The Master of Arts in Public Safety Administration is designed for public safety professionals seeking to increase their knowledge and skills to lead and manage public safety organizations.

The safety and well being of our communities have become a greater challenge to public safety professionals because of our changing world. Public safety professionals must build partnerships, solve problems and protect assets and individuals while maintaining civil liberties. Service demands have exceeded budget capacity resulting in a need to be more effective and efficient in providing quality service on a daily basis and during natural and man made disasters.

The Master of Arts in Public Safety Administration will provide graduates the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills to lead and manage public safety organizations and increase partnerships in the community and with other organizations.

Graduates of the Master of Arts in Public Safety Administration should be able to:

1. Lead and manage public safety organizations.
2. Manage human resources to achieve strategic goals.
3. Manage financial resources to achieve strategic goals.
4. Create an environment to manage risk and promote quality.
5. Foster public trust by implementing accountability and integrity processes throughout the organization.
6. Create positive and productive working environments and working relationships with a variety of people.
7. Evaluate the impact of the political, legal, social and policy environments that impact public safety.
8. Promote technologies that solve problems or improve performance.
9. Plan strategies to address threats to the health and well being of communities, specific targets and events.
10. Implement disaster recovery programs.
11. Communicate in a variety of modes.
12. Demonstrate critical thinking skills.

Public Safety Administration Courses: 17 cr.
PSA600 Public Safety Systems 3 cr.
PSA605 Community Relations 3 cr.
PSA610 Risk Management in Public Safety 2 cr.
PSA615 Homeland Security and Emergency Management Principles 3 cr.
PSA620 Public Sector Finance 3 cr.

Capstone Course 3 cr.
PSA690 Public Safety Capstone 3 cr.

Other Required Courses 15 cr.
GM600 Management Principles 3 cr.
GM620 Communications Skills 2 cr.
GM625 Leadership and Decision Making 2 cr.
GM643 Multicultural Perspectives 2 cr.
GM655 Human Resource Management 2 cr.
GM670 Strategic Management 2 cr.
GM675 Managerial Ethics and Issues 2 cr.

Public Safety Electives – 4 Credits
GM629 Project Management 2 cr.
GM660 Financial Management 3 cr.
HS616 Health and Human Service Systems 3 cr.
HS621 Population Analysis 2 cr.
HS679 Public Policy: Issues and Trends 2 cr.
GM640 Legal and Government Systems 2 cr.
GM599 Management Development 2 cr.
GM625 Social Economics 2 cr.
GM667 Information Technology 2 cr.
HD568 Designing Corporate Training 2 cr.
HD635 Getting Published 1 cr.
HD636 Coaching and Team Building: Applying Human Development Principles in Organizations 1 cr.
HD720 Reengaging our Relationship With Conflict 1 cr.
HD734 The Art and Practice of Executive Coaching 2 cr.
GM605 Creative Problem Solving and Critical Thinking 2 cr.
GM630 Quantitative Methods 3 cr.
HRM602 Organizational Measurement and Assessment Issues in Human Resources 3 cr.