Example Intensive Schedule
Curious about what to expect during a residential intensive?
The Executive MPA program includes two one-week residential sessions in Ithaca, where students connect in person with classmates and faculty. Held in early August, these sessions provide opportunities for both EMPA cohorts to take classes, collaborate on group assignments and capstone projects, and experience Ithaca together.
Below is a sample schedule. EMPAs in the upper cohort (those who have been in the program for a few semesters) also attended this intensive following the same schedule with a different suite of classes.
Intensive Sample Schedule:
Day 1: Welcome, Introductions, & Expectations
6th Floor, Johnson Museum of Art
Check-In and Swag Bags
Dinner
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Day 2: Campus Tour
Breakfast
PUBPOL 5213 Microeconomics for Public Affairs Executives
Lunch & Professional Headshot Session
PUBPOL 5413 Strategic Nonprofit Management for Executives
Campus Tour
Day 3: Lunch Talk & Cayuga Lake Cruise
Breakfast
PUBPOL 5213 Microeconomics for Public Affairs Executives
Lunch and EMPA Topic Talk: Storytelling Around DEI in Public Service
PUBPOL 5413 Strategic Nonprofit Management for Executives
Cayuga Lake Dinner Cruise with Live Music
Day 4: Cornell Dairy Bar
Breakfast
PUBPOL 5213 Microeconomics for Public Affairs Executives
Lunch & Professional Headshot
PADM 5413 Strategic Nonprofit Management for Executives
Cornell Dairy Bar Ice Cream Social
Day 5: Lunch Talk
Breakfast
PUBPOL 5453 International Public Management for Executives
Lunch and EMPA Topic Talk: Tompkins County Local History
Day 6: Library Tour & Closing Reception
Breakfast
Library Resource Presentation & Tour
Lunch
PUBPOL 5453 International Public Management for Executives
Closing Dinner Reception at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Day 7: Departure
Breakfast
PUBPOL 5453 International Public Management for Executives
EMPA Departure