MPL-5820
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MPL-5820 Law, Ethics, and Decision Making in the Public SectorEthical and socially responsible leadership are core dimensions in the education of local and global public servants. This course provides students with the essential framework for personal and professional ethical decision making applied in the context of diverse workplaces and organizations. Through the study of ethical theories, case studies in applied ethics, and specific assignments looking at legal and ethical complexities, students will examine their personal and professional values, assess their moral intelligence, and consider the legal foundations of public service. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Please contact the schools for availability. Preview the Online Syllabus | Law, Ethics, and Decision Making in the Public Sector | 3 |
MPL-5100
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MPL-5100 Research Methods in Public ServiceThis course introduces students to the foundations of research study methods with an emphasis on research in the public sector. Concepts presented include study design and selection, data collection guidelines, and study efficacy. A review of data analysis techniques is also featured along with tips on effective presentation of study findings. Ethical issues in research are reviewed to provide greater understanding of the importance of protecting research participants as well as the crucial oversight role of institutional review boards. Students participate in critical evaluations of existing research to engage course content and demonstrate proficiency in course objectives. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Please contact the schools for availability. Preview the Online Syllabus | Research Methods in Public Service | 3 |
MSP-6740
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MSP-6740 Municipal FinanceThis course examines the budget function and process of county, municipal, and state finance systems; the methods used to determine the needs of the community and individual agency and resource allocation to meet those needs; measuring the capability and benchmarking of the agency; preparation and presentation of the budget; and selling the budget and needs to the county or city administration. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Please contact the schools for availability. Preview the Online Syllabus | Municipal Finance | 3 |
MPL-5800
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MPL-5800 Public Service Leadership and GovernanceThis course examines the role of the human resource professional as a strategic partner in managing today's organizations. Key functions such as recruitment, selection, development, appraisal, retention, compensation, and labor relations are examined. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Please contact the schools for availability. Preview the Online Syllabus | Public Service Leadership and Governance | 3 |
MPL-5200
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MPL-5200 Program Analysis and EvaluationThis course is designed to introduce basic concepts of policy and program evaluation. These include needs assessment, program monitoring, stakeholder awareness and influence, and assessing effectiveness and efficiency. Students will examine quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research approaches. Social, political, and ethical contexts of evaluation studies will also be discussed. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Please contact the schools for availability. Preview the Online Syllabus | Program Analysis and Evaluation | 3 |
MNP-5050
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MNP-5050 Organizational Management and Leadership in Public ServiceThis course presents a comprehensive, integrative, and practical focus on leadership and management. It is based upon a framework that analyzes leadership and management at different levels: individual leadership, team leadership, and organizational leadership. The course presents leadership and management theories/concepts that have emerged over the past several decades. In addition, students will survey contemporary perspectives on ethics, networking, coaching, organizational culture, diversity, learning organizations, strategic leadership, and crisis leadership. Special attention will be paid on examining the role that leaders play in identifying and implementing change in organizations. Note: This course builds upon MNP-5020: Leadership and Management in Public Service, although that course is not a prerequisite to MNP-5050. While there is some overlap in content between the two, MNP-505 has a far greater emphasis on application and skill development than MNP-5020. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Please contact the schools for availability. Preview the Online Syllabus | Organizational Management and Leadership in Public Service | 3 |
MNP-5300
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MNP-5300 Human Resource Management for Public ServiceThis course examines the role of the human resource professional as a strategic partner in managing today's organizations. Key functions such as recruitment, selection, development, appraisal, retention, compensation, and labor relations are examined. Implications of legal and global environments are appraised and current issues such as diversity training, sexual harassment policies, and rising benefit costs are analyzed. Best practices of employers of choice are considered. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Please contact the schools for availability. Preview the Online Syllabus | Human Resource Management for Public Service | 3 |
MSP-5400
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MSP-5400 Advanced Studies in HealthcareThis course provides an overview of the healthcare services system in America. Topics covered are: characteristics of the U.S. health system, the role of healthcare professionals, medical technology, healthcare financing sources, healthcare delivery structures (including outpatient and primary care), inpatient facilities, managed care and integrated organizations, long-term care, services for special populations, and system outcomes such as healthcare cost, access, and quality. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Please contact the schools for availability. Preview the Online Syllabus | Advanced Studies in Healthcare | 3 |
MSP-5420
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MSP-5420 EpidemiologyThis course is an introduction to the study of the general principles, methods, and applications of epidemiology. It explores outbreak investigations, measures of infectious and chronic disease frequency, standardization of disease rates, study design, measures of association, hypothesis testing, bias, risk factors, effect modification, causal inference, disease screening, and surveillance. Case studies apply these concepts to a variety of infectious, acute, and chronic health conditions affecting the population. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Please contact the schools for availability. Preview the Online Syllabus | Epidemiology | 3 |
MSP-6640
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MSP-6640 Volunteer ManagementVolunteers are the lifeblood of many public and nonprofit organizations. This course serves as an introduction to the theory and practice of the full range of volunteer management from recruiting prospective volunteers to issues surrounding the departure of a volunteer from the organization. Core issues surrounding volunteer management such as motivations, training, and risk management serve as key topics for this course. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Please contact the schools for availability. Preview the Online Syllabus | Volunteer Management | 3 |
MSP-6620
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MSP-6620 Practical Grant WritingIn this course, students will practice researching, writing, budgeting, and evaluating successful grant proposals. Grant writing ethics are stressed throughout the course. While the concepts covered can be applied to business, individual, and government proposals, this course focuses on philanthropic grants to nonprofit organizations from charitable foundations. Within one week of starting class, students will be required to identify a charitable or government entity and project to serve as a subject for their own proposal. To successfully complete the course, each student will create a proposal that he or she may wish to submit to grantmaking organizations, engage in the process of identifying funders and translating technical program objectives to a lay audience, create meaningful evaluation criteria or program process, and demonstrate how his or her program matches the funder's mission. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Please contact the schools for availability. Preview the Online Syllabus | Practical Grant Writing | 3 |
MPL-7100
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MPL-7100 Public Service CapstoneCandidates for completion of the Master of Public Service Leadership (MPSL), Master of Science and Management (MSM) - Public Service Careers, and Master of Science in Homeland Security (MSHS) degree will complete a project demonstrating their conceptual, analytical, research, and practical management skills achieved through the courses in each program. The project, called a Capstone because it represents a crowning achievement much as a capstone does in architecture, is a 3-credit, one-term requirement that is completed at the end of the program. It is a closely supervised experience resulting in a paper that demonstrates the student's ability to synthesize and utilize the skills and knowledge gained in their graduate program. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Please contact the schools for availability. Preview the Online Syllabus | Public Service Capstone | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 36