Public Administration

Public Administration, PADM = 0455

2100. Diversity in Urban Governance. 3 hours. Course examines the 
diverse and sometimes competing demands of people of color, women, the 
elderly and the economically disadvantaged on public policy development 
and execution. Course addresses how public managers respond to the 
demands of diverse interests in American cities. Students develop an 
understanding of public administrators' obligation to the administrative 
values of leadership, responsiveness and efficiency in the management of 
urban services. These values are discussed in relation to the management 
of diversity in the public workforce, city budgets and the distribution 
of public services. Satisfies the Diversity in the United States 
requirement of the University Core Curriculum.

3000. Public Administration. 3 hours. Organizations and management in 
executive departments, and national, state and municipal governments; 
bureaucracy; administrative theory; budgeting; personnel and 
administrative leadership.

3020. Public Management. 3 hours. An introduction to organization and 
management theories and practices as they concern federal, state and 
local governments.

3410. Financial Aspects of Government. 3 hours. Politics and management 
of taxation, budgeting, grants-in-aid and municipal bonds. Conflicts 
among politicians, managers and analysts in developing policy and 
financing programs.

3420. Bureaucracy and Public Policy. 3 hours. A study of the nature of 
bureaucracy, its role in policy development and the problem of 
bureaucratic responsibility. (Same as PSCI 3420.)

3700. Issues in Public Administration. 3 hours. An in-depth 
investigation of a contemporary issue of concern to public managers. 
Possible topics include managing nonprofit organizations, public-private 
partnerships and ethics in government. May be repeated for credit as 
topics vary.

4130. American Intergovernmental Relations. 3 hours. Federal system; 
constitutional and theoretical bases of federalism; national/state/local 
government conflict and cooperation; regional arrangements; political 
centralization; impact upon American traditions; future prospects. (Same 
as PSCI 4130.)

4450. Public Policy Analysis. 3 hours. Policy making, impact of public 
policy and factors that place specific problems on the public agenda. 
(Same as PSCI 4450.)

4900. Special Problems. 1-3 hours.