Full-time day students complete 60 credit hours of course work, encompassing the core requirements, an internship and a degree project. This program enables these students, typically midlevel managers, to work full-time while developing the leadership and analytic tools needed to attain higher leadership positions within their organization or field. The Evening Degree Program blends academic and professional perspectives to engender a practical orientation to the theories, values and managerial skills critical to success in public life. Mid-career students must successfully complete 54 credits of graduate coursework to receive the M.P.A. degree. Degree requirements are divided between the integrated core sequence, electives, and leadership seminars.
Students usually take two evening courses each quarter and graduate in three years.
Mid-career students do not have an internship or degree project requirement. Although summer attendance is not required, some students take electives during the summer quarter to reduce academic year course loads. The integrated core sequence is a series of management and analysis courses required of all students. Since the materials in these courses build upon each other, these classes must be taken in sequence. The integrated core curriculum is designed by a team of Evans School faculty and distinguished practitioners.