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MPA ON-CAMPUS TEXTBOOKS

2026 Fall (8/25/2026-12/5/2026)

Updated: 08/18/2026

    1. PUB 500.1: Environment and Practice of Public Administration
      Dr. Jonathan Delgado

      Textbook:
      TBD

    2. PUB 501.1: Public Management
      Dr. Hugo Asencio

      Textbook:
      Hill, C.J. and Lynn Jr., L.E. (2016). Public Management: Thinking and Acting in Three Dimensions (2nd ed.). CQ Press. ISBN 9781483344324.
    3. PUB 504.1: Quantitative Methods in Public Administration I
      Dr. Elena Kulikov

      Textbook:
      TBD

    4. PUB 506.1: Administration and Public Policy Analysis
      Dr. Elena Kulikov

      Textbook:
      Please refer to the course materials provided by the instructor.听

    5. PUB 520.1: Leadership and Public Service Communications
      Dr. Johnny Thomas

      Textbook:
      Van Wart, Montgomery. (2012). Leadership in Public Organizations: An Introduction (2nd Ed.). New York: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 9780765625502.

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MPA-Specialized Concentrations Textbooks: Criminal Justice, Health Care, and Nonprofit Management (8 week)

2026 Fall 1 (08/31/2026 - 10/25/2026)
Updated: 08/18/2026

  1. PUB 500.51/52: Environment and Practice of Public Administration
    Dr. Rui Sun/Dr. Theo Byrne

    Required Textbooks:

    Rosenbloom, D. H., Kravchuk, R., & Clerkin, R. (2022). Public administration: Understanding management, politics, and law in the public sector (9th ed.). Routledge (ISBN: 9781032055558)

    Shafritz, J. M., & Hyde, A. C. (2017). Classics of public administration (8th ed.). Cengage (ISBN-13:978-1305639034)

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    American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). (ISBN: 9781433832161)


  2. PUB 503.51: Introduction to Research Methods in Public Administration
    Dr. Saahir Shafi

    Textbook:
    Babbie (2020), Practice of Social Research (15th Ed.) ISBN: 9780357360767

  3. PUB 506.51: Administration and Public Policy Analysis
    Dr. Elena Kulikov

    Textbook:

    Please refer to the course materials provided by the instructor.听

  4. PUB 506.52: Administration and Public Policy Analysis
    Dr. Qiyuan Jin

    Textbook:

    Please refer to the course materials provided by the instructor.听

  5. PUB 512.51: Foundations of Ethical Administration
    Dr. Hugo Asencio

    Textbook:
     Cooper, Terry L. (2012). The Responsible Administrator: An Approach to Ethics for the Administrative Role (6th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 9780470873946.

  6. PUB 506.52: Administration and Public Policy Analysis
    Dr. Fynnwinn Prager

    Textbook:

    TBD

2026 Fall 2 (10/26/2026 - 12/20/2026)
Updated: 08/18/2026

  1. PUB 501.51: Public Management
    Dr. Johnny Thomas

    Textbook:

    TBD
  2. PUB 501.52: Public Management
    Dr. Vincent Plair

    Textbook:听
    Hill, Public Management : Thinking and Acting in Three Dimensions (2nd Ed.) ISBN: 9781483355962
  3. PUB 508.51: Public Human Resources Management
    Dr. Hugo Asencio

    Textbook:
    Berman, Evan. M, Van Wart, Montgomery R, and Sabharwal, M. (2026). Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems (8th ed.). SAGE. ISBN: 9781071917886.


  4. PUB 572.51: Health Care and American Public Policy
    Dr. Saahir Shafi

    Textbook:

    TBD

  5. PUB 584.51: Fundraising and Development for Nonprofit Organizations
    Dr. Fynnwinn Prager

    Textbook:

    TBD
  6. PUB 592.51: Capstone: Integrative Seminar in Public Administration
    Dr. Rui Sun

    Textbook:

    TBD

  7. PUB 592.52: Capstone: Integrative Seminar in Public Administration
    Dr. Elena Kulikov

    Textbook:听

    TBD
  8. CJA 566.51: Issues in Homeland Security and Terrorism
    Dr. Theo Byrne

    Textbook:听

    TBD


听* Textbooks are listed from the instructors and subject to change.

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听Last Updated: 08/18/2026