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Master of Public
Administration
OBJECTIVE OF THE MPA PROGRAM
The Master of Public Administration (MPA) program is designed for students
interested in a thorough understanding of the processes and practices associated with
the management of public sector organizations at the national and local levels. It seeks
to improve public and nonprofit management by preparing highly competent, skilled
and ethical administrators to work in applied settings.
Graduates of the program will demonstrate:
Skills necessary for managing in a multi-disciplinary non-business environment
Ability to recognize and evaluate the ethical implications of their actions and act
as socially responsible administrators and leaders
Leadership and team-building skills in an environment where profit is not the
paramount objective
Expertise in using analytical tools and techniques in research relevant to public
administration
Course Code Description Units
GPU 716 Government Accounting, Auditing and Management Audit
3
GPU 717 Job Evaluation and Salary Administration
3
GPU 727 Policy Analysis 3
GPU 729 The Policy Process 3
Course Code Description Units
GPU 798 Thesis Writing I 3
GPU 799 Thesis Writing II with colloquium 3
MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (MPA)
Plan A, With Thesis Total Units: 36
I. BASIC COURSES (9 units) II. ELECTIVE COURSES (6 units)
(Choose any two)
III. GPU 730 – WRITTEN COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION
(To be taken after finishing all the core/foundation and
major courses in the curriculum and before thesis writing)
IV. THESIS (6 Units)
Course Code Description Units
GPU 711 Principles of Public
Administration
3
Choose any one of the following:
GMB 712 Business and Management 3 Research
3
GPU 714 Research Methods in Public Research
3
Choose any one of the following:
GER 712 Statistics Applied to
Educational Research
3
GMB 713 Managerial Statistics with
Computer Application
3
GPU 715 Research Statistics 3
II. MAJOR COURSES (15 Units)
Course Code Description Units
GMB 715 Human Behavior in
Organization
3
GPU 712 Organization Theory and
Management
3
GPU 720 Program and Project
Development
3
GPU 722 Public Policy and Program 3
GPU 723 Local Government and
Regional Administration
3
GPU 725 Financial Management in Government
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION GPU 711 - PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
Principles, issues, trends in the theory and
process of public administration. (3 units)
GPU 712 - ORGANIZATION THEORY AND MANAGEMENT
This course is designed to help students
understand the dynamics of organization and
management as applied to public administration.
The subject covers rules of organization and
business management principles from the overall
structures to the various aspects of the enterprise/
agency at various stages of the country’s growth.
The students will also be guided on how to critic
and evaluate public and business published
management policies and their implementation. (3
units)
GPU 714 - RESEARCH METHODS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Scientific procedures, research concepts,
designs and methods applicable to public
administration. (3 units)
GER 712 – STATISTICS APPLIED TO EDUCATION RESEARCH I
Designed to familiarize students with basic
statistical techniques applied to educational
problems; emphasis is on developing a good grasp
of the logic behind statistical procedures; the
computation and application of elementary
statistical tests will likewise be treated; for
exposition, the main vehicle will be individual
reporting following the format of clarification,
elaboration, illustration and check- up; some
laboratory and practicum-type work will be
ventured; expects students to be able to utilize basic
statistics for conducting sound educational
appraisal and research, at the end of course. (3
units)
GMB 712 - BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
RESEARCH
Research methods used in the study of
organizations, including experimental design,
survey research, case methods, questionnaire and
interview construction, and scaling techniques.
Students are expected to design business and
management research projects that are carried out
later. (3 units)
GMB 713 - MANAGERIAL STATISTICS WITH COMPUTER APPLICATION
Methods of collecting, analyzing and
interpreting data for managerial decision making.
Topics include data presentation, measures of
central tendency, dispersion and skewness, discrete
and continuous probability distributions, sampling
methods and distributions, confidence intervals
(for parameter estimates) and tests of hypotheses.
(3 units)
GMB 715 – HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN
ORGANIZATION
An introduction to basic organizational
behavior concepts, and how to develop effective
people management strategies, and gain insight into
one’s own behavior in order to increase chances of
success in a variety of organizations. (3 units)
GPU 715 - RESEARCH STATISTICS
Statistical techniques applied to research
in decision-making, policy formulation, and
program development and evaluation. (3 units)
GPU 716 - GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING, AUDITING, AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT
Principles, concepts, methods and
procedures in government accounting, auditing,
procedures underlying a comprehensive audit of
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government operations. (3 units)
GPU 717 - JOB EVALUATION AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION
Concepts, systems, and processes, as well as
problems and current practices on job and
compensation management applied in public
organizations. (3 units)
GPU 720 - PROGRAM AND PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT
Program and project implementation and
evaluation. It orients students on the techniques for
evaluating processes and outcomes of public
sector and non-profit programs. It uses a
“survey” approach to present an overview of
key elements of program evaluation, which
includes data gathering, budgeting, and practical
issues. (3 units)
GPU 722 - PUBLIC POLICY AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
Dynamics of public policy formulation and
development, program implementation, program
budgeting, organizing management and service
delivery. (3 units)
GPU 723 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION
The structure and functions of Philippine
local government as envisioned by the local
government code; its agencies and corporations;
relations and coordination in the attainment of
regional and national development goals. (3 units)
GPU 725 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN GOVERNMENT
Financial management including financial
planning, budget analysis and preparation,
accounting cash management, and financial
accountability in a government organization. (3
units)
GPU 727 - POLICY ANALYSIS
Techniques in coping with changes in
the socio-economic, political, and administrative
sectors of the national government towards
attainment of efficiency and effectiveness of the
national economy. (3 units)
GPU 729 - THE POLICY PROCESS
Methodological, environmental, institutional, and
substantive issues in the policy cycle, including in-
depth analysis of specific substantive policy issues.
(3 units)
GPU 730 - WRITTEN COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
To be taken after finishing all the
core/foundation/major courses in the curriculum
and before thesis writing. (3 units)
GPU 798 - THESIS WRITING I
The MPA program requires each student to
demonstrate his/her mastery of a specific problem
drawn from chosen field of specialization,
relevant business literature and
theory, and appropriate research methods by
passing the oral presentation of his/her thesis
proposal. This proposal normally includes
submission―to the student’s MPA Thesis
Committee―of the first three chapters of his/her
study, to wit:
• The Research Problem • Review of Related Literature and Studies • Research Design The thesis writing course provides students with
direct advising instruction designed to help
students present passing proposals. Each
student’s Thesis Committee Chairperson certifies
to the Dean that the formal MPA Thesis
Proposal is acceptable. (3 units)
GPU 799 - THESIS WRITING II WITH COLLOQUIUM
The course provides individual faculty
mentoring to the student while they continue the
process of completing their projects. The final
requirement of the course is a successful oral
defense of the completed research study. Prior
to graduation, the student’s Thesis committee must
approve the MPA Thesis without changes. (3 units)