Course Syllabus
PSC 241 - Survey of Public Administration
-The Internet Course
Fall 2001 Semester
Instructor: Michael D. Downey, MPA, Ph.D.
Email: downey@wncc.nevada.edu
Telephone: 775-445-4415 (Work)
Required Texts: Introducing Public Administration, Second Edition, Jay M. Shafritz and E.W. Russell, Addison Wesley Longman, 2000.
Introdution to Public Administration, A Book of Readings, J. Steven Ott and E.W. Russell (Editors), Addison Wesley Longman, 2001.
Any Distance Education course will require you to be more responsible for your learning experience than traditional classes. This "Active Learning" mode is even more important in an Internet class. You must be very much "pro-active" in doing your reading and assignments, in asking questions when you have problems, and keeping up with the deadlines that have been established for the course.
The course is structured into four parts: (1) Introduction to Public Policy and Administration, (2) Management and Organization, (3) Leadership and Personnel Management, and (4) Public Fiscal Management and Ethics. Within each part you will several Modules that will introduce a major concept(s), will list objectives and will include study notes and assignments. At the end of each Part you will have a "time sensitive" Quiz. In addition to the Quizzes, you will have a group project, an individual project and a final project (read Final Take Home Test).
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Module |
Assignments |
Due Dates |
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Orientation |
Do Assignments 1-5 |
August 28, 2001 |
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1. Defining Public Administration |
Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
August 30, 2001 September 1, 2001 |
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2. Public Policy & Its Administration |
Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
September 4, 2001 September 6, 2001 |
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3. Reinventing Government |
Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback Part One Review & Quiz One |
September 9, 2001 September 11, 2001 September 13-14, 2001 |
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4. Intergovernmental Relations |
Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
September 16, 2001 September 18, 2001 |
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5. Management & Organizational Theory |
Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
September 21, 2001 September 23, 2001 |
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6. Organizational Behavior |
Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
September 25, 2001 September 27, 2001 |
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7. Managerialism & Performance Management |
Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback Part Two Review & Quiz Two |
September 30, 2001 October 2, 2001 October 5-6, 2001 |
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8. Strategic Management |
Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
October 8, 2001 October 10, 2001 |
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9. Leadership & Accountability |
Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
October 13, 2001 October 15, 2001 |
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10. Personnel Management & Labor Relations |
Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
October 17, 2001 October 19, 2001
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11. Social Equity |
Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback Groups/Group Project Assigned By Instructor Part Three Review & Quiz Three |
October 23, 2001 October 25, 2001 October 29, 2001 November 1-2, 2001 |
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12. Public Financial Management |
Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
November 5, 2001 November 8, 2001 |
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13. Auditing, Accounting & Evaluating |
Group Project Due Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
November 13, 2001 November 15, 2001 |
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14. Honor & Ethics |
Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback Part Four Review & Quiz Four |
November 19, 2001 November 26, 2001 |
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15. Special Topics |
Post Assignment, Read/Post Feedback |
November 30, 2001 December 5, 2001 |
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16. Final Project |
Email Project |
December 10, 2001 |
Grades will be determine by the following scale:
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Grades |
Scale |
Grade Point Value |
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A Superior |
100-95 |
4.0 |
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A- |
94-90 |
3.7 |
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B+ |
89-87 |
3.3 |
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B Above Average |
86-84 |
3.0 |
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B- |
83-80 |
2.7 |
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C+ |
79-77 |
2.3 |
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C Average |
76-74 |
2.0 |
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C- |
73-70 |
1.7 |
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D+ |
69-67 |
1.3 |
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D Below Average |
66-64 |
1.0 |
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D- |
63-60 |
0.7 |
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F |
Failure |
0.0 |