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Graduate Catalog 2015 - 2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Urban Studies
  

  • UST 619 - City Management

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite: PAD 600 or UST 600. Introduction to and overview of the study and practice of American city management. The governance of the American municipality is the primary focus, with a concentration on the role of city management as a public profession in the process of constitutional and equitable governance. Examines the basic administrative processes of modern local government and their roles in governance, that is, in formulating policy direction for the long-and short-term. It also examines the critical and political roles of the city manager as the municipal chief executive and the city administrator as the municipal chief administrative executive.


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  • UST 621 - Local Labor Market Analysis

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisites. UST 601, UST 603, and knowledge of Excel or other spreadsheet program. The relationship between the functioning of national, regional, and urban labor markets, earnings distribution, and poverty; review of the theory of labor markets and the impact of unions on wage setting and employment.


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  • UST 622 - Economic Development Policy

    (4 credits)
    An examination of the international and national competitive positions of industry; state and national industrial policy proposals; various approaches to economic development and industrial policy.


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  • UST 623 - Urban Development Finance

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisites. UST 603 and UST 610. Financing, deal structuring, and analysis of public subsidy for urban real estate projects using discounted cash flow analysis. Also includes preparation of a comprehensive report and the presentation of an urban real estate project.


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  • UST 626 - Workforce Development

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite. UST 603 or equivalent. Workforce development takes place on both the supply and demand sides of the labor market. The demand side deals with the expressed needs of employers for specific skill types. The supply side is divided into efforts to upgrade the skills of incumbent workers and to inculcate marketable skills to new workers. A practical examination of the state of the art in workforce development strategies, policies, and programs.


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  • UST 629 - Economic Development Finance

    (4 credits)
    Focuses on the tools and programs available to the economic development practitioner to address capital needs for business and economic development projects. Combines core elements of public finance, real estate finance, and corporate finance. Overview of common tools of economic developmnet finance that are critical for public policy officials, economic development practitioners, private developers, and corporate financial officers.


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  • UST 630 - Public Human Resources Management

    (4 credits)
    The issues and public policies that have an impact on the management of human resources in the public sector. Differences between public and private personnel administration; the American civil service system; recruitment, placement, promotion, training, and compensation; performance assessment; rights and duties of public employees. Crosslisted with UST 518.


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  • UST 631 - Law and Public Administration

    (4 credits)
    Administrative law as the body of rules and prescriptions for public agencies. The evolution and development of American administrative law, its substance, and the role of administrative law in the governing process.


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  • UST 633 - Budget Policy and Management

    (4 credits)
    The importance of municipal budgeting and finance to public policy makers and public administrators. Sources of city finance information; examination of the revenue, expenditure, and debt structure of American cities. Budgetary processes, formats, and accounting systems. Cross-listed with UST 733,


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  • UST 634 - Ethics in the Public Sector

    (4 credits)
    Provides students with an understanding of the ethical dimensions of public administration and helps students develop the awareness, skills, and value framework to act ethically in a public or private sector management role.


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  • UST 635 - Public Sector Information Management

    (4 credits)
    Focuses on developing and understanding the skills, background and perspective needed to serve as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) in the public sector. Addresses development, implementation, and maintenance of the systems and information that will allow a CIO to lead, effect change, and support the enterprise, its staff and the public which it serves. Considers the practical impediments to developing and providing information systems and resources.


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  • UST 650 - Financial Administration and Control of Nonprofit Organizations

    (4 credits)
    Provides an understanding of basic financial, budgetary, and accounting concepts, processes, and techniques relevant to managers in nonprofit organizations; develops an appreciation of how and why financial decisions are made and how they affect nonprofit operations; strengthens participants’ ability to understand and use financial documents; and develops skills in financial analysis and management.


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  • UST 651 - Fundraising and Revenue Generation

    (4 credits)
    Provides the fundamentals of fundraising and external relations for nonprofit organizations, with special emphasis on the challenges faced by small to mid-sized community and faith-based organizations. In a climate of devolution and other significant changes in the nonprofit environment, leaders and managers must pay increasing attention to developing a viable strategy for attracting diverse and sustained financial support as well as for developing productive relations with key stakeholder groups, including clients, area residents, members, trustees, legislators, the press, and other important constituents. This course is a practical, hands-on exploration of the skills and knowledge needed to equip leaders and managers of nonprofits to position their organizations effectively.


