10 courses with the subject PAD, 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.
PAD 710Public Administration Principles3
Learned skills and shared experiences lead to practices thatinform and advance your career. Identify and examinemanagement principles and practices for public institutions such as:how public organizations operate and are managed,public personnel management,budgeting and finance, and policy implementation, alongsidemethods to identify and assess available interventions to further stakeholder well-being in a cross- cultural context. Combined Bulletin 2026-2027 571
Leading a team, task force, or organization requires a confident understanding of financial management and budgeting. This course examines financial management associated with public administration including financial statements and reporting, cost analysis, budget approaches and preparation, financial forecast, cash flow management, and financial risk management. The course approaches this material from a leadership perspective, presenting the various parts of financial management and budgeting across agencies or levels (local/state/ federal) of government. Because public sector budgeting and financial management reflect concerns of competing stakeholders, the course explores the way public administrators identify and weigh multiple concerns and outcomes in the budgeting process.
PAD 714Research Methods for Public Administration3
Developing and applying new sources of knowledge is crucial to effective leadership and organizational success. This course covers research design, data collection, data analysis, and how to communicate research findings. Qualitative and quantitative research methods, experimental and non-experimental research, survey instrument development and use, case studies, content analysis, and secondary data analysis are covered. Equitable outcomes and the domains of sustainability, climate change, and social responsibility are of increasing importance to public sector leaders and this course will explore sustainability, environmental awareness, and equitable outcomes in research design and methods and will be addressed.
Technology can inform and enhance policy and its effective use will remain a core competency for future public leaders. Examine the role of emerging technologies in setting and implementing public policy, the role d of stakeholders and interest groups, and available tools to apply from a technology and innovation framework. The class will analyze how new technologies improve and impact policy efficacy.
A leader must effectively analyze and explain complex data to stakeholders in clear, understandable language. Learn to analyze and interpret data to tell a clear and compelling “story”, manage the projects and programs, then implement policy. Topics covered will include data management, data visualization, statistical analysis, and machine learning. In addition, new tech-enabled methods of collecting and understanding data will be explored as they relate to policy administration.
Many leaders in the public sector lead initiatives focused on the built environment, including housing, commercial, industrial, and shared public spaces. This course examines public-private partnerships for housing and community development. Topics include affordable housing development strategies, commercial reuse and revitalization initiatives, and neighborhood development. Global forces shape local decisions. As such, global issues related to trade, business competition, and migration will be explored.
Institutions at all levels, local, state, federal, and international, are facing growing changes related to how human activities impact natural and environmental systems. Public administration leaders need skills and insights to effectively lead institutions as they respond. This course examines sustainable systems and environmental sciences to understand the conflicting objectives that are often part of public administration. Examine environmental justice and the administrative forces that place environmental burdens on some groups and not others, at the local/state/federal levels.
Select 1 Elective 3 The electives below are recommended by the Academic Director as most applicable to your degree program. SPS students can choose any course (other than those requiring 3 prerequisites, Capstone/799 courses, or internship courses) from the SPS catalog to fulfill their elective requirements. 3 PAD 750 Housing and Development 3 PAD 751 Sustainability and Environmental Systems 3 CMS 730 Communications Leadership, Organizational Culture & Ethics 3 CMS 732 Leading through Intercultural
