Executive Direction, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA)
Thomas O’Toole
tjo22@cornell.edu
Overview
The Executive Master of Public Administration program consists of 36 credits over 18 months, through online and residential experiences. The curriculum covers fundamental public management and policy analysis competencies and theories, and offers electives in leadership, strategy, decision analytics, managing personnel, and leveraging technology. The curriculum includes three intensive sessions on-campus in Ithaca. A capstone project, where students work with faculty to apply their coursework to a work project deemed strategically important by their managers, will complete the program’s academic requirements. All courses have been developed by Cornell faculty and are supported by Executives-in-Residence who mentor students through their capstone projects. Students need a 3.0 GPA for graduation and cannot receive any grade below a C- in a required course. For additional information, see the Executive Master of Administration website.
Students
The Executive Master of Public Administration program is delivered as a cohort model designed for working professionals with at least eight years of relevant experience. Students learn through asynchronous and synchronous online coursework, with three week-long sessions on Cornell University’s campus in Ithaca, NY.
Core Courses
Online
- PADM 5113 – Public Administration: A Strategic Planning Perspective
- PADM 5119 – Leadership for Public Service
- PADM 5133 – Law and Public Agency Decisions
- PADM 5123 – Microeconomics for Management and Policy I
- PADM 5173 – Market Regulation
- PADM 5313 – Managerial Statistics
- PADM 5413 – Strategic Nonprofit Management I
- PADM 5414 – Strategic Stakeholder Engagement
- PADM 5442 - Effective Policy Writing
- PADM 5423 - Accounting for Government and Nonprofit Organizations
- PADM 5433 – Project Management for Policy
- PADM 5434 - Fundraising
- PADM 5443 – Systems Thinking for Policy I
- PADM 5444 - Systems Thinking for Policy II
- PADM 5473 – Public Interest Technology
- PADM 5453 – International Public Management I
- PADM 5573 – Corporate Responsibility
- PADM 5614 – Intergovernmental Relations
Ithaca, NY Courses
- PADM 5123 – Microeconomics for Management and Policy II
- PADM 5174 - Public-Private Partnerships
- PADM 5433 – Project Management for Policy
- PADM 5413 – Strategic Nonprofit Management II
- PADM 5453 – International Public Management II
- PADM 5613 – Politics of the Policymaking Process
- PADM 5733 – Vulnerability Planning
Elective Areas of Study (4 credits)
Students may select from approved elective courses, some possible areas of study include:
- Business Analytics
- Cybersecurity
- Data Privacy Strategy
- Digital Transformation
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Employment Law
- International Human Rights
- Leadership Agility
- Navigating Power Relationships