Each student must have a field of specialization and it is expected that some portion of specialization course work will be taken outside of the School. The particular combination of courses for each specialization is to be designed by the student in consultation with his or her advisor. Students may propose fields of specialization which are not listed below.
As a part of the specialization, students will be required to take PAD 5915r Supervised Research under the direction of their major professor.

The focus of this course is on manuscript revision and /or proposal preparation. The student works under the supervision of a faculty member to produce a paper of publishable quality. The supervised research course can have one or both of the following components: the revision of a completed manuscript and its submission to a refereed journal; the completion of an external grant proposal to fund dissertation research. Three to five hours of graded (S/U) Supervised Research credit will be given.

• Institutions and Organizations


• Human Resources
• Public Financial Management


• Public Policy


• Minor in Public Administration