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MASTER OF ARTS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
MASTER OF ARTS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
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An advanced level graduate program for civil servants who are middle and upper level management types without this credential.
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REQUIREMENTS:
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- 48 semester/72 quarter credits
- Critical Analysis, Annotated Bibliography, Proposal and Thesis
- At least 80% completion of designated program for graduation.
- 25%-50% from core curriculum
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PREREQUISITES:
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An bachelor degree or the equivalent in the same, or in a related area, plus considerable working experience.
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INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS:
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
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CURRICULUM:
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(CORE REQUIREMENTS)
Administrative Law
Public Personnel Adminsitration
Governmental Budgeting
Comparative Urban Government
Comparative Public Administration
National Policy and Administration
Administration of International Agencies and Programs
The Metropolitan Area
Research Methodology
Public Administration Process |
COURSE OUTLINES / SYLLABI
1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Public Administration
1.3 Course Number: PA 302
Title: Administrative Law
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will exhibit knowledge and understanding of legal concepts affecting the administrative law process.
- Course Description: Special attention given to the impact of appellate court review of administrative decison, also the doctrine of separation of powers, legislative delegation of power, administrative investigations, varieties of administrative law, rule making, administrative discretion, adjudication, public control over government agencies.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Public Administration
1.3 Course Number: PA 303
Title: Public Personnel Administration
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will exhibit knowledge and understanding of the process of formulating and administering public personnel policies.
- Course Description: Concepts and principles utilized in selected governmental personnel systems. Focus will be primarilly upon governmental systems in the United States, national, state, local foreign service, military, also comparisons will be made with selected other governmental systems.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Public Administration
1.3 Course Number: PA 304
Title: Governmental Budgeting
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will be able to manage legal, social, economic and political nature of governmental budgets and the budgetary process.
- Course Description: Theories and social consequences of budget decison-making and practices of budget conrol are analyzed and evaluated in light of evidence, from recent studies of the budgetary process at all levels of government.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Public Administration
1.3 Course Number: PA 305
Title: Comparative Urban Government
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student can show reasonable efficiency, in cross-cultural examination forms and processes of urban government.
- Course Description: Particular attention will be paid to the role of urbanization in political development. Also planning and development of urban communities.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Public Administration
1.3 Course Number: PA 306
Title: Comparative Public Administration
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student can show reasonable efficiency in analysis of bureaucratic structures and function in the United States.
- Course Description: Industrialized and less developed countries, primarily at the national level. Special attention is paid to methods of comparative analysis and the utility of various models.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Public Administration
1.3 Course Number: PA 307
Title: National Policy and Administration
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will exhibit knowledge and understanding of major policies and programs, national government, their administration, national defense, social welfare, and agriculture.
- Course Description: Particular attention will be paid to the role of the president and other administrators in formulating public policy and in maintaining a responsible bureaucracy.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Public Administration
1.3 Course Number: PA 308
Title: Administration of International Agencies and Programs
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will exhibit knowledge and understanding of administrative patterns and practices of the United Nations and overseas.
- Course Description: Development programs including distinctive characteristics of organization and management selection of personnel and methods of financing.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Public Administration
1.3 Course Number: PA 309
Title: The Metropolitan Area
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will exhibit knowledge and understanding of government and politics in metropolitan areas.
- Course Description: Aproaches to partial or complete reorganization of governmental structure, the political issues involved in such a change. Annexation, city-county consolidation, urban counties, functional consolidation special districts, and regional councils of governments are among the approaches covered.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Public Administration
1.3 Course Number: PA 313
Title: Research Methodology
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will have full knowledge of the various data analysis methods and techniques in public administration.
- Course Description: Students learn to understand, question and use reports by developing a critical awareness of data collection and data analysis procedures, and also the use of computers.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Public Administration
1.3 Course Number: PA 312
Title: Public Administration Management Process
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will exhibit knowledge and understanding of the history, philosophy and evaluation of public personnel administrative.
- Course Description: Special attention to the merit system, civil service structure; conflict and employee problems, unionization, affirmative action, sexual harassment, discrimination and performance assessment.
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