PPPA 6000 Perspectives on Public Values
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
The underpinnings and skills necessary for a functioning democratic society; empathy and the ability to have civil discourse to create, analyze, pass, implement, and evaluate policy and programs. |
PPPA 6001 Introduction to Public Service and Administration
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Introduction to the discipline of public administration. The intellectual traditions and theoretical frames of reference that inform public administration as a field of professional practice and study. Current and continuing challenges and controversies. |
PPPA 6002 Research Methods and Applied Statistics
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Development of skills and knowledge for conducting original research and critically evaluating empirical studies. Various research designs and data collection techniques are examined. Focus on computerizing data sets for quantitative analysis, analyzing strength of relationships, selecting appropriate statistical techniques, and testing statistical hypotheses. |
PPPA 6003 Economics for Public Decision Making
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
The basic tools and concepts in microeconomic analysis and how these tools can be useful in public decision-making. |
The basic tools and concepts in microeconomic analysis and how these tools can be useful in public decision-making.
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Organizational dynamics, management approaches, and workplace relationships that affect behavior in public organizations. Prerequisite: PPPA 6001. |
PPPA 6005 Public Budgeting, Revenue, and Expenditure Analysis
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Survey of institutions and analytical tools associated with raising revenue and allocating/managing resources at all levels of government. Hands-on budgeting skills and communication of analysis to decision-makers. |
PPPA 6006 Policy Analysis
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Development of skills in conducting and critiquing policy analyses. Application of methodologies used in analyzing possible consequences of specified alternatives as applied in the public policy decision-making process. Appropriate applications and limitations of policy analysis and its relationship to politics and the policy process. |
PPPA 6008 MPA/MPP Capstone
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
For MPA and MPP students completing their degree program at the end of the fall semester. This course substitutes for PPPA 6009 and PPPA 6019, respectively. |
PPPA 6016 Public and Nonprofit Program Evaluation
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Theory and practice of program evaluation and evaluative research. Exploration of scope and limitations of current practice in evaluation, considering economic, political, social, and administrative factors. Examination of methodological considerations for design, data collection, analysis, and dissemination. Prerequisite: PPPA 6002 . |
PPPA 6031. Governing and Managing Nonprofit Organizations.
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Historical, legal, and social foundations of the nonprofit sector. Developing organizational strategy and capacity; managing staff, boards, and volunteers; financial management; fund raising, marketing, public advocacy, and other external relations; partnerships and entrepreneurial activities; measuring performance; and policy issues. |
PPPA 6032. Managing Fundraising and Philanthropy.
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Fundraising for nonprofit organizations addressing relationships between donors and recipient organizations; identifying, cultivating and soliciting donors; ethics; program management; emerging trends; and relevant policy issues. |
PPPA 6033. Nonprofit Enterprise
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
The use of business methods by nonprofit organizations, commercialization in the nonprofit sector, and the relationship between nonprofit and for-profit entities in pursuing social purposes. Case studies. |
PPPA 6034. Managing Nonprofit Boards
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Overview of the responsibilities, roles, and management of nonprofit boards. The emphasis is on governing boards, but advisory councils and boards of other types are also considered. |
PPPA 6053. Financial Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Intensive analysis, using the case study approach, of concepts and principles used in the not-for-profit sector for financial management purposes. Disciplines of accounting, budgeting, operations control, management, and auditing are integrated into comprehensive management control systems and include issues of system design and implementation. |
PPPA 6055. Contracting Out and Public–Private Partnerships.
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Contracting out and public–private partnerships as methods of delivering government goods and services. Policy and implementation issues, including when and how contracting out may provide a more efficient and effective method of delivering government goods and services. |
PPPA 6058. International Development NGO Management
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Provides an understanding of the primary implementers of international development assistance. Overview of NGO management, highlighting those features that are particular to NGOs active in international development, including NGO relations with government and donors. Recommended background: PPPA 6057 or permission of the instructor. |
PPPA 6063. Policy Issues in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Impact Investing
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course examines the role of the public and nonprofit sectors in supporting corporate and investor activities that are intended to have social and environmental, in addition to financial, benefits. These activities – often referred to as “corporate Social Responsibility” (CSR) and “impact investing” – have been described as having significant potential to create social benefits in addition to being in the financial best interests of the corporation or investor. At the same time, some critics of these activities have said that they are less about producing social benefits and more about marketing private sector activities that are primarily designed to produce corporate financial gains. The course explores what is meant by these two terms, what steps the public and nonprofit sectors have taken to support the wide range of activities that these terms encompass, and what have been the results of this work both in the United States and in other countries. The course also addresses emerging trends that are likely to affect the public and nonprofit role in CSR and impact investing in the future. |
PPPA 6068. Leading Diverse and Inclusive Organizations.
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Organizational leadership, decision-making, and communications skills necessary for leading in a diverse, multicultural, multi-generational environment. |
