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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course examines training and education in a changing workplace and workforce from a systematic perspective. The student will learn how to improve individual, team, and organizational effectiveness by understanding how to design successful training interventions and learning experiences that can impart knowledge, skills, and attitudes to learners in the workplace. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Prerequisite: Admission to the PSA-BAS program. This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the methodology of forecasting in decision-making for public safety administrators. Specifically, the student will be exposed to forecasting models to anticipate trends in gang enforcement on a national and international scale. Emphasis will be placed on gang intervention, gang membership, and the use of forecasting to gain awareness of the need for administrative planning. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Prerequisite: Must be taken in the student's first semester in the Public Safety Administration BAS program. This course is presented as an overview of the primary aspects of public safety administration. Major administrative, managerial and leadership components of public safety organizations will be examined. Also addressed will be administrative concerns for special issues and challenges, such as coordinated public safety approaches, post-9/11 administrative worldviews, ethical foundations, critical thinking and analysis, and innovative solutions for pragmatic public safety problems. The course will also provide the student with a framework for individual progress. This will include an initial supervisor/leadership/management skills assessment; the beginning development of an individualized development plan toward educational and career goals, with a personal portfolio; and preliminary planning to link continuous learning with the Capstone course at the end of the program. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Prerequisite: PAD 3820 and admission to the Public Safety Administration BAS Program. This course focuses on current issues and trends in the field of public safety administration. The course is structured to introduce management and administrative topics in public safety, examine the implications to the field, and formulate recommendations. This course will begin developing skills in project design and presentation. This course will enhance critical thinking skills. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course will expose the student to community relations theory and practice within a broad range of public safety organizations. Students will understand why positive community perception of public safety is critical to funding and operational effectiveness. Each student will gain the insight and skills necessary to be effective in the community relations function of public safety administration. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Prerequisite: Admission to the PSA-BAS program. This course introduces the student to the interrelationship of gangs, public policy, political decision-making, and the social and economic ramifications. The course focuses on contemporary gang issues, public policy paradigms, national social and economic trends, and the impact of gang activity in the community. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course will provide the student with a firm understanding of all elements of public finance, from budget development to finance management, and from procurement to accounting and auditing. In addition, the course will explore alternative sources of public safety funding available to local government entities. A key component of the course will be the student's preparation and presentation of a budget for a model city. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course will explore and analyze the proposal-writing role in the resource development process. The student will be introduced to several concepts including researching alternative resources and funding opportunities, proposal writing, implementing and managing grants, developing community partnerships and collaborations, and becoming knowledgeable in policies and procedures related to public entities. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits The course is an examination of strategic planning in public and nonprofit organizations. The student will learn how strategic planning can guide and strengthen the effectiveness of an organization's performance. The ten step Strategy Change Cycle is introduced as an effective planning approach to accomplish strategic and operational planning in organizations. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course will examine the workings of Administrative Agencies with an emphasis on their power to make and enforce rules along with their power to investigate and adjudicate alleged violations. Particular focus will be placed on the means by which government administrators interact with these agencies. In addition to understanding the role of administrative agencies, the course will focus on using research skills to examine the constantly-changing rules that are promulgated by administrative agencies. 47 contact hours.
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