http://www.umsl.edu/divisions/graduate/mppa/
Faculty
E. Terrence Jones, Professor of
Public Policy Administration and Political Science*
Ph.D., Georgetown University
Carol W. Kohfeld, Professor Emeritus of Public
Policy Administration and Political Science
Ph.D., Washington University
George J. McCall, Professor Emeritus of Public
Policy Administration and Sociology
Ph.D., Harvard University
Donald Phares, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy
Administration and Economics
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Lana Stein, Professor of Political Science and
Public Policy Administration
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Anne E. Winkler, Professor of Public Policy Administration
and Economics*
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Andrew D. Glassberg, Director, Associate Professor
of Public Policy Administration and Political Science*
Ph.D., Yale University
J. Germain Gros, Associate Professor of Public
Policy Administration and Political Science*
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley
Deborah B. Balser, Assistant Professor of Public
Policy Administration and Business Administration*
Ph.D., Cornell University
Brady Baybeck, Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Administration and Political Science*
Ph.D., Washington University
Nancy T. Kinney, Assistant Professor of Political
Science and Public Policy Administration*
Ph.D., University of Colorado at Denver
James M. Krueger, C.P.A., Assistant Professor of
Public Policy Administration and Accounting*, Associate Vice Chancellor
for Budgeting and Academic Planning
D.B.A., Indiana University
Gerald J. Blasi, Affiliate Assistant Professor
of Public Policy Administration and Political Science*
Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton University
Susan Kristine Walker, Adjunct Professor of Public
Policy Administration and Political Science
Ph.D., University of Missouri-St. Louis
John McClusky, Director of Non-Profit Management
and Leadership Program*
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley
Julianne Stone, Director, Local Government Management
and Leadership Program
ABD, Washington University
*Members of Graduate Faculty
General Information
The Master's Program in Public Policy Administration (MPPA ) is an
interdisciplinary program designed to prepare students for managerial
and policy analysis positions in the public and nonprofit sectors or
in organizations having substantial interaction with the public and nonprofit
sectors. The program is a unit of the Graduate School and is accredited
by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.
Core faculty are on joint appointments in public policy administration
and disciplines such as economics, political science, sociology, or business
administration. The program includes courses in policy analysis, public
administration, management, budgeting, and economics in the basic curriculum.
The University of Missouri-St. Louis' MPPA program differs from existing
programs available in the Missouri-Illinois region in its interdisciplinary
nature and emphasis on the development of analytic and administrative
skills. It is designed to meet the needs of prospective full-time students,
as well as those who wish to earn a degree in the evening while continuing
to work.
In addition to the distinguished doctoral-level faculty in
public policy administration, students have access to courses and
faculty in business and other social sciences, in the Public Policy
Research Center, and in the Center for International Studies. The
MPPA program serves as an editorial home of the American Review
of Public Administration.
The full facilities of Campus Computing, and the Laboratory for Quantitative
Analysis are available. UM-St. Louis is a member of the Inter-University
Consortium for Political and Social Research.
Admission Requirements
Applicants to the MPPA program must meet the general requirements for
admission to Graduate School as explained in the Graduate Study section
of this Bulletin. Students entering the MPPA program may be
required to take up to 9 hours of prerequisites in mathematics.
Prerequisites
Students must demonstrate competency in computer-based applications,
including spreadsheets, databases, and Internet use. These competencies
must be demonstrated at the beginning of the degree program by completing
a computer proficiency examination.
Core Curriculum
All candidates for the MPPA degree must complete 28 hours in the core
curriculum sequence composed of the following public policy administration
courses:
Administration
6400, Proseminar in Public Policy Administration
6600, Organizational Behavior and Administrative
Processes
Budgeting
6180, Governmental Budgeting and Financial Control
Economics
6080, Microeconomics for Policy Analysis
6210, Public Sector Microeconomics
Policy Analysis
6000,
Introduction to Policy Analysis
6900, Cases in Public Policy Administration
Statistics and Applications
6010,
Introduction to Policy Research
6750, Introduction to Evaluation Research Methods
Exit Project
6990,
Exit Project Research
A thesis is not required, but students must complete written analyses
as part of their course work and/or internships. There is also a 1 credit
hour exit project, PPA 6990, examining a problem in public policy administration
in the final semester. PPA 6000 be taken at the beginning of the program.
It is strongly recommended that PPA 6010 and PPA 6080 be taken early.
PPA 6900 is a capstone course and must be taken at the end of the program.
