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PSC 341

Elements of Public Administration

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB+
Standard

Overview

Description

Introduction to administrative theory, politics and responsibilities; bureaucracy; and public financial and personnel administration.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall - Even Years

Terms

fall

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • recall the historical development of the modern administrative state.
  • apply the vocabulary of public administration to discuss various elements of public administration.
  • discuss the role of politics in administrative life experienced by the public servants at the different levels of government.
  • demonstrate a grasp of the foundational literature in American public administration.
  • explain the complexities of the modern administrative state in simple terms through the application of various administrative, organizational and political theories to real-world situations.
  • develop skills of writing business and professional memos as a part of routine and nonroutine decisions performed by public employees at the different levels of government.