ALBANY STATE
UNIVERSITY
ALBANY, GEORGIA
MASTER OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Title: Public Administration:
Scope, Development and Ethical
Environment
Course Number: PADM 5011
Semester Offered: Spring Semester, 2010
Class Meetings: Thursdays, 2:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Simmons
307
Instructor: Dr. Bruce
Neubauer, Simmons, Room 307
229-430-4872,
bruce.neubauer@asurams.edu
Office Hours: Daily 9:30 to 11:30
a.m. and by appointment.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS
Public
Administration: An Action Orientation by Denhardt and Denhardt. Wadsworth Publishing 5th ed. ISBN: 0534603408
CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION
An overview of the scope of public administration as a
field of study and as a profession.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this course offering are for
the student to understand public administration from as action theory
perspective and to gain insights into relationships and
potentials regarding the concepts of bureaucracy, democracy and service
oriented architectures.
MEANS OF COURSE DELIVERY
This course is being offered in this instance as an independent study
based upon weekly meetings by student and professor, reading assignments,
written assignments, computer modeling assignments and written examinations.
CLASS ATTENDANCE POLICY
Class attendance is mandatory at Albany State University. The ASU attendance policy states that: “All
students are expected to be in class on time for all class meetings. Attendance begins the first day of class and
all students are expected to remain in class for the entire class period unless
prior arrangements have been made with the instructor. Absenteeism cannot exceed the credit hours
for the course. This means if a class
meets two times per week, a student cannot miss class more than two times
during the semester without suffering a substantial penalty. Excessive absences may result in the
instructor lowering the grade earned by one letter grade, e.g. “A” to “B” or
“D” to “F”. Students should contact the
instructor in advance regarding any foreseen instances of absence, tardiness,
or early departure. Students must
provide valid documentation by the next class meeting for excused absence.
CLASS AND COURSE CANCELLATION/MODIFICATION
POLICY
The instructor reserves the right to make
modifications to the course syllabus and requirements that are in the best
interest of the learning environment.
Students will be notified in a timely manner of any such modifications
in class and on the course Web site. In
the event a class meeting needs to be cancelled, the instructor will make effort
to notify students via email or telephone.
The topics missed during this class will be rescheduled or an independent
class assignment given.
QEP PARTICIPATION
This course is a QEP (Quality Enrichment Program) writing enhanced
course. The University's QEP initiative
is intended to encourage and support the use of innovative writing assignments
across the entire campus. Selected writing
assignments in this course may be reviewed by others who are administering the
QEP program. We may be asked to complete
some surveys or other work for the QEP program as a part of our learning
experiences together. There may
be some in-class writing assignments associated with the QEP initiative that
may not be included in the calculation of the course grade. Questions
regarding the QEP program can be addressed to Dr. Joyce Cherry. The spirit of our QEP program is that writing
takes many forms including opportunities to use emerging Web 2.0 applications
being made available by Google and other companies. You each may be asked to get a free Google
e-mail account in order for us to be able to use one or more of the new
technologies that Google is making available for discussion forums and other
forms of collaborative writing.
SEXUAL HARRASSMENT STATEMENT
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT
Albany State University is an equal
opportunity agency of the State of Georgia and as such does not discriminate
against students on the basis of race, national origin, religion, disability,
gender, sexual orientation, or family status.
DISABILITY AND ACCESS STATEMENT
Albany State University offers the Disability Student Services Program to
ensure equal opportunity education to all students with disabilities. All eligible students with disabilities must
have equal access to student programs, facilities, activities, and
services. Students may contact the ASU
Disability Student Services Program at (229) 430-4667 for appropriate
disclosure and accommodation procedures.
CLASSROOM STANDARDS
Students are to adhere to all university policies on attendance,
punctuality, make up tests, plagiarism/cheating, withdrawal from class,
incomplete grades and final examinations. Failure to participate in the course
plus failure to formally withdraw as per University policies and schedules will
result in a grade of F. Please refer to
the student handbook, graduate catalog, and any departmental and program
guidelines. In class, respectful and
professional conduct is required towards all.
Use of cell phones and ringing of cell phones and pagers in the
classroom are not allowed. As per University policies, children, infants and
other persons not enrolled in the course are not allowed to attend classes. Audio and/or video recordings of class
sessions are not permitted. Students may
not sell notes of class presentations. A
grade of Incomplete will not be given except as intended by University
policies. An Incomplete will only be
given if the student is otherwise passing the course at the end of the semester
and has one assignment that cannot be completed during the semester for reasons
beyond the student's control. I do not
consider failure to complete the term project to be the basis of an Incomplete grade because the assignment is known from the
first day of class.
UNIVERSITY'S
COMMUNICATIONS POLICY STATEMENT
“ASU RAMmail account is the university’s official means of
electronic communication with students. Students are required to use the ASU website
(www.asurams.edu) and RAMmail for important university’s official information on
financial aid, current class schedule, registration holds, account balances,
etc. In order to communicate with students by other means as needed, each
student is asked to provide the university with his/her current telephone
number(s) and mailing address via BannerWeb.“
STUDENT
EVALUATION AND FINAL GRADE
There is an opportunity
to earn 1000 points in the course.
Course grades will be based upon the following translation of numeric
scores to letter grades. Please also see
"Class Attendance Policy" section above. Your course grade may be reduced as a result
of the frequency and duration of your attendance.
A 900 to
1000 points
B 800 to 899 points
C 700 to 799 points
D 600 to 699 points
F < 600 points
|
|
Percentage |
Points of 1000 |
|
Midterm Examination |
20% |
200 |
|
Writing Assignment Chapter 1 |
5% |
50 |
|
Writing Assignment Chapter 2 |
5% |
50 |
|
Writing Assignment Chapter 3 |
5% |
50 |
|
Writing Assignment Chapter 4 |
5% |
50 |
|
Writing Assignment Chapter 5 |
5% |
50 |
|
Writing Assignment Chapter 6 |
5% |
50 |
|
Writing Assignment Chapter 7 |
5% |
50 |
|
Writing Assignment Chapter 8 |
5% |
50 |
|
Writing Assignment Chapter 9 |
5% |
50 |
|
Writing Assignment Chapter 10 |
5% |
50 |
|
Writing Assignment Chapter 11 |
5% |
50 |
|
Writing Assignment Chapter 12 |
5% |
50 |
|
Final Examination |
20% |
200 |
A higher grade on the final examination will substitute for a lower grade on the midterm examination. The final is comprehensive.
REVISIONS TO SYLLABUS AND/OR COURSE CALENDAR
As instructor I reserve the right to make reasonable changes in the syllabus and course calendar with appropriate notice. The current syllabus for this course will be available on the course website. Revisions to this syllabus and/or the course calendar will be announced in class, with appropriate notice, and will be reflected in the edition of the syllabus and the calendar available on the web.