Practical internship opportunities in public and private sector agencies are regularly available. Faculty Involvement Several MPA faculty are actively involved with the Institute for Community-Based Teaching and Learning, which connects university classes, community organizations and public schools around projects and tasks that deepen students' learning and respond to community needs. Many MPA faculty are also affiliated with the Public Policy Research Center, which conducts analysis and publishes reports on a variety of topics including transportation, international trade, and economic development. Basic introduction to the major theories and approaches which form the basis for the practice of public administration. The seminar usually will be taken during the second semester of graduate study.
Emphasis is placed on budgeting, accounting, purchasing, and debt administration.
The study of the social, political, and legal dimensions of public personnel management with emphasis on human resources, development, and implementation. The legal problems of the administrative process, including the uses of administrative discretion, fact-finding, and hearing procedures, and the methods and scope of judicial review of administrative decisions. A comparative view of government administration in developed and developing countries. Examines both the effects of culture on government bureaucracy and the efforts of governments to promote socioeconomic development. May include emphasis on U.S.-Mexico Border administration.