P AD 3400 - Public Administration and Homeland Security

3 Credits

Examines the role of administration in government, general trends in American public administration, problems in organization, and techniques in management. Emphasis will be on homeland security, including the importance of homeland defense and U.S. Northern Command, its mission, and other government organizations with which it interacts. Participants will gain an understanding of homeland security and homeland defense from the perspective of the primary national level players: Department of Defense, U.S. Northern Command and the Department of Homeland Security.Prerequisites: ENGL 131 and ENGL 141 or equivalents