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Public Administration

    The BPA Program is available at the following locations:

    Spring 2010
    Fall 2010
    San Francisco San Francisco
    Santa Rosa  

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    The Bachelor of Public Administration (BPA) program is designed for aspiring and mid-career professionals at all levels of government and private nonprofit organizations. The program is appropriate for those working in health care, service, and educational organizations, and for-profit sector professionals who work with public agencies or who desire to pursue a career in the public or nonprofit sectors. Three curriculum tracks are offered: Generalist (BPA), Law Enforcement Leadership (BPA-LEL) and Nonprofit Administration (BPA-NPA). The program is designed to be completed in 23 months.

    Program Learning Outcomes

    • Explain scholarly knowledge and concepts, and apply this to real-world and case situations
    • Adhere to legal and ethical standards; develop and describe responses to challenging situations
    • Evaluate and inform public management problems through accurately identifying and utilizing descriptive and inferential statistics
    • Evaluate and inform public management problems through accurately identifying and utilizing organizational theory and analysis
    • Discern, distinguish, discuss and analyze major issues and initiatives
    • Demonstrate good writing and presentation skills

 
 
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