PMAP 8210 - The Nonprofit Sector
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course introduces students to the basic parameters of the nonprofit sector including its purpose, scope and roles and explores fundamental aspects of nonprofit policy, governance, management, and resource acquisition. Attention is also given to theories that strive to explain the existence and shape of the nonprofit sector and that underlie approaches to nonprofit management. |
PMAP 8232 - Social Innovation and Enterprise
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Social enterprise couples the resources generated by market activities with the social ambitions of nonprofit organizations. Spurred on by the social entrepreneurship movement, social enterprises transform communities through highly innovative problem solving. Their purpose is to carve out new routes to sustainable solutions to social problems on local, national and international levels. This course will examine social enterprises from both nonprofit and business perspectives and provide students with a broad overview of their purposes, forms, funding, management approaches, and impact. May be repeated for a maximum of twenty-four credit hours.
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PMAP 8210 - The Nonprofit Sector
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course introduces students to the basic parameters of the nonprofit sector including its purpose, scope and roles and explores fundamental aspects of nonprofit policy, governance, management, and resource acquisition. Attention is also given to theories that strive to explain the existence and shape of the nonprofit sector and that underlie approaches to nonprofit management. |
PMAP 8213 - Financing and Resource Development for Nonprofit Organizations
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Economic sustainability and effective pursuit of social missions are two of the principal challenges facing contemporary nonprofit leadership. Addressing these challenges requires leaders and managers to be knowledgeable and adept at securing adequate and appropriate sources of income for their organizations. Nonprofit organizations support themselves through many different sources including charitable gifts and grants, government grants and contracts, earned income from fees, memberships and sponsorships, returns on investment, volunteer labor, gifts-in-kind and other sources. This course is intended to illuminate the theoretical rationales and practical considerations involved in developing and utilizing particular sources of income and in selecting appropriate combinations or portfolios, so that nonprofit organizations can effectively advance their particular missions, sustain the infrastructure of their organizations, remain financially healthy, and manage risk and change. May be repeated for a maximum of twelve hours. |
PMAP 8261 - Nonprofit Financial Management
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course is designed to teach students how to use financial information to make decisions in nonprofit organizations. The first half of the course is devoted to financial accounting, focusing on understanding and using the information found on financial statements. The second half of the course focuses on using principles of financial management to make operating and capital budgeting decisions and to analyze long-term financial options. |
PMAP 8223 - Public Sector/Nonprofit Human Resources
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
The purpose of this course is to examine the theoretical and practical aspects of managing paid and voluntary human resources in nonprofit organizations. The course reviews basic issues in nonprofit human resource management, including recruitment, retention and compensation, and explores several specialized issues, such as performance, motivation, diversity, and conflict management. The course also reviews theory and recent research on attracting, motivating, and managing volunteers. Finally, the course explores emerging trends in nonprofit human resources, including the effects of recent public policy changes on the nonprofit labor force. |
PMAP 8232 - Social Innovation and Enterprise
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Social enterprise couples the resources generated by market activities with the social ambitions of nonprofit organizations. Spurred on by the social entrepreneurship movement, social enterprises transform communities through highly innovative problem solving. Their purpose is to carve out new routes to sustainable solutions to social problems on local, national and international levels. This course will examine social enterprises from both nonprofit and business perspectives and provide students with a broad overview of their purposes, forms, funding, management approaches, and impact. May be repeated for a maximum of twenty-four credit hours. |
PMAP 8010 - Social Policy
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course introduces students to contemporary social policy questions in the U.S. and how to analyze policy alternatives for addressing these questions. Specific social policy issues are chosen for discussion on the basis of their relevance to current public policy debates. |
PMAP 8111 - Public Management & Democracy
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course provides students with an introduction to the study, practice, and structure of public administration and management in the United States. Major disciplinary and conceptual foundations of public administration are covered, including theories of organization and bureaucracy, administrative behavior and management, politics and administration, and public policy-making. |
PMAP 8201 - International Development and Assistance NGOs
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course studies relief and development NGOs in poor countries. The course begins with an overview of the state of the world economy and strategies for economic growth. It then turns to such topics as: the role of NGOs in economic development and the formation of social capital, particularly within the context of globalization and democratization; relationships between NGOs, businesses, and national and international public agencies; and the challenges in accountability, advocacy, management and leadership. |
PMAP 8203 - Nonprofit Advocacy, Law, and Policy
