26:834:541Political Economy and Public Administration (3) Explores basic economic concepts and applies them to relevant public administration issues. Looks at microeconomic and macroeconomic problems as they impact the public and nonprofit sectors. |
26:834:542Government Budgeting Systems (3) Budget concepts and processes used by the American governments and their administrative units. Provides essential skills and experience in budgetary analysis and management applicable to nonprofit as well as public sector agencies. |
26:834:543Public Financial Management (3) 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 policy making. |
26:834:545Capital Budgeting (3) All aspects of capital budgeting, including what is appropriately included in capital budgets, what governments use capital budgets and why, how to create a capital improvement plan, and how to convert a capital improvement plan into a capital budget. |
26:834:546Infrastructure Finance (3) Implementation of the financing of a capital improvement plan for infrastructure items, such as streets, parks, public utilities, and other public works. Short- and long-term methods of financing, and the mix of markets in which funds may be sought. Emphasis on the latest financial tools created among investment banks in the public finance area. Fieldwork required. |
26:834:547Government Revenue Systems (3) 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. |
26:834:561Analytical Methods (3) 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. |
26:834:562Research Design (3) Comprehensive literature review, methodology, and data collection strategies. Students develop full research proposal including research question; those who are writing a paper as their capstone requirement use this proposal as the basis for their paper. Prerequisite: 26:834:561. |
26:834:597Advanced Study (3) Final required course of self-directed study. Students who opt for a capstone paper will write their paper. Students sitting for the comprehensive exams will prepare for their exams. (Substitute capstone 26:834:563) Prerequisite: 26: 834:562. |
26:834:598Independent Study (3) 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. |
