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Get the skills to build a better world

Increase your impact as a change agent

Whether your goal is to bring positive change to your local community or to advance a cause you feel passionate about, 我们的公共管理硕士(MPA)课程为您提供实现愿景所需的领导和分析技能. 加入我们，提高您的影响力和效率，推动公共部门和非营利领域有意义的变革.

Earn an in-demand credential

如今，大多数政府和非营利组织的领导职位都被标榜为“硕士优先”.” At the same time, 自大流行以来，公务员队伍的退休人数有所增加，为各级和所有部门创造了机会. With the Clark MPA as a credential, you are well prepared to bring foundational skills and fresh insights to local, national, and global organizations.

Combine academics with real-world application

The Clark MPA provides you with solid classroom training in research methods, public management, public affairs, nonprofit leadership, marketing, and management. 你的Capstone项目允许你展示你的知识和专业能力，当你将它们应用到“现实世界”组织所面临的挑战时.

Program Also Offered As:

Accelerated BA/Master's

A lifetime credential that sets you apart

  • 从全球公认和认可的大学获得学位-十大平台网赌MPA项目被Intelligent评为2020年公共管理项目前50名
  • Build key competencies in leadership, policy development and analysis, nonprofit management, educational leadership, and healthcare administration
  • Get hands-on experience in the core areas of public administration and nonprofit management via authentic, real-world challenges
  • 在一个高度协作的学术环境中学习，与来自世界各地的有才华的同行和学者实践者分享他们深厚的领导经验
  • Pursue your master’s degree on your terms – online, on campus, or a hybrid of both – with affordable tuition
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A Master’s Degree is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

Chris Rutigliano, MSC ’18, a City of Worcester employee, said he would never go back to school, but as a Master of Public Administration student at Clark University he has proven himself wrong. 他喜欢和他的同学一起工作，并意识到这对他来说很容易投入和完成工作-一次一节课.

One of the neat things about going to Clark is, it is a diverse group of people and it was great working with people from different cultures. Because I enjoyed these classes so much, it made it a lot easier for me to get engaged and to do work.
—Chris Rutigliano, MSC ’18

The Essentials

Program Overview

十大平台网赌的公共管理硕士课程为学生提供了坚实的学术基础和研究方法方面的培训, public management, public affairs, nonprofit leadership, marketing, and management. You can choose to focus your studies in specialized areas such as nonprofit management, public administration leadership, educational leadership, or health care administration.

Start terms for the MPA program are Fall, Spring, and Summer. 学生可以灵活地决定课程的顺序和完成学位的速度. Each course is taught by a leading expert in their field.

Learning Outcomes and Competencies – School of Professional Studies

The following sections talk about the specific programmatic outcomes for each credential.  For programs at the Masters level, 十大网赌平台专业研究学院所有硕士学位课程的理论框架中包含了五个核心操作能力. 研究生证书不符合相同的整体标准，因为它们被认为重点较窄，更多地应用于实践.  For the credentials at the Masters level, those competencies are:

Core Competencies for SPS Master’s Degrees
Organizational Systems OR Foundational Elements for STEM Programs 培养对系统各部分之间相互依赖关系的欣赏和理解，将导致通过制定战略和交付预期任务来有效和高效地协助组织.  For STEM credentials, 在分析和诊断能力方面打下坚实的基础，使学生能够从技术角度取得成功.
Ethics and Social Responsibility

 

 The SPS curriculum will stress the importance of ethics and corporate social responsibility, so all SPS students are aware of the advantages of ethical behavior in business and professional life, and can act from a moral point of view. 伦理和社会责任的概念通过数据和编程完整性问题的视角扩展到STEM编程，这可以为以公平和公正的方式应用的系统和分析架构提供信息.
Applied Research As a professional, SPS毕业生将有能力调用研究方法来解决组织和个人遇到的实际问题.  Our professional focus demands that informed research is a core value to knowledgeable problem-solving.
Workplace Dynamics, Communication, and Career Management OR Core Technologies Necessary to Meet STEM Industry Standards Workplace dynamics involve the relationships among the members of an organization, including departmental and interpersonal relationships. The capacity to communicate effectively is an essential skill for the successful professional. Career is an integral component of a professional’s life, and career can be maximized by an awareness of opportunities available consistent with individual talents.  For STEM-based programs, 核心技术应用和行业标准将被提出，形成一个成功的工作场所经验的编程和解决问题的能力的基础.
Theoretical Grounding 每个SPS学位都是基于一系列理论的研究领域的一部分，这些理论在应用于挑战时已被证明是有效的. Students will develop an appreciation for how arguments are used to explain, predict, and understand phenomena.

