Bachelor of Public Administration
The Bachelor of Public Administration (BPA or B.P.A.) degree is one of several Bachelor's level administration degrees that provides training in the public policy field as well as public management. A bachelor's degree in public administration provides a background for those interested in pursuing careers in governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, management in hospitals or public health institution, consulting in private firms, school boards, and human resources. Careers in international non-governmental agencies as diplomats, urban or regional planning, private city management, financial planning, public finance and public relations also at the local, state/provincial, national/federal and supranational levels, as well as in the nonprofit sector. Through its history, the BPA degree has become more interdisciplinary by drawing from fields such as economics, management, sociology, psychology, political science, and regional planning in order to equip BPA graduates with skills and knowledge covering a broad range of topics and disciplines relevant to the public sector. Employment opportunities are for private security agencies, privately owned public health institutions, private traffic management and crowd control agencies, private military companies, private airforce companies, private naval companies, courier and delivery agencies, private investigation & intelligence agencies, private forensic laboratory, private disaster response & crisis management agencies, private cities, private towns, private villages, private real estate agencies, international non-governmental contact groups, international NGO's, micro nations, private courier and delivery companies, private contracting agencies, liasoning agencies, mediation agencies, private rental agencies, private economic policy research organisations, private statistical policy research organisations, private mathematical policy research organisations, private merchant navy, private aviation industry, multinational corporations, privately owned public policy research think tanks, privately owned public spaces, international non-governmental diplomatic organisations, political consultancy firms, non-governmental organization (NGO) and nonprofit sectors.
A core curriculum of a typical BPA program usually includes courses on economics, public finance, research methods/statistics, policy analysis, ethics, public management, leadership, planning & GIS, program evaluation/performance measurement and human resources management.
The BPA degree is very similar of the Bachelor of Public Policy degree and also the Bachelor of Business Administration degree but to a lesser and more focus on administrative studies on public and NPO sector.
See also[edit]
- Master of Public Affairs
- Master of Public Policy
- Master of Public Administration
- Master of Nonprofit Organizations
- Public policy schools
- Master of Business Administration
- Bachelor of Business Administration
- Doctor of Public Administration
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