MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE

There is a minimum of 36 credit hours required for a grant of the masters degree in public administration. The 36-hour minimum includes 21 credit-hours of core courses; 12 credit-hours of 选修s; and the three credit-hour capstone course, PA 697. 学生 with no significant experience in public or non-profit administration or management will take three credit-hour internships designed to provide administrative experience. The internship course is in addition to the 36 credit-hour minimum. All students must take and pass the seven core courses described elsewhere; the three-hour capstone course; and at least twelve hours of 选修s. 选修s are chosen under the direction of the student advisor. 选修 courses may be taken from public administration courses, 政治学课程, or other courses within the university. All 选修s must be designated 500 level courses or above.

MPA顶点

预期:  The capstone requirement within the MPA 程序 represents the culmination of two years of study within the field. The capstone project is expected to meet the high standards for master’s level scholarship set by the political science faculty and by the university.  The project will be representative of the education and training received throughout the course of MPA study at ISU. 教职员希望, 像这样, each capstone project will contain original research and critical 分析, performed by the capstone student under the direction of their faculty mentors.

学生 should start thinking about their capstone projects early in their 程序s.

演示:  Each capstone project will be formally presented in PowerPoint to political science faculty and students during a forum scheduled for that purpose.  The forum will be held toward the end of the student’s last semester in the 程序.

项目方向:  Each capstone topic and paper will be approved and directed by a committee of faculty mentors, the students’ advisor and another member of the political science faculty.  The second mentor will usually be the director of the MPA 程序. A third faculty member may join the committee if the project’s topic is cognate to that person’s area of interest. 

If the MPA 程序 director is the student’s advisor, another political science faculty member will be asked to join the committee. 

The committee will help to mentor the student through the capstone process to help ensure the quality and timely completion of the project.

最终批准:  Acceptable projects fall into one of three categories:

1)      An original research paper that involves a research proposal, 数据收集, 分析, 最后的总结;

2)      A comprehensive and systematic budget 分析; or

3)      A policy 分析 that involves impact evaluation or other kind of 分析.

教师 mentors should be notified as soon as the student is beginning the process that will culminate in a capstone project.  The student is ultimately responsible for defining a suitable topic, 进行研究, 写期末论文.

完成学位的时间限制

学生 must complete all requirements for the MPA degree within five years of initial registration as an MPA degree-seeking student. Under unusual circumstances, we may ask the Dean of 研究生 Studies to extend the five-year period.

TRANSFER OF CREDIT-HOURS INTO THE MPA

研究生 credits earned in related graduate level courses completed at another institution or 程序 may be considered for up to twelve credit-hours. Courses transferred in must be substantially the same as the courses they replace, or, 如果被接受为选修课, must be cognate to areas of study within public administration or political science.

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The Catalog of 澳门合法赌场官网 is the document of authority for all students. The requirements given in the catalog supersede information issued by any academic department, 程序, 大学, 或学校. The University reserves the right to change the requirements at any time.