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Public Administration and Urban Studies ** (3980)
| 590 | W: URBAN STUDIES | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. (May be repeated for a maximum of six credits) Group studies of special topics in urban studies and public administration. May not be used to meet core graduate requirements. May be used for elective credit only. | ||
| 600 | BASIC QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Examines basic framework of social science research methodologies and basic complementary statistical techniques, including probability and sampling. | ||
| 601 | ADV RESEARCH & STAT METHODS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 600. Extends study of social science to include more advanced research designs and multivariate statistical techniques. | ||
| 602 | HISTORY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT | 3 credits |
| Examination of major literature on processes of urbanization in United States and selected facets of urban institutional development. | ||
| 609 | HEALTH BEHAVIOR: THEORY & APPL | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing/status. This course provides an overview of behavior change theories at the individual, interpersonal and community levels with an emphasis on application in health policy decision-making. | ||
| 610 | LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC AD | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Introduction to the legal foundations and context of public administration, including the interaction of the course, public organizations, public administration and the public. | ||
| 611 | INTRO TO PROFESSION OF PUB ADM | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Introduction to the theory and practice of the field of public administration. Foundation course for later MPA study. | ||
| 612 | NATIONAL URBAN POLICY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Major federal policies that relate to urban problems examined in regard to policy-making processes, implementation and impact. | ||
| 613 | INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANAGEMENT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Examines the field of intergovernmental relations as it applies to urban administration and management. | ||
| 614 | ETHICS & PUBLIC SERVICE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 18 credit hours in the MPA program or permission. Examination of the ethical problems and implications of decisions and policies made by those whose actions affect the public and public policy. | ||
| 615 | PUBLIC ORGANIZATION THEORY | 3 credits |
| Prereqisite: permission. Examines the development of public organizational theory and the current status of theoretical dvelopments in the field of public administration. | ||
| 616 | PERSONNEL MGMT IN PUBLIC SECT | 3 credits |
| Fundamental issues and principles of public sector personnel administration, including recruitment, selection, training, motivation, supervision, evaluation, labor relations and affirmative action. | ||
| 617 | LEADERSHIP & DECISION-MAKING | 3 credits |
| Examines the context of public organizational management including relevant organizational theories, strategic management and planning and public sector leadership. | ||
| 618 | CITIZEN PARTICIPATION | 3 credits |
| The fundamental theory, background, techniques, and issues of citizen participation in urban policy-making. | ||
| 619 | COMMUNITY ORGANIZING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. The course will examine the evolution and influence of neighborhood, community and "grass-roots" organizations on public policy making in urban areas. | ||
| 620 | SOCIAL SERVICES PLANNING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. In-depth analysis of total social services requirements and various ways in which social services planning function is carried out in urban communities. | ||
| 621 | URBAN SOCIETY & SERVICE SYSTEM | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Analysis of social bases of urban society; hierarchies, social problems, relationships to planning, public services. | ||
| 622 | HEALTH PLAN & PUBLIC POLICY | 3 credits |
| Basic knowledge of the health service delivery system is provided for planners and administrators in the public sector. | ||
| 623 | PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Examines the building, maintenance and management of public works. | ||
| 624 | EMERGCY MGT POLICY IMPL & ANLY | 3 credits |
| Examines the implementation of emergency management policy at the federal, state, and local level: Analyzes current policy initiatives in this emerging field. | ||
| 625 | STRATEGIC PERSPECT-EMERGCY MGT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Public administration responsibilities in emergency management. Examines unfunded mandates and the optimal strategies for success in the four phases of emergency management. | ||
| 626 | GRANTSMANSHIP | 3 credits |
| Students will gain knowledge of the grant-seeking and awarding processes. Emphasis is on public funding opportunities and public organizations in the States. | ||
| 627 | CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN PUB SEC | 3 credits |
| In this course students will learn how to effectively communicate with culturally diverse individuals and learn about various social stratification systems. | ||
| 640 | FISCAL ANALYSIS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Study of revenue and expenditure patterns of the city's government. | ||
| 641 | URBAN ECONOMIC GROWTH & DEV | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Examination of urban economic unit and its susceptibility to social, economic, political and physical change. | ||
| 642 | PUBLIC BUDGETING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Current professional practice and theoretical issues in public budgeting and management of capital and operating budgets. | ||
| 643 | INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC POLICY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Introduction to models of public policy formulation; identification of major policy issues; and the analysis of policy implementation and policy impact. | ||
| 644 | PUBLIC SECTOR FUND MANAGEMENT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 640, 642. Provides an overview of theoretical approaches for recording and reporting data related to public projects or programs and reviews methods for investing project funds. | ||
