This course examines public safety systems including the political, legal, social and policy environments that impact public safety. It addresses current technology, training assessment, ethical issues, application of current research, strategies for creating partnerships, and working relationships among public safety organizations.

This course examines various strategies for community building and developing partnerships in the community. It addresses problem solving and team building that encourages community involvement. The course covers building media relationships that foster communication and trust within the community. Conflict prevention/resolution and negotiation are addressed.

This course examines risk and risk-management principles. It focuses on liability issues in public safety and strategies to reduce associated risk. A key focus of the course is training as a risk management technique.

This course focuses on emergency management principles, planning for natural and man-made disasters, recovery procedures and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) procedures. It provides strategies for building partnerships with other agencies. Homeland security, threat awareness and training issues are discussed.

This course covers budgeting, grant writing, grant management, reporting and revenue sources used by the public sector manager. It includes financial statement analysis and asset management. It provides an ethical financial perspective to be used in the public sector.

This course provides an overview of key organizational and behavioral concepts, which underlie effective management practice in private and public sector organizations around the world. Comparative management systems are examined in terms of global applications. Special attention is given to defining and interpreting cross-cultural differences and influences. The course emphasizes the approaches of collaboration that especially address the expectations, needs and performances of people in organizations and gives attention to the external, internal and global cultures that influence organizational structure, behavior and change.

It is recommended that this course be taken in the student's first semester.

The focus of this course is on written and oral communications in professional and academic settings with an emphasis on academic writing. Theories of interpersonal and organizational communication, appropriate writing style based on audience, academic voice and style, literature searches, writing that incorporates sources materials, ethical use of source materials, APA style and effective presentations are examined.

This course introduces selected models and practices in the exploration and understanding of what is effective leadership and decision-making.  Skills necessary for effective decision-making and problem solving within organizations are emphasized from the role of manager.

This course focuses on how diversity of all kinds influences both organizational behavior and client outcomes. The place of culture in society, the marketplace, and the workplace is examined. The importance of cultural competence is explored along with the knowledge and skills needed to work with, manage, and serve diverse groups of workers and clients.

This course examines core areas of staffing, training, motivation, compensation and benefits, and employee relations in both service and product-driven organizations. It emphasizes the understanding of and the application of effective human resource management principles to the issues faced by the human resource manager in today's world.

This course examines both the theory and application of strategic management tasks. Among the tasks considered are: developing a mission/vision statement, setting objectives, developing and implementing a strategy, and evaluating performance.

This course examines various theories and methods that can be used to resolve organizational dilemmas involving ethical behavior. Application of philosophical principles and managerial techniques to the ambiguous and ethical issues facing today's organizations domestically and internationally is emphasized. Students will develop skills necessary to identify, analyze, and develop strategies to engage in ethical decision-making.

integrate public safety knowledge, skills and tools developed in previous public safety and management courses. It emphasizes critical analysis of current topics and trends. It includes a major research paper and presentation on a public safety topic of the student’s choice.

This course gives students the opportunity to learn and practice higher level thinking skills such as curiosity and imagination, divergent thinking, idea generation, creative problem solving, evaluation, synthesis, critical thinking and analysis. Students develop strategies to search for challenges, identify problems, produce creative ideas, research solutions, design innovative applications, and build a case for the solution.

This course introduces electronic databases, the internet, and print materials relevant to the research process and how to use them. It examines how to evaluate information retrieved from those resources and how to integrate that information into various research projects. How information is created and transformed through social, political, economic, and cultural forces is discussed. This course also explores the legal and ethical issues surrounding the use of information in personal, professional, and academic life.

This course facilitates learning and applying the principles and tools of successful project management in organizations. It examines how a successful project manager controls company resources within the limits of time, cost, and performance.

This course focuses on statistical analysis of data for professional applications or research with an emphasis on quantitative methodologies. The course covers populations, sample selection, and descriptive and inferential statistics. Significance, Chi Square, correlations, analysis of variance and simple regression, and concepts of reliability, validity and levels of measurement are addressed.

This course examines economics and its effect on business and social environments. The course uses micro and macro economic theory and environmental scanning techniques to look at a variety of domestic and global social problems.

