Sample Syllabi
Please find sample syllabi for courses offered by the John Glenn College of Public Affairs below. These are sample syllabi and may not be indicative of future course structures as instructors, content, and mode of instruction are subject to change. Please note that not every course listed is offered every term or every year. Contact your academic advisor for specific guidance on course availability or with any further questions.
Undergraduate Courses
2110 – Introduction to Public Affairs
2120 – Public Service and Civic Engagement
2130 – Leadership in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors
2150 – Introduction to Nonprofit Organizations
2170 – Equity, Justice and Public Service
2367 – Writing and Communication in Public Affairs
2368 – Nonprofit Communications & Grant Writing
2620 – Science, Engineering and Technology for Policy and the Public Interest
3110 – Education Policy in a Changing World
3140 – Nonprofit Management and Governance
3150 – Fundraising and Philanthropy
3210 – Civics, the Making of Law, and the Development and Implementation of Public Policy
3620 – US Space Policy and the Global Space Economy
4010 – Public Affairs Decision Making
4011 – Public Affairs Analysis Application
4020 – Contemporary Issues in Governance
4021 – Washington Academic Internship Program Research Paper
4040 – Public Sector Data Sciences and Management
4050 – Counting Dollars and Making Change for Nonprofits
4110 – Higher Education and Workforce Policy
4191.02 – Student Internship in Public Affairs (WAIP)
Undergraduate/Graduate Courses
5030 – An Introduction to Local Government
5110 – Higher Education and Workforce Policy
5120 – Social Change Advocacy: Organization, Mobilization and Activism
5240 – Race and Public Policy in the United States
5250 – Poverty, Inequality and Public Policy
5506 – Administration of Criminal Justice
5513 – Skills: Excel 1 (Basic)
5514 – Skills: Excel 2 (Advanced)
5515 – Conversing with Confidence Across Differences
5545 – Make a Difference in Washington
5590 – Fundraising and Philanthropy
5591 – Lobbying and Government Relations
5592 – Marketing for Nonprofit and Public Organizations
5600 – Science, Engineering and Public Policy
5610 – Innovation, Policy and the Global Economy
5620 – Rapid Innovation for Public Impact
5700 – Rebuilding Failed and Weak States
5750 – Business and Government Relationship
5770 – Risk and Decision Analysis
5900 – Food Systems Planning and the Economy
Graduate Courses
6000 – Public Policy Formulation and Implementation
6010 – Legal Environment of Public Administration
6030 – Public Sector Economics
6040 – Public Budgeting and Finance
6045 – Fundamentals of Budgeting and Financial Administration
6050 – Managing Public Sector Organizations
6051 – Introduction to Public Affairs
6055 – Judgement in Managerial Decision-Making
6060 – Managerial Leadership in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
6070 – Public Affairs Statistics
6075 – Data, Models and Evaluation
6080 – Concepts and Methods of Program Evaluation
6500 – Written and Oral Communications Skills
6505 – Skills: Governmental Accounting
6510 – Skills: Conveying Quantitative Data in Public Affairs
6515 – Skills: Database Management
6540 – Skills: Professional Development, Washington, DC
7194 – Nonprofit Research Seminar
7503 – Higher Education Policy Seminar
7507 – Criminal Justice Policy
7508 – Juvenile Justice Policy
7531 – Economic Development Policy
7533 – Nonprofit Financial Management
7534 – Privatization and Public Services
7553 – Nonprofit Management and Governance
7554 – Performance Management in the Public Sector
7555 – Project Management in the Public Sector
7557 – Strategy for Public Organizations
7571 – Multivariate Regression Analysis
7573 – Qualitative Methods for Public Affairs
7574 – Mixed Method Approaches for Policy-Related Research
7600 – Federal Policy & Administration
7610 – Follow the Money: Making Sense of the Federal Budget
7853 - Nonprofit Research Seminar