PADM 601: Introduction to Public Administration. Introduces the field of public administration and basic tools of graduate study. Topics include political, social, and economic environments of public administration; bureaucratic politics and power; law, ethics, and administration; and comparative administration. (Core: Fall/Spring)

PADM 602: Seminar in Public Management. Introduces basic management skills and concepts, approaches, and issues in organization structure, human resources administration, and budgeting and finance administration. (Core: Spring)

PADM 603: Management Analysis. Develops basic management skills and introduces systems theory, systems analysis, operations research, and management information systems. Emphasizes practical tasks of management planning and problem solving, and includes student projects focusing on real-world management problems. (Public Management Emphasis: Fall)

PADM 604: Research Methods in Administration. Presents basic quantitative and qualitative methods of social science research as applied to policy and administrative problems. Students learn to formulate research problems, design research projects, apply statistical and other techniques, and use microcomputers in problem-solving. (Core: Spring)

PADM 606: The Policymaking Process. Examines processes of policy formulation and implementation--how policies are made, who makes them, and why implementation must be viewed as a critical phase of policymaking. Topics include problem recognition, agenda setting, analysis, adoption, implementation, evaluation, and succession. Emphasizes the politics of policymaking, using Alaska and national issues and cases. (Core: Fall)

PADM 610: Organizational Theory and Behavior. Theories of organization and of individual motivation as applied to contemporary public and private institutions. Examines theories of classical bureaucracy, scientific management, and human relations. Also considers problems of organizational leadership, development, and change. (Public Management Emphasis: Spring)

PADM 620: Internship in Public Administration Policy. Applied work experience in public administration or policy analysis for MPA candidates who do not have public administration work experience.  This course consists of the equivalent of three months of full-time work in an approved state, federal, local, or private agency, under the supervision of a senior agency employee in cooperation with a faculty advisor.  An internship journal and a final internship report are required.  (Core/Internship)

PADM 624: Human Resources Administration. Develops skills in techniques of personnel administration and considers issues of human resources development in public organizations. Examines recruitment, selection, training, motivation, performance evaluation, and career development. Also analyzes current personnel issues such as comparable worth and reductions in force. This course will be taught as an intensive. (Public Management Emphasis: Fall)

PADM 628: Administration of Financial Resources. Surveys the organization, processes and functions of public financial management, including budgeting, accounting, expenditure control, and revenue collection. Examines federal, state, and local fiscal policies, intergovernmental financial relations, credit and debt management, and related topics. (Core: Spring)

PADM 632: Quantitative Approaches to Policy Analysis. Applies regression analysis and related techniques to a broad range of policy issues. Focuses on use of parametric statistics as basis for policy decisions, using Alaska data to test policy oriented hypothesis. Special Note: Students expected to use computer lab for two hours per week. (Policy Analysis Emphasis: Spring)

PADM 634: Resource Policy Administration. Examines the politics and economics of natural resource policy and administration, emphasizing current national issues and Alaska cases. Topics include the public lands, energy, non-fuel minerals, fisheries, forests, and Alaska resource development. (Elective: Spring)

PADM 635: Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation. Studies program evaluation in the general context of policymaking and public management. Covers design of evaluation criteria. Formulation of program objectives, monitoring of performance, and measurement of results. Includes pertinent case studies. Recommended prerequisite: PADM 604 Research Methods in Administration. (Policy Analysis Emphasis: Fall)

PADM 640:  Alternative Dispute Resolution.  Examines the resolution of public disputes,  but those interested in resolving individual and group conflicts will also find the material relevant. This course consists of three separate 1-credit hour modules each focusing on a different method of alternative dispute resolution. Students are free to enroll in any or all of the modules. Module I deals with Negotiation, Module II focuses on Mediation, Module III examines Consensus Building techniques. The course is taught as an intensive course.

PADM 659: Public Administration Capstone. Capstone course for Master of Public Administration program. Provides students with experience in planning, design, and performance of an applied research project dealing with a practical administrative or policy problem. Emphasizes student participation, including presentation of a major policy or administrative report. (Core/Capstone: Spring)

PADM 671: Not-for Profit-Organizations. This course is designed for graduate students in business administration, public administration, or related areas. Participants will be exposed to concepts and practices of marketing as they apply to the special context of public and non-profit institutions. The course will involve lectures, discussions, case studies, guest speakers, and a project involving the development of a marketing plan for a public or non-profit organization. (Fall 2003)

PADM 671: Physician Executive Training I & II.  This  two part program is a partnership between UAA and Providence Alaska Health System to better prepare physicians who will be assuming leadership positions in health systems management.  Course I addresses the application of organizational and systems theory to health care, the changing nature of the health care economic environment, and the changes in the health care delivery system structure, including the consolidation of facilities and services, vertical integration of services, and the increased number of physician-managed organizations.  Course II focuses on common management skills, such as budgeting, negotiation skills, strategic planning, personnel management, and quality measurement.  (Special Focus for Physicians in conjunction with the local hospitals.)

ECON 625: Economics and Public Policy. Examines economics both as a determinant of public policy and as a tool of public administration. Topics include how markets allocate resources; role of government in a market economy; market failures and responses to them; problems of efficiency vs. equity; and application of microeconomic tools to analysis of Alaska and national policy issues. (Core: Fall)

ECON 628: Applied Economics. Applied economic analysis. Includes adjusting for inflation; discounting; projecting market impacts; interpreting multiple regression results; non-market valuation; cost-benefit analysis; indirect economic impacts; presentation of economic results. Recommended prerequisite: PADM 604 Research Methods in Administration.

NS 626: Principles of Epidemiology. An introduction to the principles and methods of epidemiologic investigations and their application in the health sciences. Major topics include etiological factors of disease and injury, the distribution of health problems within populations, levels of prevention, and the concept of risk. The design of retrospective, cross-sectional, and prospective studies are examined. Clinical applications within nursing, medicine, pharmacy, social work, nutrition and health care administration are emphasized. (Health Administration Emphasis: varies)

NS 658: Public Health Policy. An analysis of the procedures by which government and private agencies make decisions that affect the health of population groups. The influence of lay, professional and special interest groups are explored in relation to health legislation, allocation of resources, and the setting of public health priorities. Current issues in public health policy are examined, focusing on how policy is changed, interpreted and implemented. (Health Administration Emphasis: varies)

NS 681: Analysis of Health Services. Comprehensive overview of the evolution and major components of the health service system in the United States. System performance, directions being taken by major providers, characteristics of resources (financial, personnel, and technological), are discussed. Dimensions of policy making in health are also discussed. (Health Administration Emphasis: Spring)

NS 682: Administrative Services. Elements of administrative processes within the health care system. Personal and interpersonal competencies and maximization of resource allocation to optimize effective leadership and management are emphasized. (Health Administration Emphasis: Fall)