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  • UST 652 - Environmental Policy and Administration

    (4 credits)
    A comprehensive, interdisciplinary introduction to the values, preferences, and economic interests that underlie the formulation of environmental policy. Local, regional, state, national, and global issues are examined and characterized with emphasis on the national and state levels.


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  • UST 653 - Environmental Planning II

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite: UST 553 or permission of the instructor. An advanced course designed for students with knowledge of ecological processes or relevant environmental fields. The course features regional ecological infrastructure and landscape scale. Typical topics include watershed management, land-use change and ecological impacts, and regional open space and habitat preservation. The course provides an opportunity to apply planning processes and techniques such as suitability analysis, GIS mapping, risk assessment, or environmental impact assessment through a project exercise.


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  • UST 656 - Advanced Topics in Nonprofit Management

    (4 credits)
    This seminar considers key aspects of leadership and management in the nonprofit sector as they are applied in practice. Integrates significant theory and research results with practical skills. This course is intended as a capstone experience for students pursuing the graduate certificate in Nonprofit Management, or the MPA nonprofit specialization.


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  • UST 657 - Advanced Fundraising and Philanthropy

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite: UST 651 or departmental approval. This course is designed for experienced advancement and fundraising professionals who have been introduced to the basics of nonprofit revenue generation. Includes a brief review of the theoretical foundations of nonprofits and revenue generation. The focus of the course is the leadership and management of fundraising initiatives including planning for strategy and operations of fund development departments, programs and campaigns; use of technology and information systems; the ethics of fundraising, and practical skill development.


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  • UST 660 - Neighborhood Planning

    (4 credits)
    The process and techniques for the creation and implementation of neighborhood development plans with an emphasis on Cleveland neighborhoods, neighborhood organizations, and neighborhood planning. An introduction to the local government organizations and private institutions that support neighborhood planning and federal, state, and local programs that fund neighborhood planning and development programs. Students participate in field research on a selected neighborhood project.


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  • UST 662 - Urban Housing Policy

    (4 credits)
    Focuses on the evolution of urban housing policy, the policies which shape the existing housing system, and proposals for modifying housing policy and programs. Housing policy developments are related to broad ideological and political changes since the 1960s. Considers major aspects of the current housing situation, including financing, production, affordability, preservation, and discrimination.


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  • UST 664 - Neighborhood Development

    (4 credits)
    Analysis of community organizations at the neighborhood, community, and national levels; problems and concepts of community organization; models of social action and issues facing organizations.


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  • UST 670 - Introduction to Law And Public Policy

    (4 credits)
    Introduces the basic structures of the American legal system and how that system interacts with such other disciplines as planning, policy analysis, and public administration in the creation of public policy. First course of a two-course sequence, with UST 683.


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  • UST 689 - Capstone

    (4 credits)
    This course is intended to provide MSUS students with an independent project in their final year of study. The goal of the course is to give students an opportunity to apply the knowledge, research skills, and other abilities developed in previous graduate courses towards a real-world project in urban studies. The course content uses reviews of contemporary urban issues, case analyses, and problem-solving techniques to help students analyze urban and public policy issues.


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  • UST 691 - Practicum

    (1 credits)
    The practicum is intended to provide hands on learning and professional experience by providing students with the opportunity to develop a fundraising project that they complete over the course of the certificate course work.


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  • UST 692 - Capstone Seminar in Public Administration

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite: departmental approval. A generalist public administration capstone course that provides a final, common experience for MPA students. Students integrate learning from the MPA core curriculum with professional practices encountered in public and nonprofit organizations. Students are expected to prepare and defend a capstone paper.


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  • UST 693 - Special Topics

    (1-4 credits)
    Special offerings varying with faculty expertise and student interest. Typical subjects include Affirmative Action in the Public Sector, Public Personnel Management, Women as Leaders, etc. Specific topics listed in the Course Schedule.


