NGO Education Survey

MSW 6100 Human Behavior and the Social Environment

An overview of social work theories and knowledge associated with the bio-psycho-social approach to human development that includes the impact of social systems and environmental influences on individuals, families, groups, communities and organizations.

MSW 6200 Practice I

An introductory social work approaches course that enables students to learn, understand, and apply generalist social work practice method to work with individuals and families.

MSW 6220 Practice II

An introductory social work approaches course that enables students to learn, understand, and apply generalist social work methods to work with groups, communities, and organizations.

MSW 6300 Research I

An introduction to reseach and methodological appreaches generalist social workers utilize...

MSW 7000 Advanced Micro Practice

An advanced practice course that includes engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation with individual clients.  

MSW 7400 Social Policy II

An advanced study of the development, implementation, and evaluation of social policies and the associated influences on the social work profession.

MADS 6606 Administrative Leadership in Complex Organizations

Analysis of leadership behavior and administrative activities. Examination of major theories of leadership and motivation, including trait, behavioral, situational and power-influence leadership theories and acognitive and cognitive motivational principles for various levels of the formal organization.

MADS 6608 Organizational Communication & Conflict Resolution

Theories and models of communications and communications media: barriers to effective communication and techniques for improving interpersonal, group and organizational communications. Sources of conflict at the individual, group and organizational levels: methods of conflict management and resolution.

MADS 6613 Marketing of Public, Not-for-Profit & Private Organizations

Course examines marketing concepts relevant to public, private and not-for-profit organizations that will enable administrators to match goals, strengths and resources of an organization with the needs, wants and opportunities in the public sector.

MADS 6616 Grant Writing and Administration [National Guard Bureau Approved Online Course]

This course provides students with an understanding of the process of writing successful grant proposals, including responding to the Request for Proposal, letter proposals, defining needs, methodology, time lines and budget. Learn the elements of preparing a winning proposal that can secure funding for major public sector initiatives. Students will prepare and submit a full grant proposal relevant to their organizations.

MADS 6618 Leadership Plus [National Guard Bureau Approved Online Course]

Master the best principles practiced by great leaders of past and present. Topics include creative and innovative thinking, super-conscious mental laws, the constant pursuit of professionalism, craftsman-like dedication to quality, building effective self-directed teams, creating an energized workplace, the characteristics of effective learning organizations, capitalizing on leverage and the art of identifying and designing a shared destiny.

MADS 6628 Building Strategic Partnerships [National Guard Bureau Approved Online Course]

Building strategic partnerships is key to organizational survival and success. The course will use case studies to explore the principles, approaches and motivations behind some of the most noteworthy collaborations forged by private and not-for-profit leaders.

MADS 6645 Marketing Social Change

Fundamental marketing concepts are applied to health and human services issues as a means to bring about social change. Attention is given to understanding the needs, wants and perception of the consumer in developing a social marketing plan, implementing it and evaluating its impact.

MADS 6661 Managing Organizational Change

This course provides an overview of the principles of organizational change in order to develop the knowledge skills and abilities to design and/or oversee basic change efforts, understand the change process along with the tools to conduct basic change efforts. The ability to change vs. essential for health individual and organizational growth and development, but change is often resisted for a variety of reasons.

MADS 6662 Customer Service

Learn how to connect an organization with customers and to train and develop your staff and customers for a shared-learning environment for customer-focused action. Communicate effectively through newsletters, surveys, instructor outreach meetings, videos, press conferences, seminars, internet, e-mail and telephone. Exceed expectations through quality service, gaining trust and building a loyal customer base and civil coalition for a long term, satisfying and productive leadership.

MADS 6675 Optimum Leadership

This course will explore major theories and practices of scholars and philosophers with a focus on the tools and knowledge necessary for 21st-century leadership development. Principles will be extracted from major contributors in the field, including Drucker, Bennis, Burns, Heifetz, Zenger, Folkman, Kanter, Gardner, Pouzes, Vaill, Greenleaf, Kellerman, Lipmann-Bluman, Goleman, and others.

