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2023 SESSION #2 (3/27 - 6/18/2023)
Public Management Emphasis (12 week)
(updated 3/10/2023)

  1. PUB 508.41: Public Human Resources Management
    Dr. Hugo Asencio

    Textbook:
    Berman, Evan. M, Bowman, James S., West, Jonathan P., & Van Wart, Montgomery R. (2021). Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems (7th ed.) SAGE. ISBN 9781071848906.

  2. PUB 510.41/42: Public Budgeting
    Dr. H. Li

    Textbook:
    Mikesell, J. L. (2018). Fiscal administration: Analysis and applications for the public sector (10th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning (ISBN: 978-1-305-95368-0).


  3. PUB 520.41: Leadership in the Public Sector
    Dr. R. Azizi

    Textbook:
    Van Wart, Montgomery. (2017). Leadership in Public Organizations: An Introduction (3rd ed.). Routledge. ISBN 9780765647023.

  4. PUB 592.41/42/43: Capstone: Integrative Seminar in Public Administration
    Dr. S. Golightly

    Textbooks:
    Bui, Yvonne N. (2020), How to write a Master’s thesis. SAGE Publications. ISBN:9781506336091.
    Optional: APA Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition). American Psychological Association. (2020). Washington, DC. (ISBN: 978-1-4338-3215-4)

 

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MPA-Specialized Concentrations Textbooks: Criminal Justice, Health Care, and Nonprofit Management (8 week)


2023 Summer 1 (5/1 - 6/25/2023)
Updated: 4/19/2023

  1. PUB 501.51: Public Management
    Dr. Q. Jin

    Textbook:
    Hill, Carolyn J., and Lynn Jr., Laurence E. (2016). Public Management: Thinking and Acting in Three Dimensions (2nd Ed.). Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. ISBN: 9781483344324.

  2. PUB 504.51/52: Quantitative Methods in Public Administration I
    Dr. E. Kulikov

    Textbooks:
    Please click here for textbook information.


  3. PUB 508.51: Public Human Resources Management
    Dr. Z. Yang

    Textbook:
    Berman, E.M., Bowman, J.S., West, J.P., and Van Wart, M.R. (2016). Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.



2023 Summer 2 (6/26 - 8/20/2023)
Updated: 4/19/2023

  1. CJA 563.51: Administrative Law and Policy Analysis
    Dr. T. Byrne

    Textbooks:
    1) Hall, D. E. (2020), Administrative law: Bureaucracy in a democracy (7th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Pearson Education. ISBN: 9780135186329

    2) Kraft, M.E., & Furlong, S.R. (2021). Public policy: Politics, analysis, and alternatives (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. ISBN: 9781544374604


  2. PUB 505.51/52: Quantitative Methods in Public Administration II
    Dr. E. Kulikov

    Textbook:
    Please click here for textbook information.


  3. PUB 570.51: Administration of Health Care Organizations
    Dr. S. Shafi

    Textbook:
    Buchbinder, S. B., Shanks, N. H., & Kite, B. J. (2019). Introduction to health care management. (4th ed). Jones & Bartlett Learning. (ISBN: 9781284156560)
    Zero Cost Option    :An online version of the 2nd edition of this text is available through the University Library here. Chapters 1-16 are relatively similar across the 2nd and 4th editions


  4. PUB 580.51: Nonprofit Leadership and Management
    Dr. Hugo Asencio

    Textbooks:
    1) Renz, David O. (2016). The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management (4th edition). Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass. ISBN # 978-1-118-85296-5.

    2) Rowe, W. Glen, and Conway, Mary. (2013). Introduction to Nonprofit Management: Text and Cases. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. ISBN #978-1-4129-9923-6.

 * Textbooks are listed from the instructors and subject to change.

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