Course Description
Emergent and high-interest topics in public administration and policy, specific skills in public administration and policy, and novel approaches to the study of public administration and policy phenomena.
Athena Title
Pub Pol Debates & Decisions
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in PADP 2205E
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Student learning Outcomes
- By the end of the course, students will be able to synthesize details about the concepts in public administration and policy.
- By the end of the course, students should be able to clearly explain the nuances of topics in public administration and policy “beyond the headlines.”
- By the end of the course, students will be able to evaluate the major theoretical approaches and models used within public administration and policy.
- By the end of the course, students will be able to evaluate theoretical foundations in the study of public administration and policy when applying them to attempt to explain the causes and effects of historical and contemporary global events.
- By the end of the course, students will be able to collect and analyze original quality data relative to the causes and effects of historical and contemporary global events.
- By the end of the course, students will be able to create original, well-informed arguments about the causes and effects of historical and contemporary global events that is theoretically informed and includes quality data.
- By the end of the course, students will be able to write in a clear structured manner that provides an original theoretically informed argument presented to an intended audience that is supported with data and uses appropriate vocabulary, grammar, and syntax.
- By the end of the course, students will be able to create an original social science research project.
Topical Outline
- Defining features of the topic, problem, or controversy
- Historical dimensions of topic
- Introduction to relevant skill, methods, or mode of inquiry
- Application of skill, methods, or mode of inquiry
- Reflection on limitations of knowledge about the topic, skill, method, or mode of inquiry