MADS_6618 Leadership Plus

Master the best principles practiced by great leaders of past and present. Topics include creative and innovative thinking, super-conscious mental laws, the constant pursuit of professionalism, craftsman-like dedication to quality, building effective self-directed teams, creating an energized workplace, the characteristics of effective learning organizations, capitalizing on leverage and the art of identifying and designing a shared destiny.

MADS_6632 Technology Appl Non-Prof Mgmt

Learn to develop an approach to technology that best serves the needs of your organization. This course will provide an overview of how to plan for technology including website development, online marketing, data base management, finance and accounting and working with consultants.

PADM_3302_E1 Ethics/Values Public Service

In this course students will examine various theories of values and ethical systems, with a view toward understanding the influence of ethics and values on public services administration.

PADM_3342 Comparative Leadership Studies

This course uses case studies to explore leadership theories and their practices throughout the world. Public, private, and not-for-profit leaders throughout the world will be the subject of discussions and research. Students will be expected to select two government, business, military, or religious leaders who are from different countries to study.

PADM_4400 Sem on Leadership Development

In this seminar, participants will study leadership theories and their application in the public sector setting with a view toward developing their individual leadership skills.

PADM_4501 Terrorism & Emergency Mgmt.

Examine terrorism in the context of emergency management. Definition of what terrorism is and why politically motivated acts of violence occur. Explore the ideological forces behind terrorism and provide an overview of terrorist groups and their intimidation and fear tactics, examine weapons of mass destruction and focus on the history of counter-terrorism legislation.

PADM_4505 Psychology of Terrorism

An in-depth analysis of terrorism, the terrorists' beliefs and reasons for actions against a certain group or government agency both here and abroad. What beliefs cause terrorist practices and the psychology of the suicide bomber syndrome.

PADM_4506 Dom Prep/Terror & Catas Emerg

What can we do to prepare our cities and communities from suffering the effects of a violent attack. What measures we can put into place to recover quickly and efficiently with the least loss of life and property. An in-depth analysis of terrorism, the terrorist's beliefs and reasons for actions against a certain group or government agency both here and abroad. What beliefs or cause the terrorist practices and the psychology of the suicide bomber syndrome.

PADM_4511 Social Dimensions of Disaster

To develop skills in applying sociological principles and research methodology to the practice of emergency management. To acquire an introduction to current research pertaining to the sociological aspects of disaster. To develop an understanding of how social science can be used as a basis for modifying public policy in relation to emergency management.

PADM_4545 Effect Risk Comm for Ldrshp

Developing better oral and writing skills with the use of modern technology, learning how to deal with the media as a public relations officer and to use the media as an effective tool, writing press releases, fostering good relationships with the media, developing better public relations skills to inform and educate the public and how to handle damage control.

PADM_4562 Leadership of Founding Fathers

This course will examine ten of our nation's founding fathers; their lives, their roles in the development of our early government, and the impact their individual leadership still has on us today.

PADM_4563 Violence & Culture

A thought-provoking look at the complexity and contradiction involved in violence within society through examination of global societies. The course will examine the contrasts between violent and non-violent societies around the globe.

PADM_4564 Manag Cult/Div/Chg Glob Wrkpl

Both the internal and external environments of organizations in the United States are changing rapidly. Many of these changes require managers to understand how and why diversity influences organizational behavior. This course focuses on the sources of changes that necessitate the effective management of diversity, how work forces, constituencies, clients, consumers, and markets are changing; how more diverse work groups differ from relatively homogeneous work groups. This course will emphasize culture and cultural differences in employee, management and organizational behavior.

PADM_4566 Intro to Cybercrime&Computers

This is an introduction into the basics of Cybercrime and Computer Forensics. This course will help the student define Cybercrime, categorize Cybercrime and fight Cybercrime. The student will also have an understanding of what Computer Forensics are and their relation to solving Cybercrimes.

PADM_4567 Intro to Gangs/Gang Behavior

The growing phenenomena of street gangs in our communities is of a national concern. With the presence of gangs comes an increase not only in violent activity by the youths involved but a general increase in criminal activity such as narcotics, theft, and substance abuse violations. The first step in initiating a program to combat gangs in the community is recognition of both the problem and identification of the specific threat. This course acquaints the individual with the history and organization of gangs, legal definitions, identifiers, graffiti, hand signs, and drug dealing activities. It also explores local street gangs, nationally affiliated gangs, gangs within the prison system, the relationship between the Department of Corrections and Law Enforcement and gang investigations using the RICO system.

