Public Administration Undergraduate Degree Requirements

Theory and practice of governmental administration in differing environments, role of administrators in public policy, issues facing administrators, techniques of administration.

PA 312 MAY BE TAKEN IN LIEU OF THIS COURSE

PA 310 MAY BE TAKEN IN LIEU OF THIS COURSE

Analysis of personnel problems. Supervision and management of public employees and public organizations in an age of change.

Social, psychological, and behavioral theories of organization; concepts of administrative leadership; organization and the individual; emphasis on governmental organizations. Not open to students with credit in Psychology 321.

Prerequisite: Public Administration 301. Policies of fiscal administration and budgeting; political implications of the governmental budget process; revenue, debt, and treasury management; the functions of accounting and financial reporting.

Process of formulating public policy with emphasis on the role of public agencies.

PA 498 MAY BE TAKEN IN LIEU OF THIS COURSE

PA 497 MAY BE TAKEN IN LIEU OF THIS COURSE

PA 312 MAY BE TAKEN IN LIEU OF THIS COURSE

PA 310 MAY BE TAKEN IN LIEU OF THIS COURSE

Introduction to community planning: regional, county, and city. Consideration of master plan including its purposes, contents, and method of adoption.

Areas and problems of administrative research. Management and operations in public organizations including forecasting, resource allocation, planning and administration of programs, preparation of administrative reports. Quantitative models of managerial decision making.

Focus on urban areas and urbanism from a public policy perspective; course examines and critiques the physical, economic, social and political dimensions of contemporary American cities utilizing a multidisciplinary approach.

Prerequisites: Public Administration 320 and basic statistics course. Methods of primary data collection and analysis of secondary data sources for problem solving in city planning, techniques associated with urban design and urban development.

(Offered only at IVC) Two lectures and three hours of laboratory. Prerequisite: Limited to criminal justice and public administration majors. Operation and use of microcomputer hardware and software in criminal justice. Laboratory instruction focuses on applicability of programs to criminal justice operations.

Prerequisite: Public Administration 301. Leaders as energizing forces for public administration. Analysis of leadership theories and case studies.

Prerequisite: Public Administration 301. City planning, regional, and public policy issues in the binational Mexico-U.S. border region. Policy analysis: macro/regional and micro/urban.

Selected topics. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

Prerequisite: Twelve upper division units in public administration. Individual study. Maximum credit six units.

Prerequisites: Public Administration 301 and 460. How nonprofit organizations interact with government institutions, influence and pressure government through policy advocacy and activism, and partner with government in contracting, public service provision, and policymaking.

Prerequisite: Public Administration 310. Processes of decision making in the management of urban communities.

Prerequisite: Public Administration 320 or graduate standing. Description and critique of traditional city planning process; styles and roles of city planner; city planning values and ethics.

Prerequisite: Public Administration 301. Specific issues such as strategies, the effects of threat, the physical setting, use of a third-party observer and theories of advocacy. Emphasis on analyzing simulations of the bargaining process and developing effective negotiation skills.

Prerequisite: Public Administration 330. Historical development, legal basis, and organizational implications of governmental employer-employee relations; emphasis on California local government.

Prerequisites: Public Administration 301 and a statistics course. Systems and organization analysis; work standards and units; procedures analysis; administrative planning.

(Offered only at IVC) Prerequisite: Public Administration 301. Management and economics of water and energy resources, delivery systems, regulatory framework, and renewable resources. Contemporary water and energy management issues.

Prerequisite: Public Administration 301. Administrative organization and process of selected foreign and American governments. Analysis of the cultural basis of administrative systems.

Prerequisite: Upper division or graduate standing. Recommended: Public Administration 301 with a grade of C (2.0) or better. Defense and security challenges through global perspectives. Budgetary, intelligence, leadership, logistical, military, organizational, policy, political, and strategic challenges and opportunities confronted by government via case studies.

Prerequisite: Upper division or graduate standing. Recommended: Public Administration 301 with a grade of C (2.0) or better. Defense and security challenges through U.S. perspectives. Budgetary, intelligence, leadership, logistical, military, organizational, policy, political, and strategic factors confronted by government via case studies.

Selected current topics in public administration. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Maximum credit six units of 596 applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.