NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

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Public Administration

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

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            415
         Organization Theory and Public Management
       3 OR 4 hours.  3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA program or consent of the instructor.  

PA            461
         Management of Information Technology in Government
       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            502
         The Legal Context of Public Administration
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA program or consent of the instructor. Not intended for Non-Degree.  

PA            503
         Public Personnel Management
       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            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. Departmental Approval Required 

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            522
         Ethics and Accountability
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA program or consent of the instructor.  

PA            527
         Public Management Theory
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Ph.D. in Public Administration program or consent of the instructor.  

PA            529
         Change and Reform in Public Organizations
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA program or consent of the instructor.  

PA            532
         Labor Management Relations in the Public Sector
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): PA 503; and admission to the MPA program or consent of the instructor. Departmental Approval Required 

PA            534
         Human Resource Development and Management in Public Administration
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Admission to a Ph.D. program or consent of the instructor. Departmental Approval Required 

PA            541
         Advanced Data Analysis I
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing; and PA 540 or equivalent or approval of the instructor.  

PA            544
         Qualitative Research Methods in Public Administration
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Graduate or professional standing; PA 540 or equivalent; or consent of the instructor.  

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. Departmental Approval Required 

PA            553
         State and Local Public Finance
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): PA 504; and admission in the MPA program or consent of the instructor. Departmental Approval Required 

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

PA            577
         Survey Questionnaire Design
       3 hours.  Same as CHSC 577. Prerequisite(s): CHSC 446 or CHSC 447; or consent of the instructor. Instructor 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            581
         Cross-Cultural Survey Research Methods
       2 hours. Meets 16-Jan-07 - 09-Mar-07. Recommended background: Admission to the MPA or Ph.D. in Public Administration program or consent of the instructor.  

PA            586
         The History of Survey Methodology
       2 hours. Meets 16-Jan-07 - 09-Mar-07. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MPA or Ph.D. in Public Administration program or consent of the instructor.  

PA            587
         Seminar on Special Topics in Survey Methodology
       2 hours. Meets 12-Mar-07 - 04-May-07. 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 12-Mar-07 - 04-May-07. 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. Instructor Approval Required