PUAD 501 Public Administration

Course Description

This is the introductory, foundations course for the Master of Public Administration degree designed to carryout our mission and familiarize you with public service as a career path and as a field of study. In this course, you will explore values, theories, practices, and strategies common in the field to understand contemporary issues encountered by public managers in government or nonprofit organizations. We will adopt a social justice lens to consider more deeply the constitutional, democratic, and cultural tenets that frame notions of acceptable government action; managerial, political, and economic aspects of public and nonprofit service; links between law, policy, and administration; intergovernmental and public-private-nonprofit relations in public service delivery; and the intellectual heritage of the field. In this course, you will engage in discussion with colleagues to consider what public service means and how to do it well through applied learning opportunities, case studies, and competency-based learning.