial management, and human resource management. The
only doctoral program in public administration in N.C., the Ph.D. prepares students for
teaching and research positions in public management and related fields. The program
offers graduate certificates in non-profit management and public policy, both of
which may be included as
part of the M.P.A., another graduate degree program, or taken independently.
Admission Requirements: Applicants
to the M.P.A. should submit all materials by May 15 (for fall admission) and by
November 1 (for spring admission). Completed applications received by February 1
will receive consideration for all available university and department scholarships
and assistantships. Admission to the doctoral program normally requires the completion of
the M.P.A. or other relevant graduate degree. Ph.D. students are
admitted only for the Fall semester. The Ph.D. application deadline is March
15. Applicants are encouraged to submit all
materials as soon as possible to assure consideration for fellowships and assistantships.
Master's Degree Requirements: The M.P.A. degree is a 40-semester-hour
program consisting of: (1) a core
curriculum of 18 credit hours; (2) a choice of administrative specialties, or an
individualized program, drawing on courses in
public administration and other departments; and (3) an internship requirement for pre-service students. It is an option B
Master's degree with a one-person committee and no
final oral examination. Students who do not have at least two political science courses,
including at least one American government course, a micro-economics course, and an intermediate-level statistics course must
successfully complete
equivalent coursework prior to graduation.
Doctoral Degree Requirements: The Ph.D. prerequisites are a
graduate course in statistics, a course in methodology (covering research
design, internal and external validity, sampling, and measurement), and at least two courses in American government or
public policy. Students are required to complete M.P.A. core
courses in (a) budgeting or management systems, and (b) policy analysis or
micro-economics unless they have equivalent courses from other
institutions. Fifty-four hours beyond
the Master's degree including research seminars (including PA 761, PA
762, PA 763, PA 803), four courses in methodology/statistics (including PA 715, PA
765, PA 766), and dissertation research are
required.
Student Financial Support: A limited number of fellowships and graduate
assistantships are offered by the department. Contact the department for more information.
Other forms of student aid are described in the financial aid section of the Graduate
Catalog.
Click on Graduate
Courses for current course information.