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Hauptmann School of Public AffairsPA – Public Administration (continued)PA 350Budget and FinanceAn analysis of public budgeting at the national,state and local levels of government, includingthe relationship of the federal budget to fiscalpolicy. The politics of the budgetary process areexamined as well as various types of budgets.The influence of intergovernmental transferpayments is also reviewed. 3:0:3PA 360Special Topics in Public AdministrationThis course examines selected issues affectingpublic administration. This course may berepeated for credit when topics are changed,but only one applicable special topics coursecan be applied toward each emphasis area. 3:0:3PA 380Public Service ValuesThis course examines values and the publicgood relative to public service, including ethicaldecision-making and professional responsibility.3:0:3PA 390Administrative LawThe study of administrative agencies, theirrule making powers, adjudicatory functionsand judicial control over such agencies. Areascovered include: the scope of administrativepower, judicial review, regulatory law, dueprocess, and personal liability of publicservants. 3:0:3instructor. This course will satisfy the EN 306requirement for Public Administration majors.This course can only be applied towards oneemphasis area. 3:0:3PA 431Senior Seminar in Fire Services ManagementPrerequisites: EN 105, EN 106, passing theWCT and taken during final 12 hours prior tograduation.Through research, students demonstrate acomprehensive integration of the degreeorientedstudy of fire services management.Research emphasis will be upon theinterrelationship of management and thevarious fields within fire services to the field ofPublic Administration. 3:0:3PA 432Senior Project in Public AdministrationPrerequisites: EN 105, EN 106, passing theWCT and taken during final 12 hours prior tograduation.Through research, students should be ableto demonstrate a thorough integration ofthe courses taken and skills learned in PublicAdministration, including in relation to astudent’s area of emphasis or areas of emphasis.Case studies and/or practical problems will beexamined. 3:0:3PA 404Capitalism and Societal IssuesThis course examines current societal trendsand public debates relative to the dynamicinterface of capitalism, economic conceptsand principles. Students use a framework offoundational analytical tools in exploring theseissues. 3:0:3PA 430Research in Public AdministrationPrerequisites: EN 105, EN 106, passing theWCT.Students undertake research proposals thataddress issues of relevance to the field of publicadministration, including in relation to astudent’s area of emphasis or areas of emphasis,and will be determined in consultation with the327