Public Leadership (P L)
P L 381E Topics in Leadership and Management 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Discover the characteristic and traits of a strategic leader. Explore the skills needed for impactful change management and leadership of inclusive organizations in an ever-changing global environment. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
Topic 1: Leadership and Management Foundations. Explore facets of leading a public organization, drawing on research about the sources of success for leaders. Review management foundations and strategies - decision-making, self-awareness, goal setting, team building, and more. Create a personal leadership philosophy.
Topic 2: Leading Strategic Change. Explore the skills and knowledge to plan and lead strategic change initiatives more effectively.
Topic 3: Public Leadership Ethics. Research the concept of ethics and examine how to deploy value-driven decision-making in public organizations. Explore diversity, equity, and inclusion concepts. Determine steps for creating and leading an inclusive organization.
P L 381E.1 Leadership and Management Foundations 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore facets of leading a public organization, drawing on research about the sources of success for leaders. Review management foundations and strategies - decision-making, self-awareness, goal setting, team building, and more. Create a personal leadership philosophy.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
P L 381E.2 Leading Strategic Change 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the skills and knowledge to plan and lead strategic change initiatives more effectively.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
P L 381E.3 Public Leadership Ethics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Research the concept of ethics and examine how to deploy value-driven decision-making in public organizations. Explore diversity, equity, and inclusion concepts. Determine steps for creating and leading an inclusive organization.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
P L 382E Topics in Strategic Communication and Engagement 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Develop an approach and toolkit for delivering effective public policy communications, managing risk management, and building collaboration among a diverse group of stakeholders. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
Topic 1: Strategic Policy and Public Communications. Examine policy and public messages. Use modern communication tools, and manage personal brands.
Topic 2: Managing Risks and Creating Shared Value. Explore risk assessment, crisis management and practical tools and skills to use in the face of crises. Explore how effective leaders create shared value by building cross-sector partnership and engaging in negotiation with stakeholders to solve challenges.
P L 382E.1 Strategic Policy and Public Communications 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine policy and public messages. Use modern communication tools, and manage personal brands.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
P L 382E.2 Managing Risks and Creating Shared Value 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore risk assessment, crisis management and practical tools and skills to use in the face of crises. Explore how effective leaders create shared value by building cross-sector partnership and engaging in negotiation with stakeholders to solve challenges.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
P L 383E Topics in Executive Analytics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the fiscal management, data and evaluation tools needed to lead 21st-century public organizations. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
Topic 1: Financial Management for Decision-Makers. Examine the theory and practice of public financial management, the principles of budget, finance, accounting, and fiscal administration.
Topic 2: Data Analytics and Program Evaluation. Learn tools, skills, and experience needed to be a sophisticated data-driven decision maker.
P L 383E.1 Financial Management for Decision-Makers 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the theory and practice of public financial management, the principles of budget, finance, accounting, and fiscal administration.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
P L 383E.2 Data Analytics and Program Evaluation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Learn tools, skills, and experience needed to be a sophisticated data-driven decision maker.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
P L 384E Topics in Politics and Policy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore how policymaking, politics, and emerging technologies impact public organizations and agencies. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
Topic 1: Politics and Policymaking. Explore how to develop and implement policy. Examine the relationship between policy and politics in developing and implementing policy. Delve into the intersections between national, state, and local politics and policymaking.
Topic 2: IT, Cybersecurity and the Public Sector. Explore modern-day organizational and technology change processes in the public sector. Outline techniques for managing future-focused IT projects and policies in public organizations. Examine the knowledge and skills necessary to acquire, exploit, and protect digital and sensitive information entrusted to public sector organizations.
P L 384E.1 Politics and Policymaking 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore how to develop and implement policy. Examine the relationship between policy and politics in developing and implementing policy. Delve into the intersections between national, state, and local politics and policymaking.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
P L 384E.2 IT, Cybersecurity and the Public Sector 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore modern-day organizational and technology change processes in the public sector. Outline techniques for managing future-focused IT projects and policies in public organizations. Examine the knowledge and skills necessary to acquire, exploit, and protect digital and sensitive information entrusted to public sector organizations.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
P L 389E Research Capstone 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Develop a professional research capstone project that will contribute to leadership success in current or future employment. Create research, writing, and presentation components. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's