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.
PUB 510.41: Public Budgeting
Dr. Rui Sun
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).
PUB 520.41: Leadership in the Public Sector
Dr. Kim Williams
Textbook:
Students have free online access to this textbook via the CSUDH library. Van Wart, Montgomery. (2012). Leadership in Public Organizations: An Introduction (2nd Ed.). New York: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 9780765625502.
PUB 592.42: Administration and Public Policy Analysis
Dr. Fynnwinn Prager
Textbook:
Bui, Yvonne N. (2020), How to write a Master’s thesis. SAGE Publications. ISBN:978-1506336091.
Optional:
APA Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition). American Psychological Association. (2020). Washington, DC. (ISBN: 978-1-4338-3215-4).
MPA ON-CAMPUS TEXTBOOKS
Please check the on-campus textbooks information from the bookstore below:
- PUB 500: Environment and Practice of Public Administration
Dr. S. Shafi
Textbooks:
1) Rosenbloom, D. H., Kravchuk, R., & Clerkin, R. (2022). Public administration: Understanding management, politics, and law in the public sector (9th ed.). Routledge (ISBN: 9781032055558)
2) Shafritz, J. M., & Hyde, A. C. (2017). Classics of Public Administration (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage (ISBN-13: 978-1305639034)
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MPA-Specialized Concentrations Textbooks: Criminal Justice, Health Care, and Nonprofit Management (8 week)
2024 Spring 2 (3/4 - 4/28/2024)
Updated: 1/24/2024
- CJA 565.51: Issues in Police Administration and Ethics
Dr. Theo Byrne
Textbooks:
1) Caldero, M.A, & Crank, J.P. (2011). Police ethics: The corruption of the noble cause (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Anderson Publishing. ISBN-13: 978-1437744552 2) Gaines, L., & Worrall, J. L. (2012). Police administration (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 978-1-4390-5639-4
3) National Research Council (NRC). (2004). Fairness and effectiveness in policing: The evidence. Committee to review research on police policy and practices. Wesley Skogan and Kathleen Frydl (Eds.). Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. ISBN 0-309-08433-4 (HC)- ISBN 0-309-52557-8 (PDF) * Free Download Here
4) United States Constitution
Recommended:
Text: APA, (2009). Publication manual for the American psychological association (6th ed.). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5
- PUB 502.51: Administrative Theory and Behavior
Dr. Zheng Yang
Textbooks:
1) Robbins, S. P. & Judge, T. (2021). Essentials of Organizational Behavior (15thed.) Pearson (ISBN-13: 9780135468890)
2) Shafritz, J. M., Ott, J. S., & Jang, Y. S. (2015). Classics of Organization Theory(8th ed.). Wadsworth (ISBN-13: 978-1285870274).
- PUB 574.51: Health Care Financial Management
Dr. Saahir Shafi
Textbook:
Cleverley, W. O., & Cleverley, J. O. (2018). Essentials of health care finance (8th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Barlett Learning (ISBN: 9781284094633)
- PUB 582.51: Public and Non-profit Financial Management
Dr. Rui Sun
Textbook:
Finkler, S. A., Calabrese, T. D., & Smith, D. L. (2023). Financial management for public, health, and non-for-profit organizations (7th ed.). CQ Press. (ISBN: 9781071835333)
- PUB 592.51: Capstone: Integrative Seminar in Public Administration
Dr. Fynnwinn Prager
Textbook:
Bui. Y. N. (2014). How to write a Master’s thesis (2nd ed.). SAGE Publication. (ISBN- 13: 978-14522-03515).
2024 Summer 1 (5/6 - 6/30/2024)
Updated: 3/4/2024
- PUB 504.51/52: Quantitative Methods in Public Administration I
Dr. Elena Kulikov
Textbooks:
TBA
- PUB 501.51: Public Management
Dr. Hugo Asencio
Textbooks:
TBA
- PUB 508.51: Public Human Resources Management
Dr. Qiyuan Jin
Textbooks:
TBA
2024 Summer 2 (7/1 - 8/25/2024)
Updated: 3/4/2024
- PUB 505.51/52: Quantitative Methods in Public Administration II
Dr. Elena Kulikov
Textbooks:
TBA
- PUB 580.51: Nonprofit Leadership and Management
Dr. Hugo Asencio
Textbooks:
TBA
- PUB 570.51: Administration of Health Care Organizations
Dr. Saahir Saafi
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
- CJA 563.51: Administrative Law and Policy Analysis
Dr. Theo Byrne
Textbooks:
TBA
* Textbooks are listed from the instructors and subject to change.
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