¿Qué aprenderé?

Program goals

The Master of Public Administration program’s mission supports a “generalist” conception of public administration. This seems quite appropriate as the students come from diverse academic and employment backgrounds and find jobs in a wide variety of government and nonprofit organizations.

The program’s mission includes the following goals:

Prepare professional public managers, public officials and citizens to meet the challenges of public service in both government and nonprofit sectors
Advance the state of knowledge in the field of public administration through scholarly research and publications
Serve the profession and local, state, federal and international communities by extending faculty expertise and intellectual resources

Student learning outcomes

Students will participate in and contribute to the policy process.
Students will lead and manage in public governance.
Students will analyze, synthesize, think critically, solve problems and make decisions.
Students will articulate and apply a public service perspective.
Students will communicate and interact productively with a diverse and changing workforce and citizenry.

¿En cuál departamento estoy?

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs

Opciones de estudio

a tiempo completo (36 horas)

Costos de estudio

US$30.328,00 por año

*El precio que se muestra es una referencia, por favor verificar con la institución

Fecha de inicio

22 Agosto 2023, 16 Enero 2024, 20 Mayo 2024

Lugar

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs

923 West Franklin Street,

RICHMOND,

Virginia,

23284, United States

Requerimiento de entrada

Para estudiantes de Estados Unidos

Applicants must possess an earned baccalaureate degree from a recognized college or university. No particular major course of study is required. Applicants with a GPA less than 2.75 may be considered for admission on provisional status with exceptional professional experience.

Para estudiantes internacionales

In addition to the general admission requirements of the VCU Graduate School, selection is made on the basis of prior academic performance, professional accomplishments and other indicators of the ability to pursue graduate studies and a professional career in public management successfully. Specifically, the application for admission requires a transcript documenting the completion of a bachelor’s degree, three letters of reference (including both academic and professional references if possible), and a current resume. In addition, applicants must have taken an undergraduate math course (algebra, statistics or finite mathematics) and passed with a minimum grade of C.

No applicant will be considered for admission to the M.P.A. program within two years of having been terminated from the program or of having been rejected for admission to the program.

The university minimum TOEFL score requirement is 550 (paper-based) or 80 (Internet-based). The university minimum IELTS score requirement is 6.5. The PTE is also accepted with a minimum score of 65. Deadline: Fall - Apr 1; Spring: Oct 1; Summer: Feb 1.

Puede haber diferentes requisitos de IELTS en función del curso elegido.

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