PUBPOL 5930

Writing Professional Reports for Public Affairs

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This 7 week seminar course will focus on writing for policy and professional audiences in public affairs. This course is directed toward second-year students in the MPA program who plan to complete a professional report to meet the MPA degree writing requirement. Students will define their research project for a client organization, and develop the professional report proposal, project management workplan, and literature review for their professional report.

Enrollment Priority REF-FA25 Enrollment limited to: Master of Public Administration (MPA) students.

Distribution Requirements (KCM-HE, SBA-HE)

Last 4 terms offered (None)

Outcomes REF-FA25

• Students will demonstrate research project and proposal development in relation to client organizations, including determining project scope, purposes, objectives, and procedures and alignment with the mission and need of a client organization.
• Students will develop a prospectus and a literature review for a professional report of relevance to a client organization, as well as demonstrate skills necessary to communicate with a broad audience.
• Students will present research findings to non-academic audiences through oral and written presentations.

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