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2012-13 Public Administration (MPA)

Application and acceptance to the program is required. (Non admitted students with a bachelor’s degree and Evergreen undergraduates are eligible to take MPA electives on a space available basis: see the MPA home page for more information.)

The Master of Public Administration degree is offered in three areas of concentration: Public & Nonprofit Administration, Public Policy and Tribal Governance. Students in these three concentrations are organized into two cohorts: the General cohort (Public & Nonprofit Administration and Public Policy concentrations) and the Tribal cohort (Tribal Governance concentration).

General Cohort

1st Year Core - General
Title   Standing Credits Schedule F W S Su
Context of Public Administration

Amy Gould, Lee Lyttle and Timothy Winchell

   GR 6 6-10p Thurs, 9a-5p Sat Dec 8 F 12
Doing Democratic Public Administration

Amy Gould, Larry Dzieza and Lee Lyttle

   GR 6 6-10p Thurs, 9a-5p Sat Mar 16 W 13
Policy, Finance and Budgeting for Public Administration

Lee Lyttle, Amy Gould and Larry Dzieza

   GR 6 6-10p Thurs, 9a-5p Sat (June 8) S 13
2nd Year Core - General
Title   Standing Credits Schedule F W S Su
Analytical Techniques for Public Service I

Doreen Swetkis, Marc Baldwin and Cheryl Simrell King

   GR 6 6-10p Thurs, 6-10p Mon (Oct 8 & 29) F 12
Analytical Techniques for Public Service II

Doreen Swetkis, Marc Baldwin and Cheryl Simrell King

   GR 6 6-10p Thurs, 9a-5p Sat (Mar 16) W 13
Capstone

Cheryl Simrell King, Doreen Swetkis and Marc Baldwin

   GR 6 6-10p Thurs, 9a-5p Sat (June 8) S 13
Public Policy Concentration
Title   Standing Credits Schedule F W S Su
Foundations of Public Policy

Cheryl Simrell King

   GR 4 6-10p, Tues F 12
Advanced Research Methods

Cheryl Simrell King

   GR 4 6-10 Tues W 13

Tribal Cohort

1st Year Core - Tribal
Title   Standing Credits Schedule F W S Su
Context of Public Administration TG

John Gates and Myra Downing

   GR 6 Sep 28-30, Oct 12-14, Nov 2-4, 1-5p Fri, 8:30a-5p Sat/Sun F 12
Doing Democratic Public Administration TG

John Gates and Myra Downing

   GR 6 Jan 18-20, Feb 1-3 & 15-17 1-5p Fri 8:30a-5p Sat/Sun W 13
Policy, Finance and Budgeting for Public Administration TG

John Gates and Myra Downing

   GR 6 April 12-14 & 26-28, May 10-12 1-5p Fri, 8:30a-5p Sat/Sun S 13
Tribal Concentration
Title   Standing Credits Schedule F W S Su
Path to Sovereignty

John Gates and Alan Parker

   GR 4 Nov 16-18, Nov 30-Dec 2, 1-5p Fri, 8:30a-5p Sat/Sun F 12
Intergovernmental Relations

John Gates and Russ Lehman

   GR 4 Feb 22-24 & Mar 8-10, Fri 1-5p, 8:30a-4:30p Sat/Sun W 13
Tribal Organization

John Gates and Russ Lehman

   GR 4 May 24-26, June 7-9 1-5p Fri, 8:30-5p Sat/Sun S 13

Electives

Title   Standing Credits Schedule F W S Su
Case Studies For Policy Analysis, Decision-Making and Education In Public Processes

Linda Moon Stumpff

   JR - GR 4 Nov 9-11 & Nov 30-Dec 2, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun F 12
Education Policy

Kathe Taylor

   GR 4 Oct 5-7, 26-28, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun F 12
Intergovernmental Environmental Policy Issues

Karen Fraser

   GR 2 Oct 26-28, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun F 12
Land Management and Policy Processes

Linda Moon Stumpff

   JR - GR 4 Oct 5-7, 19-21, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun F 12
Managing Organizations

