PAF 300 Public Management & Administration
Examines the context and development of the field of public administration and the role of the public manager, particularly in the management of strategic goals, human resources, budgets, finance, and delivery of services.
PAF 340 Public Management & Policy
Develops a conceptual, critical, and practical understanding of policy, the policy process, and policy analysis.
PAF 401 Statistics
Survey of statistical concepts and techniques with implications to public administration. Does not count toward program of study. Satisfies statistics prerequisite requirement for PAF 501, 502.
PAF 460 Public Service Ethics
Examines the role, values, and issues of public management in the context of democratic governance, citizen participation, power structures, and professional codes of conduct, with an emphasis on developing skill in critical and ethical reasoning and decision making.
PAF 420 Public Leadership
Examines key concepts, models, and strategies for leading public and nonprofit organizations, with an emphasis on enhancing self-knowledge, skills, and abilities for effective leadership.
PAF 501 Public Service Research I
Philosophy, scope, and methods; public service research design, values, and ethics. Prerequisite: an approved course in statistics.
PAF 502 Public Service Research II
Quantitative techniques including multivariate analysis, data analysis, decision making, and computer applications in public affairs. Prerequisite: PAF 501.
PAF 503 Public Affairs
The development and context of American public administration and policy; the role of administration in governance; and values and ethics in administration.
PAF 504 Public Affairs Economics
The basics of public sector economics; microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts applied to public sector decisions and policies.
PAF 505 Public Policy Analysis
Institutional and formal analysis of policy processes, decision making, and problem solving; values, ethics, and the uses of policy analysis. Prerequisites: satisfaction of the statistics requirement and PAF 504.
PAF 506 Public Budgeting and Finance
The legal, social, economic, political, institutional, and ethical foundations of government finance, budgets, and budgeting. Prerequisite: PAF 504.
PAF 507 Public Human Resource Management
Personnel systems, behavior, and management of people in public organizations, collective behavior, unionism, conflict management, productivity, and ethics.
PAF 508 Organization Behavior
Theory and application in the management of organizational behavior with emphasis on leadership and the public service.
PAF 509 Public Service
Capstone application of core course knowledge, skills, and abilities required for public service. Prerequisites: PAF 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, and 508.
PAF 510 Governmental Budgeting
Theories, applications, and consequences of budget decision making. Prerequisite: PAF 504 or instructor approval.
PAF 511 Governmental Finance
Sources of funding, management of funds and debts, and general pattern of expenditures, in states, counties, cities, and districts. Prerequisites: PAF 504 or instructor approval.
PAF 520 Public Management
The management process in government and public agencies, with emphasis on the executive leadership within the public sector.
PAF 521 Organization Theory
Organization Theory and current research emphasis with application to public administrative organizations.
PAF 522 Public Labor Relations
Rise of public unionism, managerial policy towards unionism, conflict resolution, impact of unionism budgets, personnel policies, and public policy.
PAF 523 The City and County Manager
The manger's role and resources in the differing forms of administrative, legislative, and community sectors.
PAF 525 Public Entrepreneurship
Explores entrepreneurship in the public sector from various angles, including small and large communities and nonprofits.
PAF 526 Public Sector Human Resource Development
Concepts and techniques of organizational development in the public sector, including staffing, supervisor training, executive development, resource planning, and employee training.
PAF 529 Organization Change and Development
Exploring the nature and management of change and development as a tool to achieve organizational goals; effecting planned change.
PAF 530 Management of Urban Government
Administrative practices and behavior within the urban political administrative environment. Functional areas such as citizen participation, urban planning, urban transportation, and the conflicts between urban politics and administrative efficiency.
PAF 531 Community Conflict Resolution
Interdisciplinary approach to understanding the dynamics of community conflict. Strategic considerations in policy design and advocacy; potential reaction to conflict. Relevant models and research findings generated by both case studies and comparative models.
PAF 532 Urban Planning Administration
Historical and present day uses of urban planning and procedures for its implementation. Basic principles and practices.
PAF 533 Urban Growth Management
Examines the process of urban growth and change. Partnership roles played by public and private sectors in management are emphasized.
PAF 534 Urban Infrastructure
Covers various types of infrastructure operated by local governments and the issues related to management of those various public assets.
PAF 535 Urban Housing Policy
Comprehensive consideration of the revitalization of American cities with major emphasis upon the housing process and related institutions and services.
PAF 536 Urban Policy Making
Analysis of the opportunities and costs of influencing public policy and the roles of officials and bureaucracies in decision making.
PAF 540 Advanced Policy Analysis
Course emphasizes the structure of policy problems, forecasting policy alternatives, optimizing resources, and reducing uncertainty in policy making. Prerequisites: PAF 505.
PAF 541 Program Evaluation
Various methodologies available for the evaluation of public policies and programs. Cross listed as JUS 547. Prerequisites: PAF 501.
PAF 546 Environmental Policy and Management
Analysis of environmental policy and planning issues and principles related to the analysis and management of natural and urban/regional resources.
