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Origin and development of public administration as a discipline and profession. Citizen and the administrative state; rise of professionalism; growth of executive branch in federal government and the states. Public service within an environment of democratic, legal, ethical, political, and economic considerations. Cr. 3.
An introduction to fundamental issues that underlie the field of government and nonprofit management. Topics include a history of the discipline, federalism, ethics in public service, leadership, strategic management, human resources and public budgeting. Cr. 3.Provides students with a basic understanding of the U.S. public policy process. Models of policy agenda setting, adoption, implementation and evaluation are considered with reference to specific substantive policy areas such as economic, energy, environmental, intergovernmental, social welfare, health and civil rights policy. Cr. 3.Urban environment and demographic change; interest groups and governing bodies; local legislative and executive leadership. Political forms and policies impacted by such trends as immigration, urbanization, race and ethnicity, suburbanization and metropolitan growth. Cr. 3.Introduces the student to the statistical procedures and computer skills that are used in policy and management settings. Covers descriptive statistics, measure of central tendency, measure of association and analysis of variance. Topics are presented with related computer techniques. Prerequisites: PAA 200 and COS 103. Cr. 3.An introduction to environmental policy and management in the United States to include a review of environmental ethics; major substantive areas of air, water, land and hazardous waste policy; the political dynamics that frame environmental policy making at the federal, state, and local levels of government; and the management issues arising in the implementation of environmental policy within the intergovernmental context. Prerequisite: PAA 200 or permission. Cr. 3.Examines the various public financial management techniques used by all levels of government. Specific emphasis on understanding budgets and the budget process; capital budgeting; cash and debt management; accounting; and auditing. Prerequisite: PAA 200 or permission. Cr. 3.Compares modern techniques for effective personnel management with customary practices in the public, nonprofit and health sectors. Covers major laws that affect human resources such as the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Civil Rights Act. Students complete a personnel project for a public service agency. Prerequisite: PAA 200 or permission. Cr. 3.

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