This article describes the design and development of a values- and competency-based master of public administration curriculum oriented to an audience of in-service professionals pursuing part-time graduate study. To create the curriculum, faculty members undertook a comprehensive, year-long review of their MPA program, including mission, curriculum, and outcomes assessment. The authors present a description of their approach to curriculum reform and the MPA core curriculum that they developed, data and observations on initial outcomes of the curriculum reform effort, and reflections on the experience that may benefit other MPA programs considering undertaking significant curriculum reform.
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