& Student Handbook - Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

222 Master Degree Programs
HD720 Re-engaging Our Relationship with Conflict ...........................1 cr.
HD734 The Art and Practice of Executive Coaching...........................2 cr.
HRM602 Organizational Measurement and
Assessment Issues in Human Resources......................................3 cr.
HS616 Health and Human Service Systems ......................................3 cr.
HS621 Population Analysis .................................................................2 cr.
HS679 Public Policy: Issues and Trends .............................................2 cr.
MIB519 Global Religions and Belief Systems.....................................3 cr.
MIB570 International Field Study ........................................................4 cr.
MFT660I Crossing Over: Building Professional
Relationships Between Law Enforcement and
Marriage and Family Therapists .....................................................1 cr.
PSA630 Public Safety in Schools........................................................2 cr.
Faculty
The faculty members for the Master of Arts in Public Safety
Administration program have earned doctorate or master's degrees.
Faculty members are selected for their educational and professional
experience and expertise.
Required Course Descriptions
PSA600
Public Safety Systems (3 cr.)
This course examines public safety systems including the political, legal,
social and policy environments that impact public safety. It addresses
current technology, training assessment, ethical issues, application of
current research, strategies for creating partnerships, and working
relationships among public safety organizations.
PSA605
Community Relations (3 cr.)
This course examines various strategies for community building and
developing partnerships in the community. It addresses problem-solving
and team building that encourages community involvement. The course
covers building media relationships that foster communication and trust
within the community. Conflict prevention/resolution and negotiation are
addressed.
PSA610
Risk Management in Public Safety (2 cr.)
This course examines risk and risk-management principles. It focuses on
liability issues in public safety and strategies to reduce associated risk. A
key focus of the course is training as a risk management technique.
PSA615
Homeland Security and Emergency Management Principles (3 cr.)
This course focuses on emergency management principles, planning for
natural and man-made disasters, recovery procedures, and Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) procedures. It provides
strategies for building partnerships with other agencies. Homeland
security, threat awareness, and training issues are discussed.
PSA620
Public Sector Finance (3 cr.)
This course covers budgeting, grant writing, grant management,
reporting, and revenue sources used by the public sector manager. It
includes financial statement analysis and asset management. It provides
an ethical financial perspective to be used in the public sector.
PSA630
Public Safety in Schools (2 cr.)
This course examines public safety issues affecting schools. It stresses
the importance of public safety personnel and school personnel working
together to provide a safe learning environment for students. Topics
include public safety and school partnerships, the role of the school
resource officer, best practices for before and after school events, safety
planning models, current juvenile issues, and security checks.
Required Management Courses
GM600
Management Principles (3 cr.)
This course provides an overview of key organizational and behavioral
concepts, which underlie effective management practice in private and
public sector organizations around the world. Comparative management
systems are examined in terms of global applications. Special attention
is given to defining and interpreting cross-cultural differences and
influences. The course emphasizes the approaches of collaboration that
especially addresses the expectations, needs and performances of
people in organizations and gives attention to the external, internal and
global cultures that influence organizational structure, behavior and
change.
GM620
Communication Skills (2 cr.)
Prerequisite: It is recommended that this course be taken in the
student's first semester.
The focus of this course is on written and oral communication in
professional and academic settings with an emphasis on academic
writing. Theories of interpersonal and organizational communication,
appropriate writing style based on audience, academic voice and style,
literature searches, writing that incorporates sources materials, ethical
use of source materials, APA style and effective presentations are
examined.
GM625
Leadership and Decision-Making (2 cr.)
This course introduces selected models and practices in the exploration
and understanding of what is effective leadership and decision-making.
Skills necessary for effective decision-making and problem-solving within
organizations are emphasized from the role of manager.
GM643
Multicultural Perspectives (2 cr.)
This course focuses on how diversity of all kinds influences both
organizational behavior and client outcomes. The place of culture in
society, the marketplace, and workplace is examined. The importance of
cultural competence is explored along with the knowledge and skills
needed to work with, manage, and serve diverse groups of workers and
clients.