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online Comparative Public Administration course

COURSE SYLLABUS: COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION


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Prerequisites:
PA597 - Comparative Public Administration
Business
John D. Theodore, Ph.D., D.B.A., CMC - E-Mail - Vita
Graduate standing and the successful completion of an undergraduate level program.


Course Description:

This course deals with the United States administrative structures, management philosophies, and administrative styles. Furthermore, it examines the separation of administration and politics as it exists in the United States today.

Learning Objectives:

In addition to receiving general knowledge in comparative public administration, the students will also learn:
  1. How comparative politics work.
  2. How the governance of contemporary societies function.
  3. How administrative reforms, privatization, devolutions, and empowerment function and the impact they have upon modern societies.
Required Text: Online Bookstore

Politics and The Bureaucracy: Policymaking in the Fourth Branch of Government by Kenneth J. Meier. Wadsworth Publishing Co, 4th edition, 1999.
ISBN #: 0155055232

Supplementary Resources:

Supplementary resources are found in the text book. The students are encouraged to become familiar with at least twenty five of them.

Assessment:
  1. Eight reading and homework assignments covering each chapter in the text.
  2. One five-page essay mid-term examination.
  3. One five- page essay final examination.
  4. One seven-page project dealing with an issue of Comparative Public Administration.


Academic Requirements
  1. All students are expected to "attend" the course by completing all course assignments in an academic manner and with complete preparation.
  2. Grammar, punctuation, spelling and overall composition will be including in the grading of all assignments.
  3. Students are required to complete each unit within a one-week time frame. At the students request, and successful completion of a unit in less than one week, the instructor will provide students with subsequent units of homework in advance.
  4. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.


Method of Instruction

PA597 is a distance learning course offered through Canyon College. Because this class is a partially self-paced program in that you may complete a specific weeks work at anytime during that week time-frame, it is essential that the student review all available materials located in the text, classroom, e-mail, and syllabus. Course examinations will be administered on-line during the fourth and eighth weeks of class. Prior to the submission of the first assignment each student is required to submit via e-mail to the instructor the following information:

Course Schedule and Assignments

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 - Final Exam

Grading criteria:

Homework/Reading Assignments    
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
Term Paper
40%
20%
20%
20%



* This syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.