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your academic home base. You will fid the faculty ad staff here are comprised of idividuals who strive to make your olie educatioal experiece itellectually rewardig.

3 SPEA Ispiratio & Iovatio Michael McGuire, Ph.D. Executive Associate Dea, SPEA Bloomigto Professor of Public ad Evirometal Affairs Wherever you are as you read this, whatever the status of your career jourey, I wat you to kow we are eager to be your academic home base. You will fid the faculty ad staff here are comprised of idividuals who strive to make your olie educatioal experiece itellectually rewardig. We ve bee doig this for a while ad we thik we do it well. SPEA Coect is o afterthought or late additio to our programs. We lauched it 5 years ago ad it has grow ito the atio s topraked MPA i tadem with our residetial program. Offerig a excellet studet experiece is secod ature to us: SPEA Coect is headquartered i our ew Paul H. O Neill Graduate Ceter. We ll welcome you for a visit ay time ad look forward to havig you here for SPEA Coect Week, a optioal i-residece opportuity you ca lear more about i this brochure. We re addig to our roster of more tha 95 full-time faculty members. We re preparig to lauch ew graduate degree programs ad additioal collaboratios with overseas uiversities. Our more tha 32,000 alumi thrive i the govermet, busiess, ad oprofit sectors ad move seamlessly amog them all. May maitai strog relatioships with SPEA ad are committed to givig our future graduates a career boost. With that as a backdrop, we hope you ll cosider likig your future to ours. Joi us i our commitmet to demostrate leadership ad advace kowledge for the greater good. Beth Gazley, Ph.D. Director, Master of Public Affairs Professor of Public ad Evirometal Affairs As someoe who has traversed the govermet, busiess, ad oprofit sectors i the course of my career, I have had oe objective. I have always wated fiercely to kow my efforts have made the world a better place. I am also a secod-career academic, so I uderstad the value of havig the flexibility to ope eve more doors of opportuity through educatioal advacemet. SPEA Coect stads ready to provide you with that flexibility so you ca positio yourself to tur your passios ito actio. At SPEA, this aspiratio is reflected i our motto, Lead for the Greater Good. It is implemeted through our rigorous graduate curriculum that will give you the policy ad maagemet skills to pursue a equally meaigful career. With our fully olie program, you have the power to lead for the greater good wherever life takes you. Olie studets form a vibrat part of our commuity, with the School s top-otch studet services at your disposal. We will coect you with potetial future employers ad alumi to build your etwork to ehace the reach of your degree. We also have dedicated staff ready to esure that you get the most out of your MPA or graduate certificate. The best ews is, there are over 95 other faculty who share my passio for teachig ad public service. Come joi us. We will help you lear to lead with your heart ad your head. speacoect.idiaa.edu spea coect graduate programs 1

Ope doors with SPEA Coect Welcome We re pleased that you re cosiderig a graduate degree or certificate program at Idiaa Uiversity s School of Public ad Evirometal Affairs, ad we re eager to tell you

With SPEA s olie graduate program, SPEA Coect, you ca access the #1 public affairs graduate school i the coutry from wherever you are.

