Concentrations
Request InformationArea of Concentration coursework is made up of 12 credit hours of substantive study in a particular field.
The Areas of Concentration include:
- Criminal Justice
- Health and Human Services
- Nonprofits and Local Government
- Natural Resources
- Public and Nonprofit Finance
Students must select their concentration courses from Areas of Concentration. Other courses must be approved by their advisor and the department.
Criminal Justice
The Criminal Justice concentration prepares students for managerial, planning, and development careers in the court system, corrections, and law enforcement, as well as positions in local, state, or national government.
The boundaries between public and private sectors within the criminal justice system are becoming increasingly blurred—the criminal justice area of concentration provides a forum to investigate and evaluate the formation of coalitions arising between public policymakers and private entrepreneurs.
Students must select their concentration courses from the following list. Other courses must be approved by their advisor and the department.
- PA 540 Theories of Crime and Public Policy
- PA 541 Deviance and Social Control
- PA 546 Crime and Public Policy
- PA/MAP 543 White Collar and Organizational Crime
- MAP 595 Colloquium in Criminal Justice
- LAW 602 Criminal Procedure
- LAW 626 Jurisprudence
- POL 536 Violent Crime and Political Order
- POL 556 International Law
- POL 571A Constitutional Law: Federalism
- POL 571B Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties
- POL 574 Administrative Law
- POL 576 Women and the Law
Health and Human Services
Students in the Health and Human Services concentration take classes in health care policy, economics, organization, and management.
The area also offers specialty courses with emphasis on the needs of particular patient groups such as the elderly and individuals with chronic illness, or on particular institutions such as hospitals, health maintenance organizations and long term care facilities.
This area of concentration provides the skills and knowledge necessary for careers in health care policy analysis or health care administration in the public, nonprofit and private health care sectors. Recent graduates in this area are employed in both public and private hospitals, health maintenance organizations, public health agencies, state health departments and community-based health care centers and specialty agencies.
Students must select their concentration courses from the following list. Other courses must be approved by their advisor and the department.
- PA 513 Government and the Nonprofit Sector
- PA 521 Social Policy
- PA 522 Organizational Analysis of Health Systems
- PA 523 Health and Public Policy
- PA 524 Management of Long Term Care
- PA 525 Current Topics in Health Services and Managed Care
- PA 526 Health Economics
- PA 527 Aging and Public Policy
- CPM 574 Health Administration and Policy
- CPM 581 Introduction to Community Health
- CPM 596J Health Policy: Leadership and Current Issues
- MAP/FCM 579 Issues in Rural Health Care
- PSYC/LAW 562 Mental Health Law and Policy
- MAP/FCM 579 Issues in Rural Health Care
- PSYC/LAW 562 Mental Health Law and Policy
- NVRS 646 Health Care Information Systems
- NVRS 645 Health Care Systems: Measurement and Analysis
Nonprofits and Local Government
The Nonprofits and Local Government concentration provides knowledge and skills for students seeking careers in nonprofit organizations or local government agencies.
Students develop a set of managerial skills including organization and financial management. They learn about target population needs and service delivery systems, particularly in the human and health-related services, and the role of nonprofits and local government in community life.
The concentration offers a variety of opportunities for real-world experience through meetings with agency management and with elected and appointed government officials, through participation in field internships, and through course-related projects provided by nonprofit and local government agencies.
Students must select their concentration courses from the following list. Other courses must be approved by their advisor and the department.
- PA 502 Public Management Information Systems
- PA 512 Local Government
- PA 513 Government and the Nonprofit Sector
- PA 514 Analytic Methods of Planning and Strategic Management
- PA 521 Community Services Policy
- PA 528 Topics in Public and Nonprofit Financial Management
- PLN 597R Grant Writing (1 credit)
- POL 573 Government and Economic Well-Being
- SOC 510 Political Sociology
- SWG 531* Social Policy I
- SWG 580* Initiating Change in Social Organization
- SWG 632* Social Policy II
*Offered through Arizona State University School of Social Work, Tucson
Natural Resources
The Natural Resources concentration provides students with a comprehensive examination of the legal, social, economic and political aspects of designing, implementing and evaluating natural resource management systems and policies.
The area prepares students to manage natural resource-oriented public agencies and non-profit organizations and to develop and assess natural resource policies.
Students have the option of specializing in a particular resource area such as water.
Students must select their concentration courses from the following list. Other courses must be approved by their advisor and the department.
- AREC 575 Economics of Water and Land Resources
- AREC 576 Advanced Natural Resource Economics
- AREC 577 Natural Resources Economics and Public Policy
- ATMO 521 Physical Climatology
- GEOG 561 Resource Management
- GEOG 578 Global Climate Change
- HWR 500 Ecosystemology for Urban Planning
- HWR 513 Environmental Risk Analysis
- HWR 520 Water Resources Management, Planning and Rights: A Policy Approach
- HWR 596k Risk and Society
- LAW 640 Mining and Public Land Law
- LAW 641 Water Law
- LAW 669 Environmental Law
- POL 581 Environmental Policy
- POL 596I Management and Policy for Ecological Sustainability
- RNR 517 Geographic Information Systems
- RNR 580 Natural Resources Policy and Administration
- RNR 586a Natural Resources Management and Economics
- RNR 595b Public Natural Resource Management
Public and Nonprofit Finance
The Public and Nonprofit Finance concentration is designed for students with interests in the financial aspects of public and nonprofit organizations.
The concentration introduces students to managerial and political issues related to budget development, evaluation, and implementation.
Students develop the managerial and analytical skills related to revenue forecasting, investment analysis, debt management, and cost control necessary to coordinate and manage the financial resources of public and nonprofit organizations.
Students must select their concentration courses from the following list. Other courses must be approved by their advisor and the department.
- PA 508 Public and Nonprofit Budgeting
- PA 515 State and Local Government Finance
- PA 528 Public and Nonprofit Financial Management
- PA/PLN 514 Analytic Methods in Local Planning and Management
- ACCT 550 Financial Accounting Analysis
- ACCT 569 Managerial Accounting
- ECON 514 Cost-Benefit Analysis
- ECON 553 Business and Economic Forecasting
- HED 650 Higher Education Finance
- FIN 511 Managerial Finance
- FIN 514 International Finance
- FIN 518 Investment Banking
- FIN 521 Investment Analysis
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