Public Administration (PADM)

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PADM 260  Introduction to Public Administration  3 Units  
Typically Offered: Fall and spring  
Executive function in government; survey of the principles of administrative organization, personnel management, financial administration, administrative law, administrative policies. Problems and trends in government as a career. 3 hours lecture.  (022246)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Lower Division  
PADM 405  Health Care Policy and Politics  3 Units  
Prerequisite: PHHA 331.  
Typically Offered: Spring only  
An analysis of the political forces, both private and public, which have an impact upon the health industry in the United States. Focusing on problems related to the delivery of health care, the course will cover such issues as availability, accessibility, appropriateness, acceptance, accounting, and alternatives. 3 hours seminar.  (001587)  
Cross listing(s): PHHA 435  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
PADM 462  Organizational Theory  3 Units  
Prerequisite: PADM 260 or concurrent enrollment.  
Typically Offered: Spring only  
An intensive examination of the theory and research on organizational design, with an emphasis on applications of the theories. Focus is on how organizations develop structures to meet various internal (e.g., size, technology) and external (e.g., stakeholders, uncertainty) demands. 3 hours lecture.  (007597)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
PADM 471  Public Policy Formation  3 Units  
Typically Offered: Fall only  
Critical examination of the process of policy formation in American governments. Relationship of executive, legislative, and judicial branches in policy formation. A significant policy area will be examined, with emphasis on both statutory and constitutional bases and the social/political factors influencing policy development. 3 hours lecture.  (007607)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
PADM 474  Public Personnel Administration  3 Units  
Typically Offered: Spring only  
A survey of the processes of recruiting and managing personnel in the public service. The philosophy of public personnel administration, organization for personnel administration, history and evolution of the career system, comparative modern structures, and general processes of personnel. Both traditional and behavioral literature. 3 hours lecture.  (007593)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
PADM 475  Public Budgeting and Finance  3 Units  
Typically Offered: Fall only  
A comprehensive survey of the theory and practice of public financial administration in the United States. The budget as an instrument of fiscal policy; budget preparation and classification, with special emphasis on program and performance budgeting. Problems in budget authorization, execution, and control. 3 hours lecture.  (007594)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
PADM 477W  Policy Analysis Capstone Seminar (W)  3 Units  W  
Typically Offered: Spring only  
An examination of the approaches, models, methods, and concepts of public policy analysis, with special emphasis on program evaluation, research methodologies, implementation problems, and policy evaluation models. Recommended for political science and public administration majors and minors. 3 hours lecture.  (007608)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Writing Course  
PADM 489A  Internship in Public Administration  1-15 Units  
Prerequisite: 3.0 cumulative GPA and faculty permission.  
Typically Offered: Spring, summer, fall  
Work experience in selected governmental agencies supervised by faculty members and the staff of the cooperating agencies. 0 hours independent study.  (007614)  
Grade Basis: Credit/No Credit  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 15 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
PADM 489P  Work or Community Experience in Selected Governmental or Community Agencies  1-15 Units  
Prerequisite: Senior standing, faculty permission.  
Typically Offered: Spring, summer, fall  
Credit for previously acquired work or community experience. Such credit determined by the Internship Coordinator, dependent upon length of service and experience. 0 hours independent study.  (007623)  
Grade Basis: Credit/No Credit  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 15 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division