2011-12 Catalog

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2011-12 Public Administration (MPA)

Application and acceptance to the program is required. (Non admitted students with a bachelor’s degree and Evergreen undergraduates are eligible to take MPA electives on a space available basis: see the MPA home page for more information.)

The Master of Public Administration degree is offered in three areas of concentration: Public & Nonprofit Administration, Public Policy and Tribal Governance. Students in these three concentrations are organized into two cohorts: the General cohort (Public & Nonprofit Administration and Public Policy concentrations) and the Tribal cohort (Tribal Governance concentration).

General Cohort

1st Year Core - General
Title   Standing Credits Schedule F W S Su
Context of Public Administration

Laurance Geri, Lee Lyttle and Doreen Swetkis

  GR 6 6-10p Tue, 5-9p Fri (Sep 23), 9a-5p Sat (Sep 24), 9a-5p Sun (Oct 16) F 11
Doing Democratic Public Administration

Laurance Geri, Lee Lyttle and Doreen Swetkis

  GR 6 6-10p Tue, 9a-5p Sat (Mar 10) W 12
Policy, Finance, and Budgeting for Public Administration

Laurance Geri, Lee Lyttle and Doreen Swetkis

  GR 6 6-10p Tues, 9a-5p Sat (June 9) S 12
2nd Year Core - General
Title   Standing Credits Schedule F W S Su
Analytical Techniques I

Cheryl Simrell King, Heather Moss and Marc Baldwin

  GR 6 6-10p Thur, 9a-5p Sat (Oct 15) F 11
Analytical Techniques II

Cheryl Simrell King, John Gates and Marc Baldwin

  GR 6 6-10p Thurs, 9a-5p Sat (Mar 10) W 12
Capstone

Cheryl Simrell King, John Gates and Doreen Swetkis

  GR 6 6-10p Thurs, 9a-5p Sun (June 10) S 12
Public Policy Concentration
Title   Standing Credits Schedule F W S Su
Foundations of Public Policy

Laurance Geri

  GR 4 6-10p Wed F 11
Advanced Research Methods

T. Steven Marshall

  GR 4 Feb 17-19, Mar 2-4, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun W 12

Tribal Cohort

2nd Year Core - Tribal
Title   Standing Credits Schedule F W S Su
Analytical Techniques I for Tribal Governance

John Gates and Cheryl Simrell King

  GR 6 1-5p Fri, 8:30a-5p Sat/Sun, Sept 30-Oct 2, Oct 14-16, Nov 4-6 F 11
Analytical Techniques II for Tribal Governance

Linda Moon Stumpff and Cheryl Simrell King

  GR 6 Jan 20-22, Feb 3-5, Feb 17-19, 1-5p Fri, 8:30a-5p Sat/Sun W 12
Capstone for Tribal Governance

Linda Moon Stumpff and Alan Parker

  GR 6 April 6-8 & 20-22, May 11-12, 1-5p Fri, 8:30a-5p Sat/Sun S 12
Tribal Concentration
Title   Standing Credits Schedule F W S Su
Tribal Economics

Alan Parker and Linda Moon Stumpff

  GR 4 1-5p Fri, 8:30a-5p Sat/Sun (Nov 18-20, Dec 2-4) F 11
Tribal Policy

Linda Moon Stumpff and Alan Parker

  GR 4 Feb 24-26, Mar 9-11, 1-5p Fri, 8:30a-5p Sat/Sun W 12

Electives

Title   Standing Credits Schedule F W S Su
Administering Tribal Courts and Indigenous Justice Systems cancelled

John Gates

  GR 4 6-10p, Wed F 11
Doing the Public's Business

Stephen Buxbaum

  GR 2 6-10p Mon (Oct 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31) F 11
Indigenous Justice Systems

John Gates

  GR 4 6-10p, Wed F 11
Legislative Policy

Karen Fraser

  GR 4 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun (Nov 18-20, Dec 2-4) F 11
Natural Resource Policy

Linda Moon Stumpff

  GR 4 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun (Oct 21-23, Dec 9-11) F 11
Nonprofit Success

Doreen Swetkis

  GR 4 9a-5p Sat/Sun (Oct 1-2, Nov 5-6, Nov 12) F 11
Performance Measures

Timothy Winchell

  GR 2 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun (Dec 9-11) F 11
Sustainable Leadership and Decision Making

Michael Mucha

  GR 2 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun (Oct 28-30) F 11
Education Policy cancelled

Kathe Taylor

  GR 4 6-10p Mon (Jan 9, 23, 30, Feb 1, 13, 27, Mar 5, 12), Wed (Jan 11, 25) W 12
Emerging Issues in the Nonprofit Sector

Doreen Swetkis

  GR 2 Feb 10-12, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun W 12
Graduate Level Writing

Emily Lardner

  GR 2 6-10p Wed, (Jan 18, Feb 1, 15, 29, Mar 14) W 12
Human Resource Policy

Pamela Peters

  GR 4 Jan 27-29, March 16-18, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun W 12
Local Governance

Stephen Buxbaum

  GR 2 6-10p Mon (Jan 23, 30, Feb 6, 13, 27) W 12
Non-Profit Development and Grant Writing

Laurance Geri

  GR 4 Jan 13-15, Feb 4-5, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun, Mar 7, 6-10p Wed W 12
Public Speaking

Marla Elliott

  GR 2 Mar 2-4, 5-9, Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun W 12
Tribal Policy

Linda Moon Stumpff and Alan Parker

  GR 4 Feb 24-26, Mar 9-11, 1-5p Fri, 8:30a-5p Sat/Sun W 12
Comparative Administration

Linda Moon Stumpff

  GR 2 May 4-6, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun S 12
Design Thinking for Public Administration

Cheryl Simrell King

  GR 2 April 13-15, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun S 12
Governing for Human Rights, Social Justice and Advocacy

Marc Brenman

  GR 4 May 11-13, June 1-3, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun S 12
Health Policy

Victor Colman

  GR 4 6-10p Wed S 12
Local Governance Finance

Stephen Buxbaum

  GR 2 April 20-22, 6-10p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun S 12
Organizational Change

Laurance Geri

  GR 4 April 27-29, May 19-20, June 8, 6-10p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun S 12
E-Communications and E-Government

Larry Dzieza

  GR 4 6-10p Tue/Thu (Jul. 31 - Aug. 30) Su 12
Energy Policy

Laurance Geri

  JR - GR 4 9a-5p Sat/Sun (Jun. 30 - Jul 1, Jul 14 - 15, Jul. 28) Su 12
Grant Writing Essentials

Sylvie McGee

  JR - GR 4 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun (Jun. 30, Jul. 21-22, Aug. 11-12, 24) Su 12
Politics, Leadership, and the Policies they Create

Amy Gould

  JR - GR 4 6-10p Wed. (Aug 1 & 15), 9a-5p Sat/Sun (Aug 4-5 & 18-19) Su 12
Public Speaking

Marla Elliott

  JR - GR 2 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun (July 6-8) Su 12
Strategies for Graduate Writers

Emily Lardner

  SR - GR 2 5-9p Fri (Aug 10), 9a-5p Sat/Sun (Aug 25-26)
Su 12