DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (Ph.D.)
Program of Study (effective Fall 2009)
The Ph.D. program is built around the following required core classes. Doctoral students admitted Fall 2008 or earlier - view program of study requirements here.
PAF 601 Policy Analysis and Evaluation. Normative and conceptual issues of policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation; empirical approaches; and methods of program evaluation and policy analysis.
PAF 602 Foundations of Public Administration I. Philosophy of science (including conduct of inquiry--epistemological and ontological foundations), historical development and theoretical foundations of the field.
PAF 603 Organization and Behavior in the Public Sector. Organization and Behavior in the Public Sector. Structure, organization, conduct, and performance of public sector institutions in the administration of public policy.
PAF 604 Foundations of Public Administration II. Philosophy of science (including research design issues and alternative approaches) and contemporary public administration including political, social, technological, and economic institutions involved in governance, exposure to research being conducted within department.
PAF 573 Advanced Regression. Examines more advanced regression topics such as limited dependent variable analysis, time-series analysis and forecasting techniques, and simultaneity. This course also meets the doctoral requirement in quantitative methods. .
PAF 610 Advanced Qualitative Methods. Explores a number of qualitative research approaches and methods, including ethnography, ethnomethodology, participant observation, interviews, focus groups, content analysis, discourse analysis, and some comparative/historical methods. Also explores the important theoretical and ethical issues that bear on these approaches.
PAF 620 Current Issues in Theory and Methods in PA Research and Teaching. The purpose of this course is to prepare doctoral students to become productive and effective public administration scholars, teachers, and researchers.
During the student's first three years in the Ph.D. program (provided all deficiency coursework has been completed), they will complete, at minimum, the following coursework:
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| Year One | PAF 601 PAF 602 |
PAF 603 PAF 604 |
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| Year Two | PAF 573
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PAF 610 | |
| Year Three | PAF 620 (Fall or Spring) | ||
The program consists of a minimum of 66 semester hours of graduate work beyond the master's degree. Of the 66 semester hours, at least 24 must be dissertation and research credit. A minimum of 30 semester hours of approved course work, exclusive of dissertation and research, must be taken at ASU after admission to the program. In addition to the core courses above, doctoral students are required to complete coursework in two areas of specialization. These specializations are developed in consultation with the student’s Program of Study Committee and can focus on a variety of topics related to public administration and public policy. Doctoral students may work with faculty from other departments, if appropriate, to complete their specializations. As an alternative, students may opt for the Urbanism Concentration.
Program of Study and Completing your iPOS
After the screening exam has been successfuly passed, students are expected to create their Program of Study Committee. Your committee will assist you in developing future coursework.
All Ph.D. students should submit their interactive program of study (iPOS) when their Program of Study Committee has been formed.
Instructions on submitting iPOS
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