PO 395
Non-Profit Management
Undergraduate
3 Credits |
A survey of the various forms and particular differences of the management and operation of Non-Profit organizations as distinguished from traditional government administration. |
PO 394
Public Management Techniques
Undergraduate
3 Credits |
A study of the differences in the setting of the management of the
various kinds of public organizations, and a survey of the basic
techniques of strategic planning, fund-raising, decision-making,
community inter-organization development, leadership, negotiations,
mission definition, policy analysis and evaluation for maximum
effectiveness in the public sector. |
PO 391
Public Personnel Administration
Undergraduate
3 Credits |
The principles and techniques involved in managing public employees.
Particular attention is given to staffing, separation, and administrative
functions related to public employment. |
PO 401
Program Evaluation Methods
Undergraduate
3 Credits |
The most vital methods of evaluating the effects of programs and agency
goals of government and non-profit agencies. |
PO 245
Introduction to Public Administration
Undergraduate
3 Credits |
Designed to acquaint the student with the organization and functioning
of the administration of government. Includes introduction to theories
of administration, policy and administration values, study of the
governmental bureaucracy and administrative behavior. |
PO 393
Public Budgeting
Undergraduate
3 Credits |
The politics of planning, financing, and managing governmental budgets
at the national, state, and local levels. |
HS 302
Social Change & Advocacy/Human Services
Undergraduate
3 Credits |
This course is designed to familiarize students with community
organizing, mobilizing, and development. The content of the course will
focus on an understanding of social action, change and advocacy in
human service practice. Community organizing refers to a particular
form of community participation in which “grassroots” people learn
techniques to share in power. This implies that the model will focus on
recruiting grassroots membership and target systems for change. The
methods may include collaborative problem solving, strategic planning
and confrontation. Targets for change may be individuals, systems, and
families. |
HS 495
Research and Evaluation
Undergraduate
3 Credits |
This course introduces students to applied research and evaluation
in family and human services. The purposes and techniques of
applied research and evaluation are explored, including qualitative and
quantitative approaches. Students gain experience with the critical
reading of research articles relating to the evaluation of human service
programs. Projects give students direct experience with program
evaluation and applied research. The content of this course is based in
part on TAP 21 competencies. This is a required course for addictions
counseling licensing with the Kansas BSRB. This is a summative course
that requires students to synthesize knowledge learned across the
curriculum. |
HS 300
Prevention in Human Services
Undergraduate
3 Credits |
This course will examine the foundational roles of prevention and social
change in Family and Human Services. Content will focus on selection
and implementation of social change and prevention strategies, with
special attention to the importance of social justice in promoting a
healthy society. |
HS 302
Social Change & Advocacy/Human Services
Undergraduate
3 Credits |
This course is designed to familiarize students with community
organizing, mobilizing, and development. The content of the course will
focus on an understanding of social action, change and advocacy in
human service practice. Community organizing refers to a particular
form of community participation in which “grassroots” people learn
techniques to share in power. This implies that the model will focus on
recruiting grassroots membership and target systems for change. The
methods may include collaborative problem solving, strategic planning
and confrontation. Targets for change may be individuals, systems, and
families. |
HS 330
Theories of Intervention
Undergraduate
3 Credits |
This course focuses on the theories that guide the practice and delivery
of Family and Human Services. The course gives the student an
understanding of how different theoretical approaches have influenced
the development of human service interventions, and includes the study
of a variety of helping approaches such as the family systems approach,
the feminist approach, and the cognitive-behavioral approach. Students
will evaluate the usefulness of the different theoretical approaches
in addressing important human problems. In addition, students will
be encouraged to explore their own views about human nature and to
understand how these views might influence their delivery of human
service interventions. |
HS 220 Community Methods with Children & Youth
Undergraduate
3 Credits |
This course is designed to introduce students interested in working
with youth to the developmental and socialization influences that
affect children. In addition, when one is concerned about children’s
development, one must also be concerned with children, families, and
communities. This course will provide students the opportunity to
become sensitized to the many issues that confront today’s youth and
critically look at what is being done. Many current topics will be covered
in a survey format and students will investigate one topic in-depth. |
