Public Management: Local Government (Pre-2008)

Requirements for students admitted prior to summer 2008

The Master of Public Administration public management: local government concentration offered by the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Western Michigan University is composed of seven three-credit-hour courses (21 credit hours): one course from each of Areas I, II, III, and V, and three courses from Area IV.

Area I: legal dimensions

• PADM 6110: Administrative Law and Governmental Regulation (three credit hours
• PSCI 5260: Administrative Law and Public Regulation (three credit hours)

Area II: budgeting and finance

• PADM 6120: Principles of Public Budgeting (three credit hours)

Area III: human resources

• PADM 6270: Human Resources Administration (three credit hours)
• PADM 6290: Supervisory Skills for Administrators (three credit hours)

Area IV: electives

• GEOG 5560: Studies in Urban and Regional Planning (three credit hours)
• GEOG 5570: Environmental Impact Assessment (three credit hours)
• GEOG 5010: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (three credit hours)
• GEOG 5690: Intermediate Geographic Systems (three credit hours)
• GEOG 6690: Advanced GIS Seminar (three credit hours)
• PADM 6130: Local Government Administration (three credit hours)
• PADM 6140: Managing community Growth and Development (three credit hours)
• PADM 6150: State and Local Government Finance (three credit hours)
• PADM 6170: Intergovernmental and Interorganizational Relations (three credit hours)
• PADM 6880: Program Planning and Proposal Writing three credit hours)
• PSCI 6430: Relations Between Subnational, National, and International Systems (three credit hours)

Area V: capstone

• PADM 6800: Project Paper Seminar (three credit hours)