Core courses (Required 21 hours)
POSC 6350 - Seminar in Public Administration
Professor: Rotating
Development and role of administration in the governmental process; principles and problems of administrative organization and coordination; financial and personnel management; problems of administrative control and responsibility.
POSC 6351 - Seminar in Public Policy
Cross-listed with CRIJ 6351.
Professor: Dr. Darrell Lovell
Selected aspects of American public policy, theory, organization, administration and administrative procedures in government. With consent of department head, may be repeated once when topics vary for a maximum of six credit hours.
POSC 6388 - Statistics for Social and Criminological Research
Cross-listed with CRIJ 6388/SOCI 6388.
Professor: Dr. Dave Rausch
Prerequisite(s): undergraduate social statistics or equivalent. Statistical techniques most commonly used in social science research with emphasis on probability, estimation, hypothesis methods, sample techniques and use of SPSS.
CRIJ 6348 - Seminar in Criminal Justice Ethics
Professor: Dr. Brandon Bang
Major moral theories, application of ethical principles and moral dilemmas in policing, the courts and corrections.
POSC 6353 - Seminar in Administrative Management
Professor: Dr. Darrell Lovell
Methods of applying administrative principles to the operating process of governmental agencies. Relevance of administrative theory to management procedures in government. Development and role of public service; basic principles, practices and problems in public personnel management. With permission of instructor, may be repeated once when topics vary for a maximum of six credit hours.
POSC 6355 - Seminar in Public Financial Administration
Professor: Greg Ingham
Budgeting problems and internal practices in American government. Problems in administrative organizations in fiscal activities.
POSC 6387 – Seminar in Research Methods
Professor: Dr. Ming Xie
Nonparametrics; measurement; surveys, research, design; scale construction; methodology.