Public Administration

School of Public Affairs & Administration
Hill Hall, Room 701
Phone: 973/353-5093
Fax:     973/353-5907
http://spaa.newark.rutgers.edu

INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (3 cr.)
20:834:501:B6:92404
EVE: 5/26-7/2
MW 5:30-9:15
BROMBERG            HILL 201

Concepts and methods for analyzing significant factors and relationships in governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations as they function in their environments. Students identify and diagnose the principal types of problems encountered at levels of high administrative responsibility in government and the nonprofit sector.

TOPICS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: ANIMALS CERTIFICATE PRACTICUM (3 cr.)
20:834:503:B1:94751 (CANCELLED)
5/26-7/2
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
STRAUSS/NIEDWESKE

By permission only.

This course provides students with an applied experience related to knowledge gained in the overview courses.  A practicum may be individual or collaborative and range from working with governments and community groups to implement an animal-focused program to conducting a survey of veterinarians on issues like mandatory reporting of suspected animal abuse and neglect and reporting the results.

TOPICS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: ANIMAL CRUELTY (3 cr.)
20:834:503:T5:94750
5/26-8/12
ONLINE COURSE
STRAUSS/NIEDWESKE

This course examines the legal perspective on cruelty laws, links between cruelty to animals and cruelty to humans, domestic restraining orders and animals, intra-agency reporting, student rights to refuse dissection, farm animal cases, wildlife, animals in entertainment, and other cruelty issues.

TOPICS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE IN DOWNTOWN
MANAGEMENT (3 cr.)
20:834:504:B6:94749 (CANCELLED)
EVE: 5/26-7/2
MW 6:00-9:45
RUFFIN         HILL 209

Through critical analysis, this course examines questions about the role and sustainability of downtown management organizations (DMOs) such as business associations, business improvement districts, regional and other forms of public-private partnerships that help shape, govern, and manage urban downtowns across the globe.

TECHNOLOGY & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (3 cr.)
20:834:521:B5:94383
5/26-7/2
ONLINE COURSE
FUDGE

Implications of computer hardware and software issues for public sector management, with particular emphasis on applications of microprocessors. Includes a survey of database management problems, control, resource allocation, communications, and networking issues. Laboratory exercises required.

PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS (3 cr.)
20:834:522:H6:92889
EVE: 7/6-8/12
MW 5:30-9:00
CHARBONNEAU           HILL 201

Theories of organizational behavior and performance as applied to public and nonprofit sector agencies; includes organizational authority systems, relationships between public and private organizations, development and fulfillment of organizational mandates in the public sector, and use of resources within organizations.

STRATEGIC PLANNING (3 cr.)
20:834:524:H6:94384
EVE: 7/6-8/12
TTh 5:30-9:15
CHARBONNEAU              HILL 215

Strategic planning and management in the public and nonprofit sectors, including methods that facilitate achieving organizational goals in a changing environment. Attention paid to forecasting, goal and objective setting, strategy building, and resource mobilization.

INFORMATION SYSTEMS & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (3 cr.)
20:834:528:H6:94385 (CANCELLED)
EVE: 7/6-8/12
TTh 5:30-9:15
STAFF           HILL 203

Problem-solving techniques that focus on effective managerial performance. Productivity and management improvement assessment techniques, including networking, queuing, simulations, linear programming quality-control approaches, focus groups, and the delphi technique.

STRATEGIC PLANNING, BUDGETING, & CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT (3 cr.)
20:834:538:T5:92896
6/25-8/13
ONLINE COURSE
SCHATTEMAN

This online course focuses on the intellectual concept of governmental transparency.  Using Blackboard, students will explore key policies in support of transparency as well as critically evaluate e-governance practices to identify some of the limitations and dangers involved with the rapidly changing role of information and information technology in today's society.

CITIZEN SURVEYS (3 cr.)
20:834:540:B5:94386
5/26-7/2
ONLINE COURSE
SCHATTEMAN

This course explores the importance of citizen surveys and the mechanics of survey research design and implementation. Students are presented with a number of strategies for more effective data management and presentation.

PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (3 cr.)
20:834:543:H6:94387
EVE: 5/26-7/2
TTh 5:30-9:15
BECKETT-CAMERATA            CONKLIN 446

Surveys all major activities that concern the allocation, investment, and control of public funds. Activities include financial analysis, cash and pension fund investing, accounting, auditing, and financial reporting. Touches upon questions of budgeting and revenues in the context of fiscal policymaking.

