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PUAD-196 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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PUAD-260 Administrative Politics (3)
An introduction to American public administration and the executive branch of government. Emphasis on the politics of administration and on the relationship of the bureaucracy with clientele groups, Congress, the White House, and the public. Usually Offered: fall and spring.
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PUAD-296 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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PUAD-343 Introduction to Public Administration and Governance (3)
An introduction to the theory and practice of organizing the modern state and achieving public policies. The course examines the evolution of the modern administrative state, together with the organizational theories that characterize and influence its development. Usually Offered: spring.
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PUAD-396 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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PUAD-490 Independent Research in Public Administration (1-6)
Permission: instructor and department chair.
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PUAD-496 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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Public Administration (Graduate and Advanced Undergraduate Courses) |
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PUAD-096 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (0)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: Pass/Fail only.
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Public Administration (Graduate Courses) |
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PUAD-010 Introduction to Experiential Education and the Learning Community (0)
An introduction to the concepts and practices of experiential education. The group learning process is used to acquaint students with the core learning philosophy of the MSOD program and to support students in maximizing learning in “Learning Community Time” and in a cohort setting. No credit given toward degree requirement. Grading: Pass/Fail only. Restriction: Organization Development (MSOD) . Note: Required orientation for MSOD program.
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PUAD-089 Colloquium in Public Administration and Policy (0)
This course consists primarily of research presentations by PhD students, departmental faculty, and external scholars on a variety of topics in public administration and public policy. It also includes professional development sessions on publication, teaching, and job market strategies. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Grading: Pass/Fail only. Restriction: PhD program.
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PUAD-601 Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis I (3)
This course applies descriptive statistics and statistical inference methods to policy analysis. Includes measures of central tendency and dispersion, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and bivariate regression. Usually Offered: fall.
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PUAD-602 Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis II (3)
This course applies regression analysis techniques to policy analysis. The course focuses on understanding the linear regression model as well as limitations of this model. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: PUAD-601 .
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PUAD-603 Policy Process (3)
An introduction to the policy process, especially as it takes place in the U.S. political system. Various theoretical approaches and models for the study of agenda setting, policy adoption, implementation, and evaluation are reviewed and applied, along with an examination of the legal and constitutional context. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer.
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PUAD-604 Public Program Evaluation (3)
Introduction to the elements of policy and program analysis. Normative criteria for program evaluation; systematic strategies for assessing and measuring the effects of program elements and policy changes; and logic and limitations. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer. Prerequisite: PUAD-602 .
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PUAD-605 Quantitative Methods for Public Managers (3)
Prepares students to understand and use standard statistical techniques and interpret statistical analyses in order to enhance managerial and policy decisions. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer.
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PUAD-606 Foundations of Policy Analysis (3)
This course introduces students to the scope, methods, issues, and evolution of policy studies. Students learn and apply various frameworks for approaching the enterprise of policy analysis, become familiar with the logic and applicability of analytical techniques, and gain an appreciation for the ethical issue, values, and context of government policy. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer.
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PUAD-607 Economics and Politics of Public Policy (3)
Applies basic normative and positive theories of public policy to specific policy areas, including social welfare and regulatory policies. Includes environmental policy, education, welfare, health care, EEO and discrimination, transportation, cable TV, and drug policy, depending on student interests. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: PUAD-606 or PUAD-630 .
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PUAD-608 Comparative Administrative Systems (3)
A comparative examination of governmental administrative and policymaking institutions in the context of national and international economic and political systems. The emphasis is on the impact of these institutions and systems on policies and programs in developed and developing nations. Usually Offered: spring.
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PUAD-609 Topics in Public Management (3)
Topics vary by section. The transformation of law and public policy into operational activities and its administrative challenges. Topics offered include the new public management; privatization and contracting out; performance management; cross-cultural administration; the management of “wicked” public policies; and traditional and non-conventional tools for delivering public services. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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PUAD-610 Public Administration Capstone (3)
This capstone course tests students’ abilities to integrate, synthesize, and apply Master of Public Administration (MPA) coursework to significant public management challenges. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Restriction: MPA program.
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PUAD-611 Managing in the Information Age (3)
The use of information technology in public service organizations. Includes basic concepts and terminology, government and non-profit applications, the systems approach to organizational processes, database concepts, web-engineering, decision support, user involvement, methodologies for developing operating systems, and future trends. Usually Offered: fall.
