PAF 7000. Foundations of Public Affairs

3(3,0). PR: Admission to Ph.D. program or C.I. Introduction to public affairs - with special emphasis on the interrelationships among criminal justice, health services administration, public administration and social work.

PAF 7110. Ethics and Social Justice in Public Affairs

This course provides a review of basic philosophical principles and ethics and social justice theories as they impact practitioner-level ethical demands for those in public service through an examination and analysis of the literature and knowledge base of public affairs ethics with special emphasis on social justice and public policy.

PAF 7230. Strategic Change and Management in Public Affairs

3(3,0). PR: Admission to Ph.D. Program or C.I. Traditional organizational behavior in public affairs within the context of public agency interests and the demand for organizational change.

PAF 7300. Policy Analysis in Public Affairs

3(3,0). PR: Admission to Ph.D. Program or C.I. Public policy development and impact analysis in criminal justice, health administration, public administration and social work.

PAF 7510. Seminar in Program Evaluation in Public Affairs

3(3,0). PR: Admission to Ph.D. Program or C.I. Critical analysis of program evaluation literature. Development of skills necessary to conduct program evaluations and impact assessments.

PAF 7600. Legal Foundations of Public Affairs

3(3,0). PR: Admission to Ph.D. program in Public Affairs. Legal issues, reasoning and research related to administration and public affairs.

PAF 7601. Comparative Analysis in Global Public Affairs

3(3,0). PR: Admission to Ph.D. in Public Affairs. Comparative analysis in Public Affairs from global perspective examining and comparing US Public Affairs and International Global areas.

PAF 7750. Pedagogy in Public Affairs

3(3,0). PR: Admission to Ph.D. Public Affairs. Identifies and examines recurrent and salient issues in Public Affairs pedagogy and how these have affected pedagogy for the discipline.

PAF 7802. Advanced Research Methods in Public Affairs I

3(3,0). PR: Admission to Ph.D. Program or C.I. Advanced social science methodology. Critical evaluation of research; the design and conduct of research. A solid background in research methodology is required.

PAF 7804. Advanced Quantitative Methods in Public Affairs I

3(3,0). PR: Admission to Ph.D. Program or C.I. An investigation of data analysis strategies, including presentation of results, building upon knowledge of hypothesis testing and multivariate statistics.