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Electives Selected by Clinton School Students

Of the 36 course hours required to receive the Master of Public Service (MPS) degree, 14 credit hours are fulfilled with core curriculum classes, with an additional 2 hour “Career Opportunities in Public Service Seminar,” 11 credit hours—the Practicum, the International Public Service Project (IPSP) and the Capstone—are completed in the field, and 9 credit hours are elective courses.

Clinton School students in Class 1 and 2 selected some of the following classes as their elective choices:

Offered at the Clinton School:

  • Economics in Public Service
  • Professional Communication
  • Education Reform
  • Health Care Policy and American Society
  • American Grand Strategy
  • Public Service Advocacy
  • Clinton Presidency
  • Grant Writing for the Public Service Professional
  • Marketing the Non-Profit for the Public Service Professional
  • Media Relations for the Public Service Professional
  • Public Finance for the Public Service Professional
  • 2010 Campaigns and Elections II
  • Learning, Service and Community
  • Fundraising
  • Foreign Public Service
  • Diffusion of Pro-Social Innovations

Offered at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock:

  • Politics in Action
  • Financial Management for Non-Profits
  • Clinton Presidency
  • Organization Communication Theory
  • Effective Crisis Communication
  • Grant Writing
  • Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations
  • Managing Public Disputes
  • Press and Propaganda
  • 21st Century Non-Profits

Offered at the UA Bowen School of Law:

  • Critical Race Theory
  • Family Mediation
  • Immigration
  • Legislation
  • Civil Liberties

Offered at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Public Health:

  • Leadership Training and Development
  • Health Care System
  • Health System Policy