Master of Public Policy Administration Degree Program at Ft. Leonard Wood

NOTE --WHEN STUDENTS SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS, THEY SHOULD BEGIN THEIR REQUIRED PERSONAL STATEMENTS (#28) BY INDICATING, IN ALL CAPS, THAT THEY ARE APPLYING TO THE MPPA PROGRAM AT FT. LEONARD WOOD.

• Students are required to submit three letters of recommendation. Forms for these letters are available at the admissions website referenced above.
• Students are required to have the undergraduate school from which they received their degree submit a transcript directly to UM-St. Louis. If students have undergraduate degree credits from more than one institution, we normally require transcripts from all such institutions. For the ECCC program, we will accept just the final, degree-completing transcript, if it lists all undergraduate work counted toward that degree, even if taken elsewhere. 
• No GRE scores are required for this program, but they should be sent if the GRE has been taken.
• Students with undergraduate GPA's above 3.0 qualify for regular admission. Students with undergraduate GPA's between 2.5 and 3.0 qualify for restricted admission. This requires students to maintain at least a 3.0 average in courses taken during ECCC.
• Students with undergraduate GPA's below 2.5 require special approval from the Dean of the UM-St. Louis Graduate School to qualify for restricted admission. UM-St. Louis intends to treat acceptance into the ECCC as evidence that students will be able to successfully complete the MPPA program.

PROGRAM FORMAT

 1. Coursework during ECCC - 15 credits

 a. 3 UM-St. Louis credits - PPA 6080 - Microeconomics for Policy Analysis
(to be given in an intensive Saturday format on eight Saturdays during ECCC)

 b. 12 UM-Rolla credits - shared ECCC and UM-Rolla instruction
CENG 345 - Construction Methods
EMGT 313 - Human Relations in Technical Management
EMGT 314 - Management for Engineers
CENG 380 - Water Resources and Wastewater Engineering Or CENG 442 - Construction Administration, Planning and Control

 2. Coursework at Ft. Leonard Wood following completion of ECCC - 24 UM-St. Louis credits (to be taught in two eight week sessions):

PPA 6010 - Introduction to Policy Research
PPA 6000 - Introduction to Policy Analysis
PPA 6210 - Public Sector Microeconomics
PPA 6400 - Proseminar in Public Administration
PPA 6180 - Governmental Budgeting and Financial Control
PPA 6900 - Cases in Public Policy Analysis
PPA 6600 - Organizational Behavior and Administrative Processes
PPA 6750 - Introduction to Evaluation Research Methods

3. Exit project - 1 UM-St. Louis credit (to be registered for the Fall semester: PPA 6990 - Exit Project Research

Click here for more information about the MPPA Program at UM-St. Louis.
For additional information, contact:

Dr. Gerald J. Blasi
Assistant Director of Ft. Leonard Wood Program
(314)516-6378
blasi@umsl.edu

Carlita Taylor
Program Assistant
MPPA and Ft. Leonard Wood Program
(314) 516-5241
taylorcj@umsl.edu