MPA Criminal Justice Emphasis

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The Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree offered by the UAA Department of Public Administration provides students with knowledge and skills needed for professional careers in public service. MPA students learn new techniques and add to their expertise in organizational and program management, policy analysis, and related areas with emphasis on policy and administrative issues in the North. Students specialize in one of the following emphasis areas: Public Management, Policy Analysis, Health Administration, or Criminal Justice.
The Criminal Justice Emphasis will provide graduates with the theoretical basis for management careers in the field of criminal justice. Students will develop knowledge and skills necessary for effective public management: planning and decision making, managing people, money and programs. These skills will be applicable in a wide spectrum of employment areas in law enforcement and the criminal justice system; and will also prepare graduates seeking to earn a terminal degree in justice administration.

See also:
Justice & paralegal careers

Program Information

Program Requirements for the MPA from the current UAA catalog
Course Descriptions of MPA courses from the current UAA catalog; see also Justice course descriptions for 600-level courses in the Criminal Justice emphasis of the MPA program
Graduate Admissions Information from the current UAA catalog.
1998 announcement of the creation of the Criminal Justice emphasis.
See the Master of Public Administration site maintained by the UAA Department of Public Administration for further information on the MPA Program.

Admission to the program

Apply to the program through Enrollment Services.

Last updated 14-Jan-2010 by ayjust@uaa.alaska.edu