Dual MPA/MA or MS in Sustainable Communities

Dual MPA/MS in Sustainable Communities Course Sequencing (69 credits)

Year One

Fall (13 credits)

Spring (13 credits)

PAFF 510/SUST 520 (4 cr.) Research

Design and Methods

PAFF 521 (4 cr.) Foundations of Public

Service

PAFF 520 (4 cr.) 21st Century Governance

PAFF 515, 516, or 523 (Evidence-Based

Decision-Making) (4 cr.) (SUST Advanced Methods)

SUST 500 (4 cr.) Sust. Communities I

SUST 510 (4 cr.) Sust. Communities II

SUST 530 (1 cr.) Colloquium

SUST 532 (1 cr.) Colloquium

 
 

Year 2

Fall (10 credits)

Spring (10 credits)

PAFF 527 (4 cr.) Budgeting & Finance

SUST (Economic Development) (3 cr.)

PAFF Internship (2 cr.)

SUST (Social Equity) (3 cr.)

SUST (Environmental Policy) (3 cr.)

PAFF or SUST Elective (3 cr.)

SUST 534 (1 cr.) Colloquium

SUST 536 (1 cr.) Colloquium

 
 

Year 3

Fall (13 credits)

Spring (11 credits)

PAFF 526 (2 cr.) Managing Info & Tech

PAFF or SUST Elective (3 cr.)

PAFF 524, 532, 534, 535, or 536 (Managing People in Organizations) (3 cr.)

PAFF or SUST Elective (3 cr.)

PAFF or SUST Elective (3 cr.)

PAFF 589 (3 cr.) The Reflective

Practitioner

PAFF or SUST Elective (3 cr.)

SUST 589  (2 cr.)

SUST 588 (2 cr.)