UST 550 - FUNDAMENTALS OF NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION AND LEADERSHIP
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Examines the role of nonprofits as community institutions that fulfill both a political and economic role. Course content covers the nature of leadership and management in the nonprofit sector, including history of the field, introduction to fundraising, financial management, governance, and the respective roles of board, staff and volunteers, the political, economic and inter-organizational environment of stakeholders, community relations and advocacy. Class design focused on elucidation of concepts through case studies, discussion and problem solving. |
UST 601 - APPLIED QUANTITATIVE REASONING I
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Prepares students to apply quantitative reasoning to public administration, planning, and policy design decisions. This course presents the logic of quantitative analysis. Introduction to basic techniques for data description and presentation to lay audiences using computer technology, including spreadsheets, presentation packages, and the Internet; and using a computer package for statistical decisions in the context of public administration and planning. Students learn to identify problems that lend themselves to quantitative analysis; ask questions that can be answered through quantitative reasoning; formulate hypotheses and identify the means to test them; carry out analyses and explorations, understand the meaning of results, and reapply results to the initial or similar problems; present and clarify results for specified audiences; evaluate results of quantitative analyses carried out and reported by others; and apply the new knowledge to decision making. |
UST 602 - RESEARCH DESIGN AND PROGRAM EVALUATION
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Prerequisite: UST 601 or permission of instructor. This course covers the logic of empirical inquiry and the design of research to solve specific urban problems. Among the topics covered are experimental designs, quasi-experimental designs, measurement, validity, reliability, survey design and analysis, performance measurement, program evaluation, and the ethics of the research process. Students develop an executable research design as a product of the course. |
UST 604 - LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Complex formal organizations are the principal social vehicle for the conduct of public affairs. This course is an introductory graduate seminar that examines the principal conceptual and theoretical bases for understanding the behavior of complex formal organizations, especially large-scale public bureaucracies. This course also examines leadership within the public sector. Cross-listed with UST 704. |
UST 630 - PUBLIC HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
The issues and public policies that have an impact on the management of human resources in the public sector. Differences between public and private personnel administration; the American civil service system; recruitment, placement, promotion, training, and compensation; performance assessment; rights and duties of public employees. Crosslisted with UST 518. |
UST 650 - FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Provides an understanding of basic financial, budgetary, and accounting concepts, processes, and techniques relevant to managers in nonprofit organizations; develops an appreciation of how and why financial decisions are made and how they affect nonprofit operations; strengthens participants’ ability to understand and use financial documents; and develops skills in financial analysis and management. |
UST 651 - FUNDRAISING AND REVENUE GENERATION
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Provides the fundamentals of fundraising and external relations for nonprofit organizations, with special emphasis on the challenges faced by small to mid-sized community and faith-based organizations. In a climate of devolution and other significant changes in the nonprofit environment, leaders and managers must pay increasing attention to developing a viable strategy for attracting diverse and sustained financial support as well as for developing productive relations with key stakeholder groups, including clients, area residents, members, trustees, legislators, the press, and other important constituents. This course is a practical, hands-on exploration of the skills and knowledge needed to equip leaders and managers of nonprofits to position their organizations effectively. |
UST 656 - ADV TOPICS NONPROFIT MNGMT
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
This seminar considers key aspects of leadership and management in the nonprofit sector as they are applied in practice. Integrates significant theory and research results with practical skills. This course is intended as a capstone experience for students pursuing the graduate certificate in Nonprofit Management, or the MPA nonprofit specialization. |
UST 671 - URBAN COLLOQUIUM
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
The study of problems facing human societies is a complex, interdisciplinary subject encompassing all aspects of the Urban Affairs academic experience. The Urban Colloquium brings together graduate students with community leaders in a discussion of cross-cutting problems and solutions facing our community today. This course should be taken concurrently with UST 550, UST 600, or UST 607 when available. |
UST 504 - FUNDAMENTALS OF APPLIED REASONING
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Urban research decisions and procedures; procedures for obtaining empirical knowledge about urban issues and ways to extract the meaning of urban data. |
UST 510 - PROPOSAL WRITING
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Examination of the structure and content of proposals, sources of funding, foundation decision making, program evaluation, and social/institutional change in the urban environment. Students gain experience through independent preparation of a proposal and application of evaluation procedures. |
UST 512 - MANAGING URBAN DIVERSITY
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Study of diversity including circumstances faced in urban settings that are exacerbated or affected by diversity factors; exploration of a range of social, political, and economic issues related to diversity. |
UST 572 - NEGOTIATION AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Examines conflict as an omnipresent component of any decision-making environment. Offers tools for understanding the nature of conflict; devising individual and group strategies that minimize the destructive consequences of conflict; and identifying solutions that are satisfactory to all involved. Includes lectures, discussions, and simulation games. |
UST 593 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN URBAN STUDIES
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Topics will be listed in the semester course schedule. May be repeated up to 40 credit hours when topics vary. |
UST 594 - LEVIN CHAIR SEMINAR
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
In-depth study of urban policy issues selected by the Albert A. Levin Professor of Urban Studies and Public Service. |
UST 603 - PUBLIC SECTOR ECONOMICS
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Application of microeconomic analysis to public policy issues; study of selected concepts and issues within the public sector. |
UST 606 - EVOLUTION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
An examination of the history of human settlements and the major intellectual traditions focusing on urbanism, especially the city. These traditions span a variety of disciplines from history to sociology. Many of the theorists are themselves interdisciplinary. |
UST 617 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
Political factors that condition the structure and functions of public agencies, including the public interest, agency constituencies, and political influence. Crosslisted with UST 517. |
UST 622 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
An examination of the international and national competitive positions of industry; state and national industrial policy proposals; various approaches to economic development and industrial policy. |
UST 652 - ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
Graduate
Credit-Bearing |
A comprehensive, interdisciplinary introduction to the values, preferences, and economic interests that underlie the formulation of environmental policy. Local, regional, state, national, and global issues are examined and characterized with emphasis on the national and state levels. |