URBAN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP & COMMUNICATIONS (3 cr.)
20:834:557:H6:91993 (CANCELLED)
EVE: 7/6-8/12
MW 5:30-9:00
BENNETT, M.         CONKLIN 447

Through an examination of school administration, leadership, and supervision literature and its application to urban districts, prospective school administrators analyze the complexities of urban school problems and improvement.

CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP & ASSESSMENT IN URBAN SCHOOLS (3 cr.)
20:834:558:B6:91992 (CANCELLED)
EVE: 5/26-7/2
TTh 5:30-9:00
MORRISON         HILL 203

Explores recent policies and practices in curriculum, instruction, and assessment, including recent debates about national and state curriculum and learning standards and how to assess them. Special attention focuses on the New Jersey State Core Curriculum standards, various instructional strategies to teach these, and their assessment.

ANALYTICAL METHODS (3 cr.)
20:834:561:B6:94388
EVE: 5/26-7/2
MW 5:30-9:15
ZHANG           HILL 126

Quantitative methods in the analysis of planning and management problems. Includes descriptive statistics, statistical distributions, probability, hypothesis development, significance testing, correlation, contingency table analysis, and regression.

CAPSTONE (3 cr.)
20:834:563:T1:92894
5/26-8/12
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
KIRCHHOFF

Final required course in which students develop and write a policy, problem-solving, or implementation study under the guidance of a faculty member. Students who prefer to take the comprehensive exam will take an additional specialization course in lieu of the capstone course. Must be taken in the final semester of the student's program.

GOVERNMENT REVENUE SYSTEMS (3 cr.)
20:834:568:B6:94389
EVE: 5/26-7/2
TTh 5:30-9:00
BECKETT-CAMERATA          CONKLIN 348

Creation and management of the revenue systems of a state or local government. Focus on taxes, fee for services, intergovernmental aid, and interest income. Laboratory application and fieldwork required.

THEORY & PRACTICE OF NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT (3 cr.)
20:834:570:B6:94390
EVE: 5/26-7/2
MW 5:30-9:15
LIN           HILL 203

Introduces theory, history, structure and management of nonprofit organizations. Emphasis is given to critical functions such as fundraising and grantsmanship, financial management and budgeting, marketing and communications, leadership styles, and monitoring and evaluation.

NONPROFIT BUDGETING (3 cr.)
20:834:571:H6:90982
EVE: 7/6-8/12
TTh 5:30-9:15
PEDEN           SMITH 240

Introduces budget concepts and processes used by nonprofits; provides essential skills, and experience in budgetary analysis and management for nonprofit agencies and organizations.

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS (3 cr.)
20:834:576:H6:92893
EVE: 7/6-8/12
MW 5:30-9:00
DEHAN            HILL 115

Emphasizes best practices and provides practical applications in methods nonprofits use to ensure objectives are financed by means other than grants. The study of fund-raising encompasses strategic planning for annual giving, major gifts, and planned giving. Attention given to specific fund-raising techniques: stewardship training, case statements, direct mail, telephone solicitation, special events, lapsed donors, taxation and bequests, and capital campaigns.

NONPROFIT HUMAN RESOURCES (3 cr.)
20:834:577:B6:91441
EVE: 5/26-7/2
TTh 5:30-9:00
BENNETT, L.            HILL 208

Explores concepts, practices, and strategies of human resource planning; staff development, compensation, and evaluation. Emphasizes volunteer management, staff-board and trustee relationships.

INTERNSHIP (3 cr.)
20:834:590:T1:92892
5/26-8/12
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
KIRCHHOFF

Participation in activities of an agency or institution under supervision of a faculty member and supervisor in the agency; requires performance reports and analyses of activities.

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (3 cr.)
20:834:598:T1:91790
5/26-8/12
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
STAFF

Available as an elective for students who opt to explore a specific topic or issue under the guidance of a faculty member. The independent study must be approved in advance by the director of the M.P.A. program prior to the student`s enrollment in the course.

SELECTED TOPICS (DOCTORAL): PRIVATIZATION & PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS (3 cr.)
26:834:665:B1:92059 (CANCELLED)
EVE: 5/26-7/2
TTh 2:00-5:30
STAFF             HILL 701

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) involve private sector supply of infrastructure, assets, and services that have traditionally been provided by the government. This course examines the role privatization has played or not played in restructuring the state.

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (3 cr.)
26:834:698:T1:90730
5/26-8/12
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
RICCUCCI

Independent research on a topic related to public administration under the guidance of an advisor.

DISSERTATION RESEARCH IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (3 cr.)
26:834:701:T1:90833
5/26-8/12
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
RICCUCCI

Develop and complete a Ph.D. dissertation in public administration.