Autumn 2009 Course Offerings List
801 Public Policy Formulation and Implementation 05
| Class Number |
Days |
Time |
Building/Room |
Instructor |
| 21074 |
Mo |
1:30-4:18PM |
Page Hall 0040 |
HECKMAN, A |
| 21075 |
Mo |
5:30-8:18PM |
Page Hall 0010 |
HECKMAN, A |
| 21076 |
Mo |
5:30-8:18PM |
Page Hall 0020 |
KOONTZ, T |
Provides in-depth understanding of the public policy making processes, the U.S. federal system of inter-governmental relations, the dynamics of public organization, and the legislative and implementation history of one particular contemporary public law.
Textbook: Richard Stillman II. The American Bureaucracy: The Core of Modern Government (2004). Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Syllabus: 801 Syllabus AU09 - Heckman
Syllabus: 801 Syllabus AU09 - Koontz
802 Legal Environment of Public Organizations 04
| Class Number |
Days |
Time |
Building/Room |
Instructor |
| 21077 |
Th |
1:30 - 3:48PM |
Page Hall 0040 |
LANDSBERGEN, D |
| 21078 |
Th |
5:30 - 7:48PM |
Page Hall 0010 |
LANDSBERGEN, D |
An examination and analysis of the constraints imposed upon public administrative processes by the legal environment including judicial policy-making and the evolving legal order.
Textbook: Donald D. Barry and Howard R. Whitcomb. The Legal Foundations of Public Administration (Third edition). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Cloth 0-7425-4380-3 / 978-0-7425-4380-5
Syllabus: 802 Syllabus AU09 - Landsbergen
808 Policy Problem Seminar I 05
| Class Number |
Days |
Time |
Building/Room |
Instructor |
| 21080 |
Mo |
5:30-8:18PM |
Page Hall 0130 (LEC) |
GREENBAUM/BOARDMAN |
Builds on the core curriculum students have completed in their first year. This is an opportunity for students to integrate the knowledge and skills gained in the MPA program by applying theory to practice on a topic of each student’s choice. It serves as an important bridge between the classroom and the world of professional practice. Prerequisites: PPM 730,801,802,804,810,811,820,821,822,830,and 834, or permission of the instructor.
Textbook: No text.
Syllabus: 808 Syllabus AU09 - Boardman/Greenbaum
812 Strategy for Public Organizations 04
| Class Number |
Days |
Time |
Building/Room |
Instructor |
| 21082 |
We |
5:30-8:18PM |
Page Hall 0040 |
BROWN, T |
This course is designed to improve student’s understanding of the components of leadership and enhance student leadership skills. The course proceeds along two tracks—inquiry and action. Half of each class is dedicated to reviewing and analyzing existing research on the role of leadership in public, private and nonprofit organizations. The other half of each class is devoted to developing and applying leadership skills, such as motivation, prioritization, and strategy. Prerequisite: PPM 810 or equivalent.
Textbook: No text.
Syllabus:
812 Syllabus AU09 - Brown
820 Data Analysis for Public Policy and Management 04
| Class Number |
Days |
Time |
Building/Room |
Instructor |
| 21083 |
Tu |
1:30-3:48PM |
Page Hall 0040 |
DESAI, A |
| 21084 |
Tu |
5:30-7:48PM |
Page Hall 0040 |
DESAI, A |
Introduction to types of problems encountered in public policy and management; problem formulation and basic research methods tools required to tackle them.
Textbook: Utts, Jessica. Seeing Through Statistics, 3rd edition. Brook/Cole Publisher. ISBN: 0-534-39402-7.
Syllabus:
830 Economics of Public and Non-Profit Management 04
| Class Number |
Days |
Time |
Building/Room |
Instructor |
| 21085 |
We |
1:30-4:18PM |
Page Hall 0040 |
KEELER, A |
| 21086 |
We |
5:30-8:18PM |
Page Hall 0010 |
KEELER, A |
| 29071 |
We |
5:30-8:18PM |
Page Hall 0020 |
ROSE, K |
Economic analysis applied to problems of public policy selection and government management operations; efficiency criteria, market failure, and public choice applied to administrative decision-making.
Textbook: Robert Pindyck and Daniel Rubinfeld, Microeconomics, 7th Edition, Prentice Hall. (Optional: Tim Harford, The Undercover Economist. 2006. Oxford University Press.)
Syllabus: 830 Syllabus AU09 - Keeler
Syllabus:
830 Syllabus AU09 - Rose
880.05 Ph.D. Policy Modeling Seminar 05
| Class Number |
Days |
Time |
Building/Room |
Instructor |
| 27169 |
Mo |
10:00-12:48PM |
Page Hall 0240 |
DESAI, A |
The purpose of this seminar is to make progress on the conceptual framework underlying a scholarly product such as a doctoral dissertation or a paper publishable in an academic journal. Students are expected to develop a formal theoretical framework that forms the basis of the proposed research.
