PADM 6050 Seminar in American Government:
with Emphasis on Constitutional Law and
Public Law/Administrative Law (3-0-3)
This course attempts to bring the public administration student in line with the U.S. Supreme Court declaration of 1982 which stated that "a reasonable competent public official should know the law governing his or her conduct" and must understand those "clearly established" constitutional rights for which a public official can be held legally liable for violating, Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 1992. The course uses reading, research and group discussion to explore the expansive scope, nature and function of administrative law as it relates to the substantive, procedural, and equal protection rights of businesses, public servants and the citizenry at large.

PADM 6100 Public Organization Theory and Behavior (3-0-3)
This course is a systematic analysis of theories of organizations. Focus will be on the two major approaches to organizational structure — the formal and the informal. Organizational membership, communications, reward systems and leadership styles will be stressed. Public sector application will be emphasized.

PADM 6150 Seminar in American Government with
emphasis on Political Institutions (3-0-3)
This course is structured as a means of addressing a central goal of the MPA degree program: to have the student understand how public policy is formulated in the context of its organizational environment. The focus is on those political institutions - Congress, the Presidency, the Courts, and state legislatures - where policy is debated.

PADM 6200 Management of Human Resources in the Public Sector (3-0-3)
This course is designed to provide the student with a basic understanding of the personnel process in the public sector and the activities performed by a human resource department. The student will become familiar with legal, political and sociodemographic issues affecting the management of human resources. In addition, the functions of human resource planning, recruitment, selection, placement/training and compensation administration will be addressed.

PADM 6250 Planning Resources and Administration (3-0-3)
This course is designed to explore the scope, theories, resources and political behavior of urban and regional planning. It is a "hands-on" learning experience, as students undertake one or more planning projects in the local community during the course of the term. Previous projects have included updating a neighborhood zoning map; conducting citizens' advisory surveys and updating a neighborhood plan as a result of the findings; a comparative demographic study using U.S. Census materials; and an housing stock condition survey.

PADM 6300 Public Budgeting (3-0-3)
This course examines the institutions and techniques of modern financial administration in federal, state, and local government. The object of the course is to become familiar with the terminology and process of budgeting as well as to gain competence in analyzing budgetary problems and proposing solutions. The role of the budget as a tool in expressing priorities in policy choices is emphasized.

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