Curriculum

Students pursuing the general degree:

Core (Required Courses, 25 hours)

• PADM 6000, Survey of Public Administration (3)
• PADM 6050, Seminar on Constitutional and Administrative Law (3)
• PADM 6100, Organization Theory and Behavior (3)
• PADM 6200, Human Resources Management (3)
• PADM 6300, Public Budgeting (3)
• PADM 6500, Research Methods in Public Administration (3)
• PADM 6600, Quantitative Methods (3)
• PADM 6650, Public Policy Analysis (3)

Electives (9 hours)*

Capstone (2 hours)

• *PADM 6900, Internship required of students lacking at least one-year of work experience in the public or nonprofit sectors (3)

Electives

• PADM 6020, GIS for Public and Nonprofit Managers (3)
• PADM 6030, Grant Writing (3)
• PADM 6250, Introduction to Urban Planning (3)
• PADM 6301, Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations (3)
• PADM 6350, Emergency Management (3)
• PADM 6351, Introduction to Homeland Security (3)
• PADM 6352, The Unconventional Threat (3)
• PADM 6353, Information Security Management (3)
• PADM 6302, Nonprofit Management (3)
• PADM 6550, Human Services Administration (3)
• PADM 6701, Comparative Public Administration (3)
• PADM 6750, Program evaluation (3)
• PADM 6950, Special Topics (3)
• PADM 7000, Directed Readings (3)

Students pursuing the Human Services Administration track:

Core (Required Courses, 28 hours)

• PADM 6550, Human Services Administration
• PADM 6050, Seminar on Constitutional and Administrative Law (3)
• PADM 6100, Organization Theory and Behavior (3)
• PADM 6200, Human Resources Management (3)
• PADM 6300, Public Budgeting (3) OR PADM 6301, Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations (3)
• PADM 6500, Research Methods in Public Administration (3)
• PADM 6600, Quantitative Methods (3)
• PADM 6650, Public Policy Analysis (3)
• PADM 6750, Program Evaluation (3)

Electives (6 hours)*

Capstone (3 hours)

• *PADM 6900, Internship required of students lacking at least one-year of work experience in the public or nonprofit sectors (3)

Students pursuing the Homeland Security track:

Core (Required Courses, 31 hours)

• PADM 6351, Introduction to Homeland Security (3)
• PADM 6050, Seminar on Constitutional and Administrative Law (3)
• PADM 6100, Organization Theory and Behavior (3)
• PADM 6200, Human Resources Management (3)
• PADM 6300, Public Budgeting (3)
• PADM 6350, Emergency Management (3)
• PADM 6352, The Unconventional Threat (3) OR PADM 6353, Information Security Management (3)
• PADM 6500, Research Methods in Public Administration (3)
• PADM 6600, Quantitative Methods (3)
• PADM 6650, Public Policy Analysis (3)

Electives (3 hours)*

Capstone (2 hours)

• *PADM 6900, Internship required of students lacking at least one-year of work experience in the public or nonprofit sectors (3)