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PUAD-612 Introduction to Public Administration and the Policy Process (3)
This course introduces students to the evolution of public administration as a profession, discipline, and career. Emphasized are the managerial, political, legal and constitutional, ethical, informational, and technical contexts of public administration, as well as the challenges these afford public administrators confronting contemporary issues. Usually Offered: fall and spring.
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PUAD-613 Global Governance and Public Policy (3)
Considers what it means to govern and to create and carry out public policy at the global level. The course examines institutions with international scope such as the World Bank; the UN system and international NGOs; and policy issues with cross-national dimensions such as climate change, trade, and human rights. Usually Offered: spring.
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PUAD-614 Development Management (3)
The problems of administering public programs in developing countries and the methods by which development projects are carried out. For foreign students who will be returning to developing countries as well as for Americans interested in international administration. Usually Offered: fall and summer.
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PUAD-615 Public-Private Partnerships (3)
The provision of public services takes place through a variety of forms, including nonprofit organizations and business firms. This course examines the political, managerial, legal, financial, and ethical issues involved in utilizing non-governmental organizations for the delivery of public services, including the processes for deciding when to involve them and how to monitor their performance. Usually Offered: spring.
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PUAD-616 Legal Basis of Public Administration (3)
The judicial and legislative oversight of public service managers; administrative procedures and rule making; managerial liability; legal requirements of administrative systems; public employment and labor law; merit system law; international human rights law; constitutional constraints on public service managers; and standards of ethics based in the law. Usually Offered: fall and summer.
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PUAD-617 Project Management (3)
Fundamental concepts of project management for carrying out discrete operations in government agencies, non-profit organizations, or private sector organizations providing public services. Project design, planning, scheduling, systems engineering, cost estimation, innovation, and processes for conducting high-risk operations in risk-averse environments. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer.
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PUAD-618 Management Workshop (1-3)
Topics vary by section. Provides practical instruction in specific skills for implementing programs in the public sector and non-profit management, including auditing; management of volunteers; workplace diversity; government contracting; and effective communication. Usually Offered: summer. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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PUAD-619 Ethical Issues in Public Policy (3)
Consideration of the ethical issues that arise in the formation and implementation of public policy. Includes the use of ethical standards as a guide to public policy making, how they differ from other approaches to decision making, and analysis of specific ethical controversies and challenges. Usually Offered: spring.
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PUAD-620 Public Marketing and Strategic Communication (1.5-3)
Principles of marketing and strategic communication used by government agencies to identify features of government performance relevant to citizens; market government services; bring about changes in citizen behavior; and enhance the image of government agencies. The conceptual and theoretical framework for developing communication campaigns aimed at advancing public policy. Also includes marketing techniques such as focus groups and surveys to identify the causes of social behavior as well as citizen preferences and needs. Three-credit sections include online component with additional work on case studies related to law enforcement. Restriction: Key Executive Leadership (MPA) or Strategic Management and Executive Leadership for Law Enforcement (Graduate Certificate) .
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PUAD-621 Topics in Executive Management (1.5)
Topics vary by section. Topics include developments in areas such as planning, organizing, staffing, information technology, program implementation, executive management and leadership, and international administration. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Restriction: Key Executive Leadership (MPA) .
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PUAD-622 Leadership for Executives (3)
By focusing on the leadership skills of class members, this course is designed to sharpen the capabilities of executives to lead and manage others. Students examine their own managerial style, methods of communication, techniques of motivation, delegation of work, and approaches to group leadership. Class exercises are used to illustrate research findings from the behavioral sciences. Usually Offered: fall. Restriction: Key Executive Leadership (MPA) .
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PUAD-623 Executive Problem Solving (3)
In this course key executives study the methods for gathering and analyzing information in ways that lead toward more effective and accurate decisions. Specific techniques for analyzing public policies and evaluating agency performance are examined. During this course each key executive develops a prospectus for analyzing a program or activity within his or her own agency. Usually Offered: summer. Restriction: Key Executive Leadership (MPA) .
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PUAD-624 Budgeting and Financial Management (3)
The use of the executive budget as a device for management planning and control is the focus of this course on public financial management. Key executives develop their skills in understanding different budgetary systems, the elements of budget review and execution, and various strategies and tactics employed by participants in the budgetary process. Usually Offered: fall. Restriction: Key Executive Leadership (MPA) .
