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Walden University

School of Public Policy and Administration:-

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  • M.S. in Nonprofit Management and Leadership (M.S. NP)

    • General:
      Nonprofit organizations employ a sizable and increasing share of the nation's workforce, with employment growth outpacing a number of major industries. Advance your career in this important high-growth sector as you enhance your ability to create positive social change. Whatever your background, gain the management and organizational skills you need to lead diverse and complex nonprofits. Broaden your perspective of nonprofits through international themes and concepts incorporated throughout your coursework. Complete Walden University's program in just 18 months, depending on individual progress.





  • Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration - Course-based

    • Criminal Justice:
      This specialization is designed for criminal justice professionals, including supervisors and managers in policing, courts, corrections, security, and associated support agencies, who aspire to move into upper-level management and administrative assignments. The coursework includes an in-depth review and discussion of contemporary decision-making models and issues confronting the American criminal justice system.


    • General:
      Complete the General Program if you want to pursue an area of interest that is not among the specializations currently offered. This provides you maximum flexibility by allowing you to design a program that most closely matches your personal and professional goals. The program is completed by choosing any three specialization courses from among the Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration program's specializations.


    • Emergency Management:
      The Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration program prepares you to meet the challenges of governance and effective service delivery as government and nonprofit institutions increasingly become intertwined. You'll integrate scholarly research with your professional experience, gaining the knowledge, confidence, and expertise to create effective solutions.


    • Policy Analysis:
      Policy shapes the workings of government and its partners. This specialization provides a critical context within which organizations and individuals act in a democratic society. It will prepare you to function knowledgeably within this context and to work collaboratively to help shape public policy development and implementation.


    • Health Policy:
      Healthcare has undergone radical changes over the past several years. The major business enterprises that now govern the industry have changed the way healthcare is delivered, and managers must quickly adapt to become successful. A specialization in Health Policy will help you gain valuable knowledge about health delivery systems, health policy, health administration, and health finance centers so you can manage effectively and successfully in this unique environment.


    • Homeland Security Policy and Coordination:
      Today's complex public safety environment demands smart policy on emergency response strategies. This specialization prepares homeland security professionals to implement protective measures without compromising individual rights and freedoms. With this knowledge, students are equipped to effectively develop policy to protect individuals' safety and freedom.


    • Interdisciplinary Policy Studies:
      Public policy encompasses a wide range of issues from legislative rulings to homeland security. Gain a more thorough understanding of complex and interrelated policy challenges, including public health and safety, urban sprawl, immigration, and affordable housing. Learn to work with government and community shareholders as you broaden your public policy perspective.


    • International Non Governmental Organizations:
      In an era of increasing globalization, it is important for leaders of nonprofit organizations and government departments at the local, state, and national level to know how to operate in an international environment. This specialization explores how countries organize, regulate, and foster nongovernmental activities; how international intergovernmental organizations operate; and how representatives of these organizations can learn from, partner with, and work within organizations worldwide. By focusing on the effects of globalization and the cultures and sociopolitical environments of diverse nations and organizations, students in this specialization learn how to work effectively with nongovernmental, voluntary, and intergovernmental organizations around the world.


    • Law and Public Policy:
      In this specialization, you will examine how legal decisions and the law have a significant impact on the creation of public policy. Discover the relationships between law and public policy, and learn how to access vital legal knowledge available to public policy practitioners. Gain a solid background in legal concepts, cases, and current trends that will give you a head start if you decide to pursue a law degree or if you encounter legal questions in your workplace.


    • Local Government Management for Sustainable Communities:
      With this specialization, you will learn how to create and maintain sustainable communities that are environmentally sound, economically prosperous, and socially equitable. Explore the interrelated elements that make a community viable and access the tools and resources for sustainable community development. Be prepared to succeed in such roles as a town manager, department head, or director of a social service organization.


    • Nonprofit Management and Leadership:
      Without constant attention to democratic and social institutions, a society and its individuals cannot prosper. This specialization investigates these issues and prepares you to become a knowledgeable, social-change agent through scholarly inquiry, applied research, and effective participation in these institutions.


    • Public Management and Leadership:
      In this specialization, apply a systems perspective as you develop strategies for organizational change in the public organization of your choice. Discover how transformative change occurs in complex public systems, and learn to use the language of leadership to motivate, inspire, and competently lead your organization and shape public policy.


    • Terrorism, Mediation, and Peace:
      In this specialization, learn the immediate and long-term implications of anti-terrorism legislation and policies. Study how terrorism policies are drafted and enforced, while you analyze the ethical issues related to human rights and the psychology of terrorism. Explore the effects of disaster, crisis, and trauma and the appropriate interventions for individuals and groups. Examine the roots of international and domestic terrorism, the catalysts and motivations for terrorists’ acts, and how media and technology may aid or block terrorists' activities.








 
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