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2024 SESSION #1 (1/8 - 3/31/2024)
Public Management Emphasis (12 week)
(updated 11/17/2023)
PUB 502.41: Administrative Theory and Behavior
Dr. K. Williams
Textbook:
The New Public Service: Serving, Not Steering 4th Edition J Denhardt. ISBN: 978-1138891258
PUB 503.41: Introduction to Research Methods in Public Administration
Dr. Q. Jin
Textbooks:
Babbie, E. R. (2021). The practice of social research (15th Edition). Cengage Learning. (ISBN-13: 978-0357360767)
OPTIONAL: Kumar, R. (2019). Research methodology: A step-by-step guide for beginners. Sage Publications Limited.
PUB 506.41: Administration and Public Policy Analysis
Dr. E. Kulikov
Textbook:
Reading materials will be provided in the class.
PUB 505 textbook will be used as reference.
PUB 506.42: Administration and Public Policy Analysis
Dr. F. Prager
1) Healey, J. F., & Donoghue, C. (2020). Statistics: A Tool for Social Research and Data Analysis (11th Ed.). Cengage Learning. ISBN-10: 0357371070 ISBN-13: 978-0357371077
2) Gary Rassel, Suzanne Leland, Zachary Mohr, and Elizabeth Ann O’Sullivan (2021). Research methods for public administrators. New York, NY: Routledge, ISBN 978-0367334369.
PUB 524.41: Strategic Management and Planning in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Dr. K. Williams
Textbook:
Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations 5th Edition Bryson ISBN: 978-1119071600.
Please check the on-campus textbooks information from the bookstore below:
2023 Fall 2 (10/23 - 12/17/2023)
Updated: 09/26/2023
PUB 501.51: Public Management
Dr. Hugo Asencio
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.
PUB 508.51: Public Human Resources Management
Dr. K. Williams
Textbook:
Berman, E.M., Bowman, J.S., West, J.P., and Van Wart, M.R. (2022). Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
PUB 572.51: Health Care and American Public Policy
Dr. S. Shafi
Textbook:
Wilensky, S. E., & Teitelbaum, J. B. (2019). Essentials of health policy and law. (5th edition). Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN: 9781284247459
Zero Cost Option: An online version of the 4th edition is available through the University Library here.
PUB 584.51: Fundraising and Development for Nonprofit Organizations
Prof. E. Kieran
Textbooks:
1) Sargeant, Adrian, and Shang, Jen. (Eds.) (2017). Fundraising Principles and Practice (2nd ed.).Wiley. ISBN 978-1-119-19649-5.
2) Tempel, E.R., Seiler, T.L., and Burlingame, D.F. (Eds.) (2022). Achieving Excellence in Fundraising (5th Ed.). Wiley. ISBN 9781119763758.
PUB 592.51/52: Capstone: Integrative Seminar in Public Administration
Dr. S. Golightly
Textbooks:
Bui, Yvonne N. (2019), How to write a Master’s thesis. SAGE Publications. ISBN: 978-1-506-3-3609-1. 3rd Edition.
Optional:
APA Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition). American
Psychological Association. (2020). Washington, DC. (ISBN: 978-1-4338-3215-4)
CJA 566.51: Issues in Homeland Security and Terrorism
Dr. T. Byrne
Textbooks:
1) Martin, G., & Prager, F. (2019). Terrorism: An International Perspective. SAGE Publications Limited. (ISBN-13: 978-1526459947; ISBN-10: 1526459949).
2) Richardson, L. (2007). What terrorists want: Understanding the enemy, containing the threat. New York, NY: Penguin Random House. (ISBN-13: 978-0-812-97544-4)
* Textbooks are listed from the instructors and subject to change.