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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
Analyzes processes by which various issues become public policies and public programs. Addresses the interplay of executive, legislative and judicial branches and the various other stakeholders in the processes of policy formation and implementation. Special consideration is paid to the impact and influence of public bureaucracies, values, and ethics. This course examines why policy may have been formulated or not on selected issues and considers barriers to the effective implementation of policy.
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
Examines primary concepts and purposes of management control in public and nonprofit organizations; defines terminology and addresses principles of financial accounting. Concepts include responsibility and program structure, audit responsibility, analysis of financial statements, cost accounting, and pricing. Emphasis is upon student analysis of management systems within contemporary organizations. Required. Prerequisite: ECON 272.
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
Provides an overview of the research methodologies used for public decision-making. Concepts include specification of questions to guide inquiry, basis for causal inference, acquisition of quantitative data, reliability and validity issues, descriptive statistics, and the logic of statistics. Provides students with an opportunity to build skills in designing, conducting, and analyzing research. Required. Prerequisite: Math 107 or above.
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
Addresses the systematic analysis of policies that are under consideration or, after having been implemented, are under review. Emphasizes logical and prescriptive techniques for analyzing public policies and making decisions regarding policy change. Emphasis is on conceptualization, interpretation, and analysis of selected policies. Required.
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
Focuses on how teams are used in both public and nonprofit organizations. Students explore the critical steps and roles that team members and leaders take to achieve excellence in team performance. Issues such as roles and responsibilities of team members and team leaders are addressed, in addition to determining team strengths and weaknesses, building hands-on skills in completing a team-selected case analysis and presentation, and creating and maintaining the conditions that promote team effectiveness. Cross-listed with NPLR 464.
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
Provides students with a framework of the grant writing process. Topics include an overview of the nonprofit and philanthropic sector; learning about the grantmaker's perspective; corporate giving; foundations; and proactive partnering and ethics. Cross-listed with NPLR 444.
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
Uses theory and practical applications of planning to understand the reasons for planning and the basic elements involved in creating a plan. The leadership and management skills needed for effective facilitation of a planning process are explored. Topics include strategic business and social enterprise planning by combining lectures discussions, in-class exercises, readings, participatory class assignments, and guest presentations.
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
Analyzes the revenues, expenditures, and debt of federal, state, and local governments. Uses economic theories and models to understand the role of the public sector as means of social reform, economic efficiency, and distributional equity.
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5.00 Credits
A survey course on the Asian and Pacific American experience that looks at history, transplanting of cultural values in a new land, expressing community values in social organizations, and physical form. Satisfies core interdisciplinary option.
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
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