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.   

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.    

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.   

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

PA     466            Science, Technology and Public Policy
         4 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Ph.D. in Public Administration program or consent of the instructor.   Departmental Approval Required 

PA     494            Special Topics in Public Administration
         3 OR 4 hours.
        3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA program or consent of the instructor.    

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.   Departmental Approval Required 

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

PA     510            Organization Theory and Behavior in Public Administration Research
         4 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Ph.D. in Public Administration program or approval of the program director.    

PA     515            The Bureaucracy and the Policy Process
         4 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Ph.D. in Public Administration program or approval of the program director.    

PA     546            Research Topics in Public Administration II
         2 hours.
        Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Prerequisite(s): PA 545; and admission to the PhD program in Public Administration with advanced standing or consent of the instructor.  Restricted to Public Administration. Restricted to Doctor of Philosophy.  

PA     550            Financial Management of Government
         4 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): PA 504; and admission to the MPA program or consent of the instructor.    

PA     567            Topics in Political Communication
         4 hours.
        Same as COMM 567 and POLS 567. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.   

PA     581            Cross-Cultural Survey Research Methods
         2 hours.
       Meets 07-MAR-05 - 29-APR-05. Recommended background: 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 10-JAN-05 - 04-MAR-05. 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 07-MAR-05 - 29-APR-05. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA or Ph.D. in Public Administration program or consent of the instructor.    

PA     588            Survey Data Reduction and Analysis
         2 hours.
       Meets 10-JAN-05 - 04-MAR-05. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA or Ph.D. in Public Administration program or consent of the instructor.    

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.   Instructor Approval Required 

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.   Instructor Approval Required 

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.   Instructor Approval Required