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PUAD-625 Analysis and Evaluation (3)
The broad set of research activities essential for designing, implementing, and appraising the usefulness of government programs. Students assess the effectiveness and efficiency of innovative initiatives, as well as programs already in place, and gain skills critical in implementing the Government Performance and Results Act. Restriction: Key Executive Leadership (MPA) .
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PUAD-626 Legal Issues in Public Administration (3)
This course deals with the legal basis of government authority and the ways in which legal processes authorize yet limit executive action. Using statute and case law, key executives study the delegation of legislative power, rule-making, administrative appeals, and judicial review. Attention is focused on the legal issues in which key executives are most likely to become involved. Usually Offered: spring. Restriction: Key Executive Leadership (MPA) or Public Administration and Policy (MPAP) .
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PUAD-627 Politics, Policymaking, and Public Administration (3)
Key executives examine the relationship of the legislative process, congressional oversight, and EOP/OMB review and approval to the administration of government policy. They study response to pressure groups, clientele groups, and the general public. Executives also address their relationship to political executives, the political basis of government organization, and the difficulties of interagency coordination. Usually Offered: fall. Restriction: Key Executive Leadership (MPA) .
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PUAD-628 Executive Skill Modules (1.5)
Topics vary by section. Participation in this program sequence is designed to improve the practical skills that top-level executives use on their jobs. Among the modules available to participants are computer literacy for executives, executive speaking, effective writing, and executive health and fitness. Usually Offered: fall and summer. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: Pass/Fail only. Restriction: Key Executive Leadership (MPA) .
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PUAD-629 Symposium on Executive Management (2)
This course focuses on the integration of the public executive role with the work of the organization from the macro, or institutional, perspective. As the capstone course, it focuses on the perspectives of executive management effectiveness that emerge from the four Key Executive Program study tracks. Usually Offered: spring. Restriction: Key Executive Leadership (MPA) .
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PUAD-630 Public Managerial Economics (3)
This course introduces students to the concepts managers need to become informed consumers of microeconomics-based policy analysis, including resource scarcity; opportunity cost; supply and demand; consumer and producer surplus; market equilibrium; competitive markets; economic efficiency; market failure; intended and unintended consequences of policy interventions; efficiency; equity; and cost-benefit principles. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer.
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PUAD-631 Financing Government Services (3)
This course covers the theories, principles, and practices of public finance. The focus is on the analysis of public revenue instruments including taxes, grants, and fees, and on public sector expenditures and the demand and supply of government services in areas such as education, transportation, infrastructure, public safety, health, and social support. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Prerequisite: PUAD-630 or PUAD-670 .
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PUAD-633 Budgeting and Financial Management (3)
Public sector budgeting and budgetary processes, including budget execution and control; cost estimation; capital financing and debt management; performance budgeting; cost-benefit analysis; basic government accounting; and financial statements. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer.
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PUAD-634 Acquisition Management (1.5-3)
Provides students with the requisite understanding to exercise leverage in both the award and administration phases of the acquisition cycle. How to influence outcomes that further programmatic goals in support of public policy objectives. Basic rules, regulations, laws, and directives and ethical considerations are covered with respect to both competitive and sole source acquisitions. Restriction: Key Executive Leadership (MPA) . Note: 3-credit offering requires more in-depth study and provides for more class contact time.
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PUAD-636 Strategic Fiscal Planning (3)
How to analyze the financial health of state and local governments and other public organizations and develop remedies for financial problems. Financial condition is related to expenditure, revenue, and borrowing decisions; the economic base and needs of the community; capital markets; public employees; and the overall economic system. Note: A course in financial management is recommended.
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PUAD-637 Public Managerial Macroeconomics (3)
An introduction to macroeconomic theory and applications as a basis for understanding the financial environment of public management. Basic models for short- and long-run forecasting of revenue and expenditures. The business cycle and political theories for explaining fiscal patterns at the federal, state, and local levels. Credit markets, interest rates, and debt management. Prerequisite: PUAD-630 .
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PUAD-638 Strategic Human Resource Management for Executives (1.5-3)
How executives exercise discretion in the application of human resource policy to enhance organizational effectiveness. Subjects covered include labor/management relations, merit-based staffing, performance management, employee selection, EEO, employee relations, and other workplace issues. Three-credit sections include online component with additional work on case studies related to law enforcement. Restriction: Key Executive Leadership (MPA) or Strategic Management and Executive Leadership for Law Enforcement (Graduate Certificate) .
