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Please select your MPA Program Textbooks:
- MPA Online (Public Management Emphasis - 12 week)
- MPA Online (Specialized Concentrations - 8 week)
- MPA On-Campus (16 week)
2022 SESSION #1 (1/10 - 4/3/2022)
Public Management Emphasis (12 week)
(updated 11/30/2021)
- PUB 502.41/42: Administrative Theory and Behavior
Dr. Z. Yang
Textbooks:
1) Robbins, S. P. & Judge, T. (2016). Essentials of Organizational Behavior (13th ed.) Pearson (ISBN-13: 978-0133920819)
2) Shafritz, J. M., Ott, J. S., & Jang, Y. S. (2015). Classics of Organization Theory (8th ed.). Wadsworth (ISBN-13: 978-1285870274) - PUB 503.41/42: Introduction to Research Methods in Public Administration
Dr. Q. Jin
Textbook:
Kumar, R. (2019). Research methodology: A step-by-step guide for beginners. Sage Publications Limited. - PUB 584.41: Fundraising and Development for Nonprofit Organizations
Dr. Hugo Asencio
Textbooks:
1) Sargeant, Adrian, and Shang, Jen. (2017). Fundraising Principles and Practice (2nd). Wiley. ISBN 9781119196495.2) Tempel, Eugene R., Seiler, Timothy L., and Burlingame, Dwight F. (2016). Achieving Excellence in Fundraising (4th).Wiley. ISBN 9781118853825
- PUB 592.41: Capstone: Integrative Seminar in Public Administration
Dr. F. Prager
Textbook:
Bui. Y. N. (2014). How to write a Master’s thesis (2nd ed.).
SAGE Publication. (ISBN-13: 978-1-4522-0351-5). - PUB 596.41: Internship
Dr. M. Palladini
Textbook:
Please check the syllabus in Blackboard.
MPA ON-CAMPUS TEXTBOOKS
Please check the on-campus textbooks information from the bookstore below:
MPA-Specialized Concentrations Textbooks: Criminal Justice, Health Care, and Nonprofit Management (8 week)
2022 Spring 1 (1/3 - 2/27/2022)
Updated: 12/1/2021
- PUB 500.51: Environment and Practice of Public Administration
Dr. H. Li
Textbooks:
1) Rosenbloom, D. H., Kravchuk, R., & Clerkin, R. (2015). Public administration: Understanding management, politics, and law in the public sector (8th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill (ISBN-13: 978-0-07-337915-9).2) Shafritz, J. M., & Hyde, A. C. (2017). Classics of public administration (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage (ISBN-13: 978-1-305-63903-4). - PUB 503.51: Research Methods in Public Administration
Dr. H. Li
Textbook:
TBA - CJA 565.51: Issues in Police Administration and Ethics
Dr. J. Macy
Textbooks:
No textbook required. - PUB 572.51: Health Care and American Public Policy
Prof. J. Thomas
Textbooks:
TBA - PUB 582.51: Public and Non-profit Financial Management
Dr. R. Sun
Textbook:
Finkler, S. A., Smith, D. L., & Calabrese, T. D. (2020). Financial management for public, health, and non-for-profit organizations (6th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: CQ Press (ISBN: 9781506396811). - PUB 592.51: Capstone: Integrative Seminar in Public Administration
Dr. F. Prager
Textbook:
Bui. Y. N. (2014). How to write a Master’s thesis (2nd ed.). SAGE Publication. (ISBN-13: 978-1-4522-0351-5).
2022 Spring 2 (2/28 - 4/24/2022)
Updated: 12/1/2021
- PUB 502.51: Adminstrative Theory and Behavior
Dr. Z. Yang
Textbook:
TBA - CJA 566.51: Issues in Homeland Security and Terrorism
Dr. T. Byrne
Textbook:
TBA - PUB 574.51: Healthcare Financial Management
Dr. R. Sun
Textbook:
Cleverley, W. O., & Cleverley, J. O. (2018). Essentials of health care finance (8th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Barlett Learning (ISBN: 9781284094633). - PUB 584.41: Fundraising and Development for Nonprofit Organizations
Dr. Hugo Asencio
Textbooks:
1) Sargeant, Adrian, and Shang, Jen. (2017). Fundraising Principles and Practice (2nd). Wiley. ISBN 9781119196495.2) Tempel, Eugene R., Seiler, Timothy L., and Burlingame, Dwight F. (2016). Achieving Excellence in Fundraising (4th).Wiley. ISBN 9781118853825
* Textbooks are listed from the instructors and subject to change.