4 Ope doors with SPEA Coect Welcome We re pleased that you re cosiderig a graduate degree or certificate program at Idiaa Uiversity s School of Public ad Evirometal Affairs, ad we re eager to tell you what SPEA has to offer. We kow it s a big decisio, ad we pledge to do all we ca to help. With SPEA s olie graduate program, SPEA Coect, you ca access the #1 public affairs graduate school i the coutry from wherever you are. Whether you re plaig to pursue our Master of Public Affairs or oe of our graduate certificates, our programs are desiged to help skilled, pricipled, ad creative professioals advace i your careers or trasitio ito a ew oe by equippig you with skills to face the complex social ad ecoomic challeges facig our global society. What sets the school apart? The hallmark of SPEA is its iterdiscipliary ature. Housed i a school that combies ad coects several areas of study ad taps ito the stregths of expert faculty i all of those areas we offer a uiquely rich learig experiece. Problems are approached i a multidiscipliary way, examied i all of their complexity from several perspectives as they must be i today s itercoected world. Graduates of our programs are thus properly prepared with the skills they eed to secure rewardig ad meaigful careers careers that ca truly make a differece i the world. The value propositio A SPEA graduate degree represets tremedous value. Cosider quality first. For several years ruig, SPEA s MPA program has eared atioal recogitio as oe of the fiest programs of its kid. This quality carries ito our olie program offerigs. I the most recet rakigs from U.S. News ad World Report, all four of our olie focus areas raked amog the top: Noprofit Maagemet (raked first). Policy Aalysis (raked seveth). Public Fiacial Admiistratio (raked first). Public Maagemet (raked third). Now cosider cost. The tuitio cost of our MPA is less tha $29,000 for Idiaa residets, ad less tha $58,000 for o- Idiaa residets. We offer geerous credit reductios for studets with relevat, prior professioal experiece. That makes SPEA oe of the most affordable top-raked olie programs. 2 spea coect graduate programs speacoect.idiaa.edu

5 Focus Areas Where passio becomes expertise. Noprofit Maagemet Serve the public good. Raked #1 i the atio U.S. News ad World Report, 2016 rakigs The scope of the oprofit sector is broader ad more diverse tha ever, ecompassig orgaizatios ragig from arts eterprises to atioally recogized thik taks ad multibillio-dollar global foudatios. The Noprofit Maagemet focus area addresses the features ad practices of all types of oprofit orgaizatios from traditioal aspects such as fudraisig ad commuity service to the latest treds such as social etrepreeurship ad socially resposible ivestig. It also emphasizes maagemet techiques ad treds that ca be the key to success for may oprofit leaders. As a result, you ll be prepared for leadership i positios i the oprofit sector, i govermet agecies that deal extesively with oprofits, or i philathropy. Policy Aalysis Iform the decisios that chage lives. Public Maagemet Lear ad the lead. Raked #3 i the atio U.S. News ad World Report, 2016 rakigs A successful orgaizatio requires strog leadership, particularly at the maagerial ad executive levels. The Public Maagemet focus area gives studets the kowledge, skills, ad experieces appropriate for maagemet positios i a variety of settigs. Studets will lear the political, legal, ad social cotexts i which public policies are adopted ad implemeted; the role of the public bureaucracy i a democracy; ad the goals, structures, ad processes withi public orgaizatios. You ll develop vital skills such as strategic thikig, plaig, maagemet, persoel relatios, techology, ad the desig, operatio, ad evaluatio of successful work systems. The Raked goal of policy #7 i aalysis the atio is to improve decisio-makig. Policy U.S. News ad World Report, 2016 rakigs Aalysts address complex problems by breakig them ito compoets ad applyig a rage of aalytic techiques to yield reliable ad useful iformatio. I the Policy Aalysis focus area, you ll lear which research methods are appropriate for various situatios, how to desig applied studies, ad how to develop actio-orieted plas. Studets will develop both qualitative ad quatitative skills ad gai the cotextual kowledge eeded for effective aalysis. I short, this cocetratio will prepare you to properly coduct, commuicate, ad cosume accurate ad actioable research research that, whe properly uderstood ad applied, is vital i effectively addressig public problems. Public Fiacial Admiistratio Make the bottom lie a top priority. Raked #1 i the atio U.S. News ad World Report, 2016 rakigs From City Hall to overseas capitals, public fiace ad budgetig provides the support that trasforms ideas ito realities. Give the ogoig ecoomic challeges facig orgaizatios ad agecies at early every level, the eed has ever bee greater for people with the skills to solve public fiacial problems. I our Public Fiacial Admiistratio cocetratio, you lear the theory ad practice of raisig public reveue, allocatig resources through the budgetig process, ad maagig public assets ad other fiscal resources. The applied ad experietial ature of the advaced courses i this cocetratio will prepare you well for positios i govermet fiace ad budgetig, maagemet, ad applied program ad policy aalysis. speacoect.idiaa.edu spea coect graduate programs 3

Master of Public Affairs (MPA) Our MPA program is a professioal 48 credit-hour degree program that will prepare you for the challeges you ll face every day i public service, the oprofit sector, or

Maagemet. Statistics. Ecoomics. Law. Public fiace.

