Graduate Courses
PAD/PSC 500
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY
3, 3/0
Public administration and related areas of public policy; personnel; comparative and historical aspects; public budgeting; agency management; decision making, evaluation, and policy analysis; ethical issues and administrative law.
PAD 501
COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
3, 3/0
Cross-cultural, cross-national, and cross-institutional survey of public administration organizations and practices around the world. Particular attention is given to administrative systems of northern nation-states and the processes of administrative change in post-Communist and southern nation-states.
PAD 502
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: Six credits of PAD graduate courses or instructor permission.
Selected topics in administrative law examined and analyzed in depth.
PAD/PSC 590
INDEPENDENT STUDY
3, 0/0
PAD 594
SPECIAL TOPICS/OFFERINGS
3, 3/0
Selected topics or workshops not otherwise included in courses.
PAD 601
PUBLIC BUDGETING
3, 3.0
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
This course introduces student to the principles and practices used by federal, state, and local governments in budgeting. Examination of revenue sources, borrowing, debt management, regulations, reporting, and strategic budgetary planning.
PAD/SWK 643
SUPERVISION IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
Roles and functions of supervisors in a variety of work settings; supervisory role in coordinating agency functions and meeting clients' needs; worker role and responsibilities; leadership, organizational, and systems theory; application of theory to practice situations.
PAD/SWK 645
PROGRAM PLANNING IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: One course in statistics and research methodology.
Use of data for program planning in human service organizations. Students design a study pertinent to human services management.
PAD 689
RESEARCH METHODS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
3, 3/0
Design, execution, and interpretation of research for public and nonprofit managers. Includes quantitative and qualitative research methods, constructing and testing hypotheses, data collection and analysis, use of SPSS, ethical consequences of social science research, preparing a research report.
PAD/PSC 690
MASTER’S PROJECT
3, 0/0
Research or investigation of a particular problem, planned and carried out by student with consultation and guidance from instructor.
PAD 699
DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: PAD 689 or instructor permission.
Preparation for advanced research and data analysis in public administration and non-profit management.
PAD/BUS/EDF/SWK 712
MANAGING PROGRAM EVALUATION
3, 3/0
Management and technical skills required for program evaluation in the public and private sectors; establishing evaluation standards and criteria; developing evaluation instruments and designs; statistical analysis of evaluation data; computer-based statistical analyses; report preparation and follow-up studies.
PAD 735
ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES IN PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT SECTORS
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Six credits of PAD courses or instructor permission.
Public and nonprofit management and organizational theories, policies and practices. Major topics in public and nonprofit management: the history of public and nonprofit management systems; public and nonprofit organizational structures; distinctions and similarities in mission, values, and culture.
PSC 605
POLITICS OF THE THIRD WORLD
3, 3/0
Leading issues and challenges found in the developing world. Examination of development in terms of democratization; religion and politics; cultural pluralism, ethnic and national identity, and nationalism; women and development; agrarian reform; urbanization; revolution; the military; political economy; and globalization. Special focus on development aid, trade, and the UN Millennium Goals.
PSC 606
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
3, 3/0
Theories of international relations; statecraft and diplomacy; international organizations and international law; peace and security.
PSC 607
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
3, 3/0
Foundations of the American constitutional system; federalism, separation of powers, and role of the states; political parties, pressure groups, and electoral processes; the president, bureaucracy, Congress, and courts.
PSC 612/HIS 602
CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST
3, 3/0
Characteristic cultural features of the Middle Eastern countries, with emphasis on Islam; interaction with the Western world; cultural and social changes under way; fundamentalism; problems typical of the developing countries.
PSC 695
MASTER’S THESIS
3, 0/0