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PUAD-639 Ethics for Public Managers (1.5-3)
Explores ethical philosophy and its implications for executive action and decision making. Includes conceptions of the public trust, conflicting interests, ends and means, deception, personal integrity, work place civility, and the need for government to keep its promises. Using case studies, students examine the ethical implications of alternative courses of action. Three-credit sections include online component with additional work on case studies related to law enforcement. Restriction: Key Executive Leadership (MPA) or Strategic Management and Executive Leadership for Law Enforcement (Graduate Certificate) .
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PUAD-640 Leadership (3)
This course deals with significant theories of leadership and human motivation that have shaped current applications in human resources. Emphasis is on those aspects of humanistic psychology most applicable to individual and group behavior in management. Restriction: Organization Development (MSOD) .
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PUAD-641 Applied Research Methods (3)
Using cases, exercises, and drills, this course establishes the essential role of research methods in the professional practice of Organization Development and change. The course equips students with competencies in qualitative and quantitative methodologies for data collection, techniques for analysis and interpretation, and capabilities to present analytic output in reports. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Restriction: Organization Development (MSOD) .
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PUAD-642 Organization Theory and Diagnosis (3)
This course introduces a broad range of research and theory about organizations and applies these to the task of understanding and diagnosing of organization dynamics. Through cases, lecture and experiential activities, the curriculum builds capability to address such factors and forces as organizational goals, structures, politics, power, culture, environments, and mindsets. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Restriction: Organization Development (MSOD) .
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PUAD-643 Use of Self in Professional Practice (3)
This residential course draws on the applied behavioral sciences to build knowledge, skills, and awareness for effective use of self in organization development (OD) practice. Topics include self-reflection, feedback, conflict management, dynamics of diversity and power, individual behavior, and how one engages such topics in groups and professional settings. Grading: A-F only. Restriction: Organization Development (MSOD) .
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PUAD-644 Implementing System Change (3)
This course immerses students in models and methods of full-scale organization development interventions, emphasizing design, management, and assessment of transformative change. Students participate in dialogues with executives and organization development change professionals, live cases, and fieldwork with transformative system change. Restriction: Organization Development (MSOD) .
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PUAD-645 Global Diversity and Cultural Capacity (3)
This course takes a scholar-practitioner approach to diversity and systematic cross-cultural dynamics. Through lectures, research, assessments, experiences, teamwork, and field activities, the course supports students learning how/why differences mater, and building cultural capacity to become effective global organization development (OD) scholar-practitioners. The course starts with a pre-residency module in Washington, DC after which students travel to an international host site. Together PUAD-645 and PUAD-647 form the MSOD International Residency. Grading: A-F only. Restriction: Organization Development (MSOD) .
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PUAD-646 Consultation and Coaching Theory and Skills (3)
This course focuses on the theory and practice of consultation and coaching in organization development and change. Topics include roles and skills for change practitioners (internal/external consultant, manager, leader); process consultation; stages and tasks of the organization development consulting cycle; and an introduction to knowledge and skills for effective coaching of individuals and teams. Restriction: Organization Development (MSOD) .
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PUAD-647 International Organization Development Consultation (3)
Using a scholar-practitioner approach, in this course student teams complete compressed organization development (OD) cycle projects with overseas organizations. Under faculty supervision, this residential course abroad develops students’ cultural capacity and global consultation skills through providing professional quality consultation services to clients. Together PUAD-645 and PUAD-647 form the MSOD International Residency. Grading: A-F only. Restriction: Organization Development (MSOD) .
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PUAD-648 Methods and Models of Change (3)
This course examines major models and methods used in organization development and change. Topics include action research, process consultation, and teambuilding; social construction, positive organizational studies and appreciative inquiry; large group and systems interventions; complexity sciences and self-organizing principles; organization discourse and dialogic interventions. Restriction: Organization Development (MSOD) ,
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PUAD-649 Studies in Human Resource Management (1-3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics including consultation in international settings; use of self in professional practice; conflict resolution; diversity and cultural competence. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Restriction: Organization Development (MSOD) .
