27 courses with the subject MPA, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Credit for independent research by a single student arranged and supervised by a faculty member. Not intended for culminating project research such as thesis or starred paper.
[Credits: 3] History and scope of public administration and public service; contemporary issues that confront public administration.
[Credits: 3] Theories and practices of public and nonprofit organizations. Emphasis on behaviors, structures, decision making processes, culture.
Public budget decision processes; budget structures, methods and formats; revenue sources, structures and forecasts, debt, and administration.
3] History and policies of public and nonprofit human resource management. Contemporary tools and techniques employed to recruit, select, develop, and motivate organizational human assets.
Theories and practices of leadership in large and small public and nonprofit organizations.
Public service values. Normative level (Deontological, Utilitarian, and Aristotelean Virtue ethics) as well as applied level ethics (public administration ethics, ethics for bureaucrats).
[Credits: 3] Examination and application of strategic planning and management techniques.
Techniques and applications of program evaluation methods to public sector and nonprofit sector policy and managerial issues.
Examination of the executive-council/commission relations, role of manager, structural constraints to management, applicable Minnesota municipal and county laws, and political realities of leadership and management of local governments.
Management [Credits: 3] Examines emerging issues facing local governments: collaboration, coalition building, citizen engagement, and new governance.
Local Governments [Credits: 3] Practical challenges in local government management as they pertain to 271
Practical challenges in local government management pertaining to judicial services, law enforcement, corrections, fire, and emergency services.
Development in Local Gov. [Credits: 3] Practical problems of local government management as they pertain to planning, zoning, community development and economic development.
[Credits: 3] Examines the philosophical underpinnings, concepts and principles of nonprofit organizations, emphasizing history, philosophical foundations and influences of government policies on operations and internal governance.
Examines to role of the executive director in terms of creating and maintaining effective organizational culture, values, vision, internal an external relationships, board-staff relations and transitions.
Examines philanthropic philosophy and practice of giving to nonprofit service organizations and foundations, use of volunteers, fundraising, service delivery contracts and user fees as resources for nonprofit organizations.
Examines reasons and methods of building and maintaining partnerships as a necessity to serve clientele base, requirements and conditions for innovation and change.
[Credits: 3] Special topics of public and nonprofit management and leadership.
Credit for off-campus professional experience with industry partners, non-profit organizations or government agencies. Can serve as a graduate culminating experience in conjunction with a portfolio demonstrating mastery of associated learning outcomes.
Analysis of political, social, and economic systems in developing countries with a focus on bureaucratic structures and the challenges of policy-making in less developed countries.
Examines the problems and issues associated with the management and administration of development programs and projects in less developed countries.
Examines the major theories of economic, social, and political development, and the impact of these theories on development policies in less developed countries.
Examines the of role international governmental actors (IMF, World Bank, WTO, UN) and non-governmental actors (transnational civil society) play in development in less developed countries.
3] Examines the role and impact that non-governmental and non-profit organizations have played in political, social, and economic development in less developed countries, with a focus on state-society relations and building organizational capacity.
Examines the causes of corruption, the impact of corruption on political, social, and economic development in less developed countries, and strategies for minimizing corruption.
Examines special topical opportunities and challenges (water resources, public health, environmental policies, disaster relief policies, tourism planning and policy) facing international development servant leaders. d MPA691 Enrollment Continuation: Masters Level [Credits: 1] Allows continuous enrollment for Master's students who have completed all required coursework, but are still working on a culminating project. Can be used in final term to meet Graduate Enrollment policy requirement.
Source: Saint Cloud State University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