Textbook: No text.
Syllabus:
880.06 Applied Ecology and Environmental Policy in Urbanizing 05
| Class Number |
Days |
Time |
Building/Room |
Instructor |
| 27144 |
Tu |
1:30-4:18PM |
Knowlton Hall 259 |
KEELER, A |
Addresses ecological and sociopolitical underpinnings of urban environmental policy and planning through a combination of lectures, discussions, and group projects.
Textbook: No text.
Syllabus:
880.06 Syllabus AU09 - Keeler
880.06 Alternative Dispute Resolution 05
| Class Number |
Days |
Time |
Building/Room |
Instructor |
| 21089 |
Th |
5:30-8:18PM |
Page Hall 0240 |
MONE, M |
This course will introduce students to the field of Alternative or Appropriate Dispute Resolution (ADR) and specifically use of ADR in managing and resolving public policy disputes. The course will explore processes such as mediation, facilitation, and negotiated rulemaking and these consensus-building processes can be used to successfully address controversial public policy disputes at the local, state and federal levels.
Textbook: No text.
Syllabus:
880.06 Syllabus AU09 - Mone
880.06 Education Policy for Public Leaders 05
| Class Number |
Days |
Time |
Building/Room |
Instructor |
| 27145 |
Tu |
5:30-8:18PM |
Page Hall 0060 |
HAWLEY, J |
This course is designed to give students an orientation to the field of education (broadly defined) and workforce policy. The course will use both key texts and case studies to provide grounding in the issues education systems are facing in the current environment. We will pay keen attention to the practical issues by using both case studies and experiences from the instructor and guest speakers.
Textbook: (1) Frances C. Fowler, Policy Studies for Educational Leaders: An Introduction, Third edition, Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, ISBN: 0-13-615727-0 (2) Helen F. Ladd and Edward B. Fiske, Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy (2008), Publisher: Routledge, ISBN: 0-8058-6145-9.
Syllabus
880.06 Syllabus AU09 - Hawley
880.06 History of Public Administration Thought & Current Directions 05
| Class Number |
Days |
Time |
Building/Room |
Instructor |
| 21091 |
Tu |
3:00-5:48PM |
Page Hall 0240 |
WISE, C |
Provides Ph.D. candidates in PPM an appreciation of the historical evolution of the discipline. Develops an understanding for contemporary work in PPM. Also provides a basis for Ph.D. methodology and research methods courses and develops a list of potential dissertation topics. Permission of instructor needed.
Textbook: (1) Brian Fry and J. Raadscheiders. Mastering Public Administration: From Max Weber to Charles Lindblom (Feb. 2008). Congressional Quarterly, Inc. ISBN-13: 9781933116822. (2) Kevin B. Smith and Christopher Larimer. The Public Policy Theory Primer (Feb. 2009). Westerview Press. ISBN-13: 9780813343815. (3) Kevin B. Smith and H. George Frederickson. Public Administration Theory Primer (Jan. 2003). Westview Press. ISBN-13: 9780813398044
Syllabus:
880.06 Syllabus AU09 - Wise
880.06 Ph.D. Organizational Theory Seminar 05
| Class Number |
Days |
Time |
Building/Room |
Instructor |
| 28987 |
We |
10:00AM-12:48PM |
Page Hall 0240 |
BROWN, T |
This course provides a survey of the major perspectives in organizational theory and their application to public management. While organizational theory is too broad to completely cover in a one-quarter course, through overview chapters and some of the classics of the field we will cover much of the diversity of organizational theory perspectives. We will also identify a handful of the “big questions” in public management as we progress and apply basic organizational theories to address these questions.
Textbook: Cynthia Hardy and Stewart Clegg, eds. Studying Organization: Theory and Method (1999). Sage Publications ISBN: 0 7619 6045 7.
Syllabus: 880.06 Syllabus AU09 - Brown
893 Individual Studies 01-06
| Class Number |
Days |
Time |
27173, Boardman
21094, Brown
21095, Cowley
21096, Desai
21097, Ford
21099, Greenbaum
21100, Haurin
21101, Hawley
21102, Keeler
21103, Koontz
21104, Landsbergen
21105, Malecki
21106, Mangum
21108, Merritt
27061, Moulton
21109, Peterson
21111, Seligman
21112, Shane
21113, Shkurti
21115, Tanenbaum
21116, Wali
21118, Weinberg
28138, Wirick
21119, Wise
21120, Wyszomirski |
ARR- |
ARR- |
Advanced individual studies in public policy and management. This course is graded S/U. All students must complete an Independent Study Form and submit it to 110 Page Hall.
999 Research in Public Administration: Dissertation 01-15
| Class Number |
Days |
Time |
21122, Brown
21123, Desai
21124, Greenbaum
21125, Keeler
21126, Landsbergen
21128, Wise |
ARR- |
ARR- |
Research for dissertation purposes only. Repeatable to a maximum of 45 credit hours. This course is graded S/U.
