DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & URBAN STUDIES

COURSE SCHEDULES & SYLLABI INFORMATION

MA/MPA Fall Annual Course Schedule

• 600: Basic Quantitative Research
• 601: Advanced Research and Statistical Methods
• 602: History of Urban Development
• 610: Legal Foundations of Public Administration
• 611: Introduction to the Profession of Public Administration
• 614: Ethics and Public Service Capstone Class
• 615: Public Organization Theory
• 616: Personnel Management in the Public Sector
• 617: Leadership and Decision-Making
• 618: Citizen Participation
• 620: Social Services Planning
• 626: Grantsmanship
• 640: Fiscal Analysis
• 642: Public Budgeting
• 643: Introduction to Public Policy
• 647: Aging Policy
• 661: Public Project Design and Management/(alternate)
  664:Managing Information and Technology in the Public Sector
• 663: Non-Profit Management
• 671: Program Evaluation in Urban Studies
• 673: Computer Applications in Public Organizations
• 680: Selected Topics in Urban Studies

MA/MPA Spring Annual Course Schedule

• 600: Basic Quantitative Research
• 601: Advanced Research and Statistical Methods
• 610: Legal Foundations of Public Administration
• 611: Introduction to the Profession of Public Administration
• 612: National Urban Policy
• 614: Ethics and Public Service (Capstone Class)
• 615: Public Organization Theory
• 616: Personnel Management in the Public Sector
• 617: Leadership and Decision-Making
• 619: Community Organizing
• 621: Urban Society and Service Systems/(alternate)
  622: Health Planning and Public Policy
• 626: Grantsmanship
• 640: Fiscal Analysis
• 641: Urban and Economic Growth and Development
• 642: Public Budgeting
• 643: Introduction to Public Policy
• 650: Comparative Urban Systems
• 662: Fund Raising and Resource Management
• 673: Computer Applications in Public Organizations

MA/MPA Summer Annual Course Schedule

• 600: Basic Quantitative Methods
• 601: Advanced Research and Statistical Methods
• 602: History of Urban Development/(alternate)
  612: National Urban Policy
• 610: Legal Foundations of Public Administration
• 611: Introduction to the Profession of Public Administration
• 615: Public Organization Theory
• 616: Personnel Management in the Public Sector
• 640: Fiscal Analysis
• 642: Public Budgeting
• 643: Introduction to Public Policy
• 614: Ethics and Public Service (Capstone Class)
• 641: Urban Economic Growth and Development/(alternate)
  673: Computer Applications in Public Organizations
• 617: Leadership and Decision-Making/(alternate)
  626: Grantsmanship
• 620: Social Services Planning/(alternate)
  621: Urban Society and Service Systems/(alternate)
  622: Health Planning and Public Policy
• 662: Fundraising and Resource Management /(alternate)
  663: Non-Profit Management
• 661: Public Project Design and Management/(alternate)
  664: Managing Information and Technology in the Public Sector
• 618: Citizen Participation/(alternate) 619: Community Organizing
• 671: Program Evaluation in Urban Studies/(alternate)
  674: Analytical Techniques for Public Administrators
• 680: Selected Topics in Urban Studies

Ph.D. Annual Course Schedule

Fall
700*: Advanced Research Methods I
702*: Urban Theory I
711: Seminar in Public Administration/715: Seminar in Urban and Regional Planning
714: Seminar in Policy Analysis and Evaluation
680: Selected Topics in Urban Studies

Spring
701*: Advanced Research Methods II
703*: Urban Theory II
708: Urban Policy: The Historical Perspective /705: Economics of Urban Policy
710: Qualitative Research Methods
680: Selected Topics in Urban Studies

Summer
708: Urban Policy: The Historical Perspective /(alternate) 705: Economics of Urban Policy
711: Seminar in Public Administration/(alternate) 715: Seminar in Urban and Regional Planning

Every Two Years

Fall (1):
704*: Public Bureaucracy
740*: Survey/Research Methods in the Public Sector
732: Governance and Administration

Fall (2):
734: Conceptual and Legal Foundations of Public Administration
736*: Comparative Administration
731: Theories of Public Budgeting and Finance

Spring (1):
706: Program Evaluation
730*: Ethics in Government
733*: Theories of Public Sector Human and Resource Management

Spring (2):
735: Comparative Administration
709: Systems and Processes of Policy Analysis
707: Urban Planning and Management Strategies
720: Comparative Planning Strategies

Doctoral Colloquium


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Syllabi

If you would like the syllabus for a specific course, please contact Theresa Naska, PAUS secretary.