2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

Course Descriptions/Public Service and Administration 547638. Health Economics and Policy. (3-0). Credit 3. Examines health care and health care markets in U.S.and abroad; topics include production of and demand for health, moral hazard and adverse selection ininsurance markets, information asymmetries in physician-patient relationships, regulation and paymentsystems for providers, Medicare, Medicaid and other programs, and comparisons to other countries.Prerequisite: Graduate classification.640. Energy Policy and Security. (3-0). Credit 3. Policy and economic issues related to increasing globalreliance on fossil fuels, including the resulting impact on security concerns and global warming; utilizescompetitive and non-competitive market theories, non-renewable resource analysis, and cost-benefitanalysis. Prerequisites: Graduate classification; BUSH 621; course experience in microeconomics andquantitative modeling.641. Organization Theory for the Public Sector. (3-0). Credit 3. Theories of bureaucracy and control,management, human relations, decision making and organizations and their environments; effects oforganizations on individuals, the government and the policy formation process. Prerequisites: Graduateclassification and approval of MPSA or MPIA director.642. Ethics and Public Policy. (3-0). Credit 3. Theory and practice for analyzing and responding to theethical responsibilities and dilemmas for professional conduct; ethical dimensions of analysis and decisionmaking for policy makers and public administrators. Prerequisites: Graduate classification andapproval of MPSA or MPIA director.643. Foundations of the Nonprofit Sector. (3-0). Credit 3. Overview of the origins, size, scope and compositionof the nonprofit and voluntary sector in American society today; introduction to the historical,political and religious foundations of the nonprofit sector; examines theoretical and conceptual framework.Prerequisite: Graduate classification.644. Management and Leadership of Nonprofit Organizations. (3-0). Credit 3. Introduction and overviewof nonprofit organizations and the environment they operate in; examination of the distinctivenessof these organizations and the special skills required for effective management of them; empirical andnormative issues surrounding nonprofit management and leadership. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.645. Networks and Inter-organizational Collaboration. (3-0). Credit 3. Introduction to the knowledgebase pertaining to inter-organizational relationship and the management environment of network basedorganizations. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.646. Bureaucracy in a Democracy. (3-0). Credit 3. Examines the issues surrounding the role of bureaucracyin American government; readings and ideas from the fields of political science, public administration,and administrative law; emphasizes broad theory-based knowledge for intent on careers inpublic service. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.647. Risk and Public Policy. (3-0). Credit 3. Focuses on how concepts of risk are used to shape publicpolicies and introduces primary methods for analyzing and managing potentially risky policies; explorescases involving environmental, energy, and security concerns, including nuclear energy and waste disposalelimination of chemical weapons; global climate change; and the threat of terrorism in the UnitedStates. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.648. Performance Management in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors. (3-0). Credit 3. Drawing onreadings, practical exercises and guest lectures; examine public sector performance management andmeasurement as tools for improving strategic planning, resource allocation, organizational learning, internaloperational processes, and internal and external accountability; apply learning to the developmentof a particular organization’s performance measurement system. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.649. Volunteer and Human Resources in Nonprofit Organizations. (3-0). Credit 3. Introduces theories,research and practice for managing personnel and human resources for paid and volunteer staff innonprofit settings; explores the behaviors and cognitions of participants in nonprofit organizations, themotivational and personnel programs required by the organization, and the managerial strategies foreffective human resources management. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.650. Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Nonprofit Management. (3-0). Credit 3. Nonprofitmanagement practices and principles related to social entrepreneurship and innovation; research, theories,and practice examples utilized to teach principles of designing and implementing a social innovationwhich can be applied to domestic and international social problems. Prerequisites: Graduate classification,PSAA 634 or PSAA 644 or approval of instructor.