Students may select one of five emphasis areas in which to concentrate
their advanced studies: (1) managing human resources and organizations,
(2) policy research and analysis, (3) local government management, (4)
health policy, (5) nonprofit organization management, or they may select
an individualized emphasis area in consultation with their advisors.
Prior to the completion of 15 hours in the MPPA program, students should
identify an emphasis area. Specific requirements for each emphasis area
are as follows:
1) Managing Human Resources and Organizations
a. Required (3 hours)
PPA 6490, Human Resources in the Public Sector
b. Electives (9 hours) chosen from:
MGMT 5611, Advanced Organizational Behavior and Administrative
Processes
MGMT 5624, Organizational Training
Econ 6400, Labor Economics
PPA 6680, Negotiating Workplace Conflict
Pol Sci 3470(341), Collective Bargaining
PPA 6950, Internship – 3 hours (in assignment
relevant to emphasis area)
2)Policy Research and Analysis
a. Required (3 hours)
Pol Sci 6402, Intermediate Techniques in Policy
Research OR Econ 4100, Introduction to Econometrics
b. Electives (9 hours) chosen from:
Pol Sci 6403, Advanced Techniques in Policy Research
OR Econ 4110, Applied Econometrics
Econ 3510, Public Finance: State and Local
Econ 4550, Natural Resource Economics
Econ 4160, Geospatial Economic Analysis
Econ 6760, Health Economics
Econ 6400, Labor Economics
Econ 6900, Advanced Topics in Economic
Analysis
Pol Sci 6404, Multi-Method Research
Pol Sci 6414, Topics in Public Policy
Analysis
Pol Sci 6422, Law, Courts, and Public Policy
Soc 4040, Survey Research Practicum OR
Soc 5432, Survey Research Methods
PPA 6950, Internship (in assignment relevant
to the
emphasis area)
3) Local Government Management
* a. Required (6 hours)
PPA 6340, Seminar in City Administration OR
PPA 6350, Issues in Urban Management
AND EITHER
Pol Sci 6470, Proseminar in Urban Politics OR
Pol Sci 6471, Semin ar in Urban Politics
b. Electives (6 hours ) chosen
from:
PPA 6490, Human Resources in the Public Sector
PPA 4940, Leadership and Management in Nonprofit Organizations
PPA 6680, Negotiating Workplace Conflict
Economics 3510, Public Finance: State and Local
Economics 6700, Political Economy of Metropolitan
Areas
Pol Sci 6432, Intergovernmental Relations
PPA 6950, Internship (in assignment relevant to emphasis
area)
* For Local Government Management specialization, courses
not taken to fulfill “required 6 hours” may be taken
as electives (s).
NOTE: Students interested in careers in local
government management are strongly encouraged to take PPA 6490,
Human Resources in the Public Sector, as one of their electives.
4) Health Policy
a. Required (6 hours)
PPA 6430, Health Care Policy
PPA 6460, Selected Topics in Health Care
Policy:
Comparative Health Policy
b. Electives (6 hours) chosen from:
PPA 6460, Selected Topics in Health Care
Policy (with different substantive area from Comparative
Health Policy)
Econ 6750, Political Economy of Health
Care
Econ 6760, Health Economics
Ger 4376, Mental Health and Aging
Ger 6401, Health and Wellness in the
Elderly
Ger 6441, Aging and Health Behavior
PPA 6950, Internship (in assignment
relevant to the emphasis area)
5) Nonprofit Organization Management and Leadership
a. Required (9 hours)
PPA 4911, 4912, 4913, Management Issues in Non-Profit
Organizations: Staff Management Issues; Legal
Issues; Financial Issues
PPA 4940, Leadership and Management in
Non-Profit Organizations
PPA 4960, American Philanthropy
and Non-Profit Resource Development
b. Electives - (3 hours) chosen from:
PPA 6490, Human Resources in the Public Sector
PPA 6550, Strategic and Program Planning for Nonprofit
Organizations
BA 3451, Accounting for Governmental
and Nonprofit Entities
BA 5100, Managerial Communication
BA 5900, Public Policies Toward
Business
BA 5700, Contemporary Marketing
Concepts
Psych 7412, Social Psychology
PPA 6680, Negotiating Workplace
Conflict
PPA 6950, Internship (in assignment
relevant to the emphasis area)
Students may be able to substitute another course for a specified
elective, with MPPA Director’s approval.