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  • UST 704 - Organizational Behavior

    (4 credits)
    Complex formal organizations are the principal social vehicle for the conduct of public affairs. This course is an introductory doctoral seminar that examines the principal conceptual and theoretical bases for understanding the behavior of complex formal organizations, especially large-scale public bureaucracies.


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  • UST 716 - Systems and Processes of Policy Development

    (4 credits)
    Study of methods used by policy makers and their staffs in formulating policy instruments; the objectives policy makers seek to accomplish; alternatives for achieving objectives. Areas of emphasis include distributional and spillover effects of policy; the political and organizational problems associated with the acceptance and implementation of policy.


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  • UST 722 - Economic Development Policy

    (4 credits)
    An examination of the international and national competitive positions of industry; state and national industrial policy proposals; various approaches to economic development and industrial policy.


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  • UST 723 - Urban Development Finance

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisites. UST 603 and UST 610. Financing, deal structuring, and analysis of public subsidy for urban real estate projects using discounted cash flow analysis. Also includes preparation of a comprehensive report and the presentation of an urban real estate project.


    Click here for the schedule of courses

  

  • UST 726 - Workforce Development

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite. UST 603 or equivalent. Workforce development takes place on both the supply and demand sides of the labor market. The demand side deals with the expressed needs of employers for specific skill types. The supply side is divided into efforts to upgrade the skills of incumbent workers and to inculcate marketable skills to new workers. A practical examination of the state of the art in workforce development strategies, policies, and programs.


    Click here for the schedule of courses

  

  • UST 731 - Law and Public Administration

    (4 credits)
    Administrative law as the body of rules and prescriptions for public agencies. The evolution and development of American administrative law, its substance, and the role of administrative law in the governing process.


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  • UST 733 - Budget Policy and Management

    (4 credits)
    This course covers public budgeting and financial management in the context of America’s political economy. It explores the issue of what should be the appropriate role of the government in the economy and in society. It reviews American capitalism and democracy, their historical evolution, and the policy and budgetary tools available to political leaders and public administrators. It reviews sources of revenue, patterns of expenditure and the debt structure of American governmental units. It also includes an examination of budgetary processes, formats, and accounting systems. The course should provide a solid financial decision making foundation for non-financial managers and for students seeking careers in professions and organizations requiring knowledge of public finance and budgeting. Cross-listed with UST 633.


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  • UST 734 - Ethics in the Public Sector

    (4 credits)
    Provides students with an understanding of the ethical dimensions of public administration and helps students develop the awareness, skills, and value framework to act ethically in a public or private sector management role.


    Click here for the schedule of courses

  

  • UST 752 - Environmental Policy and Administration

    (4 credits)
    A comprehensive, interdisciplinary introduction to the values, preferences, and economic interests that underlie the formulation of environmental policy. Local, regional, state, national, and global issues are examined and characterized with emphasis on the national and state levels.


    Click here for the schedule of courses

  

  • UST 753 - Environmental Planning II

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite: UST 553 or permission of the instructor. An advanced course designed for students with knowledge of ecological processes or relevant environmental fields. The course features regional ecological infrastructure and landscape scale. Typical topics include watershed management, land-use change and ecological impacts, and regional open space and habitat preservation. The course provides an opportunity to apply planning processes and techniques such as suitability analysis, GIS mapping, risk assessment, or environmental impact assessment through a project exercise.


    Click here for the schedule of courses

  

  • UST 760 - Neighborhood Planning

    (4 credits)
    The process and techniques for the creation and implementation of neighborhood development plans with an emphasis on Cleveland neighborhoods, neighborhood organizations, and neighborhood planning. An introduction to the local government organizations and private institutions that support neighborhood planning and federal, state, and local programs that fund neighborhood planning and development programs. Students participate in field research on a selected neighborhood project.


    Click here for the schedule of courses

  

  • UST 762 - Urban Housing Policy

    (4 credits)
    Focuses on the evolution of urban housing policy, the policies which shape the existing housing system, and proposals for modifying housing policy and programs. Housing policy developments are related to broad ideological and political changes since the 1960s. Considers major aspects of the current housing situation, including financing, production, affordability, preservation, and discrimination.


