This course provides students with the 工具 and techniques for ethical analysis of public policies. This class is designed to enhance understanding about the ethical debate that surrounds most public policies and to deepen the awareness of the ethical standards in public administration or public services, 在一般情况下. 从伦理研究的基础开始, this course introduces: the major ethical philosophies; the application of these principles to decision making for a better understanding of the ?值? that underpin or prescribe public policies; and the codes and standards of ethics in public administration. This course applies the standards of thought found in the critical thinking materials and techniques.
本课程分析政治, 美国政治体制中政府间的行政和财政关系, 联邦制的宪法和理论基础, 国家-国家-地方政府关系和区域安排.
本课程涉及基本原理, structure and internal management of state and local governments and a wide variety of issues they face in the day-to-day administration. 讨论的主题包括权威、沟通、生产力、计划、士气和变化.
This course covers various processes used by public policy analysts in understanding the nature of the problem to be analyzed, 构建研究策略, 收集数据和其他信息, 构思问题的答案, 写备忘录或报告. Innovative techniques for accomplishing the above steps are covered including cost benefit analysis, 问题定义技术, 以及不同类型的常见策略分析情况. (本课程采用个案教学法.)
本课程分析计算机软件的应用，包括文字处理, 电子表格, 数据库管理, 图形, 桌面出版系统, 统计分析软件. Also covered in this course are important changes in data management through new technologies and how public organizations budget for and manage their IT departments.
This course is a survey of the field of 格兰特写作 and fund development for nonprofit organizations. 本课程回顾了非营利组织所依赖的各种类型的资金, 包括州和地方收入, 基金会资助, 联邦政府的补助金援助计划以及探索资助发展的其他方法.
This course examines basic principles of financial management with a focus on governmental operations. 以下主题深入探讨：预算作为一种金融工具, 现金及债务管理, 资本预算, 风险管理和退休金, 采购, 以及基本的公共部门会计原则和程序.
