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Main Departmental Office
Chilton Hall, Room 204

Mailing address:
1155 Union Circle #310617
Denton, TX 76203-5017
940-565-2165
Fax: 940-565-4466

E-mail: phdpadm@unt.edu or mpa@unt.edu
Web site: padm.hps.unt.edu

Brian K. Collins, Chair

Faculty  

The Department of Public Administration offers a graduate program leading to the Master of Public Administration and to the Doctor of Philosophy with a major in public administration and management. The department also offers a bachelor’s degree in nonprofit leadership studies. Additionally, it also offers a minor in Public Administration, Nonprofit Management, and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Finally, the program offers two certificates, one in Alternative Dispute Resolution and the other in Volunteer and Community Resource Management.

Research

The faculty in the Department of Public Administration pursue an active research program that focuses on policy and administrative issues of concern to government. The department maintains an emphasis on issues of concern to city and county management, including economic development and growth management, executive recruitment, personnel management, municipal debt acquisition, emergency and disaster planning, county government organization and management, state government administration, career paths of city managers, intergovernmental management, public/private partnerships, city managers as policy-makers, nonprofit management, alternative dispute resolution, cultural competency issues, capital spending for infrastructure, and property tax policy and administration.

Faculty have published in a number of influential journals including: Public Administration Review, State and Local Government, Public Administration Quarterly, International Journal of Public Administration, Journal of Public Affairs Education, Public Performance and Management Review, Disasters, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Natural Hazards, Disaster Prevention and Management, Public Budgeting and Finance, American Review of Public Administration, Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, and a number of others. The faculty have also authored, co-authored or edited books including: A Revenue Guide for Local Government; Texas Politics; Budgeting: A Guide for Local Government; The Effective Local Government Manager; The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector; and Understanding Nonprofit Organizations.

The department’s research is supported by grants from within the university as well as grants and contracts with local and federal government, other universities and professional associations. The department also maintains a close affiliation with the Center for Public Management, which provides contract research, training and technical assistance to local governments throughout Texas and the Southwest, and occasionally provides part-time employment opportunities for qualified graduate students.

Programs

• Public Administration, MPA

• Public Administration and Management, PhD

Courses

• PADM 5010 - Public Administration and Society
• PADM 5020 - Leading and Managing Public Organizations
• PADM 5030 - Managing Human Resources
• PADM 5035 - Professional Practice for Public Managers
• PADM 5040 - Nonprofit Management
• PADM 5050 - Legal Issues in Public Administration
• PADM 5060 - Seminar in Intergovernmental Relations
• PADM 5100 - Local Government Management
• PADM 5200 - Public Personnel Management
• PADM 5210 - Cultural Competency in Public Management
• PADM 5220 - Personnel Management in Nonprofit Organizations
• PADM 5300 - Introduction to Planning
• PADM 5310 - Economic and Community Development
• PADM 5400 - Managing Financial Resources
• PADM 5410 - Capital Budgeting and Planning
• PADM 5420 - Revenue Policy and Administration
• PADM 5430 - Financial Accountability in Government
• PADM 5500 - Administrative Research Methods I
• PADM 5510 - Administrative Research Methods II
• PADM 5540 - Public Decision Making Techniques
• PADM 5550 - Seminar in Program Evaluation
• PADM 5560 - Performance Measurement in Public and Nonprofit Sectors
• PADM 5700 - Seminar in Public Administration
• PADM 5800 - Public Management Internship
• PADM 5900 - Special Problems
• PADM 5910 - Special Problems
• PADM 6010 - Seminar in Public Administration
• PADM 6015 - Public Organization Research and Theory
• PADM 6025 - Institutional Context of Public Administration
• PADM 6035 - Social Science Inquiry
• PADM 6110 - Seminar in Public Management I
• PADM 6120 - Seminar in Public Management II
• PADM 6310 - Seminar in Public Policy Implementation
• PADM 6320 - Seminar in Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
• PADM 6400 - Seminar in Public Financial Policy and Management
• PADM 6410 - Seminar in Government Budgeting and Financial Management
• PADM 6500 - Analytical Methods for Public Administration Research
• PADM 6700 - Workshop in Public Administration
• PADM 6710 - Seminar in Public Administration and Management
• PADM 6900 - Special Problems
• PADM 6910 - Special Problems
• PADM 6940 - Directed Research in Public Administration
• PADM 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation

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