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Master of Public Administration

About This Program


MPA Online

Designed for the convenience of working adults, the fully online version of CSUN's MPA program is offered in the cohort (group) format, and features the following advantages:

  • Stackable curricula – Beginning in Fall 2013, MPA students can select from a growing number of integrated options that can be taken either as part of the degree program or to satisfy the requirements for a linked graduate certificate.
  • The online MPA program is currently offered with the following options/majors:

     

    Public Sector Management and Leadership

     

    Health Administration

     

  • Convenience – The program features asynchronous course meetings, so that students can attend classes and access course materials on their own time even as they proceed through the course of study as a group, with weekly assignments.
  • Ease of Use – CSUN's distance-learning format is of the highest quality and extremely user friendly.
  • Excellent support and networking opportunities – Fellow participants interact online and develop strong professional relationships.
  • Fixed class schedules – CSUN's online MPA is a two-year program in which students take two assigned courses per semester.
  • Guaranteed enrollment – Students who have been admitted to the program can be certain that they are automatically enrolled in all of the courses required for the degree.
  • Efficiency – The MPA support staff completes all class-registration and program-related documentation.