The Knowledge You Will Gain

Upon degree completion students will learn and demonstrate: • Demonstrate applied management, leadership, communication, and analytical skills needed by managers and leaders in the executive arm of local, state, and federal government. • Analyze, synthesize, think critically, solve problems, and make evidence-based decisions in complex and dynamic environments. • Articulate, apply, and advance public service principles through a clear understanding of the roles, development, and principles of public administration. • Participate in the management of public policy processes and executive-legislative relations. • Demonstrate understanding of public budgetary processes, financial management, and administrative law. • Understand and apply public personnel management skills to a complex public human resource environment. • Demonstrate professional ethics and interact productively in culturally responsive ways with a diverse workforce and society. • Conduct scholarly research and produce theory-based research through publication.