PLSC 510 Public Administration Concepts
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course introduces students to the intellectual origins of modern public administration and the concepts and theories of organization. |
PLSC 515 Public and Nonprofit Personnel Administration
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Examines contemporary administration practices in managing personnel in the public and nonprofit sectors, particularly as related to the local level of government. Areas of emphasis include the collective bargaining process, discipline practices, grievance handling and arbitration preparation, affirmative action requirement, and validation of evaluation and promoting practices. |
PLSC 540 Public and Nonprofit Budgeting
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course examines varying approaches to public and nonprofit sector budgeting, the organizational and political contexts of budgeting decisions, and critical steps in preparing public and nonprofit budgets |
PLSC 578 Quantitative Methods in Public Administration
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Provides a comprehensive treatment of research design as well as a range of quantitative techniques for public and nonprofit administration, including a rigorous examination of multiple regression analysis. This course helps students develop competencies for designing their own quantitative research and for analyzing quantitative work done by others. |
PLSC 630 Public Policy Analysis and Formulation
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Focuses on the role of bureaucrats in public policy making. Examines both national and local policy making, and follows the process from agenda setting through evaluation. |
PLSC 635 Strategic Management in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
An advanced graduate-level course dealing with strategic management, strategic, planning, decision-making and resource allocation techniques, and impact analysis and program evaluation. |
PLSC 695 Capstone Seminar in Public Administration
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Capstone class in public administration, requiring students to work in teams to use the skills developed in the program to solve problems included in several case studies. |
PLSC 525 Administrative Law
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
The administrative/regulatory process in the legal context; the delegation doctrine, judicial review of the procedures and substance of administrative action. |
PLSC 605 Leadership and Nonprofit Management
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course explores major issues in the nonprofit sector including operations, board selection and development, fundraising, strategic planning, marketing and governmental relations. The course emphasizes identification of critical management and leadership competencies through theory and practice. |
PLSC 606 Fundraising for Nonprofits
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of how nonprofits raise revenues, including all aspects of planning and executing a multi-faceted, completely integrated fundraising program. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the course helps students understand the process of fundraising, the characteristics and motivations of those who give, as well as the methods and techniques used to raise contributions for nonprofits. |
PLSC 645 Intergovernmental and Nonprofit Collaborations
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Examination of the programs and methods for coordinating public policies among the federal, state, and local levels of government, as well as collaboration between governments and nonprofit organizations. Emphasis will be placed on agencies operating at the local level. |
PLSC 688 Practicum in Public Affairs
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Extends classroom learning through administrative experience with public sector agencies. Includes written assignments and a seminar designed to help students relate their field experience to public administration concepts. |
ACC 646 Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Financial management issues in public and nonprofit organizations, including accountability for performance, financial reporting, budgeting and costs, information systems, governance issues, decision-making techniques, relations with governmental and private funding sources. Not available to Accounting Majors. |
MGMT 570 New Venture Creation
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course develops students’ abilities to formulate a business plan for new ventures. Using a specific idea, students examine opportunity, market options, entry modes, financial projections and overall strategy for a new venture. The emphasis is on developing the ability of students to start a new profit or non-profit venture. |
SOCL 678 Methods in Social Program Evaluation
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
The course is designed to train students in strategies, techniques and issues in social program evaluation. It is concerned both with the design of program evaluations and with their implementation in various social settings. |
SWKE 663 Supervising Staff and Volunteers
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Models of supervision and the roles of the social services supervisor will be examined. Attention will be given to the basic knowledge, skills and values required for effective supervision and mid-level management of social services agencies. The course will review supervisory and managerial activities, such as planning, program implementation, marketing, program evaluation, budgeting, leadership, conflict resolution and consultation. The role of the supervisor in utilizing supervision will also be examined. |
PLSC 210 Introduction to Political Analysis [GEQR]
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
An introduction to techniques for using data to test a wide range of theories regarding how the political world operates. Focus is on building skill in using quantitative and qualitative techniques to understand political phenomena ranging from individual voting behavior to international cooperation and conflict. |
PLSC 334 Public and Nonprofit Personnel Administration
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
An examination of the basic personnel management practices of public and nonprofit bureaucracies. Topics include the development of the merit system and the civil service; public sector requirements for hiring, promotion, pay and benefits; discipline and grievance handling; the development and impact of public-sector collective bargaining. |
PLSC 352 Politics of Public and Nonprofit Budgeting
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
An analysis of the political significance and the procedures of governmental and nonprofit budgeting in the United States. |
PLSC 381 Public Policy Analysis
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
An examination of the political and administrative process of policy-making and the techniques of analyzing policy issues such as welfare, education, crime and economic development. |
PLSC 480L4 Field Seminar in Political Science/Public Administration [GELB]
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
Designed to help students relate their field experience to some aspect of political science or public administration. |
PLSC 270 Public Administration
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
This course examines the nature of public administration; problems connected therewith — direction and organization; recruitment, training, and promotion of personnel; maintenance of loyalty and efficiency. |
PLSC 275 Foundations of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
This course provides students with a grounding in the historical and philosophical foundations of the nonprofit sector in American Society. Using and interdisciplinary approach, this course will help students understand the evolution of the nonprofit sector, its capacities and limitations, as well as its distinctiveness. |
