15 courses with the subject MAPA, 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.
MAPA 600Public and Nonprofit Administration (3 cr.)
This course focuses on the essence of public administration as it relates to public and nonprofit administration. Special attention is given to the history and scope of public and nonprofit administration, and how they relate to one another. An overview of the economic and political contexts and contemporary issues that confront public and nonprofit organizations is introduced.
This course provides an overview of the management principles used in nonprofit organizations. The course examines the historical and current context for work in the nonprofit sector; strategic leadership, including board governance and executive leadership; concepts of strategic planning, benchmarking and evaluation; and an overview of operations planning. Strategic linkages between an organization’s mission and values, strategic direction, and programming are examined.
MAPA 605Leading with Effective Communications (3 cr.)
This course focuses on tools, techniques, and strategies for effective communication in public and nonprofit administrations. Organizational communication structure, ethical communication styles, and executive summary techniques are also examined. Students also focus on graduate academic writing skills, including voice and style; writing that incorporates source material; ethical use of source materials; and APA writing guidelines.
MAPA 610Leading in Diverse Public Environments (3 cr.)
This course introduces selected theories and styles of leadership, the concept of followership, and understanding one’s own leadership style. Application of leadership theories in diverse environments is examined. This course also focuses on how diversity of all kinds influences organizational behavior, including internal/external client relationships within public and nonprofit organizations. The importance of cultural competency is explored along with the knowledge and skills needed to work with, manage, and serve diverse groups of individuals.
MAPA 615Community Engagement and Partnerships (3 cr.)
This course examines various strategies for collaboration and engagement in the community. It focuses on diverse collaborated solution strategies, facilitation skills, and transparent decision-making processes. This course addresses problem-solving techniques that encourage community involvement, along with facilitation of critical conversations. Media relations, crisis communications, and use of social media are also discussed.
This course overviews the components related to managing public finances, including the sources of revenue from various taxes and fees, and the determinations for sharing revenues across competing government priorities. Cash management, debt management, and government accounting are covered. This course also examines creating and using budgets for planning and decision making, along with transparent processes for internal and external review of budgets.
MAPA 625Nonprofit Fund Development and Financial Management (3 cr.)
This course overviews the components related to raising and managing nonprofit financial resources, including fund development through grants and alternative funding sources. Cash management, debt management, audit principles, and nonprofit accounting are addressed. This course also examines creating and using budgets for planning and decisionmaking, along with transparent processes for internal and external review of budgets.
This course focuses on human resource management in the public sector, including the legal and practical contexts for recruitment, selection, development, retention, compensation and benefits, performance evaluation, and labor relations. Current issues such as diversity training, sexual harassment policies, and rising benefit costs are analyzed.
MAPA 635Nonprofit Human Resource Management (3 cr.)
This course focuses on human resource management in the nonprofit sector, including working with volunteers, boards of directors, contractors, clients/constituents, and external stakeholders. Staffing and hiring processes within an organization, compensation, performance evaluation, and compliance with federal law are covered.
This course focuses on exploring, analyzing, evaluating, and becoming aware of our personal assumptions that frame our actions and thought processes. Critical thinking, design thinking, and creative strategies are explored as a process to develop solutions to complex and emerging problems.
This course examines how to develop strategic thinking in response to ongoing change and direct strategic activity toward agreed upon outcomes. An understanding of organizational culture and organizational lifecycles are key aspects of effective strategic leadership. Information on organizational risk management strategies is also included.
This course examines various philosophical theories and ethical practices that help guide a student’s ability to think and act ethically. Personal and professional ethics are analyzed, and ethical issues in public and nonprofit organizations are explored. Ethical principles and models, including normative concepts and principles for moral reasoning are examined.
This course takes a critical look at the design and evaluation of public policy through policy topics and issues in a wide range of areas. Also covered are regulatory and administrative law, the role of advocacy, legalities of lobbying, and the effect of policy on nonprofits.
This course explores evaluating the research methodology and findings of relevant literature and reports as well as analysis of data. Students learn outcome-based approaches to create and conduct program evaluation.
MAPA 690Capstone: Integrating the Capacities (3 cr.)
This course focuses on integrating knowledge, skills, and tools developed during the program. It emphasizes critical analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of public and nonprofit administration theory and practice.
