Brooks MPA students in the Public and Nonprofit Management concentration intend to pursue careers as general managers in the global public or nonprofit sectors. Students develop in-depth skills in public and nonprofit leadership and strategy, budgeting and financial analysis, human resource management, negotiations, organizational behavior, and stakeholder engagement. Specialists in this area develop the skills required to work in federal, state, or local government, as well as in private and nonprofit organizations that interface with government. 

Concentration Gateway Course

• Nonprofit Management, Finance, and Leadership

Representative Coursework

• Program Evaluation for Community Organizations
• Fundraising, Grantmaking, and Lobbying
• Strategic Planning
• International Public and NGO Management
• Consulting for Nonprofit and Government Organizations
• Strategic Negotiation in Theory and Practice
• Public and Nonprofit Marketing and Communication
• Politics, Policy, and Political Management
• Legal Aspects of Public Agency Decision Making
• International Political Economy
• Politics of Public Policy
• Bridging the Gap: Connecting Research and Policy in the NYS Legislature

Representative Employers

• AFL-CIO
• CCS Fundraising
• Clinton Foundation
• Concern Worldwide
• DC Central Kitchen
• DC Jazz Festival
• Graham Pelton Consulting
• Luce Foundation
• National Academy of Public Administration
• NYC Comptroller’s Office
• NYC Mayor’s Office of Operations
• NY State Senate
• Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Teach for America
• US Department of Commerce
• US Department of Treasury
• US Securities and Exchange Commission
• Vietnam Education Foundation
• White House Council on Community Solutions
• Atlantic Council of the United States
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• Congressional Research Services
• Deloitte
• NYC Office of Management and Budget
• Office of NYC Comptroller
• UN Office of Human Resource Management, Strategic Planning and Staffing
• US Government Accountability Office

Representative Occupational Titles

• Program Analyst
• Program Coordinator
• Program Examiner
• Program Officer
• Senior Consultant