6 Master of Public Affairs (MPA) Our MPA program is a professioal 48 credit-hour degree program that will prepare you for the challeges you ll face every day i public service, the oprofit sector, or the corporate world. Our uique curriculum desig allows you to collaborate across disciplies ad tackle today s complex issues from multiple perspectives. 1Core Competecies Master the fudametals. Maagemet. Statistics. Ecoomics. Law. Public fiace. Kowledge of these areas, a commad of the aalytical skills they require, ad a uderstadig of related policy issues ad govermet processes are essetial to ay career i public affairs. The MPA s core competecies are: Law ad Public Affairs Public Fiace ad Budgetig Public Maagemet Public Maagemet Ecoomics Statistical Aalysis for Effective Decisio Makig Focus Area 2Pursue your passio. All studets pursuig the olie MPA will complete a Public Affairs cocetratio with oe of the followig focus areas: Noprofit Maagemet Policy Aalysis Public Fiacial Admiistratio Public Maagemet While the reputatio ad resources of SPEA are certaily pivotal i deliverig a cuttig edge educatio, the caliber of studets is what drew me to teach at SPEA. The level of experiece that studets brig from eterprise, govermet ad the oprofit sector eables us to lear from each other ad to work as a commuity to tackle the policy ad maagemet challeges of tomorrow. Professor Tret Egbers SPEA Coect allows studets to iteract ad solve problems with real-world applicatios. My studets are high-quality, motivated, ad brig icredibly diverse perspectives to the course eviromet that challege each of us to go deeper i our uderstadig of the oprofit sector. Professor Amada Scherer 4 spea coect graduate programs speacoect.idiaa.edu

3Experietial Compoet Put your kowledge ad skills to work.

America A approved itership Research Project (optio is available o a limited basis) Capstoe Apply your traiig.

Capstoe studets work i groups o a semester-log, detailed aalysis of a policy or maagemet issue for a real-world cliet.

7 3Experietial Compoet Put your kowledge ad skills to work. 4academic You will obtai professioally relevat experiece through oe of these optios: Credit for Prior Professioal Experiece or voluteer service, such as the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, or Teach For America A approved itership Research Project (optio is available o a limited basis) Capstoe Apply your traiig. Before you itegrate your MPA kowledge, skills, ad experieces, you ll apply what you ve leared i a Capstoe the culmiatio of your MPA. Capstoe studets work i groups o a semester-log, detailed aalysis of a policy or maagemet issue for a real-world cliet. Some recet Capstoes have icluded: South Bed, Idiaa dowtow redevelopmet ad mior league baseball stadium; Hutigto, Idiaa eighborhood developmet ad ecoomic developmet; Hutigto, Idiaa trail developmet ad grat writig; ad Specer, Idiaa dowtow redevelopmet pla ad busiess pla. Zac Scheidt, MPA Cadidate Positio: Seior Sciece ad Techology Officer, Pacific Commad Professioal Experiece: 23 years The SPEA Coect Program is a uique opportuity for self-ivestmet for my secod career, as I trasitio out of govermetal service ito the oprofit sector. Like may of my colleagues i the program, a MPA is the atural progressio to takig o more executive ad programmatic resposibilities. The distictive format of the program is perfect for workig professioals livig abroad. The curriculum ad faculty are first class i all respects. speacoect.idiaa.edu spea coect graduate programs 5

Graduate Certificates Accelerate your career. A SPEA Coect graduate certificate is a ideal optio for a highly qualified studet who wishes to erich his or her career.

