PAD 503
INTRODUCTION TO WRITING FOR PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Focus on the writing standards necessary in the fields of public and non-profit organizations: the processes used for planning, writing, editing, revising and analyzing professional papers, reports and digital documents. |
PAD 643
SUPERVISION IN HUMAN SERVICES
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Prerequisite: Graduate status or instructor permission. Roles and functions of supervisors in a variety of work settings; supervisory role in coordinating agency functions and meeting clients' needs; worker role and responsibilities; leadership, organizational, and systems theory; application of theory to practice situations.
Equivalent Course: SWK 643 |
PAD 688
LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Prerequisites: Graduate Status. A comprehensive foundation for understanding the nature of leadership in public and nonprofit organizations. Theoretical and practical knowledge; readings in leadership; historical studies; practical skills in leading public and nonprofit organizations. Improving leadership capabilities and developing leadership styles in public or nonprofit organizations. |
PAD 604 NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and Admission to the MPA Program. Examination of nonprofit (third-sector) organizations and their role in society; management issues including strategic leadership, governance, organizational attributes, accountability, and ethics. Primary emphasis on U.S. organizations, with consideration of this sector’s increasingly global nature. |
PAD 505
INTRODUCTION TO DISASTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Introduction to disaster and emergency management principles, policies and practices. How disasters and emergencies are individually defined and conceptualized, history of disaster and emergency management in the United States, phases of disaster management, phases of emergency management, politics of disaster response and humanitarian aid, and political landscape of disaster recovery and social change. Primary focus on the United States; international examples utilized. |
PAD 603
NGO MANAGEMENT & INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or instructor permission. International development and non-governmental organizations (NGO); international development (ID) NGO operation, structure and procedures; IDNGO management; IDNGO relations with government; IDNGO relations with donor agencies; opportunities and challenges of IDNGO; and IDNGO effectiveness, influence, and new challenges |
PAD 647
THE NONPROFIT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and Admission to the MPA Program. History of the voluntary, philanthropic and nonprofit sectors and the role they play in American and International society; history, structure and theoretical (economic, political, philosophical and social) basis for nonprofit and voluntary sectors; interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives of this evolving and complex sector. |
PAD 648
NONPROFIT GRANTS MANAGEMENT AND FUND DEVELOPMENT
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and Admission to the MPA Program. This course is designed to teach students about topics and challenges in resource development for nonprofit organizations. This course will focus on detailed examination of the grant seeking process and developing an overall fundraising strategy. Students will prepare an actual grant proposal and write a fundraising plan. |
PAD 688
LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Prerequisites: Graduate Status. A comprehensive foundation for understanding the nature of leadership in public and nonprofit organizations. Theoretical and practical knowledge; readings in leadership; historical studies; practical skills in leading public and nonprofit organizations. Improving leadership capabilities and developing leadership styles in public or nonprofit organizations. |
PAD 101 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT
Undergraduate
Credit-Bearing |
Overview of public and nonprofit agencies, socioeconomic and cultural impact of nonprofits, public-nonprofit partnerships, employment systems, governance in public and nonprofit sectors, ethical challenges. Offered every semester. |
PAD 347 EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NONPROFIT SECTOR
Undergraduate
Credit-Bearing |
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior Standing or Instructor Permission. An overview of the U.S. nonprofit sector, highlighting the unique and distinct roles nonprofits perform in our society. The history and evolution of the U.S. nonprofit sector, along with an overview of the scope and functions of tax-exempt organizations, and various theories that explain the existence of the nonprofit sector and why the sector continues to grow. Offered occasionally. |
PAD 348 GRANTS MANAGEMENT AND FUND DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT AGENCIES
Undergraduate
Credit-Bearing |
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior Status. Resource development for nonprofit and public organizations, grant seeking process, fundraising strategies and plans, Requests for Proposals (RFPs), students will prepare an actual grant proposal and a fundraising plan. Offered spring only. |
PAD 403 NGO MANAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Undergraduate
Credit-Bearing |
Prerequisites: PAD 360 or instructor permission. Examines areas of international development and non-governmental organizations (NGO) as related to their operation, management and effectiveness. Offered J-Term only. |
PAD 435 ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES IN PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT SECTORS
Undergraduate
Credit-Bearing |
Prerequisites: PAD 360 or instructor permission. Public and nonprofit management and organizational theories, policies and practices. History of public and nonprofit management systems; public and nonprofit organizational structures; distinctions and similarities in mission, values, and cultures. Effective management and leadership in public and nonprofit organizations; the political environment, power, and policy affecting public and nonprofit management; organizational goals and effectiveness; planning, strategy and decision making in the public and nonprofit sectors. |
