PUBPOL 5012

Professional Development for Public Affairs

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course prepares MPA students to enter the job market with the expertise and experience to launch a successful career as well as obtain professional skills necessary to be leaders in the field of public affairs. Topics covered in this course include the role of change management, leading people, results-driven leadership, business acumen, and coalition-building in successful public affairs practice.

Enrollment Priority Enrollment limited to: Master of Public Administration (MPA) students.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate an understanding of how public managers facilitate strategic change, both inside and outside of their organizations.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how public managers lead people in meeting their organization's mission.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how public managers effectively meet organizational goals and ensure accountability to their clients/beneficiaries.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how public managers strategically allocate human, financial, and technological resources.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how public managers build coalitions inside and outside of their organizations.

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