Intellectual History of Public Administration (26:834:617) This course examines the field of public administration through historical lenses, focusing on the periods of development from “the Orthodoxy” to New Public Management and beyond.

Budget and Resources Acquisition (26:834:605) This course addresses the macro and micro aspects of budgeting and finance from both the normative and descriptive views in the fields of public management, political science, and economics.

Study of Public Organizations (26:834:601) This course covers such topics as public sector organization theory and behavior at the micro and macro levels; networking; interorganizational relations.

Governance and Politics (26:834:603) This course covers such topics as bureaucratic politics; democratic theory and public sector governance.

Leadership, Equity and Diversity (26:834:618) This courses addresses governance from a human resources perspective, focusing on such topics as leadership and diversity in the public sector.

Quantitative I (26:834:607)This course addresses basic issues in research design and then reviews basic statistics concepts as a stepping stone for linear regression analysis. The major part of the course will be devoted to multiple regression    analysis. Theoretical derivation of multiple regression results, inference and interpretation of explanatory variables, model diagnostics, and other related issues will be covered. As more advanced models, two stage least square model (2SLS) and limited dependent model (Logit and Probit) model will be introduced.

Quantitative II (26:834:608) This course surveys various types of statistical techniques necessary for research. The statistical techniques that will be covered in the course include limited dependent variable models, panel data analysis, factor and path analysis, and structural equation models. Students are welcome to bring any topic they are interested in and/or necessary for their dissertation. The primary and major goal of this course is to provide an opportunity for students to evaluate published articles in terms of quantitative methods and thereby encourage them to make their own quantitative research proposal.                       

Qualitative I  (26:834:609) The purpose of this course is to introduce doctoral students to the philosophy and methods of qualitative research.  Through an examination of the evolution of qualitative methods, the various forms of qualitative research, the ways to conduct qualitative inquiry, students will receive a foundation in qualitative research. Also a focus of the seminar will be mixed methods research, survey development   (open and close-ended questions) and research design.  Students will develop qualitative research protocols which will be implemented during the Qualitative II course.

Qualitative II (26:834:619) The purpose of this course is to give doctoral students a more in-depth understanding of the various ways to gather qualitative data.  This course will differ from Qualitative I in that it will be a seminar where students will read intensively about, and examine examples of, individual data gathering techniques. These focused readings will be coupled with a lab experience in which students must implement their protocols developed in Qualitative I.  Analyzing qualitative data and ethical considerations will also be discussed in this seminar.

Research Design (26:834:610) This course covers the fundamentals of research in the social sciences: philosophy of science; theory construction; alternative research designs and methods for gathering data, writing, scholarly criticism, and the publishing process.  Students will gain an understanding of the types of research methods which fit research questions.

26:834:605 GOVERNMENT BUDGETING AND RESOURCE ACQUISITION

26:834:512 Ethical Issues in Public Policy and Administration

26:834:606 Administrative Law

834:604 Performance Improvement

834:612 Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation

834:665 Citizen Participation and Productive Management

834:665 Citizen-Driven Performance Measurement

834:665 E-Governance

26:834:606  Administrative Law (required)

26:834:602  Decision Making and Policy Analysis

26:834:603 Public Administration in a Democratic Society

26:834:604 Performance Improvement in Public Administration

26:834:605 Government Budgeting and Resource Acquisition

26:834:613 Citizen Participation and Public Administration

26:834:698  Independent Study in Public Administration (3 credits)   
Independent research on a topic related to public administration under the guidance of an adviser.   

26:834:701  Dissertation Research in Public Administration (3 credits)
Develop and complete a Ph.D. dissertation in public administration.