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  • PADM 405: Leading Non-Profit Organizations

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    Examines approaches to leading non-profit organizations. In this course, students will explore the key tenets of mission-focused leadership, how non-profit organizations build capacity, organize volunteers, create strategic alliances, develop fundraising strategies, and optimize community as well as board member relationships. Prerequisites: PADM 214 and PADM 317 Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Identify needs and define the role of leaders and leadership in the non-profit organizational context; identify specific needs of non-profit organizations and community based organizations. (2) Explore and articulate key tenets of sustainability of non-profit organizations and requisite leadership skills; will include exploration of community-based organizations and role in support non-profit efforts. (3) Identify the role of volunteers and articulate a mission that includes the volunteer worker. (4) Demonstrate Synthesis: Case study in Non-profit leadership. (5) Demonstrate proficiency in academic writing skills and adherence to APA standards.
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  • PADM 410: Advanced Seminar in Applied Public

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    Designed to capstone other courses in the PADM major, this course presents advanced applications of the principles of public administration. Pre-requisites: Junior status and five courses in Public Administration. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Clearly communicate ideas in both writing and oral communication (2) Use discipline specific technology tools necessary to complete workplace tasks (3) Analyze and synthesize information in order to facilitate management decision making (4) Define, analyze and appropriately apply theories in order to solve organizational problems (5) Apply the Public Administration program goals of theory and practice, teamwork, communication, information technology, decision making and problem solving to common and hypothetical challenges faced in contemporary public and non profit organizations (6) Integrate the functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting and budgeting in developing and implementing public administration (7) Research, analyze and present issues, policies and solutions related to the practice of public administration
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  • PADM 411: Public Administration Internship

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    A field experience in areas directly related to public sector employment. Evaluated on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis, proficiency requirements are determined through a student contract with the supervising faculty member. Offered during the Fall and Spring terms. Prerequisites: Junior Standing and five courses in Public Administration.
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  • PADM 430: Applications of Fire Research

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This course examines the basic principles of research and methodology for analyzing current fire-related research. The course also provides a framework for conducting and evaluating independent research in the following areas: fire dynamics, fire test standards and codes, fire safety, fire modeling, structural fire safety, life safety, firefighter health and safety, automatic detection and suppression, transportation fire hazards, risk analysis and loss control, fire service applied research and new trends in fire-related research. Pre-requisites: Senior status and PADM 301 or PADM 303 or permission of instructor. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Locate, evaluate, and analyze fire-related research. (2)Demonstrate the application of fire research to a research problem related to one of the course topics. (3) Conduct a literature review of current research on a fire-related topic. (4) Write a fire-related research proposal. (5)Design a research plan using one or more qualitative and/or quantitative methodologies. (6)Present findings in an APA-formatted paper and verbally in a classroom or online presentation. (7) Meet other course objectives and outcomes as may be identified in the National Fire Academy Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education Project model curriculum.
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  • PADM 440: EMS Quality & Performance Mgmt

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    How do we know that emergency medical services (EMS) are meeting the standards and needs of the community? The course includes quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research approaches, applies to quality assurance, program evaluation and customer service to validate and improve patient care and transport. Pre-requisite: Senior status and PADM 301 or PADM 303 or permission of instructor. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1)Locate, evaluate, and analyze EMS-related program evaluation methodologies. (2) Demonstrate the application of EMS program evaluation. (3) Conduct a literature review of current research on an EMS quality and performance management-related topic. (4) Write an EMS-related evaluation proposal. (5) Design an evaluation plan using one or more qualitative and/or quantitative methodologies. (6) Present findings in an APA-formatted paper and verbally in a classroom or online presentation. (7) Meet other course objectives and outcomes as may be identified in the National Fire Academy Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education Project model curriculum.
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  • PHIL 100: Introduction to Philosophy

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    The nature of philosophy, its aims, methods and problems, in an atmosphere of questioning such issues as our knowledge of reality, the existence of God, concepts of self-identity, and ethics and morality. Course Objectives (1) Identify major philosophical movements form antiquity to the present day. (2) Identify accepted divisions of philosophic inquiry, such as metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. (3) Explain the differences between deduction and induction in the logical process. (4) Create a logically valid response to a problem in philosophy. (5) Analyze the writings of major philosophers. (6) Write a source-based essay in a field of philosophic inquiry. (7) Understand some of the theories concerning man's place in the universe.
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  • PHIL 103: Introduction to Logic and Scientifi

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    Principles of precise thinking and techniques of detecting fallacies including the nature and use of language, the methods of definition and of deductive reasoning and the testing of scientific hypotheses. Course Objectives (1) Better understand the reasoning process; and thus improve their ability to reason soundly regarding situations and issues encountered in everyday life. (2) Resolve basic problems in syllogistic logic (logic of sets or categorical syllogisms) and propositional logic (logic of statements or propositional calculus). (3) Distinguish between both sound and invalid formal and informal arguments and propositions. (4) Have a working familiarity with some of the general principles of informal reasoning, inclusive of some of the more common examples of logical fallacies. (5) Discuss some of the psychological factors that influence and inhibit everyday reasoning.
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  • PHIL 195: Special Topics in PHIL

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

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