DRIVING YOUR DEVELOPMENT
CENTRE FOR EXECUTIVE AND GRADUATE EDUCATION (CEGE)
Learn from Wherever You Are!
Develop your leadership and strategic knowledge management skills. Our experiential learning model allows you to apply your new competencies in your workplace with your very first course.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The MPA (M) is designed to meet the needs of not-for-profit and public service professionals seeking to enhance their careers. The program provides the flexibility of online instruction while ensuring an educational experience that is rigorous, relevant, and practical.
Designed and delivered by internationally recognized academics and senior public service practitioners, our program’s optimal blend of theory, analysis and day-to-day practical learning gives you a unique framework to address the complex national and global issues that leaders and executives face today and in the future.
DIPLOMA OPTION
The MPA (M) offers a seven course Graduate Diploma option. Recipients of the Graduate Diploma may elect to continue their studies to earn the Master’s degree
ADVANCED STANDING/PLACEMENT
Dalhousie recognizes several professional designations. Consult the department for more information.
Flexibility: Enjoy a highly flexible timeframe that caters to your lifestyle and learning needs. Our program’s blend of distance and face-to-face learning provides you with an opportunity to learn from
anywhere in the world.
Networking: Build a lifelong network of like-minded professionals across Canada.
DEVELOP YOUR COMPETENCIES
All courses in the MPA (M) program focus on the development of skills, knowledge and capabilities that will prepare you to manage and lead public sector organizations. Each course exposes you to the theories, concepts, applied techniques and current issues affecting the modern state and society and public governance. Graduates of the MPA (M) program will be able to effectively make decisions by applying a best practices approach to management.
BLENDED/ONLINE LEARNING – THE DALHOUSIE EDGE
The MPA (M) is a part-time program delivered primarily online, complemented by onsite intensives.
Instructors in the program are award-winning teachers with broad experience in distance education, research, and consulting. Our highly experienced team in the Centre for Executive and Graduate Education (CEGE) ensures high quality online learning.
LEARN FROM WHEREEVER YOU ARE
Designed for dedicated and goal-oriented mid-career professionals, programs delivered through the Centre for Executive and Graduate Education (CEGE) can be tailored to meet your needs.
Learn from wherever you are: Our blend of distance and face-to-face learning lets you study from wherever you are. Courses are delivered via the university’s online learning system, concluding with a two to five day face-to-face intensive component conveniently held in cities across Canada.
Flexible program options: You can complete your degree in as few as two and a half or as many as seven years, giving you the flexibility you need to balance your learning needs with your lifestyle and current professional responsibilities. Choose from a list of courses available year-round.
Learner-centred approach: Our award-winning instructors use an array of integrated learning technologies to provide you with a dynamic and interactive online learning environment.
Support centre dedicated to mid-career learners: The CEGE team will ensure you have the information and resources you need to focus on. driving your development and advancing your career.
CONTACT US
We are here to assist you every step of the way.
Apply Now: dal.ca/mpam
EMAIL: cege@dal.ca I TEL: 902.494.6391
TOLL FREE: 800.205.7510
School of Public Administration
Faculty of Management I Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2 ‘
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