PUAD 505 – Introduction to Management of Nonprofits
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Examines nonprofit organizations and their role in contemporary society. Explores unique aspects of nonprofits including voluntary governance, tax-exempt status, nonprofit corporation law, accounting practices, fund raising, finance, and management of volunteers. Emphasizes board/executive relationship, and value of establishing and maintaining nonprofit organization's reputation. |
PUAD 659 – Nonprofit Law, Governance, and Ethics
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Overview of nonprofit governance as well as basic contract, labor, and tax law issues within nonprofit corporation law. Covers relationship between board and executive, and ethics topics typical to nonprofit organizations such as self-dealing, fiduciary responsibility, and human resource issues. |
PUAD 664 – Nonprofit Financial Management
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Covers nonprofit financial management with attention to conflicts between social mission and financial entrepreneurship. Topics include mission, budgeting, fund raising, commercial programs, investments, accounting and information systems, financial reporting, auditing, and internal control. |
PUAD 636: The NGO: Policy and Management
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Explores unique aspects of nonprofit organizations operating in international environments, particularly in relief and development work. Examines relationship between NGO and U.S. and foreign governments. Covers international philanthropy; cross-cultural understanding; and key managerial concerns such as communications, planning, human resource management, control, group process, and project evaluation.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
PUAD 649: Advocacy and Lobbying
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Explores how nonprofit organizations advocate and lobby for social change. Considers the different steps in the advocacy process and the broad range of strategies used by non profits seeking to influence public policy.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
PUAD 652: Leading in the Nonprofit Sector.
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Introduces students to a broad range of nonprofit leadership issues. Examines the challenges leaders face within nonprofit organizations and considers how nonprofit staff lead in communities. Also explores critical nonprofit issues which those aspiring to leadership in the nonprofit sector should be informed and have opinions about, such as the argument that there are too many nonprofit organizations or that more philanthropy should be directed to helping the poor.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
PUAD 654: The Community, Marketing, and Public Relations
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Focuses on marketing concepts and communications issues of nonprofit organization as they apply to identifying market, ability to formulate public image and reputation, and capability to raise money and retain membership or volunteers.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
PUAD 655: Nonprofit Fund Raising and Resource Development.
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Explores how nonprofit organizations raise funds from a variety of sources, including: fees for service and other enterprise activity; federal, state, and local governments; and private donations from individuals, foundations, and corporations. Also considers how nonprofits manage the fundraising process within their organizations.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
PUAD 657: Association Management
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Practical application of management theory in context of professional and trade associations. Covers legal structures, tax-exempt status, and general organizational structure. Topics include volunteer management, budgeting and accounting practices in associations, fund raising, media relations, media and event planning, and human resource management.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
PUAD 658: Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Explores innovative approaches for addressing social problems. Organized around the steps in the entrepreneurial process: identifying social needs, formulating program strategies, mobilizing resources, managing growth tracking results, and maximizing impact.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
PUAD 660: Public and Nonprofit Accounting and Finance
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Studies fundamental normative debates in public and nonprofit financial management arena with focus on resulting implementation principles and techniques in governmental accounting, financial reporting, budget and revenue decisions, debt management, cash and investment management, pensions and employee benefits, and risk management.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
PUAD 680: Public Technology Management
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Explores the implications and principles of information management technologies for public and nonprofit managers, including the role of eGovernment, citizen engagement, Web 2.0 and social media, digital service delivery, open and big data, cyber security awareness, augmented decision making through AI, the exploration of how policy and technology intersect, and how technology can be best managed through various governance models.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
PUAD 720: Performance Measurement
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Methods used by managers to systematically assess performance. Includes practical tools such as focus groups, survey research, cost/benefit analysis, benchmarking, and comparison methods for revealing outcomes and impacts. Prepares managers to use information more effectively in developing programs and services and formulating policy, and covers reporting techniques to communicate performance results.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
PUAD 730: Professional Development Workshop
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Explores external and internal factors reshaping public and nonprofit organizations. Investigates processes and techniques that managers and staff can use to respond to rapid environmental change. Emphasizes case studies and application of techniques and processes.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 12 credits. |
POGO 511: Introductory Data Analysis for Policy and Government
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Introduces fundamental statistical analysis for analyzing policy, government and other social science data. Focuses on problem definition, problem solving, and how to communicate results to general audience under conditions of uncertainty in public sector. Provides the core foundation for advanced graduate work in data analytics using contemporary statistical software packages.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit.
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PUAD 502 Administration in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Graduate introduction to field of public administration. Focuses on structure, functions, and processes of executive branch agencies of national, state, and local governments. Emphasizes nonprofit organizations as co-actors with government in policy-making/policy implementation nexus.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
PUAD 520 Organization Theory and Management Behavior
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Considers behavior in context of public organization, and consequent changes required in management. Focuses on such issues as perception, attitude formation, motivation, leadership, systems theory, communication and information flow, conflict theory, and decision theory.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
PUAD 540 Public Policy Process
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Processes of making public policy, including detection of public issues, consideration of alternatives, and adoption and implementation of solutions. Highlights major actors in policy process, and environment within which they work.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
PUAD 700 Ethics and Public Administration
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Topics of ethical dimensions including constitutionalism, democratic values and traditions, standards of conduct and ethics, and conflicting values of public officials and social equity of public programs.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
PUAD 703 Collaborative Public Management
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Examines design and management of public service programs relying on various levels of government, the nonprofit and private sectors for delivery, with focus on organizational networks, their management, and tools (e.g., contracts, grants, loans, regulation, and tax credits).Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
PUAD 505 Introduction to Management of Nonprofits
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Examines nonprofit organizations and their role in contemporary society. Explores unique aspects of nonprofits including voluntary governance, tax-exempt status, nonprofit corporation law, accounting practices, fund raising, finance, and management of volunteers. Emphasizes board/executive relationship, and value of establishing and maintaining nonprofit organization's reputation.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
PUAD 659 Nonprofit Law, Governance, and Ethics
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Overview of nonprofit governance as well as basic contract, labor, and tax law issues within nonprofit corporation law. Covers relationship between board and executive, and ethics topics typical to nonprofit organizations such as self-dealing, fiduciary responsibility, and human resource issues.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. |
GCP 702
Special Topics in International Commerce and Policy: Study Abroad
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Provides opportunity for study abroad under supervision of Mason faculty. Notes: Course topics, content, and locations vary.Offered by Schar Govt/International Affrs. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 12 credits. |
PUBP 710
Topics in Public Policy
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Focuses on selected topics in public policy not covered by fixed-content public policy courses.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 15 credits. |
POGO 750
Topics in Policy and Government
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Focuses on selected topics in policy and government not covered in fixed-content Schar school courses.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May be repeated within the term. |
POGO 794
Internship
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Provides practical work experience in state, federal, or international agencies, or the private or non-profit sector. Requires written project integrating work experience and academic program. Requires permission of program director.Offered by Schar Public Policy/Admin. May not be repeated for credit. Equivalent to ITRN 780, PUBP 794. |