PADM_4576 Threat Assessment

This course views assessment processes that focus on actions, communications, and specific situations that an idividual may pose a threat of violence.

PADM_4587 Intro to Homeland Security

This course will explore the basic issues and concepts relative to homeland security from the domestic and international perspectives. Included in the course will be the sources and nature of threats, basic issues, and national policies. The course will also study defense strategy formulation.

PADM_4596 Intro Comp Security&Curr Prob

Computers have a greater role in our lives. We get many benefits from these systems, but there are others who use these systems for other than legitimate purposes. In addition, there are issues that arise as part of new hardware and software that impact us. This course will explore current cyber issues, the problems they cause, and security measures that are in place to address such problems.

PADM_6015 CPT Independent Study

Course fulfills credit requirement and complements student's enrollment in a curriculum practical training (CPT) experience.

PADM_6600 Public & Nonprofit Mgmt

The course provides an overview of the macro and micro forces that are influencing public and non-profit management. These factors include fiscal and resource scarcity, rapid technologi- cal change and obsolencence, organizational downsizing/restruct- uring, information management technology, and shifting employee demographics. The course will focus on the methods and strategies for efficiently and effectively managing public organizations in the face of the endemic internal and external problems and challenges.

PADM_6601 Organization Theory

An analysis of the role of organizational theory, discussion of the major orientations in explaining organizational and administrative activities and their impact upon those who work within or are affected by organizational action.

PADM_6602 Budgeting and Finance

This course presents an overview of the major principles and concepts associated with public expenditure budgeting and the resource allocation decision making process. The first part of the course focuses on the centrality of the budget process and examines the logic and process of budgeting, fund accounting and financial statement analysis. The second part of the course focuses on revenue structures and examines basic principles of taxation and the nature and diversity of public sector revenues.

PADM_6603 Public Policy Administration

The goal of this course is to introduce managers to the public policy-making process. This introduction exposes students to the economic and moral justification for public policies and teaches the policy analytic tools that support informed policy. The course addresses policy-making at all levels of government with an emphasis on skills that can be used by managers on a daily basis.

PADM_6604 Human Resources Management

This course presents students with an overview of the tools and techniques of human resources management and the major personnel policy issues. The course emphasizes the application of specific knowledge, skills and abilities to solve management problems. Topics covered include recruitment, examination, job classifica- tion, salary and wage administration, performance management, employee development, supervision, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.

PADM_6606 Analytic Meth/Mgrl Dec Making

The course provides an overview of the decision making tools employed in program management and evaluation. The course begins with an overview of the principles of research design focusing on the basic methods of problem diagnosis and measurement (interviews, surveys, focus groups, archival analysis). The second part of the course emphasizes the principles and tools of program evaluation. The course develops the analytical and critical thinking skills of students to solve common management problems.

PADM_6801 Sem in Strategic Management

This seminar is designed to involve the integration of the concepts and techniques covered in previous courses. Through use of case studies and simulations, the students will analyze the problem situations in order to identify the most strategic issues, the leverage points of action and appropriate action plans. An emphasis will be placed on collaborative problem solving and team work. The case studies will be drawn from the public and nonprofit sectors and will vary from semester to semester.

PADM_6802 Strat Health Services Mgmt

An advanced-level course oriented toward an overall view of strategy formulation and implementation from the perspective of senior management. The course is designed to serve as the capstone of the health services administration curriculum, offering students an opportunity to integrate what they have learned in their functional and specialty course work and to apply this knowledge to the analysis and resolution of general management problems. Didactic emphasis will be placed on contemporary approaches to environmental assessment, strategic planning and competitive positioning of organizations in the health care marketplace. A combination of lectures, case studies and supplemental research activities will be used in conjunction with oral presentations and class discussions. Prerequistes: completion of at least 27 credits.