Individualized Emphasis Area
Prior to the completion of 15 hours in the MPPA program, the student
must present a proposal for 12 hours of specific coursework for approval
by the MPPA faculty. The 12 hours must include PPA6950, Internship
(in an assignment relevant to the emphasis area) unless the student
has significant public or nonprofit sector experience.
Internships
There currently exists a need for well-trained policy administrators
and analysts. Frequent contact is maintained with public and
nonprofit practitioners and public officials in the St. Louis metropolitan
area, providing valuable input for program development, creation
of a wide variety of internship possibilities, and assistance
with a vigorous placement program for MPPA graduates. Interns may
be
placed in planning agencies, city managers' offices, administrative
departments, or budgeting offices.
An internship is required for students without substantial experience
in the public or nonprofit sectors. MPPA students employed in public
agencies will receive 3 hours of credit for internships in those
agencies. To do so, students must develop, in consultation with their
advisors, special research projects outside the scope of their regular
employment duties. Credit is granted after successful completion
of the project and a written paper at the end of the semester.
Graduate Certificate Program in Nonprofit Organization Management
and Leadership
Through the Public Policy Administration Master's Program, the University
offers a graduate certificate program for students who are current
professional staff, board members, and other leaders of nonprofit
and voluntary organizations, as well as those who wish to consider
entering the field. There are only two such graduate programs in
Missouri . The certificate can be taken by itself or in conjunction
with the pursuit of the master's in public policy administration
or a graduate degree in another field.
A. The graduate certificate in nonprofit management
and leadership requires the completion
of 18 credit hours. Nine of these are the following core courses:
1. Leadership and Management in Nonprofit Organizations
(3 hours) Political Science 4940 same as Public Policy Administration
4940, Sociology, or Social Work 4940
2 . Management Issues in Nonprofit Organizations:
Staff Management Issues (1 hour) Political Science, Public Policy
Administration, and Social Work 4911
3. Management Issues in Nonprofit Organizations:
Legal Issues in Governing and Managing Nonprofit Organizations (1)
(Political Science, Public Policy Administration, and Social Work 4912)
4. Management Issues in Nonprofit Organizations:
Financial Issues (Political Science, Public Policy Administration,
and Social Work 4913)
5. American Philanthropy and Nonprofit Resource
Development (3 hours) Pol Sci and Soc Wk 4960
B. Six hours of electives are to be taken from
selected courses in accounting, business administration,
economics, management, marketing, political science, psychology,
public policy administration, and sociology. A student may choose
among these courses or other courses approved by the program
director. ( All Graduate electives must be at
the 6000 course level.)
C. Three hours of internship are also required,
or graduate students should demonstrate either a professional
field experience equivalent to the internship or be required
to participate. Any request for an exemption from the internship
requirement must be approved by the nonprofit program director after
a review of the student’s
professional or managerial field experience with appropriate documentation.
Students who receive an exemption must take another 3 hours of
electives from the selection in area B.
The internship will include learning activities in management and
governance processes in nonprofit organizations, as well as a seminar
in which students will critically reflect on their field experience
with a faculty supervisor.
Requirements of admission to the graduate certificate program are
the same as those required for admission to the Graduate School :
an undergraduate degree, and a GPA of 2.75 or better.
Career
Outlook
The current outlook for graduates of the interdisciplinary Master’s
Degree in Public Policy Administration Program is quite promising.
Recent graduates of this program have found careers as budget analysts,
personnel analysts, transportation planners, and human resources
planners with local, regional, state, and federal agencies, and
the nonprofit sector.
Course Descriptions
4911 Management Issues in Nonprofit Organizations: Staff Management
Issues (1)
Prerequisite: Junior Standing. Same as Pol Sci 4911 and Soc Wk 4911.
This course addresses issues involved in managing staff in nonprofit
organizations. The course will cover the following topics: fundamentals
of staff supervision; balancing supervisory processes with counseling
and coaching; selecting, hiring, evaluating, and terminating staff; legal
issues that affect these processes.
4912 Management Issues in Nonprofit Organizations: Legal Issues
in Governing and Managing Nonprofit Organizations (1)
Same as Pol Sci 4812 and Soc Wk 4912. This course addresses legal issues
involved in managing and governing nonprofit organizations. The course
will cover the following topics: The Board as steward of the organization;
Director and officer liability; tax laws concerning charitable giving;
legal issues in managing staff and volunteers (e.g., hiring, evaluating,
and terminating employees); Missouri nonprofit law.
4913 Management Issues in Nonprofit Organizations: Financial
Issues (1)
Same as Pol Sci 4913 and Soc Wk 4913. This course addresses financial
issues involved in governing and managing nonprofit organizations.