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PUAD-650 Leadership in a Changing Workplace (3)
Students develop their leadership style and capacity. Includes supervision, motivation, team-building, group dynamics, communication skills, conflict resolution, effective work relationships, employee development, and diversity. Usually Offered: spring and summer.
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PUAD-652 Facilitation and Team Development (3)
Strategies from the behavioral sciences that are used to improve the effectiveness of individuals, teams, and organizations. Includes data collection and feedback, group process observation, team building, conflict management, and professional issues. Usually Offered: fall and summer.
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PUAD-654 Organization Diagnosis and Change (3)
Alternative theories and methods of intervention designed to bring about effective organization change. Students develop skills by applying theories and models to organization cases. Usually Offered: spring.
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PUAD-655 Managing Labor Management Relations (3)
Understanding the rules governing labor management relations in the public sector in order to make lawful strategic and tactical decisions. Applying the rules to create and manage labor management relationships that maximize government productivity, public satisfaction, and employee fulfillment. Usually Offered: spring.
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PUAD-656 Managing Diversity (3)
Focuses on the challenges managers face as they learn to work creatively and effectively with a diverse, multicultural workforce. The dimensions of diversity and people who are different, and the ways to become a more innovative and appropriate manager of difference are examined and explored.
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PUAD-658 Managing Conflict (3)
This course addresses the dynamics of conflict in organizations at three levels: interpersonal, work group, and inter-group. The origins, manifestation, and evolution of conflict in organizations are examined. Classes intersperse experiential activities with discussions of cases and theory. Participants develop skills, knowledge, strategies, and self-awareness to use in diagnosing and managing conflicts at work.
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PUAD-659 Action Learning for Executives (1-3)
Action learning is a group and leadership process that solves organizational problems in real time. This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to understand the theory and practice of action learning and prepare a proposal to conduct an action learning project for the executive MPA comprehensive examination. Restriction: Key Executive Leadership (MPA) .
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PUAD-660 Quantitative Methods (3)
This course prepares students to conduct and interpret statistical analysis. They learn how to describe samples and how to make inferences about populations from samples. They gain an understanding of bivariate and multivariate statistical techniques, as well as hands-on experience using statistical software to work with datasets. Grading: A-F only. Restriction: Public Administration and Policy (MPAP) .
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PUAD-661 Foundations of Program Evaluation (3)
This course introduces students to research designs and related methodological tools used to evaluate the need for a program or policy, its implementation, and its impact on key outcomes. Students learn how to design, conduct, and critique evaluations, as well as how organizational, programmatic, and political factors can influence evaluation. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: PUAD-660 . Restriction: Public Administration and Policy (MPAP) .
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PUAD-665 Managing Human Capital Assets (3)
Policies and managerial processes for human capital including staffing, human resource development, classification, performance appraisal, equal employment opportunity, and labor-management relations. Usually Offered: alternate falls.
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PUAD-670 Economics for Policy Analysis (3)
This course covers microeconomic tools for policy analysts, including resource scarcity, opportunity cost, theory of the consumer, theory of the firm, consumer, and producer surplus, market equilibrium, allocative and productive efficiency, welfare economics, market failure, intended and unintended consequences of policy interventions, efficiency versus equity, and cost-benefit analysis.
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PUAD-671 Cost Benefit Analysis (3)
Course on the theory and practice of applied welfare economics for evaluating private, nonprofit, and public projects from a public interest standpoint. Development and illustration of cost benefit analysis concepts, techniques, methods, and criteria through applications to a wide range of public policy issues such as economic development, infrastructure, social, and environmental projects. Integrated use of spreadsheet modeling framework to quantify benefits and costs, and to facilitate sensitivity and risk analysis. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: PUAD-630 or PUAD-670 .
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PUAD-672 Advanced Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis (3)
This course applies advanced econometric techniques to policy analysis. The course covers extensions to the linear regression model, including instrumental variables and panel-data methods, as well as introduction to the estimation and interpretation of nonlinear regression models, such as those for limited dependent variables, quantile regression, sample-selection corrections, and survival analysis. Usually Offered: fall. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: PUAD-602 .
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PUAD-674 Practicum in Organization Development and Change (3)
This course is a field-based organization development and change project developed and implemented by each student, supervised by a practicum adviser. Students focus on framing a client engagement and front-end consultation skills; progress review and planning for project completion and development of the practicum report; and presentation of results. Repeatable for credit. Grading: Pass/Fail only. Restriction: Organization Development (MSOD) .