| 645 | PUBLIC SECTOR LABOR RELATIONS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 616. This course examines fundamental issues and principles of public sector labor relations with particular attention to collective bargaining processes and to administration of labor contracts. | ||
| 647 | AGING POLICY | 3 credits |
| In this course students will examine political institutions that impact the adoption and implementation of programs for the aged, including: Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. | ||
| 650 | COMPARATIVE URBAN SYSTEMS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Conceptual schemes and methodology for comparative urban analysis among a number of major cities selected from each continent. | ||
| 651 | INTRO: CITY MANAGEMENT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: completion of 611, or waiver by advisor. This course examines the historical role of city management in professionalizing local government operations and examines trends in management practice that affect the city manager. | ||
| 660 | STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT | 3 credits |
| This course examines disciplined effort to produce fundamental decisions and actions that shape what public organizations are, what they do and why they do it. | ||
| 661 | PUBLIC PROJECT DESIGN & MGMT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 600, 642. Provides in-depth theoretical overview of the public project cycle including hands-on approaches to design and management. Examines frameworks for implementation, monitoring and analysis of project impact. | ||
| 662 | FUNDRAISING & RESOURCE MGMT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Examines alternative methods of fundraising and unique resource management challenges and opportunities of non-profit organizations. | ||
| 663 | NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. This course will provide students with a broad understanding of the operating environment, unique concerns of leadership, resource development, aspects of volunteerism, and management processes in non-profit organizations. | ||
| 664 | MANAG INFO & TECH-PUBLIC SECTR | 3 credits |
| Focus on issues that confront public managers in utilizing information as an organizational asset. | ||
| 671 | PROGRAM EVAL IN URBAN STUDIES | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 600 or equivalent. Major considerations appropriate for conducting evaluations of a wide variety of human service programs and policies affecting urban and metropolitan areas. | ||
| 673 | COMPUTER APPLS IN PUBLIC ORGS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 600 and 601. Introduction to microcomputer applications in the public sector, including data entry, statistical analysis, report writing, graphical representation and spreadsheets. | ||
| 674 | ANALYTIC TECHNS PUBLIC ADMIN | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 600. Public sector applications of quantitative methods, including decision analysis, queuing theory, mathematical programming, and simulation. | ||
| 675 | ADV TECHNIQUES-POLICY ANALYSIS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 600, 601. Public Sector application of techniques for analyzing policy proposals including decision analysis and simulations. | ||
| 680 | SEL T: URBAN STUDIES | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Selected topics in specific areas of urban planning, in various developmental processes of cities, or in various urban policy and administrative issues. (A maximum of 27 credits may be earned in 680 and 681.) | ||
| 681 | SEL T: URBAN STUDIES | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Selected topics in specific areas of urban planning, in various developmental processes of cities, or in various urban policy and administrative issues. (A maximum of 27 credits may be earned in 680 and 681.) | ||
| 690 | SEMINAR IN URBAN STUDIES | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 16 credits of urban studies core plus quantitative methods. Urban research methods applied to specific urban research area. Comprehensive paper required. | ||
| 691 | MASTER'S COLLOQUIUM | 1 credits |
| This course is required for masters' students on assistantships. The course reviews programmatic, research and curricula issues in the masters' programs. | ||
| 695 | INTERN: PUBLIC ADM & URBAN STD | 1-3 credits |
| Faculty-supervised work experience for "pre-service" students participating in policy planning and administration in public and non-profit organizations. | ||
| 697 | INDIV STDS PUBL ADM&URBAN STDS | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Directed individual readings or research on specific area or topic. (May be repeated) | ||
| 699 | MASTERS THESIS | 1-9 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Supervised thesis writing. May be repeated for a total of nine credits, however, only six credits apply toward degree. Replaces two courses in specialization. | ||
| 700 | ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: master's level statistics or permission. Introduction to statistical techniques and methodologies in doctoral and postdoctoral research. Emphasis on conceptual and mathematical interrelationships. | ||
| 701 | ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 700 or equivalent. Continuation of 700. Emphasis placed upon conceptual and mathematical interrelationships of multivariate statistical techniques as well as application of these techniques through computer analysis of urban data sets. | ||
| 702 | URBAN THEORY I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Review of major theoretical tradition examining urban problems; for students entering the doctoral program in urban studies (first in two-course sequence). | ||
| 703 | URBAN THEORY II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 702. Review of major professional disciplines dealing with urban problems; for students entering the doctoral program in urban studies (second in two-course sequence). | ||
| 704 | PUBLIC BUREAUCRACY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Analysis of bureaucratic operations in the implementation of public policy, including special attributes of human service organizations and the democratic theory debate. | ||