This course is an overview of the American legal system and its impact on organizational decision-making in this country and around the world. It emphasizes spotting legal issues in management primarily in the areas of torts, contracts, employment and discrimination law. In addition, this course surveys current trends and issues in business law and the impact they have on today's society.

This course introduces, discusses and analyzes financial issues facing profit, not-for-profit and governmental organizations in today's domestic and global business environment.  The course provides the general manager with an ethical financial manager's perspective by way of examination of various financial areas including: types of organizations; sources of capital; investment in the US and in foreign countries; asset management; time value of money; international payments and foreign exchange rates; trade theory and policy; and financial statement analysis.

This course provides an overview of planning and managing technology and information flow in organizations. It addresses present and future issues regarding computer systems and their impact on management and operations.

This course examines the tools, techniques and knowledge necessary to create corporate and industrial training programs and professional development seminars and workshops. It considers ways to design, develop and deliver programs efficiently and in a way that maximizes adult learning.

This course explains the basics of getting published and helps participants define possible projects, identify publications and publishers, and prepare a draft of a proposal that might be submitted to a publisher.

This course addresses the application of human development processes to the roles of organizational consultant and/or organizational leader. Techniques to enhance capacity to act as an effective facilitator of employee growth and development in organizational settings, particularly in coaching and team building, are examined.

This course offers participants a framework through which to view the nature of conflict and their relationship with it. The nature of conflict and strategies for resolving it are explored from the perspective of conflict as a block to the natural flow of energy, or chi between people. The extent to which conflict represents imbalance and energy are examined. Strategies for resolving conflict by addressing imbalances or disease at the mental, emotional and spiritual levels are explored.

This course defines executive coaching and compares it to other forms of executive training and development. The rationale for using executive coaching in light of adult learning theories is discussed. A model of executive coaching is presented along with various methodologies and approaches currently used. The benefits of executive coaching to the individual and the organization are highlighted.

This course examines research design for organizational measurement and assessment. Assessment and evaluation tools are examined for hiring, career development, retention, and termination processes.

This course provides an overview of the American health and human service systems, including history, structure, organization, and financing. Major trends affecting the two systems are discussed, including political climate, regulations, managed care, technology, and inequity of access. Students explore the origins of public welfare and welfare reform, managed care and health insurance. The role of print and electronic media in forming public opinions about the health and human service systems is also discussed.

This course examines how the health and social well being of general populations relates to specific client populations. It focuses on the contributions of the fields of demography and epidemiology in understanding how to research and use population-based data to carry out needs assessments, policy development, program development, and evaluation.

• HS685 Research Methods

This course examines public policy decision-making processes and analyzes how public policy decisions affect the delivery of health and human services in the United States. Policy trends and consequences are identified. Current health and human service policy issues facing both providers and consumers are examined.

This course examines beliefs and practices of religious traditions around the world and the effect they have upon culture, geopolitics and business. Students examine and analyze the major religions of the world such as Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Taoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Confucianism, their differences, similarities, and how practice of these religions impacts today's world.

This course provides students with an opportunity for an in-depth analysis and observation of the peoples, religions, culture and international business in countries outside of the United States. It includes tours, trade shows, meetings with government officials, cultural events, and seminars with local experts in which students will take an active part. Special emphasis is placed on history, cultural awareness, the role international organizations play in international business and the effects of globalization worldwide. The focus of this course is to apply academic work to analyze international business issues and to increase travel and cultural competence. The course requires students to analyze and assess international business practices in light of historical, religious, cultural and geo-political considerations that impact the particular country or region of study.

This course examines the common goals/process as well as differentiated goals/process in marriage/family therapy and law enforcement. It is designed to facilitate greater understanding of the alternate discipline and to develop a basis for teamwork between law enforcement officers/departments and marriage and family therapists. This team work will help both communities work toward the good of the greater community.

This course examines public safety issues affecting schools. It stresses the importance of public safety personnel and school personnel working together to provide a safe learning environment for students. Topics include public safety and school partnerships, the role of the school resource officer, best practices for before and after school events, safety planning models, current juvenile issues, and security checks.