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PUAD-675 Organization Analysis and Strategy I (1.5)
This course expands knowledge of administrative fundamentals, executive roles, and the centrality of strategy in organization development and change. Using simulations, lectures, fieldwork, guest speakers, strategic analysis and cases, the course focuses on using organization development techniques in strategy development and implementation to move a system toward its desired future. Restriction: Organization Development (MSOD) .
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PUAD-676 Organization Analysis and Strategy II (1.5)
This course expands knowledge of administrative fundamentals, executive roles, and the centrality of strategy in organization development and change. Using simulations, lectures, fieldwork, guest speakers, strategic analysis and cases, the course focuses on using organization development techniques in strategy development and implementation to move a system toward its desired future. Restriction: Organization Development (MSOD) .
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PUAD-677 Introduction to Organization Development and Change (3)
This course provides an overview of the Organization Development approach to change in human systems. Topics include foundational and emerging theories and theorists; core concepts, tools, and practices; ethics and values; use of this knowledge in multiple roles (consultant, manager, change agent); leadership and organization development; and adult learning theory. Usually Offered: fall and spring.
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PUAD-679 Studies in Human Resource Development (1-3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics, including labor relations for human resource development; organizational diagnosis and intervention for human resource development; personnel administration for human resource development; and institute on group and personal interaction for human resource development. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Restriction: Organization Development (MSOD) .
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PUAD-681 Managing Nonprofit Organizations (3)
The application of management theories and practices in nonprofit organizations. Establishment and sustainability of nonprofit organizations, strategic management principles, organizational structures and processes, multiple funding sources and their impact on budget decisions, staff/board relationships, human resource practices, use of volunteers, accountability systems, and methods for determining organizational effectiveness. Usually Offered: spring.
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PUAD-682 Nonprofit Resource Development (3)
Nonprofit organizations support themselves through many different sources, including charitable gifts and grants, government grants and contracts, earned income from fees, memberships and sponsorships, returns on investments, volunteer labor, gifts-in-kind, and other sources. They also mix these sources of income in many different ways. This course illuminates the theoretical rationales and practical considerations involved in developing and utilizing particular sources of income and in selecting appropriate combinations or portfolios, so that nonprofit organizations can effectively advance their particular missions, sustain the infrastructure of their organizations, remain financially healthy, and manage risk, change and growth. Usually Offered: fall.
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PUAD-683 Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations (3)
This course covers the principles of planning; execution, and assessment of strategic marketing in nonprofit organizations. Students learn how to incorporate marketing activities into organizational structures; understand target audience characteristics and desires; develop and launch new offerings; achieve effective market segmentation; positioning; and branding; identify various elements of the marketing mix (product; price; place; and promotion); and evaluate effectiveness of marketing initiatives. Students also read and present research articles; discuss case studies; interact with guest speakers; and prepare a marketing plan for a nonprofit organization. Usually Offered: fall.
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PUAD-684 Organizational Analysis (3)
This course examines concepts and theories that explain organizations and organizational behavior including factors such as the nature of the political environment, organizational structure, staffing, information management, and budgetary constraints. The impact of these factors is explored in the context of policy development and implementation. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer.
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PUAD-685 Topics in Policy Analysis and Management (1-3)
Topics vary by section. Examination of the doctrines associated with the design and implementation of public policies, together with conducting analytical studies on various policies, including social, health care, national security, environmental, science and technology, regulatory, income, and economic. Usually Offered: spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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PUAD-687 Urban Management (3)
Council-manager relationships, work force staffing and development, the budget and community goals, ethical issues, management control, and external and regional effectiveness.
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PUAD-688 Policy Practicum (3)
This course affords students exposure to the institutional, legal, and ethic dimensions of policy analysis in organizational settings. Students perform a policy analysis project for a client. Usually Offered: fall and spring.
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PUAD-690 Independent Study Project (1-6)
Permission: instructor and department chair.
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PUAD-691 Internship (1-6)
Permission: instructor and department chair.
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PUAD-693 AU-Hertie School of Governance Exchange, Berlin (1-9)
Topics vary by section. The course provides an opportunity for students to study abroad at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Note: Consult Department of Public Administration and Policy (DPAP).
