All Master of Public Affairs students are required to select an area of concentration. There are two concentrations to choose from—Public and Nonprofit Management or Public Policy.
Public and Nonprofit Management concentration
Nonprofit Management Courses
- Nonprofit Organizations: Structure, Governance and Strategy
- Nonprofit Organizations: Advocacy, Collaboration and Fundraising
- Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness I
- Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness II
- Nonprofit Ethics and Governance
Public Management Courses
- Public Human Resource Management
- Organizational Dynamics and Leadership
- Strategic Management of Public and Nonprofit Organizations
- Grant Writing
Strategic Communication
- Topics in Strategic Communication
- Digital Strategic Communication
- Leadership Communication
- Foundations of Strategic Communication
- Public Policy and Persuasion
Public Policy concentration
Criminal Justice
- Policies and Procedures of Policing
- Crime and Public Policy
- Communities and Crime
Economic Development Policy
- Economic Development Policy
- Economic Development Finance
Educational Policy
- Introduction to Educational Policy
- Higher Education Policy
- K-12 Education Finance and Policy
Environmental Policy
- Environmental Economics and Policy
- Environmental Policy
- Environmental Management
- Modeling Dynamic Systems
- Resilient Infrastructure and Emergency Response
- Politics and Economics of the Food, Energy, Water Nexus
- Environmental Law
- International Environmental Law
- Water Wars: Conflict and Cooperation
Health Policy
- Designing Sustainable and Healthy Cities
- Health Policy
- Health Policy Analysis
- Federalism and Health Policy
Housing and Community Development Policy
- Housing Policy
- Community Development in the Upper Midwest
Methods
The Politics of Public Policy Making
- Strategic Political Communication
- The U.S. Congress
- Immigration Politics
- Interest Groups
- State Politics in Iowa
- Campaigns, Elections, and Voting Behavior
- Public Opinion
- Politics of Aging
- Public Policy and Persuasion
Sustainable Development
- Environmental Economics and Policy
- Sustainable Systems
- Politics and Economics of the Food, Energy, Water Nexus
- Sustainable and Green Building Concepts
- Environmental Impact Analysis
- Environmental Justice
Transportation Policy
- Transportation Policy and Planning
- Planning Sustainable Transportation
- Transportation and Land Use Planning