UG Course Descriptions

Examines the identification and management of stress factors which can impact employee health and productivity including: interpersonal relationships, time management, family crises, addiction issues, and the role of employee assistance programs.

Presents the diagnostic questions needed to understand a conflict and explores strategies available to manage the situation. Personal conflict management style will be identified and interpreted. Techniques for negotiation and mediation will be discussed.

Examination of relationships and issues in personnel administration and human resource development within the context of local, state, and federal government as well as private organizations’ emergency management sectors. Topics covered include: personnel management, organizational development productivity, recruitment and selection, performance management systems, discipline, conflict negotiation/resolution and collective bargaining. (Course offered for Emergency Planning and Management majors.)

This course assists students in formulating a research problem statement, identifying its hypothesis, proposing a research design and formulating proposed intervention and analysis. Provides students the opportunity to conduct a professional presentation on their own research topics. (Pre/co-requisite: ORBH 320)

The culmination of the capstone proposal sequence, this course assists students in identifying hypothesis, proposing research design, and formulating analysis and proposed intervention. The course requires students to complete the capstone proposal and conduct a professional presentation on their topic. The completed capstone proposal will be suitable to share with a potential employer or include within a post-graduate application. (Prerequisite: ORBH 315; Co-requisite: ORBH 325)

This course is intended to introduce students to the field of public administration. It will provide an overview of the theories and practices of governmental administration, discuss both traditional and emerging public sector management issues, and explore the role of administrators in the development and implementation of public policy.

This course provides students with an understanding of the structure and function of state and local governments in the United States. Students will explore local and state-level policy issues and administrative processes. They will also explore urban issues in the U.S. and discuss solutions to all of these challenges. Pre-requisite: POL 201

This capstone is the culmination for Public Administration majors and should be taken as the final course in a student’s studies for the major. It is intended to synthesize all of a student’s learnings in the field into one public-sector focused project. Students will work in groups with a public sector organization, such as a non-profit, or their local government. Pre-requisites: PAM 300, and PSY 208