The Master of Science in Public Administration program prepares graduates for a variety of administrative roles within the public sector. This curriculum ensures that students can engage in the core competencies of enhancing leadership and decision-making, contributing to the public policy process communicating effectively in diverse organizational settings, advancing a public service perspective, and using critical thinking and problem solving in organizational settings to serve the public (community) within the public or non-profit sectors. Throughout this program students will focus on the human health aspect, community needs awareness, organizational development, management and theories, accounting and financial management, public law to include family law and crisis intervention, government budgeting and statistics to improve on the community growth and outcomes, problem-solving, analysis, ethics, and improved organizational performance. Students will be able to use key concepts and analytical approaches from human resource administration, public budgeting, ethics and administrative law, within the context of the public service values of equity, accountability, transparency, access and responsiveness to diversity.