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  Graduate School–Newark 2012–2014 Programs, Faculty, and Courses Public Administration 834 Doctor of Philosophy Curriculum  

Curriculum


Core Courses (15 Credits)

26:834:601  Study of Public Organizations (3)
26:834:603  Governance and Politics (3)
26:834:605  Government Budgeting and Resources Acquisition (3)
26:834:617  Intellectual History of Public Administration (3)
26:834:618  Leadership, Equity, and Diversity (3)

Research Courses (12 credits)

Prerequisite: 20:834:561 Analytical Methods (3)
26:834:607  Quantitative Methods I (3)
26:834:608  Quantitative Methods II (3)
26:834:609  Qualitative Methods I (3)
26:834:619  Mixed Methods (3)

Major Fields (21 credits)

Students are required to select a major field with at least 12 credits of study. The remaining credits (9) may be taken in the same or another area of the student's choice. Available fields are:
  •  Budgeting and Nonmarket Organization Finance
  •  Comparative Public Administration
  •  Human Resource Management
  •  Performance Measurement and Improvement
  •  Public Management

Additional information on major fields and required and elective coursework within each field can be found here: http://spaa.newark.rutgers.edu/home/programs/phd/field-descriptions.html.

A summary worksheet of doctoral program requirements can be found here: http://spaa.newark.rutgers.edu/home/programs/phd/phd-forms.html.

Dissertation Research (24 credits)


 
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