NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

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Public Administration

Location: 130 CUPPA; Phone: (312) 996-3109.

PA            400
         Public Administration Theory
       3 OR 4 hours.  3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA program or consent of the instructor. Not intended for Non-Degree. Departmental Approval Required 

PA            407
         Data Analysis for Public Administration
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Appropriate score on the department placement test; and graduate standing; or consent of the instructor. Admission to the MPA program or consent of the instructor. Departmental Approval Required 

PA            410
         Economics for Public Administration and Policy Decisions
       3 OR 4 hours.  3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Appropriate score on the department placement test and graduate standing and admission to the MPA program; or consent of the instructor. Not intended for Non-Degree. Departmental Approval Required 

PA            463
         Online Public Administration
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA program or consent of the instructor.  

PA            490
         Field Experience in Public Administration
       4 hours.  May be repeated. A maximum of 4 hours of credit may be applied to the Master of Public Administration program. Field work required. Students who have no prior work experience in the public or non-profit sectors are strongly recommended to register for this course. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing required; and admission to the MPA program or consent of the instructor. Departmental Approval Required 

PA            503
         Public Personnel Management
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA program or consent of the instructor. Departmental Approval Required 

PA            504
         Budgeting for Public Administration
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA Program or consent of the instructor.  

PA            506
         Policy Development and Analysis for Public Administrators
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA program or consent of the instructor.  

PA            511
         The History and Development of Public Administration Research and Theory
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Ph.D in Public Administration program or approval of the program director.  

PA            524
         Leadership in Public Sector Organizations
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA program or consent of the instructor. Departmental Approval Required 

PA            533
         Managing Workplace Diversity
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): PA 503; and admission to the MPA program or consent of the instructor.  

PA            540
         Research Design for Public Administration
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Ph.D. in Public Administration program or approval of the program director.  

PA            545
         Research Topics in Public Administration I
       2 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Ph.D. program in Public Administration and advanced standing or consent of the instructor. Restricted to Public Administration. Restricted to Doctor of Philosophy.  

PA            552
         Public Capital Budgeting and Finance
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): PA 504; and admission to the MPA program or consent of the instructor. Departmental Approval Required 

PA            579
         Practicum in Survey Methodology
       2 TO 6 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA or Ph.D. in Public Administration program or consent of the instructor. Departmental Approval Required 

PA            580
         Survey Nonresponse
       2 hours. Meets 28-Aug-06 - 20-Oct-06. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA or Ph.D. in Public Administration program or consent of the instructor.  

PA            582
         Survey Data Collection Methods
       2 hours. Meets 28-Aug-06 - 20-Oct-06. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA or Ph.D. in Public Administration program or consent of the instructor.  

PA            583
         The Psychology of Survey Measurement: Cognitive and Social Processes
       2 hours. Meets 23-Oct-06 - 08-Dec-06. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA or Ph.D. in Public Administration program or consent of the instructor.  

PA            585
         Survey Research Ethics
       2 hours. Meets 23-Oct-06 - 08-Dec-06. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA or Ph.D. in Public Administration program or consent of the instructor.  

PA            590
         Public Administration Capstone
       4 hours.  Extensive collaboration required among group members outside of class time. Students should expect significant field work at their assigned organizations. Students are responsible to the course professor and to the project supervisor in their assigned organizations. Because the coursework is team-based, students are not allowed to drop this course once teams are created. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor and enrollment in the MPA program. Course must be taken in the last two semesters in the MPA program or consent of the instructor. Restricted to Public Administration. Departmental Approval Required 

PA            593
         Independent Research in Public Administration
       1 TO 8 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the director of graduate studies and consent of the instructor.  

PA            596
         Independent Study in Public Administration
       1 TO 4 hours.  May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the director of graduate studies and consent of the instructor.  

PA            599
         Ph.D. Thesis Research
       0 TO 16 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Open only to degree candidates, upon approval of topic by dissertation committee.