Public Administration Undergraduate Courses
PAD 300 Introduction to Public Administration (3,0,3)
Governmental administration, primarily U.S.; development of the discipline and its methodology; organization, personnel, and budgeting problems; administrative control and accountability. PREREQ: junior standing.
PAD 401 Human Resource Management (3,0,3)
Principles and problems of recruitment, examination procedures, rating, classification, and assignment to the job; philosophies of pay, promotion, employee motivation and discipline; formulating and administering public personnel policies; concepts and principles in selecting governmental personnel systems; American national, state, and local personnel systems. PREREQ: junior standing.
PAD 403 Public Policy (3,0,3)
Course introduces students to the policy making process by providing an introduction to public policy, providing and overview of the formation, implementation, quantitative and qualitative evaluation, and ethical aspects of policy making.
PAD 411 Public Budgeting and Finance (3,0,3)
Treatment of budgetary techniques and application; program budgeting, zero-base budgeting; financial planning and revenue estimation techniques; tax and expenditure types; debt financing; financial reporting. PREREQ: junior standing.
PAD 412 Administrative Law (3,0,3)
Nature of the powers vested in administrative agencies; problems of administrative procedure; methods and extent of judicial control over administrative action. PREREQ: junior standing.
PAD 420 Managing the Not-For-Profit Organization (3,0,3)
Development and characteristics of the not-for-profit organization; managerial challenges; application of relevant theories to the not-for-profit organization; organization, staffing, planning, programming, evaluating, board-staff relations; managing volunteers. PREREQ: junior standing.
PAD 455 Urban Administration (3,0,3)
Public management issues and approaches in the modern city; governmental policy making and organizational structure in an urban environment; managerial processes for selecting, motivating, leading, and evaluating public employees; resources management; productivity in service delivery. PREREQ: junior standing.
PAD 460 Planning and Community Development (3,0,3)
Statutory and structural framework for urban planning and development; technical, social, political, and economic elements in the governmental planning process; planning theories and regulatory techniques; growth management; urban redevelopment. PREREQ: junior standing.
PAD 475 Local Government Management (3,0,3)
Senior seminar on politics and administration of local government, especially in Kentucky and Ohio. May be repeated twice when topics differ. PREREQ: junior standing
PAD 494 Topics: Public Administration (3,0,3)
Topics vary from semester to semester. See Schedule of Classes for topic and prerequisites. May be repeated. PREREQ: junior standing.
PAD 496 Internship: Public Administration (3,0,3)
Supervised work experience and related seminar requirements; where possible, a directed research project may be substituted. Required for seniors majoring in public administration. PREREQ: consent of intern coordinator.
PAD 499 Readings: Public Administration (1-3 semester hours)
Specialized topics in public administration covered through intensive readings and/or field projects; at the direction of a specific instructor. May be repeated as projects vary. PREREQ: consent of program coordinator.