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UNC MPA Student Digest | May 19, 2023 |
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Fall Electives Now Enrolling! | |
These great classes are among those that still have seats for fall 2023! Don't worry, we'll also be posting our fall online electives for the main online format registration, which opens July 6. Any MPA student may register for the classes below now, though. | |
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PUBA 744 (Immersion) Building Nonprofit & Government Capacity to Respond to Wicked Problems, 1.5 credits
Instructor: Teshanee Williams
Dates/format: meeting in person September 28-30, other work online
Description: This capacity-building course will cover various topics to help future and/or current nonprofit and government leaders strengthen an organization's ability to serve its community. It will provide practical tools and resources that can be immediately applied to enhance an organization's ability to accomplish its mission.
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PUBA 753 Performance Management in Local Government, 3 credits
Instructor: Bill Rivenbark
Dates/format: Tuesday/Thursdays 9:30-10:45 am, in person
Description: The purpose of Performance Management in Local Government is to introduce students to how local officials measure the inputs, outputs, and outcomes of service delivery and how they use these performance data for making management and policy decisions. The course also includes how local officials use other types of data to information decision-making, including content analysis, benchmarking, financial condition analysis, and benefit-cost analysis.
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PUBA 759: Nonprofit Management,3 hours
Instructor: Katie Loovis
Dates/format: Mondays 8/28-12/6, 1:30-4:30 pm, In person
Description: Examination of the managerial challenges posed by nonprofit organizations and of techniques and practices used by managers of nonprofit organizations
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PUBA 759: Social Capital, 1.5 credits
Instructor: Anita Brown-Graham
Dates/format: Wednesdays 8/30-10/25, 6-8 pm, hyflex online
Description: Social capital can come in many forms (trust, civic engagement, community attachment, and social networks) and has become one of the most contested concepts in social sciences. This course is designed to balance theories, methods, and applications, drawing on literatures from sociology, public policy, public administration, communication, media studies, and management.
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PUBA 768: Mediation Skills, 1.5 hours
Instructor: John Stephens
Dates/Format: Meeting in person September 22-23, other work online
Description: Theory and practice of dispute resolution and consensus building processes for public policy and program implementation. Utilizes exercises to develop skills in multi-party conflict analysis, negotiation, and intervention for inter-governmental, nonprofit, and community disputes. Workshop-style course focuses on workplace and service provision conflicts to develop mediation skills; is comprised of short lectures, demonstration, and student practice of a mediation model/specific skill sets.
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PUBA 780-001: Social Equity in Public Administration, 1.5 hours
Instructor: Kimalee Dickerson
Dates/format: Tuesdays 8/29-10/17, 4:30-7:30 pm, in person
Description: Coming soon!
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PUBA 782: Cybersecurity for Public Administration, 1.5 credits
Instructor: Shannon Tufts
Dates/format: Mondays 8/28-12/6, 7-8:30 pm, hyflex online
Description: The primary goal of this course is to build students' knowledge of cybersecurity concepts, understanding of the threat landscape, overview of cyber liability insurance, principles of good cyber hygiene, and incident response strategies
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May 25: Meet the Grads virtual event, 6-7 pm
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July 6: Fall registration opens for Online Classes
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July 30: end of May online classes
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August 21: first day of Fall on-campus courses
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August 28: first day of Fall online courses
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September 29-30: MPA Immersion Weekend
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This Summer at the Writing and Learning Center
We are Open this Summer!
Peer tutoring, academic coaching, and writing coaching appointments are readily available this summer! Meet regularly with an academic coach and/or writing coach to help you stay on top of it all!
Skimming
Summer classes require a LOT of reading in a short amount of time! Do you ever find yourself spending more time calculating how long it’ll take you to read a chapter than actually understanding the concepts in a textbook? Or having to reread paragraphs because you weren’t paying attention the first time? You’re not alone! Learn to use skimming to read as efficiently and effectively as possible by reading our guide.
TL;DR: Check out this guide to skimming to make assigned readings a breeze.
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2023 Department of Energy Office of Science Communications Summit
June 1, 2023
Virtual
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This 1-day virtual summit will explore the scholarship and practice of sharing federally supported basic research with public audiences. The summit will feature:
• talks by leading scholars in science communication and public relations
• panel discussions on challenges and promising approaches for the use of popular culture in science communication
• a virtual flash-talk showcase of national laboratory and university grantee efforts to communicate about their research
The 2023 SC Communications Summit is open to science communicators, scientists, and program leaders at the Department of Energy, the national laboratories and user facilities, and grantee institutions.
For more information and to register, please visit the summit webpage.
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NURS 625i: Global and Interprofessional Approaches to Solve Complex Cases Open to All Students | | | | |
