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,

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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)