| 705 | ECONOMICS OF URBAN POLICY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: master's level knowledge of macroeconomics and microeconomics or special permission. Use of research tools of economic analysis in seminar format to examine options available to urban policy makers in operation of public services and economic development of cities. | ||
| 706 | PROGRAM EVALUATION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Advanced treatment of topics in program evaluation. | ||
| 707 | URBAN PLANNING & MGMT STRATEG | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Analysis of urban planning policy issues and strategies for implementation in public policy formulation. Emphasis on use of planning process as integrative mechanism. | ||
| 708 | URBAN POLICY: HIST PERSPECTIVE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Critical examination of major ideas about the city from Aristotle to the 20th Century and of the impact on urbanization on society and public policy. | ||
| 709 | SYSTEMS & PROC OF POLICY ANALY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Analysis of administrative processes within public organizations, federal, state and local in the United States; emphasis on urban community. | ||
| 710 | QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 700 and 701. Critical examination of Social Science Research methodologies such as content analysis. Open-ended survey techniques and other means of creating non-statistically generated data. | ||
| 711 | SEMINAR- PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. In depth review and critique of major intellectual traditions, concepts and theories underlying public administration in the United States. | ||
| 714 | SEM IN POLICY ANALYSIS & EVAL | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. In depth review and critique of major intellectual traditions, concepts and theories underlying policy analysis and evaluation in the United States. | ||
| 715 | SEM IN URBAN & REGNL PLANNING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. In depth review and critique of major intellectual traditions, concepts and theories underlying urban and regional planning in the United States. | ||
| 716 | THRTCL FNDTNS FOR PUBLIC AFFRS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission of instructor. This course critically considers the theoretical foundations for public affairs for scholarship and research. It contrasts traditional social and natural science inquiry and more recent alternative theories to PA theory. | ||
| 720 | COMPARATIVE PLANNING STRATEG | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 715 or permission. Review and analysis of alternative planning theories, institutions, and implementation strategies in a variety of national settings. | ||
| 730 | ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT | 3 credits |
| This course will explore the differences between individual and collective responsiblity, private and public morality and the nexus between democratic and moral development. | ||
| 731 | THEORIES-PUBLIC BUDGET & FINAN | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 711. Examines the theories and perspectives that have shaped how government uses and implements budgets. | ||
| 732 | GOVERNANCE & ADMINISTRATION | 3 credits |
| Governance and administration are interrelated activities, yet have been taught as distinct activities. This course explores the connections and interrelatedness of the concepts. | ||
| 733 | THEORIES OF PUBLIC SECT HR MGT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Examination of the organizational behavior and administrative theories that support modern public personnel systems. | ||
| 734 | CNCPT & LGL FOUND-PUBLIC ADMN | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Theoretical examination of how constitutional and administrative law influence public sector decision-making. | ||
| 735 | COMPARATIVE ADMINISTRATION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Examination of the various political and administrative frameworks within which public administrators function. | ||
| 736 | LEADING PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Examination of the various theories of organizational leadership and their application in public organizations. | ||
| 740 | SURVEY/RSCH METHODS-PUBL SECT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Examination of the techniques and methods used by public organizations to enhance civic involvement. Critiques of methodologies based upon information needs and citizens surveyed. | ||
| 741 | ECONOMIC ANALYS IN PUBLIC ADMN | 3 credits |
| Review of analytical methods for urban socio-economic data gathering, modeling, analysis and reporting. | ||
| 760 | SEMINAR IN HEALTH POLICY | 3 credits |
| Comprehensive review of health policy using historical, political, and economic perspectives and contexts. Emphasizes frameworks for conducting health policy analyses. | ||
| 780 | PHD COLLOQUIUM | 1 credits |
| This course introduces new doctoral students to the perspectives and practices of doctoral study. This is a credit/ non-credit course. | ||
| 788 | URBAN POLICY STUDIES | 1-4 credits |
| (May be repeated for a maximum of 16 credits.) Prerequisite: permission of instructor or chair. Selected topics for specialized instruction delivered at Kent, Youngstown, and/or Cleveland State universities to apply toward a UA degree either as a required or an elective course. | ||
| 795 | PRO-SEMINAR | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: successfully pass all comprehensive examinations. Seminar to discuss approaches to reasearching and writing the dissertation. Discussion of alternative methodologies, styles and perspectives. Credit/noncredit. | ||
| 798 | DIRECTED RESEARCH | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Permission. Under the close supervision of a faculty member, a student will utilize social science methods in applied research. | ||
| 799 | URBAN TUTORIAL | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission. Intensive study of a particular approved field within urban studies and public affairs under supervision of tutor. (May be repeated once.) | ||
| 899 | DOCTORAL DISSERTATION | 1-12 credits |
| Prerequisite: Advancement to Candidacy and 795. Open to properly qualified student accepted as candidate for Doctor of Philosophy degree. Student must register for at least one credit each semester until dissertation is accepted. Minimum of 12 credits required. (May be repeated.) Credit/noncredit. | ||
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