Textbooks

Please select your MPA Program Textbooks:


CSUDH Bookstore

 

2024 SESSION #2 (4/1 - 6/23/2024)
Public Management Emphasis (12 week)
(updated 2/28/2024)

  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: 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).

  3. 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.

  4. 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).

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MPA ON-CAMPUS TEXTBOOKS

Please check the on-campus textbooks information from the bookstore below:

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  1. 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

  1. 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

  2. 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).

  3. 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)

  4. 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)

  5. 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

  1. PUB 504.51/52: Quantitative Methods in Public Administration I
    Dr. Elena Kulikov

    Textbooks:
    TBA

  2. PUB 501.51: Public Management
    Dr. Hugo Asencio

    Textbooks:
    TBA


  3. PUB 508.51: Public Human Resources Management
    Dr. Qiyuan Jin

    Textbooks:
    TBA


2024 Summer 2 (7/1 - 8/25/2024)
Updated: 3/4/2024

  1. PUB 505.51/52: Quantitative Methods in Public Administration II
    Dr. Elena Kulikov

    Textbooks:
    TBA

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

    Textbooks:
    TBA

  3. 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

  4. 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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