The program also prepares students to pursue further academic training in graduate or law school. Criminal justice majors must take PSC 130 and CJ 205 before choosing either the Correctional Administration, Criminal Justice Administration, Juvenile Justice Administration, or Law Enforcement Administration track. It is open, however, to other qualified students as well.
Students entering the program come from varied academic and vocational backgrounds.
Accordingly, no specific undergraduate major is required for admission to the MPA Program. However, certain course prerequisites must be satisfied prior to enrollment in any of the required core courses of the curriculum. Students in the program who are not already employed in the public sector should, if possible, serve in government internships, discussed below. The GRE requirement may be waived for holders of earned advanced degrees on the recommendation of the program coordinator. In addition to the minimum standards required by the Graduate School, the student must have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.7 and submit GRE general test scores.