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    University of North Texas
   
    Mar 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Department of Public Administration


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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

 

Simon A. Andrew, 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 and urban policy and planning. Additionally, it also offers a minor in public administration, nonprofit management, urban policy and planning, 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 Review, Urban Studies, Urban Science, Journal of Planning Education and Research, 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; Understanding Nonprofit Organizations, and Zoning: A Guide for 21st Century Planning.

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

    Master’s DegreeDoctorate

    Courses

      Public Administration

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