 

MPA

The Master in Public Administration offers students the opportunity to develop competencies in the five foundations of organizational systems: ethics and corporate and social responsibility; applied research; workplace dynamics; communication and career management; and theoretical grounding. The concentrations allow the student to specialize in areas that are particular to career paths and industries.
Operational Competency Learning Outcomes
Organizational Systems – to effectively communicate within public service and non-profit sectors. (Course MPA3120 Organizational Behavior and Leadership)
  • 有效地与不同和不断变化的组成部分沟通，并表现出对个人和群体差异的尊重.
  • Work as an active member in both a leader and participant role.
  • Professionally represent one’s organizations to stakeholders orally and in writing.
  • Give organized and convincing oral presentations.
  • Capacity for empathy for those being oppressed, marginalized or abused by public systems or programs.
  • Practice and promote active listening.
Ethics and Social Responsibility – to apply values and ethics within the public service and non-profit sectors. (Course: MPA3220 Ethics and Professional Life)
  • Identify legal and ethical implications of social equity and diversity in organizations.
  • Analyze action and options in the context of competing priorities.
  • Apply ethics to decision making through the appropriate use of evidence that recognizes stakeholders’ competing values.
  • Articulate the pillars of social responsibility through levels of attainment: awareness, understanding, application, integration, and leadership.
Workplace Dynamics, Communication, and Career Management – to lead, manage, and engage others in public service and non-profit sectors. (Courses: MSC Professional Seminar)
  • 从多个角度分析组织环境，并应用分析来确定备选的行动方案.
  • Evaluate appropriate processes and structures to achieve organizational goals.
  • Examine group dynamics to apply insights into building and sustaining team effectiveness.
  • Understand how to collaborate with multiple stakeholders to build strategic relationships to achieve goals.
  • Create and critique personal models of leadership.
  • Understand how leaders can leverage the power of motivation for achieving organizational goals.
  • Determine the factors that allow employees to adapt and thrive in a corporate culture.
  • Construct persuasive written and oral presentations to contribute to the mission of the organization.
  • Understand the value of planning activities and engagement in jobs over the course of a lifetime for better fulfillment, growth, and financial stability. Career is an integral component of a professional’s life, and career can be maximized by an awareness of opportunities available consistent with individual talents.
Applied Research – to analyze information for effective and efficient decision making, (Courses: MPA3900 Research and MPA3999 Capstone)
  • 通过对行为和组织概念的理解，展示了对公共服务/非营利组织运作视角的知识.
  • Ability to identify, analyze and evaluate public problems, issues, and choices.
  • Understand basic performance management.
  • Select, apply, critique, and interpret analysis for informed decision making.
  • Utilization of appropriate research-based methodology within the resource constraints of public service/non-profit.
  • Design and conduct proper research to evaluate public and non-profit problems.
  • Apply processes for adequate resources allocation and management of financial obligations.
Theoretical Grounding – to participate and contribute to the policy formulation process. (Courses: MPA3400 Policy Analysis and MPA3100 Issues and Cases)
  • Development of a keen sense of the ethical dimension of social justice in public administration or community.
  • Participate in the design, implementation, and evaluation of public policy, program, or process designed to impact society positively.
  • Apply theory and research to contemporary human services sector/public sector management challenges and liabilities.
  • Ability to understand, evaluate, 并通过理解政策制定和实施之间的关系，在组织内实施变革，以解决公众和政府的需求.

We recognize the valuable experience and perspectives that working professionals bring to the class. If you are a student with three or more years in a professional position or hold an industry-standard certification, you can apply for the Assessment of Prior Learning (APL) credit.*

You may be awarded APL credit for up to two (2) graduate courses, enabling you to complete your degree more quickly and cost effectively. (An administrative fee is applied if the APL credit is approved.)

*Applies to the Worcester campus location only.

  • Decision-making skills and problem-solving techniques
  • Policy and program formulation, implementation, and evaluation
  • Human resources, Diversity and Labor Relations
  • Conflict management and conflict resolution skills
  • Core concepts including fundraising, grant writing, project management, and finance
  • Leadership
  • Policy Analysis
  • Issues and Cases
  • Change Management
  • Arbitration, Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations

Requirements

10 course units

  • 6 core courses, including a Capstone project
  • 4 electives (or 3 concentration courses and 1 elective)

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