Public Administration Courses (ADMN)

Undergraduate Courses


200-level courses
200 International Community Development Through Activism and Capacity Building

300-level courses
310 Public Sector Economics
311 Introduction to Public Administration
312 Managing in Public and Non-Profit Organizations
314 Public Sector Research and Analysis
316 Written Communications in the Public and Non-Profit Sectors

400-level courses
407 Managing Service Delivery
409 Leading and Managing in the Non-Profit Sector
411 Public Sector Project Management
420 The Public Policy Process
421 Financial Management
422 Ethical Public Management
423 Local Government in British Columbia
431A Public Sector Human Resource Management
431B Compensation and Labour Relations
437 Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement
445 Urban and Regional Economics
446 Local Government Land Use Planning
452 Local Government Law
462 Intergovernmental Relations in Canada
465 Local Government Policy
470 Contemporary Topics in Administration
477 Strategic Planning and Implementation
478 European Union Urban Region Policies
479 European Border Region Policies
490 Directed Studies

Graduate Courses

Students enrolled in the MPA On Campus program should also see courses listed as PADR.


500-level courses
502A Surveying, Appraising and Commissioning Information
502B Data Analysis & Interpretation
504 Government and Governance
507 Leadership and Ethics in the Public Sector
509 Microeconomics for Policy Analysis
512 Public Financial Management and Accountability
523 Special Topics in Public Sector Management
530 Increasing Organizational Effectiveness: Working with Consultants
531 Performance and Strategic Human Resource Management
537 Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement
544 Economic Evaluation Methods and Applications
547 Intergovernmental Relations in Canada
548 Special Topics in Public Policy
550 Strategic Communication and Engagement
551 Administrative Justice System in Canada
553 Understanding Cities
554 Responsible Public Management
556 Managing Public Policy
577 Strategic Planning and Implementation
578 European Union Urban Region Policies
579 European Union Border Region Policies
580 Qualitative Evaluation Methods and Applications
581 Quantitative Methods for Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
582 Topics in Program Evaluation, Performance Measurement, Performance Management and Knowledge Management
590 Directed Studies
596 Evaluation Project
598 Master's Project
599 Master's Thesis

600-level courses
600 Doctoral Seminar
602 Research Methods in Public Administration
604 Theories of Public Management
605 Comparative Policy and Governance
607 Organizational Behaviour and Analysis
620 Policy and Institutional Design and Analysis
621 Policy and Program Evaluation and Performance
645 Organizational Change and Development
681 Quantitative Methods for Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
690 Directed Studies
693 PhD Candidacy Examination
699 Dissertation