Master of Public Administration（MPA） 南加州大学公共管理硕士项目
南加州大学的MPA项目在全美的公共管理项目中排名第四。MPA课程不仅为学生从事公共管理相关职业做好准备，而且还提供了与杰出研究中心合作的机会，给学生提供了6个专业方向进行选择。核心课程专注于管理、分析和政策制定的前沿课程。学生通过参与国际实验室和解决实际客户的特定政策项目来获得跨文化经验。学生实践的国家包括中国、巴西、阿根廷、意大利、爱尔兰等。
关于课程设置
MPA项目，学制2年，学生需要完成40学分课程，如果学生的工作经验少于25个月，则需要额外完成实习项目。核心课程（20学分）分为2大类：Institutions and Organizations和Analytics
具体课程如下：
Institutions and Organizations (10 units) 工业与组织
PPD 540 Fundamentals of Public Administration 公共管理基础
PPD 545 Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior 公共和非营利组织行为
PPDE 505 Professional Workshop in Public Administration 公共管理专业实践
Analytics (10 units) 分析
PPD 503 Economics for Public Policy 公共政策经济
PPD 504 Essential Statistics for Public Management 公共管理统计
PPD 541 Public Financial Management and Budgeting 公共财务管理与预算，或者
PPDE 645 Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations 非营利组织财务管理
选修课程 16学分，其中分析类选修课4分+管理类选修课4分
Analytic Elective (4 units) 学生需要从以下课程中选择一门：
PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation 政策与项目评估
PPD 554 Foundations of Policy Analysis 政策分析基础
PPD 557 Modeling and Operations Research 建模与运筹研究
PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis 多元统计分析
Management Elective (4 units)学生需要从以下课程中选择一门：
PPD 672 Collaborative Governance 合作管理
PPD 673 Strategic Planning in the Public Sector 公共领域战略规划
PPD 675 Nonprofit Management and Leadership非盈利管理与领导力
PPDE 648 Performance Management 绩效管理
另外，学校还提供6个具体的专业方向供学生选择：
— Local Government Management 当地政府管理
— Nonprofit Management 非盈利管理
— Health Management 健康管理
— Public Financial Management 公共财务管理
— International Development Governance & Comparative Administration 国际发展管理
— Arts Leadership 艺术领导力
关于就业
南加州大学的就业服务做的非常好，甚至有专门针对中国的就业服务。以下是2021的就要数据：
就业单位举例
Nonprofit Sector 非盈利机构
Caltech
Chinese American Planning Council
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
Concerned Capital
Corporation for National and Community Service
Goldhirsh Foundation
Harvard-Westlake School
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Hollywood Schoolhouse
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall
Memorial Care
Providence
Proyecto Pastoral
RAND Corporation
SHIELDS for Families
Strategic Energy Innovations, Inc
The Borgen Project
The Minority Freedom Community Fund
The R.O.A.D.S. Foundation
The Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (REDF)
University of California, Los Angeles Law
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Southern California (IIIII)
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation
USC Marshal Office of Career Services
Private Sector私营企业
AtWork Personnel Services
Bank of America
Boston Consulting Group
Cali Bamboo
Cambria Solutions
CBRE
Conestoga View Nursing Home
Consensus
Constant Associates
DreamWorks Animation
Eldestein Gilbert Robson & Smith LLC
Estolano Advisors
Fiona Hutton & Associates (II)
H&H Purchasing Services
Law Offices of Jane Oak & Associates, P.C.
Leberry Bakery
ManTech
Marriott Hotels
Melissa Arellano Consulting
Minhong Yu
NBCUniversal Media, LLC
Osteopathic Communications
Student Medicover
TGC
Think Academy (II)
Uber
UBS
World Elite
Wpromote
WuXi AppTec
Public Sector 公共服务单位
Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)
California Correctional Health Care Services
California Department of Education
California Department of Finance (I)
California Department of Justice
California Department of Health Care Services
California Public Utilities Commission
California State Senate (I)
California Volunteers, Office of the Governor
CalPERS
City of Bell Gardens
City of La Mesa
City of Lompoc
City of Los Angeles (II)
City of Los Angeles Fire & Police Pensions
City of Oceanside
City of Rosemead
City of Sacramento
City of Sacramento, Office of Councilman Eric Guerra
City of Whittier
Coconino County
CommonWealth of Massachusetts
County of Los Angeles Department of Consumer Affairs
Drug Enforcement Administration
East Los Angeles College
King County Washington
Los Angeles Unified School District
Lodi Police Department
Los Angeles City, Department of Water and Power
Los Angeles Community College District
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Metrolink
Nur-Saltan Police Department, Kazakhstan
Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom
Office of LA Council Member Kevin Deleon. Council District 14
Palos Verdes Penninsula Unified School District
Presidential Management Fellowship (Federal Government)
Sacramento County Board of Supervisors
South Coast Air Quality Management District
State of California
Superior Court of California, County of Nevada
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Army
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
U.S. Navy
申请要求
申请截止日期：
12月15日：奖学金截止日期
5月1日：国际学生申请截止日期
申请材料
- 申请费90美元
- 成绩单，录取学生平均GPA3.47，GPA在3.26 – 3.71这个区间
- 简历
- 3封推荐信
- GRE, USC目前不要求供GRE成绩
- 托福100，或者雅思7（单项6.5）
- Statement of purpose，1000字左右