The School of Public Affairs is an academic unit within the College of Public Programs at Arizona State University (ASU). As a public policy school, ASU School of Public Affairs offers educational and professional opportunities to help build stronger and more effective public leaders.

Undergraduate programs

• Leadership & Ethics Certificate
• Public Administration & Management Certificate
• Public Administration & Management Concentration
• Bachelor of Urban & Metropolitan Studies

Graduate programs

• Master of Public Policy
• Master of Public Administration
• Marvin Andrews Program in Urban Management
• ICMA Scholars Program in Performance Measurement
• Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration

About the School

The ASU School of Public Affairs offers the only NASPAA-accredited MPA program in the Phoenix metropolitan area, a program consistently ranked as one of the best MPA programs in the country by U.S. News and World Report Arizona State University. The School also offers a Ph.D. program in Public Administration, as well as undergraduate programs in Public Management and Administration and in Leadership and Ethics. The School began a new Bachelor?s degree in Urban and Metropolitan Studies and a new Master of Public Policy degree in Fall 2006.

In conjunction with the School?s move to a new Downtown Phoenix campus in the fall of 2006, the ASU School of Public Affairs has recently made a new commitment to ?advancing urban governance in a global context.?

The ASU School of Public Affairs? faculty includes recipients of academic and professional awards, including membership in the National Academy of Public Administration. The School champions diversity, and is international in scope.

In addition to its academic programs, the ASU School of Public Affairs houses the Morrison Institute for Public Policy, which provides policy research and analysis for audiences all across the state and region, and the Executive Education Program, which offers executive development opportunities for practitioners in the field.

College of Humans Services Programs merge

In November 2008, the College of Human Services was discontinued as an administrative unit, and the programs were moved to College of Public Programs.^[1]

Schools and Departments that moved

• School of Aging and Lifespan Development
• Department of Communication Studies
• School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Department of Recreation and Tourism Management
• Department of Social Work

About ASU

Enrolling more than 64,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on four campuses in metropolitan Phoenix, ASU has become a center for interdisciplinary teaching and research. ASU offers resources for study and research, including libraries and museums, studios and performing arts spaces for creative endeavor, and scientific and technological laboratories and research facilities.

Notes and references

1. ↑ "ASU Announces Budget Reduction" ASU News

External links

• ASU School of Public Affairs website

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