Online EMPA Course Schedules & Syllabi

Current Class Schedules

Please consult the Class Search Function of MySlice for the most up-to-date course listings and times.

Schedule an Appointment with Nell Bartkowiak to discuss your schedule.

April 2024
July 2024*
October 2024*
*Please note that all future class schedules are subject to change

Future Class Schedules

Tentative AY2425 Class Schedule - subject to change

Course Descriptions and Syllabi

Course descriptions and introductory videos recorded with our faculty can be found on the Program Website.

Course Syllabi:

• PAI 755 Public Administration and Democracy
• PAI 897 Fundamentals of Policy Analysis
• PAI 760 Public Policy Process
• PAI 746 Ethics and Morality in Public Affairs
• PAI 734 Public Budgeting
• PAI 732 Collaborative and Participatory Governance
• PAI 895 Managerial Leadership
• PAI 747 Human Resources Management for the Public Sector
• PAI 730 Data-Driven Government
• PAI 996 Master's Project Course

Official course descriptions can be found online through the Syracuse University Course Catalog. More detailed course descriptions and syllabi are available on the PAIA and Executive Students Blackboard site.

Preparing for Registration

Please check your student record on MySlice for any ‘holds’ that may have been placed on your record.  You can do that by navigating to MySlice>Student Home>Holds OR MySlice>Student Home>Enrollment>Holds.  You can get help with registration online here.  It may take a few days for a hold to be resolved, so please do check this as soon as possible.  Holds may be for billing, degree-bearing transcript, mandatory training or other outstanding issues.

Courses will be registered through the University’s MySlice system.  When registering, please make sure that in addition to adding classes to the shopping cart, that you confirm the enrollment when able.  For technical issues with MySlice, please contact the University’s ITS service at help@syr.edu.

Registration Waitlist

If a class section is full or closed, you can request to enroll using the registration waitlist.  The Executive MPA Online Program will monitor and move students off the waitlist after registration begins each quarter.   Waitlist requests will be prioritized based on the date received, and expected graduation date.  In the meantime, you will want to register for a back-up course selection. In previous years, the department has been able to accommodate the majority of students on the waitlists, but those requests may not be processed until closer to the beginning of the term.

We will contact you if you are able to get into a wait-listed class. Thanks in advance for your patience during this process!

Submit Course Waitlist Request

Immersion & Alumni Event

At least once a year, typically in the fall, the program hosts an immersion and alumni weekend event.  This fall 2023 the immersion will be held on campus in conjunction with Orange Central, the University's Homecoming weekend!  In addition, we will have special programming to launch the Maxwell School's countdown to our Centennial, marking 100 years since the founding in 1924.  Come join us to connect with faculty, staff, student and alumni.  More information and registration details can be found online here.