Track Option for Master of Public Service & Administration
Master of Public Service & Administration
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The Public Management (PM) track focuses on the capabilities required for effective and ethical leadership in the public and nonprofit sectors. These include knowledge and skills pertaining to the internal operation of public-service organizations and to the relationship between those organizations and their operating environments.
Public Management (PM) Courses
PM Track Core (BOTH REQUIRED)
- PSAA 623: Budgeting in Public Service
- PSAA 634: Public Management
PM Track Electives (TWO REQUIRED):
- PSAA 602: Tools of Leadership in Public Service Organizations
- PSAA 604: Emergency Management and Homeland Security
- PSAA 606: Environmental Policy and Management
- PSAA 608: Cybersecurity Policy, Issues and Operations – A Manager’s Guide
- PSAA 616: Managing Workplace Diversity in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
- PSAA 617: U.S. State and Local Government: Institutions and Policy
- PSAA 619: Urban Policy and Management
- PSAA 625: Urban Sustainability Policies and Management
- PSAA 626: Contract Management
- PSAA 627: Local Economic Development
- PSAA 628: Professional Local Government Management
- PSAA 629: Nonprofit Advocacy in the Policy Process
- PSAA 630: Program Evaluation in Public and Nonprofit Organizations (As an elective, if not used as a Quant. Methods II requirement)
- PSAA 635: Social Welfare and Health Policy
- PSAA 636: Grant and Project Management in Public and Nonprofit Sectors
- PSAA 637: Decision Making in Government and Public Service
- PSAA 641: Organization Behavior for the Public Sector
- PSAA 642: Ethics and Public Policy
- PSAA 644: Management and Leadership of Nonprofit Organizations
- PSAA 648: Performance Management in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors
- PSAA 654: U.S. Border Security: Policies, Strategies & Issues
- PSAA 656: Fundamentals of Homeland Security
- PSAA 661: Human Resource Management in Government and Public Service
- PSAA 689: Special Topics in… (In consultation with PM Coordinator and faculty advisor)
Public Management Associated Faculty
- Dr. Robert Greer (Coordinator)
- Dr. Ann Bowman
- Dr. Leonard Bright
- Dr. Ishara Casellas Connors
- Dr. Mallory E. Compton
- Dr. Danny Davis
- Prof. Dan DeBree
- Dr. Cole Blease Graham Jr.
- Dr. Thomas Haase
- Prof. Paul Hofmann
- Dr. Brian Nakamura
- Prof. Michael Reilly
- Dr. Kenneth Anderson Taylor
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