The Master in Public Affairs major in Education Management, Strategic Planning and Policy Studies, and Agrarian and Urban Development Studiesprogram is intended to train both practitioners serving government and non-government institutions, as well as scholars dedicated to the analysis of public issues, particularly as they relate to the improvement of public welfare. Like other Master of Public Affairs programs of well-known universities, it is a professional degree structured around concepts and skills essential to policy, planning and management activities within governmental, quasi-governmental organizations, business entities and other civil society organizations.