Public Administration
PA 101 Introduction to Public Administration (back to previous page)
The nature of and problems involved in the administration of public services at the federal, state, regional, and local levels. 3 credit hours.
PA 302 Public Administration Systems and Procedures (back to previous page)
The major staff management functions in government and in non-profit agencies: planning, budgeting, scheduling, and work analysis. 3 credit hours.
PA 305 Institutional Budgeting and Planning (back to previous page)
Budgeting as an institutional planning tool, as a cost control device, and as a program analysis mechanism is stressed. Attention is given to the salary expense budget, the revenue budget, the capital budget, and the cash budget. 3 credit hours.
PA 307 Urban and Regional Management (back to previous page)
Methods and analysis of decision making related to urban and regional problems. Topics include housing, land use, economic development, transportation, pollution, conservation, and urban renewal. 3 credit hours.
PA 308 Health Care Delivery Systems (back to previous page)
An examination of the health care delivery systems in the U.S., including contemporary economic, organizational, financing, manpower, cost, and national health insurance issues. 3 credit hours.
PA 404 Public Policy Analysis (back to previous page)
Using the public perspective, examines the nature of the public policy process from policy formation through policy termination. Major emphasis on the techniques commonly used in analyzing public policy, including cost/benefit analysis and comparison of expected and actual outcomes. An opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the analysis and evaluation of public policy. 3 credit hours.
PA 405 Public Personnel Practices (back to previous page)
Study of the civil service systems of the federal, state and local governments, including a systematic review of the methods of recruitment, evaluation, promotion, discipline, control, and removal. 3 credit hours.
PA 408 Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector (back to previous page)
Analysis of collective bargaining in the public sector, with emphasis on legislation pertaining to government employees. 3 credit hours.
PA 450-459 Special Topics (back to previous page)
Selected topics of special or current interest in the field of public management. 3 credit hours.
PA 490 Public Health Administration (back to previous page)
An examination of public health activities, including public health organization, environmental health, disease control, use of information systems, and social services. 3 credit hours.
PA 512 Seminar in Public Administration (back to previous page)
Selected topics related to public administration are chosen for study in depth. 3 credit hours.
PA 597 Practicum (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: Junior standing. A course of study designed especially for supervised practical application of previously studied theory in a group setting. Done under the supervision of a faculty sponsor and coordinated with a business organization. 3 credit hours.
PA 598 Public Administration Internship (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: Consent of the coordinator. Monitorial field experience with public and not-for-profit agencies. Minimum of 3 credit hours.
PA 599 Independent Study (back to previous page)
Independent study on a project of interest to the student under the direction of a faculty member approved by the department chair. 3 credit hours.
Public Administration/Health Care - Graduate Courses
PA 601 Principles of Public Administration (back to previous page)
The development, organization, functions and problems of national, state and local governmental administration.
PA 602 Public Policy Formulation and Implementation (back to previous page)
The relationship between public administration and the formulation of public policy is studied. The implementation of public policy by administrators based on the politics of the administrator is examined in terms of interaction between various group representatives such as legislators, politicians and pressure-group leaders.
PA 604 Communities and Social Change (back to previous page)
Interactions among the community as a social organization and education, police and welfare institutions within it; special attention to conceptual frameworks and current research or action programs that particularly affect minority groups.
PA 611 Research Methods in Public Administration (back to previous page)
Recommended prerequisite: undergraduate course in quantitative methods or introductory statistics. Designed to familiarize administrators with the tools and potentialities of social research, and to assist them in the presentation, interpretation and application of research data.
PA 620 Personnel Administration and Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector (back to previous page)
Recommended prerequisite: PA 601. Study of the civil service systems in the United States and the state governments, including a systematic review of the methods of recruitment, promotion, discipline, control and removal. Explores the effects on work relationships of collective bargaining statutes which have been adopted by legislatures. Emphasis is placed on collective bargaining case studies from state and local governments and hospitals.
PA 625 Administrative Behavior (back to previous page)
Recommended prerequisite: PA 601. The problems faced by an administrator in dealing with interpersonal relationships and human processes. Analysis of individual and group behavior in various governmental and business settings to determine the administrative action for the promotion of desired work performance. Emphasis given to the public sector. Participation in actual problem situation discussions and case studies.
PA 630 Fiscal Management for Local Government (back to previous page)
Recommended prerequisite: PA 601. The problems faced by a survey of the essential principles of governmental accounting, budgeting, cost accounting and financial reporting. The various operating funds, bonded debt, fixed assets, investments, classification of revenue and expenditures, general property taxes and interfund relationships.
PA 632 Public Finance and Budgeting (back to previous page)
Recommended prerequisite: PA 601. State and local expenditure patterns, state and local revenue sources, income taxation at the state and local levels, excise taxation, sales taxation, taxation of capital and the property tax. Emphasis on fiscal and economic aspects of federalism and federal/state fiscal coordination. The role of the budget in the determination of policy, in administrative integration and in control of government operations.
PA 641 Financial Management of Health Care Organizations (back to previous page)
Recommended prerequisite: MG 640. Theory and application of
financial planning and management techniques in health care organizations. Emphasis on financial decision making and on preparation of short-term and long-term cash, capital, revenue and expense budgets and financial plans to meet the requirements of HCFA and other third parties.