The course will cover the following topics: Cash flow analysis; budgeting;
fund accounting; cost accounting (determining costs for programs
and services); understanding and using standard financial statements,
including balance sheets, cash flow statements, statements of activity,
and operating and capital budgets.
4940 Leadership and Management in Nonprofit Organizations
(3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Same as Pol Sci 4940,
Soc Wk 4840, and Soc 4940. Addresses the role and scope of the
independent sector in the United States, as well as the leadership and
management of nonprofit organizations within that sector. Topics include
the economic and political scope of the independent sector, the role
of volunteerism in a democratic society, and the role and scope
of philanthropy. Topics in voluntary organization management and leadership
include the dynamics, functions and membership structure of NPOs,
especially staff-board and other volunteer relations; governance
and management of NPOs; resource mobilization; and program development
management and evaluation.
4960 American Philanthropy and Nonprofit
Resources Development (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Same as Pol
Sci 4960 and Soc Wk 4960. This course addresses the history, philosophy,
roles and scope of philanthropy in the United States, including its
role in the nonprofit, voluntary sector. It further examines the
contemporary forces which impact philanthropy and charitable giving, both
by institutions and individuals. The course examines the effective planning
and management of development programs (e.g., annual giving), fund raising
vehicles (e.g., mail solicitations) and the fund raising process, form
planning through donor relations.
6000 Introduction to Policy Analysis (3)
Same as Pol Sci 6410. Systematic development of a critical/analytic
base for dealing with public policy.
6010 Introduction to Policy Research (3)
Same as Pol Sci 6401. Procedures for testing explanations, including
research design, principles of measurement, probability sampling,
methods of data collection, and techniques for analyzing data.
6080 Microeconomics for Policy Analysis (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate student standing. Same as Econ 5010. This course
introduces microeconomic analysis of consumers, firms, and government,
with an emphasis on policy applications. It assumes no prior training
in economics and is appropriate for graduate students in public policy
administration, nonprofit management, political science, gerontology,
criminology and criminal justice, and other related fields.
6150 Directed Reading and
Research in Public Policy (1-10)
Same as Pol Sci 6415. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. Independent
study through readings, reports, research projects, and conferences.
May be repeated for credit, provided the subject matter is different.
6170 Income and Pension Policy for the Aged (3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Pol
Sci 6417, Ger 6417, and Soc Wk 6417. (MSW students normally take
the social policy foundation course prior to enrolling in this course.)
Examination of federal, state, and local policies that affect the economic
well being of the elderly. The development of social security programs
and pension programs is explored within a historical context. Emphasis
is placed on the analysis of current policy problems and proposed solutions.
6180 Governmental Budgeting and Financial Control (3)
Prerequisite: BA 440. Same as BA 5450. A study of municipal and federal
financial control and budgeting procedures with emphasis on public
policy. The impact of financial control on top management decisions and
the
effect of budget strategies on the allocations of public funds.
6210 Public Sector Microeconomics (3)
Prerequisites: Econ 3001, or BA 5001, or PPA 6080. Same as Econ 6500.
Application of tools of intermediate microeconomics to address public
sector issues. Special emphasis is placed on critically analyzing
current public policy debates using the models developed. Topics covered
include: cases in which competitive market fails to allocate resources
efficiently (e.g., externalities and public goods), importance of property
rights, incentive effects of the tax and transfer system, and the fundamentals
of cost-benefit analysis.
6340 Seminar in City Administration (3)
This course provides an overview of the working environment of a city
administrator and is jointly sponsored by the local city managers association.
Professional city personnel make presentations to the students on six
major topics: political structure, organizational structure, service
delivery, finance, personnel policies and practices, and leadership.
The course provides direct observation of city council meetings, visits
to various city facilities, exposure to different philosophies and styles
of city management, and provides students a chance to assemble facts,
evaluate options, and present policy recommendations for real problems
that local administrators face.
6350 Issues in Urban Management (3)
Designed to evaluate management issues that confront managers in local
government from a political perspective. The format will include an
intense review and discussion of original case studies from actual
local government situations. The specific focus of this course will
vary. Course may be repeated
6400 Proseminar in Public Administration (3)
Same as Pol Sci 6440. Examination of major approaches to analyzing
public policies and their administration. Emphasis is on the effects
of administrative organization and procedures on policy decisions and
their impacts. Specific topics may include administrative accountability,
intergovernmental relations, public-private interaction, implementation
processes, bureaucratic expertise, the legal environment of public
policy administration, and public service and merit issues.