8 Graduate Certificates Accelerate your career. A SPEA Coect graduate certificate is a ideal optio for a highly qualified studet who wishes to erich his or her career. It is a attractive additio to ay graduate degree. SPEA Coect s olie graduate certificates provide flexible access to SPEA s top-raked curriculum without pursuig a full graduate program. While similar to the focus areas withi our full MPA program, these certificates will package specific skills that you ca utilize to accelerate your career, or shift towards a ew oe. Our certificates are desiged for full-time professioals who are seekig additioal expertise i their work or who are plaig a chage i their professioal goals. With this i mid, each certificate is composed of oly 15 credit hours: 3 required courses ad 2 elective courses. You ca complete the certificate program withi oe year, puttig you o a advaced career track with a shorter time commitmet, ad smaller expese. SPEA Coect offers three olie graduate certificates: Noprofit Maagemet Icrease your kowledge ad skill level i the world of oprofits. You ll gai a better uderstadig of the sector ad major maagemet areas. This certificate ca stregthe your performace i areas such as fudraisig, strategic plaig, ad huma resource maagemet. Public Budgetig ad Fiacial Maagemet Build your skillset i budgetig ad fiace for govermet ad oprofit orgaizatios with SPEA s olie public budgetig ad fiacial maagemet certificate. The program is for those who wish to acquire additioal kowledge ad skills i public fiacial maagemet ad cotrol, govermetal or oprofit accoutig, ad public expediture plaig, maagemet, ad fiscal cotrol. Public Maagemet Ehace your maagemet skills or prepare yourself for a public sector career. We offer a rage of electives i data maagemet, orgaizatioal behavior, huma resources, commuicatio, ad the policy process.. Beefits for a Future MPA May of our certificate studets decide that they wat more, ad cotiue o to complete our MPA program. All credits eared i oe of SPEA Coect s olie graduate certificate programs ca be applied towards the MPA. For qualified graduates of SPEA Coect s certificate programs, the school will provide special cosideratio i the applicatio process through: Eligibility to request a waiver of the GRE requiremet o basis of course grades; ad A reductio i the umber of required letters of recommedatio from three to oe, which should come from a curret SPEA faculty member. 6 spea coect graduate programs speacoect.idiaa.edu

SPEA Coect Experiece The flexibility ad coveiece that make olie courses perfect for workig professioals also make them a little differet tha residetial courses.

9 SPEA Coect Experiece The flexibility ad coveiece that make olie courses perfect for workig professioals also make them a little differet tha residetial courses. Your SPEA Coect courses will be taught by a combiatio of SPEA s world-class faculty members ad professioals who are a valuable source of realworld kowledge. You ll iteract with your professors olie, of course, but you ca also reach them by phoe, ad other virtual commuicatio platforms, to ask questios ad get to kow them better. You'll access your courses through Cavas, Idiaa Uiversity s learig maagemet system. Most courses will require you to log i oe or two times per week, wheever it s coveiet for you, to participate i discussios, exercises, ad reviews. Studets are expected to participate i class each week. Most faculty recommed budgetig about six hours per week per class to complete your readig ad participatio. SPEA Coect Week SPEA Coect Week is a optioal, o-campus, 3-credit hour course that allows you to meet ad build lastig relatioships with your fellow olie classmates ad professors. Studets erolled i SPEA Coect Week come to campus for oe week to work with a real-world cliet o real-world issues. You will act as a cosultig group to offer solutios to the cliet i the areas of fudraisig, stakeholder aalysis, lad use, ad avigatig local, state, ad federal laws. All studets admitted to the MPA program are eligible to eroll. Past cliets have icluded: Lik Observatory Space Sciece Istitute Naval Surface Warfare Crae Idiaapolis Zoo Timmy Global Health Some of the most beeficial aspects of SPEA Coect week happe outside of the course. While you are o campus, you will be coected with the Career Developmet Office to help prepare you to use your MPA to advace your career. You will also have the opportuity to iteract with our Alumi Relatios staff to uderstad how the etwork of more tha 32,000 SPEA alumi ca help you i your future goals. SPEA Coect Week is a tremedous opportuity to build relatioships with both classmates ad professors, while shapig a professioal portfolio. It is a catalyst to build strog rapport with fellow attedees that will exted beyod your time with SPEA Coect. Beig o campus, i the collegiate eviromet ad goig to class icreases the program s value by highlightig the pride of beig a Idiaa Uiversity studet. SPEA Coect Week trasforms the SPEA experiece from a olie degree program to a degree program that happes olie. SPEA faculty ad staff are accommodatig ad share expasive opportuities beyod the virtual classroom. I highly recommed SPEA Coect Week as it eriches the IU experiece! Maleah Amos, MPA Cadidate speacoect.idiaa.edu spea coect graduate programs 7

