At the beginning of the program, students take an intensive one-day orientation. The orientation offers a number of workshops to introduce students to the program, during which students are introduced to Blackboard (virtual classroom software), case study and analysis, library resources, and the writing of reports and reference citations.

The EMPA program is designed to prepare graduate students for senior managerial and leadership roles in their organizations. The curriculum is firmly grounded in the functional areas of the business enterprise, with a focus on the public administration industry. The curriculum also offers an option in Police Studies for students wishing to specialize in the area of police administration.

The EMPA curriculum consists of 12 six and one-half week courses for a total of 36 credit hours for the Executive Masters degree.*

• EMPA 502 Governance in a Global Context
• EMPA 503 Comparative Public Sector Administration (or EMPA 520 Criminology: The Sociology and Economics of Crime - for students specializing in Police Studies)
• EMPA 504 Public Human Resource Management
• EMPA 505 Quantitative and IT Methods for Public Policy and Administration
• EMPA 506 Applied Research Methods in Public Policy and Administration
• EMPA 507 Public Policy Formulation and Analysis
• EMPA 508 Public Sector Budgeting and Finance
• EMPA 509 Program Evaluation (or EMPA 521 Strategic Police Management - for students specializing in Police Studies)
• EMPA 510 The Practice of Public Administration (or EMPA 522 Future Directions in Policing - for students specializing in Police Studies)
• EMPA 511 Strategic Leadership for Organizational Improvement
• EMPA 512 Legal and Ethical Issues in the UAE: The Public Administration Context
• EMPA 599 Capstone Seminar

*The course delivery sequence may vary from cohort to cohort.