The purpose of the Public Administration program is to prepare professionals for immediate employment and upward    mobility in professional careers in government or for graduate study where     the nature of the profession requires the Master's degree as the entry criterion.  Its greatest single assest is its potential to alleviate the shortage of professionally educated public administrators, especially those from minority groups, in local, state, national and international public service.

The program is designed to prepare    students to resolve the increasingly complex dynamics of working, leading and managing public organizations.  It is a response to the increasing importance of planning and management as major instruments in developing solutions to problems of cities  and metropolitan regions.  Students leave the program with an array of conceptual, quantitative and professional skills.