School of Criminal Justice and Public Administration
MPA Virtual Information Sessions in August
The Kean University Masters in Public Administration provides learning opportunities and credentialing to help you start a career in government/non-profit mgmt/healthcare mgmt or move ahead in your current career.
Find out more at one of our three upcoming MPA Virtual Program Information Sessions:
Just click the embedded ZOOM link to join us anytime during the session to get your questions answered and learn more about the program.
> 36 credits (just 12 courses)
> Earn your masters degree in as little as 2 years
> In-person, on-site at Kean Ocean and Kean Union
> No GRE/GMAT required
> Get started this fall! (applications accepted throughout August)
Kean Ocean Classes
PA 5001 Global Foundations Mon 7:30-10:15PM
PA 5250 Leadership and Management Wed 7:30-10:15PM
Kean Union Classes
PA 5001 Global Foundations Mon 7:30-10:15PM
PA 5021 Economic Issues in PA Thur 7:30-10:15PM
PA 5050 Administrative Law Wed 7:30-10:15PM
PA 5110 Human Resources Thur 4:30-7:15PM
PA 5225 Strategic Planning Tue 7:30-10:15PM
PA 5245 MIS in PA Tue 4:30-10:15PM
PA 5250 Leadership & Management Wed 7:30-10:15
>>>more available
For additional information, contact MPA Program Director Dr. Ruthann Russo rurusso@kean.edu
About
Our school focuses on theory and practice in two interconnected fields.
Kean's criminal justice program is interdisciplinary and explores the causes and effects of crime, as well as the analytical, investigatory and technology-based police responses to it. You look at the criminal justice system from the perspectives of the correctional, court and juvenile justice systems, while you explore the application of the law and policing methods. The broad-based approach — with internships and mentoring — prepares you for a wide variety of careers or post-baccalaureate study after graduation.
The public administration program gives you the training and insight for key roles in government, health care and nonprofit organizations. One of a few universities in the region to offer an undergraduate program in public administration, Kean's combined five-year B.A./MPA program gives students early entry into graduate study.
Undergraduate degrees in the School of Criminal Justice and Public Administration:
Graduate degrees in the School of Criminal Justice and Public Administration:
- M.A. in Criminal Justice
- MPA - Public Administration (with Health Services Administration and Nonprofit Management options)
“I chose to research plea bargaining because we discussed it in my ethics course. It is an important issue because people of color and poor people are overrepresented in New Jersey's incarceration system which may be attributed to their attorneys citing pleading as the better option."
-Kaitlyn Camperlino, M.A.'22
“Dr. Russo guided me throughout my entire research, and I learned that nutrition is used to treat mental illness and it impacts behavior and mood. The consequences of a poor diet impacts Alzheimer’s disease and depression. Nutrition may impact brain plasticity, function, and mental health.”
-Shauna-Mae Bartlett, MPA '22