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Policy directs and shapes the activities of nonprofits in many ways including how they structure themselves, raise funds, and advocate for policy change. This course examines both how policy influences nonprofits as well as how nonprofits impact policy. It will address the role of nonprofit organizations in the public policy process including advocacy strategies and techniques and examine in turn how laws shape nonprofit involvement in that process. The course will also review state and federal policy that enables and regulates nonprofits including legal forms, tax exemption, fundraising regulations, and employee compensation. Students will gain an understanding of where policy intersects with nonprofit activities and learn how to operate within a basic nonprofit legal framework. |
PMAP 8900 - Capstone: Advanced Projects for Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course is a capstone for graduate students pursuing careers in public service. Students work on projects in teams to address important problems facing public and nonprofit organizations using the knowledge and skills gained in prior coursework. Projects vary based on the needs of the organization, but all require implementing a work plan with the client, collecting and analyzing data, developing findings and recommendations, writing a final report, and presenting findings to the client. Students must be in the last two semesters of their graduate program to take the course. |
PMAP 3210 - Introduction to Nonprofits
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
The course provides an overview of the nonprofit sector in society with a consideration of the nonprofit sector’s relationship to government and business. Attention will be given to the social settings in which nonprofit organizations function, the role of the nonprofit sector in the economy, and the range of services these organizations produce. The intent of the course is to increase students’ awareness of the role and importance of the nonprofit sector and the potential of nonprofits as a place for employment. |
PMAP 3031 - Policy Leadership
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
The course introduces students to leaders from a variety of backgrounds. These individuals have led organizations in the business, nonprofit, and public sectors. Each will share his or her perspective on leading an organization through policy changes. Opportunities for reflection on these presentations will permit students to compare the practice and theory of policy leadership. A special emphasis is placed on ethical issues in leadership. |
PMAP 3213 - Nonprofit Financial Resources
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
Nonprofit organizations support themselves through many different sources including charitable gifts and grants, government grants and contracts, earned income from fees, memberships and sponsorships, returns on investments, volunteer labor, and gifs-in-kind and other sources. This course is intended to introduce students to the practical considerations involved in developing and utilizing particular sources of income so that nonprofit organizations can effectively advance their particular missions, sustain the infrastructure of their organizations and remain financially healthy. |
PMAP 3231 - Nonprofit Leadership and Management
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
This course will examine the theoretical and practical differences associated with leading and managing nonprofit organizations in contrast to for-profit and government organizations. Theories and analytic frameworks about leadership and management will be examined along with the appropriate roles and responsibilities of leaders and managers of nonprofit charitable organizations. In addition, other topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, board governance, philanthropy, program evaluation, public-private partnerships, and accountability. The role of leaders and managers will be integrated in all discussion topics throughout the course. |
PMAP 3411 - Contemporary Planning
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
This course introduces the student to the principles, issues, and practice of urban planning. It reviews the history of planning, models of the planning process, and issues in contemporary urban planning practice in several substantive specialties, including transportation, land use, environmental, and economic development planning. |
PMAP 3801 - Public Administration and Politics
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
Bureaucratic polities and behavior in the political process. The role of bureaucrats in policy making and implementation agency strategies, relations with other executive agencies and with the legislature, the president, the judiciary and clientele groups. |
PMAP 4211 - Human Resource Management Systems in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
This course provides an introduction to human resource management in public and nonprofit organizations. The course focuses on the myriad human capital issues and challenges facing today’s leaders, managers, and human resource professionals in these 2 sectors. Topics covered include but are not limited to the recruitment, selection, motivation, rewarding, training, and retention of staff, equal employment opportunity, diversity, and employee productivity and job satisfaction in public and nonprofit organizations. Effective policies and best practices in the effective management of the changing workforce in the United States will be emphasized. Students will have an opportunity to explore selected topics in public and nonprofit human resource management in depth. |
PMAP 4411 - Introduction to the Law for Public and Nonprofit Managers
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
This course provides a broad overview of the legal issues facing employees of public and non-profit entities. Special emphasis is placed on the legal rules and principles that guide public and nonprofit managers in administering their respective organizations. The course also considers how laws and regulations impact current working relationships between government and private concerns. |
PMAP 4451 - Economic Development Policy
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
An overview of recent literature and examples of options available to communities as they plan and finance economic development activities. |
PMAP 4941 - Internship
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
Internship Placement must be approved by the department’s internship coordinator, with faculty supervision during employment. The academic internship provides senior students with opportunities to broaden and extend their foundation knowledge from the classroom to the world of work. This course may include a Signature Experience component. |
