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Course Descriptions

Critical Issues for Public Administrators

GPA 8503

0-20 Credits

This course identifies and explores important contemporary issues facing public administration practitioners, and looks at how these issues relate to major ideas in the history of the field. This course examines leading-edge professional practices related to these issues, and the extent to which these practices have been successful in local, state, and national contexts. Students integrate their learning from the other core courses and prepare for written exams in the program.

Core course for these programs: Certificate in Advanced Public Administration, Doctorate in Public Administration