ACC 246 Accounting for Public Administrators
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
Surveys the use of accounting to manage a public organization. Basic accounting principles, program budgeting and the construction of internal control systems. |
COMM 370 Nonprofit Organizational Communication
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
A critical examination of the fundamental differences between communication in a for-profit organization and communication in a nonprofit organization. Students will learn and apply communication skills necessary to effectively and efficiently communicate in a nonprofit organization. |
LAW 393 Law of Business Enterprises
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
The law of forms of business enterprise and negotiable instruments. Agency, partnerships, corporations, and negotiable instruments. |
MGMT 388 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
This course emphasizes the role of the entrepreneur in making integrated managerial and growth decisions for a start-up enterprise. The focus will be on developing a business plan for a new venture. |
MKTG 360 Principles of Marketing
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
Marketplace exchanges; the relationship between marketing activities of the organization and the consumer. |
PLSC 112 American Government [GEKS]
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
An overview of the structure and function of American national government, focusing on how government is designed, how individuals form and act on their political preferences, how these preferences are transmitted to government, and how government acts (and does not act) on what its citizens want. |
PLSC 113 American Government Honors [GEKS]
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
An enhanced overview of the structure and function of American national government, focusing on how government is designed, how individuals form and act on their political preferences, how these preferences are transmitted to government, and how government acts (and does not act) on what its citizens want. |
PLSC 202 State and Local Government [GEKS]
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
A study of the forms and functions of state and local governments with special emphasis on the government of Michigan. Especially valuable for teachers of social studies in senior and junior high schools. |
PLSC 217 Introduction to Law and Courts [GEKS]
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
A survey of U.S. federal court organization and state court systems, methods of judicial selection, trial and appellate court decision-making processes, and the impact of judicial policies. Comparisons to legal systems outside the United States will be made. |
PLSC 279C Topics in Public Administration
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
An examination of a topic in Public Administration not normally covered in the curriculum, in which the distinctive concerns of political science are emphasized. Students may elect this course several times, provided different topics are studied, but it may be taken only twice for credit toward a major or minor in political science. |
PLSC 279D Topics in Nonprofit Administration
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
An examination of a topic in Nonprofit Administration not normally covered in the curriculum, in which the distinctive concerns of political science are emphasized. Students may elect this course several times, provided different topics are studied, but it may be taken only twice for credit toward a major or minor in political science. |
PLSC 305 Law and Policy in a Constitutional Democracy
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
This course explores the political and legal processes that shape the development and interpretation of major constitutional principles. We will discuss the sources and context for American law and examine how actors in the legal and political systems across all levels of government contribute to the laws that govern American society. |
PLSC 317 Constitutional Law: Criminal Due Process, Privacy and Economic Rights
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
The course concentrates on the application of the U.S. Constitution in the areas of criminal due process, privacy, and economic rights. Special emphasis is placed on landmark decisions pertaining to Amendments Four through Eight as well as the due process clause of the 14th Amendment. |
PLSC 330 Urban Politics
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
An examination of the urban political environment in the United States; structure, processes, power relationships, ethnic considerations, fiscal constraints and select, specific policy areas are considered. |
PLSC 331 State Politics
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
Analysis of similarities and differences among the 50 states, emphasizing constitutions, government institutions, political participation, and public policies. Some emphasis on Michigan, plus comparisons to the U.S. national government. |
PLSC 332 Collaborations in the Public and Non-Profit Sectors
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
An examination of the relations among the three levels of government in the American federal system and the connections between governments and nonprofit organizations. Topics concentrate on development and alternatives in shared responsibilities for funding and providing services. |
PLSC 364 Legislative Process
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
A study of the agencies, procedures, and influences in the formation of public policy by Congress, state legislatures and administrative agencies. |
PLSC 380 American Presidency
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
A study of executive power, emphasizing the contemporary presidential role and how it has evolved, the politics of candidate choice, the personal qualities and political styles of recent presidents, and the array of formal and informal institutions constituting the modern presidency. |
PLSC 431W Theories of Public and Nonprofit Organization [GEWI]
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
An introduction to theories of organization as related to government and nonprofit bureaucracies in a democratic political context. |
PLSC 434 Governance and Ethics in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
This course covers the best practices of nonprofit boards and government boards, board performance assessment, volunteer management and trends in board development. Board composition, recruiting, evaluation, leadership and board-staff relationships are discussed with an eye toward assembling and maintaining the most effective board possible. |
PLSC 435 Nonprofit Management and Leadership
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
This course explores major issues in the nonprofit sector including operations, board selection and development, strategic planning, marketing and governmental relations. The course emphasizes identification of critical management and leadership competencies through theory and practice, and the course has an Academic Service Learning component. |
PLSC 436 Fundraising for Nonprofits
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
This course provides the fundamentals in understanding of how nonprofits raise funds and prepare students who are interested in working in the nonprofit sector as fundraisers, and managers. It is part of the Nonprofit Administration minor and fulfills an American Humanics competency. |
PLSC 479D Topics in Nonprofit Administration
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
An examination of a topic in Nonprofit Administration not normally covered in the curriculum, in which the distinctive concerns of political science are emphasized. Students may elect this course several times, provided different topics are studied, but it may be taken only twice for credit toward a major or minor in political science. |