PADM_6810 Public Management Internship

Participation in the activities of an administrative agency, either public or quasi-public, local, state, federal or special or civic organization. Completion of a project or specific work assignment under the joint supervision of a faculty member and an agency supervisor.

PADM_6812 Political Environ/Public Admin

Public administration is part of the overall governmental process. This course explores the relationship between public administration and other branches of the political system. It covers such topics as the Constitution and public administration; relations between the executive and public administration; legislative oversight; and the influence of interest groups on public administration.

PADM_6815 Public Policy Research

Students engage collectively in a substantive research project focused on a current social and political problem, identifying both casual and contributing factors, and producing a publishable report and a press release. This interactive course requires research, demands individual contributions and interactive exchange, and facilitates collaboration in the analysis of a current issue while offering recommendations for improving the quality of policy and administration in the public and nonprofit sectors. Topics Change. May be a repeated for credit.

PADM_6821 M.P.A. Project Report

An analytic, written report detailing action-oriented research accomplished for a public agency.

PADM_7712 Managing Organizational Change

This course provides a conceptual framework for analyzing the dynamics and process of planned organizational change in public and nonprofit organizations. The focus is on effective techniques for diagnosing organization problems, identifying intervention strategies and implementing planned change efforts. Each student is given an opportunity to prepare an action plan to implement a significant change in his or her organization.

PADM_7716 Delivery of Public Services

This course examines the traditional organizational and institutional structures for delivering public services, including regional entities, public authorities and "mixed" approaches. In addition, more recent developments are examined, including competitive contracting; transfer of functions between sectors; and "privatization." The course covers domestic and international developments in "mixed" economies and enterprises.

PADM_7724 Comp Gov& Admin Systems

The course takes a global view of comparative governmental and administrative systems by introducing students to their background development and their essential institutional and political components. The wide diversity of such systems is highlighted by a study of such systems in six or seven nations through comparative analyses of their various approaches to policy and relative problematic issues.

PADM_7730 Health Care Project Management

Integration of the essential components of project planning and management with healthcare information systems for healthcare leaders. The course outlines the process of developing, implementing and evaluating project plans as well as integrates communication and project life-cycle theory.

PADM_7731 Intr to Hlth Systems & Policy

This course presents an integrated overview of traditional and contemporary approaches to financing and organizing the provision of health services in the United States. The course traces the evolution of the health care delivery system, with special attention given to the interplay between political, legal and socioethical dynamics in the formation of health policy at the federal and state levels of government.

PADM_7735 Comparative Health Systems

A comparison of health systems, philosophy, historical background, institutional framework, governing policies, financing, organization and staffing, and the scope of public and private sector services with an emphasis on how each health delivery system results in the expected outcome or if not why.

PADM_7737 Ethical/Legal Issues-Hlth Care

The legal content of this course will focus on major elements in professional liability, risk management, patient rights, quality of life outcomes and rationing of care. The ethical content will address the moral foundation of the profession, ethical decision making, critical thinking and the development of an ethical perspective throughout the life span. An ongoing theme of this course is the emphasis on humanizing health care.

PADM_7747 Public Sector Communications

Study of effective communication practices, with focus on communication within public sector organizations and between organizations and their external environments; small group and inter-personal communications; and individual professional presentations. Includes problem solving, decision making, media relations, crisis management and conflict resolution exercises and case problems.

PADM_7753 Iss Secur & Transport Systems

The course is a study of the aspects of security as they relate to the various components of modern international transportation systems. Issues of security and transportation administration in the 21st century will be emphasized, along with national and international governmental policies and responses.

PADM_7811 Grant Writing & Evaluation

The major objective of this course is to prepare students who are planning careers in public or non-profit organizations to attain grants for their organizations' projects. For success in this area, students will lean planning attractive proposals, attaining research funding, actual proposal writing, and management of the final grant. The course combines theory and practice, with emphasis on the practical.

PADM_7812 Ethics/Public Administration

The course presents and analyzes the foundational and essential aspect of ethics & ethical principles in the realm of public administration. Applicable ethical concepts are identified and related to the various components of the public sector, with their significance and implication being related especially to contemporary institutions.