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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Provides you with the writing, analytical and research tools required by professional public managers. Emphasis is on the methods of problem identification, developing a research strategy and formal research proposal; identification of secondary sources essential to public policy and management research; use of the Internet as a research tools; appropriate research methodologies; and, a special emphasis on improving your ability to write concisely and in a persuasive style. Training in the use of multi-media presentation methods will be provided as well.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the environment of the policy analyst, including an examination of the frames of reference that both guide and constrain work in the field. You will be introduced to policy analytical paradigms, will examine historical themes in the policy literature, and will use the major tools used in policy analysis and program evaluation, including benefit-cost analysis, factor analysis and time series analysis. The advantages and disadvantages of these tools will be critically examined. Case studies will be used extensively as example and source material for theory building.
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4.00 Credits
Examines the development and current emphases in organization theory from scientific management to the present. The focus is on the uses of pertinent theories in public management as well as the specific diagnosis and intervention tools and strategies employed in organizational development and change. Specific emphasis is given to experiential skill-building techniques, action research, work design and organizational development methods.
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4.00 Credits
Focuses on the growing trend toward market-based public service delivery systems. Public administrators in many levels of government are being challenged to become more entrepreneurial in their management of public enterprises. Contracting with private firms to provide public services is becoming the norm, rather than the exception. The course examines these trends and provides you with needed competencies related to contract management, marketing, customer service and quality management.
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4.00 Credits
Examines financial administration in public and not-for-profit organizations. Topics include: concepts and activities in public financial management, budgeting, taxation, revenue planning, borrowing, fiscal controls, and the analytical skills needed to direct and control public fiscal activities. Particular attention is given to the nature of public expenditure controls, the budget cycle (preparation, submission, review, adoption, execution and evaluation), financial management, legislative and accounting analysis of budgets.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces public service managers and executives to administrative law and related administrative procedures. The major constitutional and statutory provisions that impact public service activities are discussed. Major topics include constitutional law and special provisions of the California Constitution, the Freedom of Information Act, the Federal and California Administrative Procedures Acts, The Brown Act and the Privacy Act. Cases will be used extensively to illustrate concepts and the application of the law.
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4.00 Credits
Covers contemporary issues surrounding employer/employee relations in public sector organizations. Topics include images of public service, work life in organizations, staffing, training and development, merit systems, labor relations, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action and job evaluation. Particular attention is given to developments in public service employees' collective bargaining legislation, improved employee participation programs, and strategies and techniques used in conflict resolution.
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4.00 Credits
Presents the capstone course taken in the final trimester of the EMPA program. You will undertake a major research project to integrate and synthesize the knowledge and skills acquired in the program. The research project is expected to have practical utility, hopefully in relationship to your organization.
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4.00 Credits
Provides an opportunity for the advanced student with a specific project in mind to do reading in a focused area and to prepare a substantial paper under the direction of a faculty member. The project to be undertaken should include an element of creativity and lend itself to completion within 150 hours. Ordinarily, directed individual study courses must be completed within one trimester. Only one directed study course may be taken for credit toward a master's degree. Prerequisite: consent of the department.
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3.00 Credits
Reviews the basics of well-formed sentences, paragraphs and essays. Earns three units of lower-division general elective credit. Prerequisites: Satisfactory score on the English Placement Exam.
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