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2010-2011 Denver Campus Catalog 
    
2010-2011 Denver Campus Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

At A Glance: School of Public Affairs


 

Students*

566
Undergraduate: 154
Graduate: 412
 

Degrees Awarded 2009‡

Undergraduate: 6
Graduate: 149 

Degree Programs

Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice (BA)

Master of Public Administration (MPA)

  Optional concentrations in
    local government
    environmental policy, management and law
    domestic violence
    nonprofit management
    emergency management and homeland security
    homeland defense
Executive and accelerated MPA options
Certificate in interpersonal violence and helath care
Master of Criminal Justice (MCJ)
    Optional concentration in domestic violence
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Affairs
    Optional concentration in homeland security (pending funding)
 

Faculty*

Regular: 20
Lecturers: 24
 

Student-Faculty Ratio

10:1
 

Alumni‡

3,223
 Undergraduate: 1%     Graduate: 99%

Sample Organizations Hiring Alumni

State of Colorado
National Conference of State Legislatures
Arapahoe Library District
Environmental Protection Agency
Denver Public Schools
American Lung Assocation
City and County of Denver
Colorado Municipal League
City of Aspen
Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Colorado Office of Legislative Auditing
Bell Policy Center
U.S. Park Service

 

At A Glance: School of Public Affairs


 

Accreditation

  National Association of Schools of Public
      Affairs and Administration (NASPAA)
 
 

Institutes and Centers

  Institute for Policy Research
       and Implementation
  Center on Domestic Violence
  Wirth Chair in Environmental and
      Community Development Policy
  Center for Education Policy Analysis
  Center for Public/Private Sector Cooperation
  Center for the Improvement of
      Public Management
  Center on Reinventing Public Education—
      Denver
 
 

Bragging Rights

  The only public institution in Colorado
      authorized to grant graduate degrees in
      Public Affairs
  Ranked 32nd nationally by U.S. News &
      World Report
  Houses the editorial office of the
      Public Administration Review (PAR), the
      premier journal in the field of public affairs.
  SPA students report a 100% job placement
      rate. (Survey respondents from 2002-2005)

            Houses the Policy Studies Journal (PSJ), a cooperative
                production of the Public Policy Section of the
                     American Political Science Association. 

Offers three leadership programs for both students and the community:  the Rocky Mountain program, Denver Community Leadership Forum (DCLF) and the Colorado Certified Public Manager (CPM) program.

 

*Fall 2009 end-of-term enrollment data  ‡Fiscal year 2008-2009 data