CSUEB Catalog 2009-2010: Public Administration (Undergraduate)

Public Administration

	Department Information
	Program Description
	Undergraduate Courses

Department Information

Department of Public Affairs and Administration
College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Office: Meiklejohn Hall 4124
Phone: (510) 885-3282
Website: http://class.csueastbay.edu/publicadmin


Professor Emeritus Jong S. Jun (Chair), Ph.D., University of Southern California Professors Carl J. Bellone, Ph.D. University of Southern California Linda Dalton, Ph.D. Radcliff College/Harvard University O. Jombo ("Jay") Umeh, Ph.D. Texas Tech University Associate Professors Jennifer L. Eagan, Ph.D. Duquesne University Toni E. Fogarty, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley George F. Goerl, Ph.D. University of California, Davis Frank E. Scott, D.P.A. University of La Verne Assistant Professors Lisa A. Faulkner, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Kenneth M. Kyle, Ph.D. Arizona State University Michael Y. Moon, Ph.D. Teachers College, Columbia University Lecturer

Carol J. Edlund, Ph.D. Virginia Tech University

Please consult the 2010-2011 online catalog for any changes that may occur.

Program Description

The Department of Public Affairs and Administration offers primarily graduate courses. See the Health Care Administration and Public Administration chapters in the graduate section of this catalog. (Note: An undergraduate option in Public Affairs and Administration is offered by the Department of Political Science.)

Undergraduate Courses


The course prefix for the following courses is PUAD.
3999	Issues in Public Administration (4) Readings, discussion, and research on contemporary and/or significant issues in public administration. May be repeated for credit when content varies, for a maximum of 8 units.
4445	Bureaucratic Politics and Administrative Law (4) (See POSC 4445 for course description.)
4800	Public Administration and Society (4) The historical and political context of public administration; politics and economics of public bureaucracy; managing governmental organizations; public finance and national economy; values, ethics, and public interest; interface between professional administrators and citizens. Prerequisite: "Classified Graduate" standing in the M.P.A. program.
4830	Organization Theory and Human Behavior (4) Classical and emerging theoretical perspectives on human organizations; organizational design and tomorrow's organizations; self and organization; environment and planned change; participative goalsetting and organizational effectiveness. Prerequisite: "Classified Graduate" standing in the MPA program.
4900	Independent Study (1-2)