10 Estimated Expeses Today, as ever before, prospective studets must choose wisely as they plot their academic ad career course. I choosig a master s program, studets must seek value; they must assure themselves of a good retur o their ivestmet of time ad moey. At SPEA, we uderstad this, ad we pride ourselves o the value iheret i our MPA. Value is importat whether you re studyig olie or o campus. SPEA Coect s reasoable tuitio eables all of our studets to receive a highly-regarded educatio at a affordable price. Estimated Cost of 3-credit hour class Residet No-Residet Tuitio* $1,802 $ 3,590 Madatory Fees** $ 90 $ 90 Total $1,892 $3,680 Professioal Beefits/ Voluteer Service MPA studets ca receive credit for 3 to 6 hours of course work or more, i rare cases for Prior Professioal Experiece (PPE) or service i the public sector, a oprofit orgaizatio, or idustry. That ca traslate to tuitio savigs of more tha $3,500 for Idiaa residets or $7,000 for o-residets. Studets with sigificat seior level maagemet experiece may qualify for 9 to 12 hours of credit for professioal experiece, which traslates to a potetial savigs of more tha $7,000 for Idiaa residets or $14,000 for o-residets. *The figures to the left are based o the tuitio rate of $ per credit hour for Idiaa residets, ad $1, per credit hour for o-idiaa residets ad are based o the full 48-credit hour program **Madatory fees support the ogoig maiteace ad expasio of IU Olie s iformatio techology ifrastructure. Additioal iformatio ca be foud at the Idiaa Uiversity Studet Cetral website (studetcetral.idiaa.edu). Fudig Optios Merit-Based Aid Studets who complete their applicatios before our priority deadlie are cosidered for merit-based fiacial aid. Aid is awarded i varyig amouts for both i-state ad out-of-state applicats, ad will be awarded based o academic merit. Merit awards cosist of varyig levels of tuitio remissio, applied to a studet s uiversity bursar bill each semester. Decisios are based o a combiatio of a studet s persoal statemet, prior academic success, ad letters of recommedatio. Fellowships for Curret Studets I additio to SPEA merit-based aid that is allocated durig the recruitmet ad applicatio process, SPEA prides itself o makig fellowship dollars available to curret SPEA master s cadidates through a competitive applicatio process. These fellowships provide additioal fudig for studets who have demostrated excellece i academics ad ivolvemet durig their SPEA graduate studies. Cost Reductio for Military ad Vetera Studets At SPEA, we value the uique skills ad experieces that activeduty ad vetera studets brig to the olie classroom. The high-quality, extremely flexible SPEA Coect MPA ad graduate certificate programs are ideal preparatio for your ext leadership role i the military or for life after your military service. The Military Service Recogitio Award, which all admitted, o-residet active duty ad vetera studets will receive, guaratees a reductio to i-state tuitio rates provided the studet is ot eligible for or ot selected to receive a award through the Yellow Ribbo Program. For all qualified curret studets ad recet graduates of a Commad ad Staff College program, SPEA Coect will also: Recogize 12 credit hours of trasfer credit toward the MPA for course work completed as part of the Commad ad Staff College curriculum; OR Recogize 6 credit hours of trasfer credit toward the graduate level olie Public Maagemet Certificate. 8 spea coect graduate programs speacoect.idiaa.edu

