course descriptions
 

           
     

Course Details

PAD 151   Introduction to Public Administration
   
Lecture: 03 Lab: 00
Clinical:  00 Credit: 03
   
Components:  None
Prerequisites: Take DRE 098 or ENG 090 and RED 090 or Placement Test Credit Equivalent
Corequisites:   None
   
This course includes an overview of the role of the public administrator in government and an examination of the development and implementation of public policy. Topics include public personnel administration and management, decision making, public affairs, ethics, organizational theories, budgetary functions within governmental agencies, and other governmental issues. Upon completion, students should be able to explain the functions of government in society and in the lives of people composing that society.
This course is a unique concentration requirement of the Public Administration concentration in the Business Administration program.