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PMG300 - Public Administration
Course Description
This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the major public administration theories influencing the discipline, the role of the public bureaucracy in American society, and the interplay of politics and public administration at the national, state, and local government levels in addition to nonprofit organizations. To successfully implement policy, public administrators need to employ a variety of knowledge and skills. To that end, public administration will be examined through multiple lenses, including ethics, social justice and diversity, organization theory and behavior, public policy formation, public management, administrative reform, intergovernmental relations, and leadership.
Credit Hours: 3
FIN350 - Principles of Finance for the Public Sector
Course Description
Introduction to financing of and budgeting within public sector institutions, including the history and trends of funds acquisition and distribution. Accountability to governing bodies and taxpayers for the use of public fiscal resources will be examined.
Credit Hours: 3
PMG320 - Public Policy and Strategy
Course Description
This course introduces students to a wide range of topics important to understanding the field of public policy globally. This course brings together ideas from history, political science, communication, sociology, human services, and economics to address an important question: How have governmental associations and non-profit organizations come to shape and implement public policy to address global needs? Students will have the opportunity to evaluate current policies that address the most significant domestic and global social and public issues of today and students will also create a public policy to address a social or public issue that is of interest to them.
Credit Hours: 3
PMG370 - Fundraising and Grant Writing
Course Description
This course provides a broad overview of theoretical and practical application of nonprofit management. Students will learn about the role and responsibilities of a nonprofit organization fundraising marketing and communication plan. An overview of fundraising will include the importance of an analysis of the essential elements of fundraising: major gift solicitation, the annual campaign, planned giving, understanding alternative fundraising solutions, social enterprises, the use of new technologies for fundraising; individual donor tracking, institutional donors, charitable trusts and foundations and corporate philanthropy. Additionally, students will develop essential research skills, fundraising resources, professional associations and conferences, and examining and measuring the social impact and ethical aspects of fundraising.
Credit Hours: 3
PMG430 - Human Resource Management in the Public Sector
Course Description
This course provides a comprehensive overview of human resource management applications, theories, and functions in today’s public sector for both nonprofit and government jobs. Students will analyze the overall structure of HR Departments and how Human Resource Management in the Public Sector addresses issues of diverse recruitment, compensation and benefits, training, employee relations, and the incorporation of policies focusing on diversity and equity.
Credit Hours: 3
