Important: This degree plan is effective for those starting this degree program in fall 2024 through summer 2025. This degree plan will remain in effect for students who do not break enrollment or who do not change degree programs, concentrations, or cognates.
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
PADM 700 | Public Administration Ethics, Statesmanship, & Governance | 3 |
PADM 702 | Advanced Public Administration Finance and Budgeting | 3 |
PADM 704 | Human Resources and the Legal and Regulatory Context of Public Administration | 3 |
PADM 708 | Studies in Urban Planning and State and Local Government | 3 |
PADM 710 | Information Management in Public Sector Organizations | 3 |
PADM 712 | Organizational Leadership and Behavior in Public Administration | 3 |
PADM 804 | Intergovernmental Relations and Public Administration | 3 |
Total Hours | 21 |
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
PADM 805 | Public Administration and Research Design | 3 |
PADM 810 | Quantitative Methods for Public Administration | 3 |
PADM 812 | Qualitative Methods for Public Administration | 3 |
PADM 885 | Research Concept | 3 |
Total Hours | 12 |
All applicable prerequisites must be met
Graduation Requirements
- Complete 48 total hours
- A maximum of 50% of a post-graduate and doctoral degree may be transferred if approved and allowable, including credit from an earned degree from Liberty University on the same academic level
- 3.0 GPA
- No grades lower than a B- may be applied to the degree
- Successful completion of Research Concept
- Degree must be completed within 5 years
- Submission of Degree Completion Application must be completed within the last semester of a student’s anticipated graduation date
Program Offered in Online Format