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| Professional Studies-Public Administration | |
| PSPA 5000 | Intro to Public Administration (3) |
| Explores theories and practices of public administration. Examines U.S. administrative systems, government processes, and intergovernmental and cross-sector relationships designed to deliver public value. Topics include history of public administration, roles and responsibilities, social equity, accountability, and organizational capacity. Offers students a chance to apply practical knowledge via cases and explore ways to advance public service. | |
| PSPA 5010 | Public Policy Analysis (3) |
| Introduces traditional and alternative approaches to policy analysis while exploring public policy theory. Develops knowledge necessary to identify contemporary public issues, assess policy alternatives, and analyze strategic impact. Covers policy stages from stakeholder engagement and agenda setting through policy formulation, adoption, and evaluation. Examines how politics can influence policy making across levels of government. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| PSPA 5020 | Public Organization Management (3) |
| Explores theories of organizational behavior applied to public sector agencies and cross-sector initiatives focused on delivering public value. Introduces theories, skills, and tools to analyze organizational dilemmas and identify promising practices to help individuals and teams achieve collective goals. Covers organizational planning and decision-making, process improvement, evaluation, accountability, leadership, and stakeholder communication. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PSPA 5030 | Public Budgeting and Financial Management (3) |
| Provides a basic understanding of the financial activities of U.S. governments at all levels. Explores the purposes, characteristics, processes, and operations of financial management systems and focuses on financial operations analysis, coordination across relevant public entities, and effective public resource management. Topics include budgeting theory and practice, debt management, treasury and cash management, and revenue/tax administration. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PSPA 5040 | Ethics (3) |
| Introduces and explores the philosophical and practical issues related to ethical decision making. Emphasizes the analysis of ethical problems and the development of analytical skills and values. Incorporates case studies, journal articles, current events, and debates as practical examples of ethical issues. | |
| PSPA 5050 | Environmental Policies and Practices (3) |
| Provides an overview of current environmental policies and practices at the federal, state, and local levels as well as global environmental issues. Covers such topics as environmental justice, sustainable development, resiliency; environmental risk, economic environmental issues; and the distributed effects of environmental pollution across ethnic, racial, income and occupational groups. | |
| PSPA 5060 | Digital Government (3) |
| Examines the ways in which the public sector is changing as a result of information technology. Covers various topics such as the social, ethical, policy, and management issues related to information technology. Explores federal, state and local initiatives in digital government. Reviews the theoretical foundations of information technology. Course was offered Spring 2014 | |
| PSPA 5070 | Emergency Services in Public Administration (3) |
| Provides an overview of emergency management disciplines, including hazards and risk assessment, mitigation, preparedness, communications, response, recovery, international disaster management, terrorist threats, and future-related challenges and opportunities. The history and evolution of emergency management law, policies, management approaches, and institutions is emphasized along with government approaches. Course was offered Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |