Course Description

Program Description The Diploma in Public Administration and Management has been designed to meet the changing needs of the public sector by providing students as well as managerial practitioners with the skills required for the new public administration. The program is composed of 42 credits, of which 24 are deemed compulsory. These courses, derived from the fields of Political Science and Business Administration, provide students with knowledge in public sector management from both areas of study. Students may choose electives from a range of Political Science, Business Administration and Economics courses, with a requirement that a significant portion of their electives be chosen from the latter two disciplines. This ensures that students graduating with the diploma have a solid foundation, not only in the Political Science perspectives with regard to public sector management, but also those understandings deriving from Business Administration and Economics. The diploma program includes a work-study internship option, whereby internships are provided to diploma students through our internship co-ordinator. This approach will allow diploma students to work in the public or para-public sector and to receive academic credit for their work. Course topics include, an introduction to Canadian public administration, an introduction to Canadian business and management, Canadian government and administrative law, micro and macro economics, public sector financial and personnel management, restructuring in the public sector, introduction to marketing and marketing for non-profit organizations, issues in Canadian public administration, research methods, money and banking policy, leaders and leadership, Canadian provincial government, policy studies and an internship option.

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