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students will participate online as well. In addition to weekly readings
in the text, various budget exercises and Blackboard discussion
board assignments, students enrolled for graduate credit will prepare
one brief research paper and act as team leaders for budget
simulation exercises.
PADM 6150 Admin Urban Public Servic Orgs
3 cr.
Prerequisite: POLI 6110 or the equivalent. This course covers the
administration of public service delivery organizations in a complex
urban environment. Topics to be covered include use of
budget information systems, monitoring of organizational performance,
and problems of implementation. Case studies will be used
extensively.
PADM 6160 Law and Ethics of Pub Admin
3 cr.
This course will examine the legal and ethical context of administrative
practice in the United States, including the legal and ethical
constraints on the exercise of administrative discretion in the public
sector and the relationship between professional and personal
values and its consequences for public management.
PADM 6180 HR Admin in the Pub Sector
3 cr.
This is a course for administrators who want a broad understanding
of the function of human resources management in program
and policy implementation. This course provides an overview of
human resources management in public organizations (government
and nonprofit) and introduces students to elements of personnel
policies and practices that can be applied in a broad range
of organizational settings.
PADM 6201 Policy Analysis and Prog Eval
3 cr.
Prerequisite: URBN 6001 - Research Methods. An examination of
techniques, procedures, and limitations of policy analysis and
program evaluation. Topics covered include policy analysis, the
planning and organizing of project evaluations, the writing of
evaluation designs, evaluation methodologies, data collection and
verification, analysis and interpretation of findings. The theme of
the course is the necessity of accountability in public programs.
PADM 6300 Managing Chg Pub Orgs
3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of department. A seminar on the ways in
which public organizations approach and resist change. The theme
is how planning, budgeting, and evaluation are used by administrators
to bring about change.
PADM 6401 Administrative Behavior
3 cr.
A primary goal of public administrators should be assuring that
the technical and ethical performance of public employees and
the emerging service delivery are highly effective. This course is
designed to help prepare public administrators accomplish this goal.
It approaches public administration and management as a challenging
enterprise that requires practitioners to demonstrate effective
leadership, solve problems, motivate and monitor employee
performance, resolve conflicts, and enhance interpersonal and
organizational communication.
PADM 6410 Tech in Public Organizations
3 cr.
This course is a graduate-level introduction to the use and impact
of technological systems in public and nonprofit organizations. It
is designed to provide administrators with an understanding of
the basic practical and normative issues raised by innovations in
information technology. The course covers the major concepts and
theories explaining the role of computers and related technologies
in public and nonprofit organizations.
PADM 6900 Independent Study
3 cr.
Offered each semester. Independent research in the graduate student’s
area of specialization under the direction of a designated
member of the graduate faculty. May be repeated for credit.
PADM 6901 MPA Capstone I
3 cr.
Prerequisite: 24 hours of work toward the MPA degree including
URBN 6001, Research Methods, and PADM 6201, Policy Analysis and
Program Evaluation. Students who do not have significant public
service experience should take this course in conjunction with their
internship. This course is the first part of a two-semester sequence
for students who are nearing the completion of their MPA degree
and who choose a project instead of a thesis. The class is organized
as a seminar in which students share their experiences and critique
and help each other work on projects. In Capstone I each student
will produce a research design for the capstone project, including a
thorough review and analysis of relevant literature.
PADM 6902 MPA Capstone II
3 cr.
Prerequisite: 24 hours of work toward the MPA degree including
URBN 6001, Research Methods, PADM 6201, Policy Analysis and Program
Evaluation, and PADM 6901, Capstone I. This course is the
second part of a two-semester sequence for students who are nearing
the completion of their MPA degree and who choose a project
instead of a thesis. The class is organized as a seminar in which
students share their experiences and critique and help each other
work on projects. Each student will complete and defend a project
report before a committee of graduate faculty and at least one
practitioner having substantial professional experience with the
subject matter of the project.
PADM 7000 Thesis Research
1-9 cr.
Offered each semester. To be repeated for credit until thesis
is accepted. Section number will correspond with credit to be
earned.
PADM 7040 Examination or Thesis Only
0 cr.
Open to students in a thesis program who have only (other than
application for degree) the final typing and acceptance by the
Graduate School of their thesis or dissertation or to students in
a non-thesis program who have only (other than application for
degree) to pass the final examination to complete graduation
requirements.
Philosophy
PHIL 1000 Introduction to Philosophy
3 cr.
An introductory study of basic philosophical concepts and
problems.
PHIL 1050 Reasoning
3 cr.
A study of the methods of understanding, analyzing, and criticizing
arguments. The emphasis will be on increasing one’s practical
skills as a critical thinker. The arguments will be of the sort
encountered in day-to-day life, e.g, those found in advertisements,
newspaper editorials, and political campaigns.
PHIL 1100 Intro Logic & Scientific Meth
3 cr.
Not open to students who place at a remedial level in mathematics
until they have completed MATH 0107. An introduction to the
theory of deductive reasoning.
PHIL 1200 Social Ethics
3 cr.
A study of representative issues of contemporary social concern,
such as capital punishment, civil disobedience, abortion, violence,
racial and sexual discrimination. Emphasis will be on clarifying
the ethical and other philosophical assumptions underlying the
issues and on careful analysis of arguments.
PHIL 2090 Philosophical Problems
3 cr.
A detailed investigation of a particular philosophical problem
or problems, varying in content from semester to semester, with
appropriate readings from classical and/or contemporary sources.
May be repeated once for credit.
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