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  • UST 771 - Political Philosophy and Public Administration

    (4 credits)
    Examines the writings of major political philosophers and the way in which they have helped shape discourse in public administration. Students become more aware of the character of the presuppositions regarding the nature of a state, which undergird the writings of various public administration scholars. Ideas regarding the composition, authority, and engagements of government and administration, as well as the rights and obligations of citizens, are discussed drawing on original writings from different schools of philosophy, including rationalism, empiricism, positivism, utilitarianism, romanticism, pragmatism, idealism, analytical philosophy, phenomenology, and existentialism. Students are encouraged to see how these ideas can be discerned in the public administration literature and how they affect the way in which the character and tasks of contemporary public administration are viewed. Cross-listed with UST 831.


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  • UST 800 - Urban Theory

    (4 credits)
    Acquaints students with the approaches used by the social sciences in examining urban problems. Faculty from the fields of political science, public administration, economics, sociology, and planning participate jointly in presenting and discussing their diverse conceptual and research approaches to the analysis of urban problems.


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  • UST 802 - Logic of Inquiry

    (4 credits)
    Doctoral-level seminar focusing on the paradigmatic (metatheoretical assumptions of Public Administration theorists). The course examines classifications of such assumptions and their implications for the conduct of research and the structure of findings. Different schools of thought in public administration are examined paradigmatically.


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  • UST 803 - Quantitative Research Methods I

    (4 credits)
    Examines statistical models designed to assess a single outcome or criterion variable: bivariate and multiple regression; N-Way and factorial ANOVA; repeated measures ANOVA; and analysis of covariance of the General Linear Model. Examines the analysis and interpretation of a variety of data sets using each of these procedures.


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  • UST 805 - Qualitative Research Methods In Urban Studies

    (4 credits)
    In this survey course, students examine various qualitative research techniques accompanied by examples of their application in papers published in professional journals. Students design and present a project applying one of the qualitative methods studied or proposing a new approach.


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  • UST 806 - Research Methods In Urban Studies

    (4 credits)
    Provides a basic understanding of methods for conducting empirical social science research. Covers the process of social science research, the conduct of the enterprise, obstacles to empirical research, analysis and interpretation of data, and ethical issues in social science research.


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  • UST 810 - Urban Policy and Development Seminar

    (4 credits)
    The empirical and theoretical field of economic development of advanced industrial economies. Review of economic development literature and current practice. Required seminar for major or minor field in Economic Development.


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  • UST 820 - Seminar in Housing Policy and Programs

    (4 credits)
    A review and analysis of federal, state, and local housing policies and programs in the United States since the 1930s. Key policy issues and the economic, political, and social factors which affect policy outcomes. Required seminar for major or minor field in Housing and Neighborhood Development.


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  • UST 830 - Public Administration Seminar

    (4 credits)
    Explores the literature of public administration. How major pieces of literature relate to the period in which they were written and to the intellectual traditions on which the authors built. Economic, political, and social factors affecting major policy issues. Required seminar for major or minor field in Public Administration/Budgeting.


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  • UST 831 - Political Philosophy and Public Administration

    (4 credits)
    Examines the writings of major political philosophers and the way in which they have helped shape discourse in public administration. It seeks to help students become more aware of the character of the presuppositions regarding the nature of a state, which undergird the writings of various public administration scholars. Ideas regarding the composition, authority, and engagements of government and administration, as well as the rights and obligations of citizens, are discussed drawing on original writings from different schools of philosophy, including rationalism, empiricism, positivism, utilitarianism, romanticism, pragmatism, idealism, analytical philosophy, phenomenology, and existentialism. Students are encouraged to see how these ideas can be discerned in the public administration literature and how they affect the way in which the character and tasks of contemporary public administration are viewed. Cross-listed with UST 771.


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  • UST 835 - Organization Theory for Public Administration

    (4 credits)
    An intensive review of major milestones in the organizational literature that have influenced public administration theory and practice. Theoretical perspectives include classic-bureaucratic, scientific management, human relations, sociotechnical, leadership, constructionist, and post-modern. Emphasis on developing a critical perspective and understanding the impact and implications of organizational theory for public administration.


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GCEDC Workshop
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

HPERD- Special Topics
  
 

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