MBA/MPA

Coordinator:
Charles N. Coleman, Assistant Professor of Public Management, M.P.A., West Virginia University

The M.B.A./M.P.A. dual degree program is designed for those whose interests or career objectives are focused on both the public and private sectors of the economy. The program broadly stresses the use of management skills and analytic techniques applied to business, industrial, governmental, and not-for-profit organizations.

M.B.A./M.P.A. Dual Degree

The M.B.A./M.P.A. program consists of 75 credit hours. Up to 15 of these may be waived on the basis of undergraduate coursework, leaving a minimum requirement of 60 credit hours. All waivers must be approved in writing by the appropriate department and are conditional upon subsequent academic performance.

Graduate credit may be transferred from other accredited institutions subject to Graduate School policy on transfer credit detailed elsewhere in this catalog. In all cases, the residency requirement for the two degrees shall be 60 credit hours completed at the University of New Haven. Within these 60 credit hours, a minimum of 21 must be earned in business courses and a minimum of 21 in public administration courses.