Degree Requirements
(for students entering the program in Fall 2003 semester and after)
A minimum of 96 semester hours of coursework beyond the baccalaureate is required. Those holding the Master of Public Administration from UIC or an equivalent program will ordinarily receive a maximum of 32 semester hours toward the degree requirement. A cumulative grade point average of at least 3.00 (A = 4.00) in all graduate courses taken at UIC is required for graduation.
The required courses are listed below:
Students must satisfactorily complete the following courses for a total of 28 semester hours. Credit is not given for any course in which a grade of less than "B" is earned.
Core Courses - Theory (12 Hours)
Core Courses - Methods (12 Hours**)
Core Courses - Applied Research Seminars (4 Hours)
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Areas of Specialization (Minimum 16 Hours**)
Each doctoral student will be required to select two of the following four areas of specialization and take at least two courses in each area of specialization:
Public Management
Financial Management
Science, Technology and Information Policy
Survey Methods
**A total of 14 credit hours are required for the Survey Methods specialization.
Public Management
Ph.D. Specific Courses:
PA 527: Public Management Theory (required)
PA 528: Public Program Evaluation
PA 534: Human Resources Development and Management
MPA-level courses which can be taken by Ph.D. students in fulfillment of the area of specialization requirements:
PA 521: Strategic Management: Planning and Measurement
PA 522: Ethics and Accountability
PA 523: Intergovernmental Management
PA 524: Leadership in Public Sector Organizations
PA 526: Public Decision Analysis
PA 529: Change and Reform in Public Organizations
PA 532: Labor Management Relations in the Public Sector
PA 533: Managing Workplace Diversity
PA 494: Special Topics in PA: Strategic Management
Financial Management
Ph.D. Specific Courses:
PA 554: Advanced Seminar in Financial Management (required)
MPA-level courses which can be taken by Ph.D. students in fulfillment of the area of specialization requirements:
PA 521: Strategic Management: Planning and Measurement
PA 523: Intergovernmental Management
PA 550: Financial Management of Government
PA 551: Governmental Accounting
PA 552: Capital Budgeting and Infrastructure
PA 553: State and Local Public Finance
UPP 533: Development Finance Analysis
Science, Technology, and Information Policy
Ph.D. Specific Courses:
PA 464: Technology and Information Policy (required)
PA 466: Science, Technology, and Public Policy (required)
MPA-level courses which can be taken by Ph.D. students in fulfillment of the area of specialization requirements:
PA 460: Computers in Public Administration
PA 461: Management of Information Technology in Government
PA 463: Online Public Administration
POLS/PA 567: Information Management in Public Sector Organizations
PA 494: Special Topics in PA: Environmental Policy and Regulation
PA 494: Special Topics in PA: Science, Technology, and the Environment
PA 494: Special Topics in PA: Environmental Management
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Survey Methods
A total of 14 credit hours are required in the Survey Methods area of specialization, including PA 578.
CHSC 447: Survey Planning and Design
CHSC 577: Survey Questionnaire Design
BSTT 440: Sampling and Estimation Methods
PA 578: Surveys, Public Opinion, and Public Policy (required)
PA 579: Practicum in Survey Research (2 - 6 variable credit hours)
(Each course below is 2 credit hours. These courses will either meet for 1.5 hours per week or will only meet for 8 weeks.)
PA 580: Survey Non-Response
PA 581: Cross-Cultural Survey Measurement
PA 582: Survey Data Collection Methods
PA 583: Cognitive Processing of Survey Information
PA 584: Internet Surveys
PA 585: Survey Research Ethics
PA 586: History of Survey Research
PA 587: Seminar in Special Issues in Survey Methodology
PA 588: Survey Data Reduction and Analysis
Preliminary Examination
After completion of course work students must pass a preliminary examination designed to test their scholarly competence and knowledge. The doctoral preliminary examination is designed to assess the degree of mastery which degree candidates have achieved over a body of knowledge, to measure their ability to integrate that knowledge, and to apply it creatively in the analysis of problems to which it is germane. The preliminary examination will consist of three parts, the theoretical core and one for each of the two areas of specializations.
Dissertation
The student who satisfactorily completes the above requirements will be advanced to degree candidacy and will undertake the doctoral dissertation in public administration in accordance with requirements and procedures of the Graduate College. The dissertation will make a contribution to knowledge in public administration and will be publicly defended before the scholarly community and a committee appointed by the Dean of the Graduate College on the recommendation of the Program Director. Up to 28 semester hours may be awarded for dissertation research.
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