PAF 547 Science, Technology, and Public Affairs
The influence of science and technology on governmental policy making, scientists as administrators and advisors, governmental policy making for science and technology, government as a sponsor of research and development.
PAF 548 Women, Politics, and Public Policy
Explores how political philosophy, politics, and public policy affect and are affected by women.
PAF 549 Diversity Issues and Public Policy
Examines public policy issues of concerns to or affecting women, Black, Latino, Asian, and American Indian communities, as well as those groups' impact on the policy process.
PAF 550 Information Management
Concepts and theory of information and information technology in public sector organizations.
PAF 551 Computers in Administration
Experience in use of computer technology for public administration problem solving.
PAF 552 Public Information Systems
Systems analysis concepts and theory as applied to administration. Alternative modes of information organization and their impact on public decision making.
PAF 555 Research Data Management
Techniques and problems associated with data management in a research environment. Database management systems, security and integrity, accessibility, and cost.
PAF 556 Database Management Systems
Concept and use of modern database management systems in an administrative organization. Advantages and disadvantages of this approach.
PAF 561 Comparative Administration
Literature on comparative public administration theory. Bureaucracies and their impact on the political development process. Selected nations will be studied.
PAF 562 Intergovernmental Relations
Evolution, growth, present status, and characteristics of the U.S. federal system of government. Federal-state relations, state-local relations, regionalism, councils of government, interstate cooperation, grants-in-aid, and revenue sharing.
PAF 563 Report Preparation
Intensive practice in written and oral presentation of reports to conferences covered with problems in public administration. Visual aid techniques.
PAF 564 Political Economy
Classical and contemporary literature and historical development of governmental and economic arrangements, with special emphasis.
PAF 570 Urban Economics and Public Finance
Examines microeconomics at the intermediate level, along with topics in urban microeconomics focusing on issues of urban finance and taxation. Prerequisite: PAF 504 or equivalent.
PAF 571 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Analysis
Provides foundational information related to application of GIS technology to meet various needs within governmental operations, administration, and public policy.
PAF 572 Urban Demography
Focuses on basics of demographic analysis including natality, migration, and mortality. Emphasizes use of demographic analysis for urban problem solving.
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. Prerequisite: PAF 502 or equivalent.
PAF 574 Diversity, Ethics, and Leading Public Change
Focuses on leadership, ethics, and benefits and tensions of the multicultural city to develop leadership and multicultural competence.
PAF 579 Public Policy Capstone
An integrative, client-based project course. Students must complete all required core classes before registering for the capstone course.
PAF 591 Seminar
Topics may include but are not limited to the following: general public administration, public leadership, public finance administration, public management, urban affairs and urban planning, public policy analysis, information management, geographic information systems, advanced research methods, business and government, emergency management. Maybe repeated for credit but must have different course title.
PAF 600 Research Design and Methods
Advanced methods of research design and data collection. Prerequisites: formal graduate level course work in statistics and in research methods.
PAF 601 Seminar: Policy Analysis and Evaluation
Normative and conceptual issues of policy formation, implementation, and evaluation; methods of policy analysis and evaluation.
PAF 602 Seminar: Foundations of Public Administration
Ethical, social. legal, and philosophical foundations of public administration.
PAF 603 Seminar: Organization and Behavior in the Public Sector
Structure, organization, conduct, and performance of public sector institutions in the administration of public policy. Prerequisites: PAF 602.
URB 100 Introduction to Urban and Metropolitan Studies
Introduction to study of urban governance. Explores city, civil society, and urban form from different cultures and historical periods. Credit is allowed for only URB 100 or 300.
URB 105 Introduction to Urban Governance
Introduces American city growth from past to present. Examines the background of major urban issues emphasizing governance, management, and policy. Credit is allowed for only URB 105 or 305.
URB 220 Introduction to Urban America
Investigates traditional and evolving forms of civic engagement and management. Examines leadership and organizational models to urban development and decision-making.
URB 240 Urban Policy
Examines major theories about the purposes and processes of urban policy formulation, adoption, and implementation.
URB 300 Urban and Metropolitan Studies
Examination of the city using a multidisciplinary approach drawing from different historical, cultural, social, philosophical, and economic issues and concepts. Credit is allowed for only URB 100 or 300.
URB 301 Urban Research
Introduces the philosophy, scope, and methods of urban affairs research. Includes an overview of quantitative/qualitative methods and research design. Prerequisite: MAT 142 or higher.
URB 302 Urban Research II
Develops critical thinking, analytical, and communication skills to investigate the urban environment. Prerequisite: URB 301.
URB 305 Urban Governance
Examines major shifts and trends in urban America. Concentrates on the changing approaches to governance and policies of urban areas. Credit is allowed for only URB 105 or 305.
URB 400 Senior Professional Seminar
Demonstrates completion of the urban studies program by synthesizing and applying core knowledge, skills, and abilities to significant urban issues. Prerequisites: Professional Status; URB 100 or 300, URB 105 or 305, URB 220, 240, 301, 302. Corequisite: URB 410.
URB 410 Urban Leadership and Collaborative Skills
Emphasizes the changing roles of leadership and collaboration in a complex, diverse and dynamic urban environment.