Amy Gould

   GR 4 Oct 19-21, Nov 2-4, 6-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun F 12
Marketing for Public Service

Karen Alman

   GR 2 Nov16-18, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun F 12
NonProfit Theory and Practice: An Introduction

Doreen Swetkis

   GR 4 Sep 29-30, Oct 13-14, Nov 10, 9a-5p Sat/Sun F 12
Publish to Flourish: Part II

Linda Moon Stumpff

   JR - GR 2 Oct 12-14, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun F 12
Sustainable Leadership and Decision Making

Michael Mucha

   GR 2 Nov 30-Dec 2, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun F 12
Context of Indigenous and Local Governance

Linda Moon Stumpff

   JR - GR 4 Feb 8-10 & March 1-3 Fri 5-9p Sat/Sun 9a-5p W 13
Diversity & Nondiscrimination Policy

Amy Gould

   GR 4 Jan 25-27 & Feb 15-17 Fri 6-9p Sat/Sun 9a-4p W 13
Ethics and Leadership

Doreen Swetkis

   GR 4 6-10p Mon W 13
International Policy and Public Administration

Linda Moon Stumpff

   JR - GR 2 Jan 25-27 Fri 5-9p Sat/Sun 9a-5p W 13
Labor Relations and the Public Sector

David Halverstadt

   GR 2 Jan 11-13 Fri 5-9p Sat/Sun 9a-5p W 13
Natural Resource Policy

Linda Moon Stumpff

   GR 4 Feb 1-3 & Mar 8-10 Fri 5-9p Sat/Sun 9a-5p W 13
Organizational Resiliency

John Fortugno

   GR 2 Feb 22-24 Fri 5-9p, Sat/Sun 9a-5p W 13
Strategies for Graduate Writers

Richard Taggesell

   GR 2 6-10p Wed, Jan 16,23,30 & Feb 6 & 27 W 13
Advocacy, Social Change and the Nonprofit Sector

Doreen Swetkis

   GR 4 6-10p Mon S 13
Brave New Workplace

Cheryl Simrell King

   GR 2 May 10-12, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun S 13
Conflict Negotiations

Lori Blewett

   GR 2 May 17-19, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun S 13
Design for Communities and Administration

Cheryl Simrell King

   GR 2 April 19-21 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun S 13
Housing Policy

Stephen Buxbaum

   GR 4 May 3-5 & 24-26,  5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun S 13
Project Management

Amy Gould

   GR 4 April 17, 27-28, May 18, 19 & 22, 6-10p Wed,  9a-4p Sat/Sun S 13
Strategies for Cultural and Heritage Resource Funding

Tina Kuckkahn

   GR 2 May 3-5, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun S 13
E-Government

Larry Dzieza

   GR 4 Aug 9-11 & 23-25, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun Su 13
Grant Writing Essentials

Sylvie McGee

   JR - GR 4 First Session: 6-10p Tues;
Second Session: 6-10p Wed
Note: Even though the schedule changes from first to second session, this is one continuous course for the full summer session		 Su 13
Politics, Leadership, & the Policies They Create cancelled

Amy Gould

Signature Required: Summer

   JR - GR 4 July 30, Aug 3-4, 13 & 17-18, 6-10p Tues, 9a-5p Sat/Sun Su 13
Public Administration at the Edge: Emerging Critical Theories cancelled

Amy Gould

Signature Required: Summer

   JR - GR 4 June 25 & 29-30, July 16 & 20-21, Tues 6-10p Sat/Sun 9a-5p Su 13
Public Speaking

Marla Elliott

   JR - GR 2 July 12-14, Fri 5-9p, Sat/Sun 9a-5p Su 13
Strategies for Graduate Writers

Emily Lardner

   JR - GR 2 6-10p Wednesdays first session Su 13
Supranational Administration cancelled

Laurance Geri

   JR - GR 4 June 28-30, July 13-14 & 27, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun Su 13
Tax and Fiscal Policy

Jenny Greenlee and Dianne Criswell

   GR 4 Aug 8, 10-11 & 22, 24-25, Thurs 6-10p, Sat/Sun 9a-5p Su 13