PUBPOL 5910

Master of Public Administration Capstone I

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

PUBPOL 5910 is the first part of the MPA Capstone course, which provides students with opportunities to practice project management and research and analysis skills gained through their previous coursework while conducting projects and developing reports and presentations that address policy or public management problems for real-world organizations. Students work in small teams and develop leadership and team management skills, gain experience in conducting policy-related research and communicating research with policymakers and decisionmakers, and learn how to navigate organizational demands and constraints. In this course you will develop a report and several presentations that address policy and public management problems, weigh possible options and their consequences, and provide recommendations to an organization working in the policy and public affairs space. Second-year MPA students use the reports produced in this course to meet their Brooks MPA writing requirement for graduation.

Enrollment Information Enrollment limited to: Master of Public Administration (MPA) students.

Exploratory Studies (CU-CEL)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2025SP, 2024FA, 2024SP

Learning Outcomes

• Students will demonstrate the ability to apply learning from the MPA curriculum to real-life organizational problems related to policy and public administration.
• Students will demonstrate project and team management skills.
• Students will demonstrate oral presentation and professional dialogue skills.
• Students will demonstrate written communication skills.
• Students will demonstrate critical, creative, and reflective thinking (analysis, synthesis, and evaluation skills), providing with relevant and useful research and recommendations for organizations working in the policy and public affairs space.

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