UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
PAF 340 Public Management & Policy
Develops a conceptual, critical, and practical understanding of policy, the policy process, and policy analysis.

PAF 401 Statistics
Intro course to statistical methods and applications. If you are applying to graduate school, this is one course you should take (required for MPA and MPP programs). A random sample of 9 out of 10 graduate admission counselors would agree.

PAF 411 Leadership & Change
The leader’s role in bringing about significant organizational and societal change with special attention to group and organizational behavior dynamics, establishing a vision, mobilizing and empowering individuals and groups, and assessing outcomes of the change process in a variety of settings.

GRADUATE COURSES
PAF 504 Public Affairs Economics
The basics of public sector economics; microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts applied to public sector decisions and policies.

PAF 506 Public Budgeting & Finance
Securing sufficient resources is at the core of public administration – and necessary for public programs and services to function. This course helps you create a valuable, working understanding of the issues and principles of public finance and budgeting and why this is important to public managers.

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 520 Public Management
The management process in government and public agencies, with emphasis on the executive leadership within the public sector.

PAF 529 Organization Change & Behavior
Leaders and managers of organizations continually seek ways to translate the forces of change into improved performance for their organization. This course will provide leading-edge ideas on how to effectively integrate members of the workforce with planned change initiatives.

PAF 591 Organizational Politics
Contemporary films are the case studies we use to identify and understand the last social tabu – how power plays out in the politics of organizations. Stop griping about “politics “ in your organization and start understanding organizational politics and power.

PAF 591 Public Information & Communication
An introductory look at the role of public information – focuses on the communication and marketing functions of public agencies.