PA 642 Health Care Delivery Systems (back to previous page)
A contemporary analysis of health care delivery systems in the U.S. Financial, cost, economic, political and organizational issues will be discussed.
PA 643 Health and Institutional Planning (back to previous page)
Designed to develop skills and understanding of the dynamics of health and social planning processes with respect to consumer demand, national and local health goals and the optimal location of facilities, services and manpower.
PA 644 Administration of Programs and Services for the Aged (back to previous page)
The structure, function and properties of publicly and privately funded programs and service organizations providing health services to the aged. The economic, political, legal and social issues which affect the administration of human service organizations will be studied, with emphasis on administration of health care services.
PA 645 Health Care Economics and Finance (back to previous page)
Recommended prerequisite: PA 641. Integration of accounting, economics, finance, budgeting and health insurance principles, concepts and analytic tools which are essential to the decision-making processes of health care organizations.
PA 646 Organization and Management of Long-Term Care Facilities (back to previous page)
Examines the variety of systems providing long-term care services for the aged. Special concentration on the ways various facilities are managed and on the impact of state bylaws. Case studies illustrate decision making and problem solving within health institutions.
PA 647 Alternative Health Care Delivery Systems (back to previous page)
A survey of nontraditional approaches to health care. Includes: cost shifting, cost sharing, the
development of outpatient facilities and the impact of cost containment regulation in a systems-oriented framework.
PA 648 Contemporary Issues in Health Care (back to previous page)
Gives health care professionals a broad view of current topics in their field. The students will view current videotapes, work on case studies, participate in class exercises and present several reports. Current articles illustrate the issues under discussion.
PA 651 Health Care Ethics (back to previous page)
Explores and defines wide spectrum of critical ethical issues; factors that should be considered in resolving these issues; investigation of ways in which organizations can anticipate and plan for future ethical problems.
PA 652 Introduction to Managed Care (back to previous page)
Managed care concepts including types, structures, financial incentives, administrative tools and marketing approaches; relationships between provision of medical care and various types of managed care organizations; emphasis on health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and preferred provider organizations. Management structures, quality assurance, utilization management, financial functions and health insurance alternatives.
PA 653 Cost Containment in Health Care (back to previous page)
Overview of methods used to attempt to contain the rise of health care costs; practical approaches to cost containment as well as skills necessary to implement and evaluate cost containment strategies.
PA 657 Health Care Reimbursements (back to previous page)
Ways reimbursements are regulated and collected; financial implications of third party reimbursements for all types of health care providers. Focus on history as well as current and future programs related to the most complicated payment methods in any industry.
PA 659 Human Resource Planning in Health Care (back to previous page)
Exploration of principles and functions of human resource planning in a health care organization. Topics include legal and public policy parameters, demographics and the health care workforce, disparate employee groups and their special concerns, implementation and evaluation of human resource planning in health care settings.
PA 661 Problems of Metropolitan Areas (back to previous page)
Analysis of the problems of government and administration arising from the population patterns and physical and social structures of contemporary metropolitan communities.
PA 664 Survey of Medical Group Management (back to previous page)
Business management in the physicians group practice arena. Beginning with the start-up phase, complete coverage of the process. Current as well as future directions in physician group management and ways to enhance its profitability.
PA 669 Health Care Policy, Planning, and Execution (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: MG 630, MG 640. Overview of methods used in strategic planning. Practical approaches to management techniques, financial planning, cost containment, service delivery, and strategies in strategic management.
PA 670/671 Selected Topics (back to previous page)
A study of selected issues of particular interest to the students and instructor. May be taken more than once.
PA 680 Seminar in Public Administration (back to previous page)
Exact material to be covered will be announced.
PA 681 Long-Term Health Care Internship I (back to previous page)
Prerequisites: PA 641, PA 646. First of two internships state-required for eligiblity to take the State of Connecticut licensing examination in long-term care administration. Course is composed of a 450-hour nursing home internship.
PA 682 Long-Term Health Care Internship II (back to previous page)
A continuation of Long-Term Health Care Internship I.
PA 683 Long-Term Health Care Internship(back to previous page)
Prerequisite or co-requisite: PA 646. Course is composed of 500 hours in a skilled nursing facility. This course is available only to students who will have completed at least 45 hours of an appropriate graduate program. Contact the Director, Health Care Program, for further information.
PA 690 Research Seminar (back to previous page)
Recommended prerequisite: PA 611. Requirements include a major independent research study and participation in an integrative seminar on research and its uses in public administration, health care administration, labor relations and related disciplines.
PA 693 Public Administration Internship (back to previous page)
Prerequisites: 15 graduate hours and permission of the public administration graduate program coordinator. A supervised work experience in a cooperating public service agency. Students must be available for at least one day per week.
PA 695 Independent Study I (back to previous page)
A planned program of individual study under the supervision of a member of the faculty.
PA 696 Independent Study II (back to previous page)
A continuation of Independent Study I.
PA 698 Thesis I (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: 15 graduate hours. Periodic meetings and discussions of the individual student's progress in the preparation of a thesis.
PA 699 Thesis II (back to previous page)
A continuation of Thesis I.