COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
MPAD 6000. Topics for Graduate Study in Public Administration. (1-4G) Intensive study of a topic in public administration. The topic of investigation may vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit. (On demand) (Evening)
MPAD 6102. Legal and Institutional Foundations of Public Administration. (3G) Consideration of the political context of contemporary public administration, with attention to the role of administration in the policy process, the legal basis for public administration, legislative-executive relations, and accountability and responsibility in democratic administration. (Yearly) (Evenings)
MPAD 6104. Theoretical and Ethical Foundations of Public Administration. (3G) Changing images of people, organizations and organizational environments; research findings and applications related to organization structure, motivation, leadership, communications, decision-making, group dynamics, interpersonal skills; ethics and values important to the study and practice of organizational leadership; and assessment of value systems and the impact of competing value systems on public and organizational policy making. (Yearly) (Evenings)
MPAD 6125. Quantitative Research Methods in Public Administration. (3G) Corequisite: MPAD 6125L. Introduction to the use of quantitative analysis in administration. Special emphasis on issues of research design, data collection, elementary statistical analysis, and the interpretation and presentation of research findings. (Yearly) (Evenings)
MPAD 6125L. Computer Laboratory In Quantitative Research Methods in Public Administration. (1G) Corequisite: MPAD 6125. Hands-on computer experience to master the substantive materials taught in Quantitative Research Methods. (Yearly) (Evenings)
MPAD 6128. Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation. (3G) Analysis of the policy making process with particular attention to the role of public administration. Development and application of policy analysis methods, methods of evaluation, research design and measurement, and methods to incorporate program evaluation with planning, budgeting and personnel management. (Yearly) (Evenings)
MPAD 6131. Public Budgeting and Finance. (3G) An introduction to the basics of public finance and an examination of the theory and development of public budgeting, the budget processes, the budget cycle, budget reforms, capital budgets, revenue sources, taxation policies and processes, intergovernmental fiscal relations and governmental accounting practices, debt management and cash management in public organizations. (Spring) (Evenings)
MPAD 6134. Public Personnel Management (3G) Study of the context of public personnel administration; basic functions of job evaluation and compensation, employee rights and responsibilities; the legal constraints including equal opportunity, health and safety, collective bargaining; government productivity. (Yearly) (Evenings)
MPAD 6140. Labor Management Relations in Government. (3G) Public employee unionization, collective bargaining, unit determination and recognition; negotiation; third-party process; administration of agreements. (On demand) (Evenings)
MPAD 6141. Conflict Management in Public Organizations. (3G) The role of the administrator as a focal point in social change and the management of the conflict which occurs. Perspectives on the negotiation and bargaining process will be reviewed. (On demand) (Evenings)
MPAD 6142. Managing Grants and Contracts in the Public Sector. (3G) Understanding government contracting and practice in government grant proposal writing with the development of contract administration skills. (On demand) (Evenings)
MPAD 6144. Changing the Public Organization. (3G) Overview of concepts and methodologies of organization development, diagnosing organizational needs, change strategies and interventions. (On demand) (Evenings)
MPAD 6146. Introduction to Urban Administration. (3G) An introduction to the basic literature of urban administration and consideration of theoretical questions of administration as an independent field of study and practice, particularly as applied to an urban setting. (On demand) (Evenings)
MPAD 6160. Information Systems in Public Administration. (3G) A discussion of the nature of information systems in urban administration. Particular attention to developing understanding of administrative control and use of technology, and the processes, policies and issues associated with public information systems. (On demand) (Evenings)
MPAD 6170. Law and Urban Policy. (3G) Role of the judicial process in shaping urban policy and the role of administrative law in influencing behavior of urban policy organizations. (On demand) (Evenings)
MPAD 6172. Administration of the Health Care Systems in the United States. (3G) Components of the health care system in the United States, with emphasis on the relationships among public (local, state and federal), private, voluntary and nonprofit entities; including points of access for recipients of health care; relationships with other human services and professions involved in providing health care; and the regulatory environment governing these relationships. (On demand) (Evenings)
MPAD 6174. Public Policy and Politics in Health Care Administration. (3G) Examination of the formulation, adoption and implementation of public policy for health care through federal, state and local political processes. (On demand) (Evenings)
MPAD 6176. Trends and Issues in Health Administration. (3G) Examination of current issues confronting health care managers and an assessment of current programs and management responses to emerging trends in the health care field, including delivery systems, marketing/competition, strategic planning, financial management and/or epidemiological changes. (On demand) (Evenings)
MPAD 6185. Intergovernmental Relations. (3G) Survey of the complex relationships of governments in an urban environment set in the federal system. A review of the problems created by that system and the approaches to their solutions. (On demand) (Evenings)
MPAD 6187. Advanced Seminar in Public Management Problem Solving. (3G) Seminar viewed as a capstone to the student's coursework in public management and is required to be taken by all students. Seminar devoted to topics in public management which involve problem identification and solution. (Yearly) (Evenings)
MPAD 6188. Research Applications in Public Administration. (3G) Preparation of a major paper on a topic of significance in public or nonprofit administration. Topics must be approved by the instructor, and paper drafts will be revised by the student following evaluation by the instructor. (Fall, Spring)
MPAD 6800. Directed Study in Public Administration. (3G) Prerequisite: all core courses and passing of comprehensive examination. Individual project proposal on a directed topic of significance based on field experience in public administration. Pass/In Progress grading. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)
MPAD 6801. Directed Study in Public Administration. (3G) Prerequisite: MPAD 6800. Individual project report on a directed topic of significance based on field experience in public administration. Pass/In Progress grading. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)
MPAD 7999. Graduate Residence. (0G) Prerequisite: MPAD 6801. Continuation of the individual project report on a directed topic of significance based on field experience in public administration. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)