11 Apply. The ext step is yours. Applicatio Checklist Admissio Term Priority Deadlie Applicatio Deadlie Fall July 15 August 1 Sprig November 15 December 1 Summer March 15 April 1 How to Apply Complete ad submit the followig materials: Olie Idiaa Uiversity Graduate Applicatio (eapp) go.iu.edu/speaapp Applicatio fee The eapp requires paymet by credit card upo submissio: $55 for domestic applicats or $65 for iteratioal applicats. Official trascript(s) A trascript from all udergraduate ad graduate istitutios from which a degree was coferred is required. If you atteded Idiaa Uiversity, you eed ot submit a trascript; we ca obtai it from the Registrar. Note that we oly accept official trascripts durig the applicatio process, however uofficial trascripts from which credit was trasferred to a degree-coferrig istitutio will suffice. Official trascripts may be set to speaapps@idiaa.edu or to the followig mailig address: SPEA Masters Program Office 1315 E. Teth St., Suite A304 Bloomigto, IN TOEFL or IELTS scores (for iteratioal studets) Our istitutio code is Departmetal questios Please complete the olie form at go.iu.edu/spcdq. Persoal statemet Your persoal statemet should be uploaded to the eapp. Please cosider respodig to the followig prompt: Describe your most importat accomplishmets ad how they prepared you for graduate study at the School of Public ad Evirometal Affairs. Outlie carefully your curret goals ad professioal plas. Explai your reasos for selectig the School of Public ad Evirometal Affairs. Alteratively, your persoal statemet may be ed to speaapps@ idiaa.edu, as a PDF attachmet with the subject lie: Applicatio Persoal Statemet. Résumé or CV Your résumé or CV should be uploaded to the eapp. Alteratively, your résumé may be ed to speaapps@idiaa.edu, as a PDF attachmet, with the subject lie: Applicatio Résumé. All supplemetal paper materials for domestic applicats should be set to the SPEA Masters Program Office (MPO) at 1315 E. Teth Street, Suite A304, Bloomigto, IN Additioal electroic files ca be set to speaapps@idiaa.edu. All supplemetal paper materials for iteratioal applicats should be set to the Office of Iteratioal Services (OIS) at Poplars 221, 400 E. Seveth Street, Bloomigto, IN Additioal electroic files ca be set to speapps@idiaa.edu. Three letters of recommedatio We recommed these letters come from faculty members whe possible. O the eapp, you will be asked to provide cotact iformatio for three recommeders. After you submit your applicatio ad pay the applicatio fee, a will be set to your recommeders promptig them to upload their recommedatio letters. Alteratively, your recommeders may submit recommedatios as a PDF attachmet via to speaapps@idiaa.edu with the ame of the applicat i the subject lie. Official GRE or GMAT scores Our istitutio code is Waivers of the GRE/GMAT requiremet ca be requested i recogitio of Prior Professioal Experiece, or other advaced degrees. Do we have defied test score ad GPA requiremets for admissio? We do ot have defied GPA or GRE/GMAT* requiremets for admissio cosideratio. The Admissio Committee coducts a comprehesive review of each applicatio file ad seeks well-rouded studets for admissio to SPEA Coect. Average GPA ad GRE scores (data reflects the demographics of our last two icomig classes): GRE Verbal 72% GRE Quatitative 46% GRE Aalytical 4.3/6.0 Average GPA 3.4/4.0 *Limited GMAT data available. Please speaapps@idiaa.edu for more iformatio. speacoect.idiaa.edu spea coect graduate programs 9

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