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PPA 8193 - Sem In Intergovt Rel

 (Prerequisite: 9 hours of graduate work). Three hours  lecture. Examines the current day functioning of the  American federal system. Focuses upon national-state,  national-local, interstate, state-local and interlocal  relationships as well as fiscal federalism. 

Delivery Method: Face to Face
Semester: Spring
Sample Syllabus (pdf)

 

PPA 8703 - Gov Org & Adm Theory

Detailed survey of organization theories and managerial  techniques as they relate to the public sector.

Delivery Method: Face to Face
Semester: Spring
Sample Syllabus (pdf)

 

PPA 8713 - Pub Personnel Mgt

 Course considers major developments in the issues and  management practices affecting personnel such as affirmative  action, unions, and civil service reforms. 

Delivery Method: Interactive Video
Semester: Spring
Sample Syllabus (pdf)

 

PPA 8723 - Pub Budget & Fin Mgt

Analysis of current financial and budgetary techniques as  they apply to the public sector. Capital budgeting, debt  administration, and financial management. 

Delivery Method: Face to face
Semester: Fall
Sample Syllabus (pdf)

 

PPA 8733 - Public Program Eval

Techniques and analytical methods of assessing governmental program success. Special emphasis will be given to program designs, data collection and quantitative applications.

Delivery Method: Interactive Video
Semester: Spring and Fall
Sample Syllabus (pdf)

 

PPA 8743 - Administrative Law

(Prerequisite: PS 4703/6703). Three hours lecture. An  environmental study of the legal nature and effect of  policies and attitudes of government toward business,  especially the power and limitations of regulatory agencies.

Delivery Method: Face to face
Semester: Summer
Sample Syllabus (pdf)

 

PPA 8803 - Research Meth Pub Affair

Stress on research designs and methods, survey research and  other techniques and measuring data. Focus on applied  approaches for mathematically analyzing governmental data.  (Same as PS 8803).

Delivery Method: Face to Face
Semester: Spring
Sample Syllabus (pdf)

 

PPA 8833 - Systems In Pa

 (Prerquisite: BIS 1013, CS 1013, TKT 4273/6273, or  equivalent). Three hours lecture. Role of automated,  computer-based systems in govenment; their impact on the  workplace, government institutions, and the governmental  systems; selected topical applications. 

Delivery Method: Face to Face
Semester: Spring and Fall
Sample Syllabus (pdf)

 

PPA 8903 - Public Policy

Nature, determinants, and effects of public goods and services; policy formulation and implementation; seminar emphasizes contemporary issues such as strategic planning, leadership, and managerial control. (Same as PS 8903).

Delivery Method: Face to face
Semester: Fall
Sample Syllabus (pdf)

 

PPA 8983 - Integrative Capstone

(Prerequisites:Consent of Instructor).Three hours lecture.  A groups-based consulting project on an issue currently  facing a governmental or nonprofit organization.  (should be taken in terminal semester of degree program ). 

Delivery Method: Face to face
Semester: Spring
Sample Syllabus (pdf)

 

PPA 8990 - Special Topic In PPA - State Executive Institute

Credit and title to be arranged. This course is to be used  on a limited basis to offer developing subject matter areas  not covered in existing courses. (Courses limited to two  offerings under one title within two academic years).

Delivery Method: Face to face
Semester: Summer

 

PPA 9613 - Rural Gov Admin I

(Prerequisite: Consent of the Instructor). A seminar dealing with the principles of democratic theory as they affect the role of government and citizens' participation in government in rural settings.

Delivery Method: Face to face
Semester: Spring and Fall
Sample Syllabus (pdf)

 

PPA 9623 - Rural Gov Admin II

 (Prerequisite: Consent of the Instructor). A seminar dealing  with program implementation by rural and small town  governments, including adoption and diffusion of management  innovation by public administrators as change agents. 

Delivery Method: Online, Internet or Web-based
Semester: Spring
Sample Syllabus (pdf)

 

 

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