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PUAD-696 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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PUAD-710 Proseminar in Public Administration (3)
This course provides students with a deep understanding of the intellectual history of public administration in the United States. It analyzes the development of public administrative thought by assessing the substance, impact, and historical context of many of the classic works in the field. Usually Offered: fall. Restriction: PhD program.
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PUAD-712 Seminar in Public Administration and Democratic Constitutionalism (3)
This course focuses on the incorporation of democratic constitutional theory, values, and processes into U.S. public administration since the 1940s. It covers the constitutional dimensions of the separation of powers, federalism, and individual rights; administrative law; and representative bureaucracy, with emphasis on classic and integrative literature. Usually Offered: alternate falls. Restriction: PhD program.
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PUAD-714 Seminar in Organization Theory (3)
This course covers traditional and modern theories of organizations and their utility in explaining public administrative behavior. It includes structural, cultural, decision, political, and reliability theories and how each applies to public-sector organizations. Usually Offered: alternate falls. Restriction: PhD program.
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PUAD-716 Seminar in Organizational Behavior (3)
This course examines individual behavior in behavior in public-sector organizations. It explores the exploration of the intellectual roots of organizational behavioral scholarship, particularly in the areas of organizational processes and structure, motivation, leadership, communication, and interpersonal and team building skills. Emphasis is placed on application to public-sector organizations. Usually Offered: alternate springs. Restriction: PhD program.
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PUAD-718 Seminar in Public Management (3)
This course covers public management and governance, including the tradition of management in the field of public administration, its evolution, and its contemporary character. The influence of New Public Management (NPM) and related strategies, such as performance management, contracting, privatization, outsourcing, and network management are examined. Usually Offered: alternate springs. Restriction: PhD program.
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PUAD-730 Proseminar in Public Policy (3)
This course is an overview of the public policy field. It examines literature in three disciplines: neo-classical economics, political science, and public choice. Each disciplinary perspective is used to analyze the institutions most directly involved in policy formation (voters, interest groups, and congress) and implementation (Congress and the bureaucracy). Usually Offered: alternate springs. Restriction: PhD program.
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PUAD-732 Seminar in Policy Implementation (3)
This course covers the evolution of research and theory-building in policy implementation. Emphasis is placed on the theories, frameworks, and methodological challenges facing researchers in the field. Usually Offered: alternate springs. Restriction: PhD program.
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PUAD-734 Seminar in Policy Processes and Institutions (3)
This course is an introduction to the theories of public policymaking, with an emphasis on the institutions that shape the policy process in the U.S. context. Emphasis is placed on theories and methods for research on agenda setting, policy adoption, implementation, and evaluation. Usually Offered: alternate falls. Restriction: PhD program.
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PUAD-740 Seminar in Public Sector Budgeting (3)
The focus of this course is budgeting, the primary resource allocation process (on the expenditure side) of the public sector. It considers budgeting theory, format, the relationship between and roles of actors, and budgeting as a mechanism of control, management, and planning. Restriction: PhD program.
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PUAD-742 Seminar in Applied Public Finance: Expenditure (3)
This course focuses on the expenditure side of public sector resource allocation systems. Attention is directed toward the need and demand for public services, the execution of public policy objectives, and the spatial structure of governance and its implications for meeting diverse national, regional, and sub-regional public needs and preferences. Restriction: PhD program.
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PUAD-744 Seminar in Applied Public Finance: Revenue Systems (3)
This course focuses on the revenue side of public sector resource allocation systems. It includes revenue instruments and their administration, general principles of public finance/economics, and the behavioral response of the population to specific elements of the revenue system. Restriction: PhD program.
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PUAD-790 Doctoral Independent Study in Public Administration and Policy (1-6)
Permission: instructor and department chair.
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PUAD-796 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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PUAD-898 Doctoral Continuing Enrollment (1-9)
May be taken by doctoral students completing coursework, exams or proposals in preparation for advancement to candidacy. It is a 1-9 credit course that can be repeated once and may be taken with or without regular coursework. Tuition is assessed at the 1 credit rate. The course is graded SP/UP and students must have the approval of their Program Director. Academic load will be determined by total enrolled credits for the semester. This course may not be used to establish full-time status for merit aid except for students with a half-time appointment who have an approved plan to distribute a total of 18 credits over one calendar year (6 credits during Fall, Spring and Summer semesters). Grading: SP/UP only. Restriction: PhD students. Permission: program director.
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