Degree Requirements

Our Executive Master of Public Education (MPA) program at the Evans School is based on a cohort system with 45 credit hours of coursework taking approximately 16 months to complete. There is no final degree project or thesis required.

The required 45 credit hours of coursework include:

• A one-week residential foundation seminar in October, which introduces strategic leadership concepts in the public and nonprofit sectors, including:
  • Differing leadership styles
  • Understanding the authorizing environment and the role of being a leader
  • Setting vision, mission, and goals
  • Using frameworks for analyzing organizational environments
  • Connecting strategic and operational planning to mission and purpose
  • Placing the modern organization in the regional and global economies
• Twelve weekends of in-classroom core coursework during three-day intensive courses held Friday through Sunday, approximately every five weeks. These core courses are designed to sharpen your skills in:
  • Strategic leadership
  • Planning and financial analysis
  • Organizational culture
  • Human resource management
  • Performance measurement
  • Critical thinking
  • Effective communication
  • And much more
• Distance learning online between weekend classes with written assignments, short exercises, and readings that will prepare you for the following month’s core coursework.

Find out more about the:

• Executive MPA faculty,
• Admissions process,
• And tuition and expenses.

You can also contact our Executive MPA office at execmpa@u.washington.edu or 206.616.0778.