6430 Health Care Policy (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Same as
Pol Sci 6443, Ger 6443, and Soc Wk 6443. (MSW students will normally
take the social policy foundation course prior to enrolling in this
course).
Survey course examining current issues in health policy that face the
nation. Policies are placed in a historical
context to show how issues have been influenced by different political
and economic conditions. Secondary consequences and limitations of
current trends in health policy are explored.
6440 Seminar in Public Policy and Aging (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Same as Ger 6444 and Pol Sci 6444.
The study of specialized issues and methods related to federal, state,
and local policies that affect the elderly. Potential policy areas
to be covered include housing, taxation, mental health, transportation,
etc. May be repeated for credit, provided the subject matter is different.
6460 Selected Topics in Health Care Policy (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Same as Pol Sci 6446 and Soc 6446.
The study of specialized issues and methods relating to health care
policy. May be repeated for credit, provided the subject matter is
different.
6490 Human Resources in the Public Sector (3)
Prerequisite: PPA 6600 or consent of instructor. Same as Pol Sci 6449
and Soc Wk 6449. Presents an overview of personnel and labor relations
in the public sector. Particular emphasis placed on issues which are
unique to the public sector, such as the merit system, the questions
of representative bureaucracy and the constraints of personnel in the
nonprofit sector. The topics include personnel reforms in the federal
sector, equal employment and affirmative action policies, testing,
selection, hiring, comparable worth, job evaluation, and labor relations
including grievance arbitration and collective bargaining.
6510 Urban and Regional Planning and Public Policy (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Focuses
on the interdependent processes of urbanization and public policy.
Students will acquire an understanding of urban planning and public
policy in North America.
6550 Strategic and Program Planning for Nonprofit Organizations
(3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as
Pol Sci 6490 and Soc Wk 6491. Strategic and program planning enable
an organization to concentrate on efforts and set priorities guided
by a mission, vision, and an understanding of its environment. Focus
is on preparing a strategic plan and a program plan for a nonprofit
organization and analyzing an organization's ability to deliver goods
and/or services to its constituents in today's economic, social and
political climate.
6600 Organizational Behavior and Administrative Processes
(3)
Same as MGMT 5600. The theoretical and research contribution of the
behavioral sciences to management and
administration are examined and applied to selected organizational
situations. Areas to be considered from the standpoint of both individual
and organizational
performance are communication, motivation, conflict, decision making,
goal setting, leadership, organizational design, climate, development,
and control. Utilizing a systems perspective, the course attempts to
develop in each student an ability to analyze and solve organizational
problems.
6680 Negotiating Workplace Conflict (3)
Prerequisites: PPA/MGMT 5600, and Graduate Standing. Same as MGMT 5612
and Soc 5451. Examines conflict and cooperation between individuals,
groups, and organizations over the control of work. A central theme
is how this conflict is expressed, controlled, and resolved. Students
will participate in exercises to learn the basics of two-party negotiations.
6750 Introduction to Evaluation Research Methods (3)
Prerequisites: At least one course in Research Design and Statistics
at the graduate level. Same as Psych 5475, Soc 5475, and CCJ 5475.
A comparative study of research strategies with regard to data sources,
data collection, and modes of analysis that are appropriate for program
evaluation research. Attention is given to observational, survey, and
quasi-experimental designs.
6800 Management Information Systems (3)
Prerequisite: Econ 3150. Same as MS/IS 6800. An overview of management
information systems is presented, including various information systems
concepts
and technologies. Students are introduced to a mainframe operating
system, a microcomputer-based operating system, and a programming language.
Students are also exposed to several common microcomputer-based software
applications.
6900 Cases in Public Policy Administration (3)
Prerequisites: 24 hours of public policy administration courses, at
least 15 of which are in core courses. This capstone course intensively
analyzes public policy administration cases drawn from a variety of
issues and settings.
6950 Internship (3)
Independent study involving work with an appropriate public, private,
or nonprofit agency.
6990 Exit Project Research (1)
Prerequisites: Completion of or simultaneous enrollment in other
degree requirement courses. The exit project is viewed as the capstone
of the MPPA program. As such, it is meant to be undertaken toward the
end of a student's program, usually during the final semester. Its
purpose is to provide evidence to the faculty that the degree candidate
has mastered the skills acquired in the various courses completed during
residence at the University and can apply them to the analysis of a
practical research problem.
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