Public Administration
Degrees and Certificates
Classes
MPA 8011 : Public Administration Theory
Tension between bureaucracy-democracy; theories about the nature and development of public administration in the United States.
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Credits 3MPA 8021 : Leadership Ethics
Examines assumptions implicit in various organizational designs and highlights the importance of fidelity to value- based decision-making.
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Credits 3MPA 8041 : Human Capital Management
Public versus private personnel management; also topics such as recruitment, selection, training, career management, performance assessment, grievances and appeals.
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Credits 3PA 1050 : Public Administration
Administrative politics, law, and ethics, organizational theory and technical fields, such as budgeting, planning, and personnel.
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Credits 3PA 2000 : Public Policy
Theories of public policy making, national public policies, and contemporary issues.
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Credits 3PA 2100 : City and Suburb
Politics and problems in metropolitan areas of the United States.
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Credits 3PA 3000 : Overview of Non-Profit Sector
Examination of the size, scope, central activities, and public impact of the nonprofit sector in the U.S. and abroad. Exploration of current trends and career opportunities in the nonprofit sector.
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Credits 3PA 4100 : Public Budgeting
How government and nonprofits raise revenue, engage in the budgeting process, and use budgets to manage in the public sector.
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Credits 3PA 4200 : Organizational Development
Evaluation of human capital initiatives, marketing and communication strategies, and service delivery in government and nonprofit organizations.
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Credits 3PA 4500 : Research Methods in Public Svc
Overview of the purpose of research, research inquiry and the roles of qualitative and quantitative research, purpose, intent, design, methodology and technique, format and presentation, and data management and analysis.
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Credits 3PA 5100 : Independent Study
Individual students with specific interests in public administration work on a tutorial basis with an appropriate professor.
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Credits 3PA 6000 : Vocation of Public Service
The exploration of the concept of public service as a "vocation," envisioning public service as a means of self-expression through which citizen-servants discover meaning and purpose in their lives by promoting the common good and developing the bonds of community.
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Credits 3PA 6100 : PSA Internship
Supervised work opportunity to explore public service professional interests and gain experience in the public or nonprofit sector. Prerequisite: Approval from the Chair of the Department of Public Administration.
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Credits 3Prerequisites
PA 1050 :Y or PA 2000 :Y
PA 6200 : Special Topics Course
Provides students with opportunity to take a course in an additional area of focus in the field of public service.