Graduate Research or Scholarly Activity
General
Prefix
MPA
Course Number
600
Course Level
Graduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
Herberger Business School
Description
Credit for independent research by a single student arranged and supervised by a faculty member. Not intended for culminating project research such as thesis or starred paper.
Credits
Min
1
Max
6
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Students will describe the discipline of public administration in terms of how changing political eras have resulted in changes to the discipline.
Outcome
Students will identify and describe changes in organization theory, human resources, and budgeting from the beginning of the professionalization of American public administration to present.
Outcome
Students will explain the policy making process and analyze how the process produces outcomes.
Outcome
Students will explain how and why some policies/programs are successfully implemented and why others are not.
Outcome
Students will describe the key frameworks of public administration as a discipline and how that has influenced public administration as an occupation.
Outcome
Students will assess pitfalls of ethical behavior in the public sector workplace and how to insure these pitfalls are mitigated.
Outcome
Students will describe and assess the core competencies of public administration today.