Public Administration at York University

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Public Administration at York University

• Presentation by Ian Greene
• Professor teaching public administration at York
  University since 1985

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Beginnings

• York University Founded 1959
• Faculty of Administrative Studies (now the
  Schulich School of Business) founded in 1966 with
  a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and
  Master of Public Administration (MPA) program.
  The MBA grew much faster than the MPA. The MPA
  is the only masters combination of business and
  public administration in Canada. It accepts 5-10
  students a year. In 1966, there were only 4
  other MPA programs in Canada.

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Beginnings

• Glendon College, located on the east side of
  Toronto, was founded in 1966 as a bilingual
  faculty of arts focusing on public affairs. It
  has always offered excellent undergraduate public
  policy and administration courses as part of its
  political science degree. As well, it offers a
  bilingual certificate in public administration,
  and add-on to a political science degree.

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Undergraduate Programs

• A 4-year undergraduate program in Public Policy
  and Administration was started in the Department
  of Political Science in 1982 for day students in
  the Faculty of Arts. It accepted 50 students a
  year. It was one of only 5 undergraduate
  programs across Canada. Many graduates now have
  senior positions in government.
• Until 2009, York had a separate faculty the
  Atkinson Faculty -- specializing in programs for
  part-time and mature students. In 1999, the
  Atkinson Faculty created an evening public
  administration program for part-time and mature
  students similar to the Faculty of Arts program.

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Recent Developments

• 2005 York Council on Public Administration
  formed to coordinate public policy and
  administration offerings across campus, and
  promote new offerings. Faculties were encouraged
  to develop new programs distinct from other
  programs on campus, and attracting distinctly
  different student bodies. One result is three
  distinct graduate programs.
• 2006 Arts and Atkinson undergraduate programs
  merged into the School of Public Policy and
  Administration (SPPA). In 2009, the SPPA has
  about 800 undergraduate students.
• 2007 The SPPA began accepting graduate students
  into its new Masters program in Public Policy,
  Administration and Law program (MPPAL). The
  first 42 students graduated in October, 2009, and
  there are currently 90 students in the program.

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More recent developments

• 2006 the School of Public and International
  Affairs (SPIA) was created at Glendon College.
• 2008 The Master of Public and International
  Affairs program (MPIA) in the SPIA accepted its
  first 20 students. The program currently has
  about 45 students in first- and second-year.
• There has been an explosion of interest in public
  policy administration programs across Canada,
  and in particular at York University, since 2005.
  York now has more graduate and undergraduate
  students in public policy and administration than
  any other Canadian university.
• There are now 24 Masters programs in public
  policy administration in Canada, and 25
  undergraduate programs.

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Reasons for recent student interest

• At graduate level, many people in the public
  sector realize that they need further education
  to be successful in their careers. Governments
  encourage more education in order to offer better
  quality services.
• At undergraduate level, students have become more
  interested in programs with practical
  applications so they can more easily find
  employment. As well, careers in business are not
  as attractive to many students as they previously
  were, and a career in the public sector offers
  the opportunity to tackle the serious problems
  faced by the world.

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Programs of Study

• The following slides will present an overview of
  the curriculum at the undergraduate level and
  then the graduate level.
• Three-year undergraduate degrees require students
  to take 90 credits of coursework, which means
  fifteen full-course equivalents over three years.
  A full-course equivalent is 6 credits.
  Four-year undergraduate degrees require 120
  credits, or 20 full-course equivalents.
• Of these 15 (3 year degree) or 20 (4 year degree)
  courses, between 5 and 12 are specific required
  courses for particular programs. The remaining
  courses are general education courses, elective
  courses, or courses for other majors or minors.
  Only the required courses for public
  administration programs will be listed in the
  following slides.

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MISSION of SPPA Educate for Good Governance
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Bachelor of Public AdministrationSchool of
Public Policy and AdministrationThis program,
beginning in 2010, replaces the three programs
that SPPA inherited from the Faculty of Arts and
the Atkinson Faculty

• Core Curriculum (42 credits, or 7 full-course
  equivalents)
• Introduction to Administrative Studies (3
  credits)
• Introduction to Micro and Macro Economics (6)
• Analysis and Use of Financial Information or
  Intro to Fin. Accounting (3)
• Canadian Government (6)
• Introduction to Empirical Theory (6)
• Public Law II (The Charter of Rights) (3)
• Federalism Public Policy, or Public Law I
  (Courts Constitution) (3)
• Public Administration (6)
• Statistics for Social Sciences (6)
• For students taking the Specialized Honours in
  Public Administration, in addition to the above
  courses, they must take 5 more full-course
  equivalents in one of three streams shown on the
  next slide, for a total of 12 full-course
  equivalents for the Specialized Honours Degree

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BPA Streams

• 1. Law, Justice and Public Policy Stream
• Communities Public Law (3)
• Community Policing (3)
• Sociology of the Law (6)
• Politics, Law and the Courts (6)
• Sociology of Crime and Social Regulation (6)
• 6 additional 3rd or 4th year elective credits in
  the School of PPA or Political Science.
•  
• 2. Management Stream
• Introduction to Organizational Behaviour (3)
• Human Resources Management (3)
• Project Management (3)
• Public Sector Budget Process (3)
• Advanced Public Policy Analysis or Comparative
  Theories of Policy Analysis (6)
• Program Evaluation (3)
• 9 additional elective credits in Administrative
  Studies and/or Human Resources Management at 3rd
  or 4th year level
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• 3. Policy Analysis Stream
• Human Resources Management (3)

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Other options in BPA

• Honours major in public administration 10
  full-course equivalents instead of 12. No
  streams. Core curriculum plus three 3rd or 4th
  year PPA courses.
• Minor in public administration students taking
  a major in another subject can do a minor in
  public administration by taking the courses in
  the core curriculum except for the statistics and
  economics courses, plus 6 credits in 4th year in
  the SPPA (42 credits).
• Three year degree students can do a three-year
  BPA by taking the core curriculum, plus 3 credits
  in human resources management, and 3 credits in
  budgeting.

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Professional Certificate in Public
SectorManagement

• At York, an undergraduate Certificate is a
  value-added component to a degree, taken at the
  same time as a degree. At present, students from
  any program can earn the Certificate in Public
  Sector Management by completing 42 credits (7
  full-course equivalents) from specified BPA
  courses. Eighteen credits (3 full-course
  equivalents) must be over and above their degree
  requirements. However, given that a Minor in
  Public Administration will exist starting in 2010
  likely more attractive than this Certificate --
  there are discussions about the possibility of
  reducing the Certificate to 24 or 30 credits (4
  or 5 full course equivalents) so that the
  Certificate is accessible to students from many
  disciplines who want to earn a basic proficiency
  in public policy and administration.

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Glendon bilingual certificate in public
administration public policy

• Students must complete 30 credits (5 full-course
  equivalents) as follows
• Macro and micro economics (6)
• Introduction to Political Studies or Intro. to
  Canadian Politics (6)
• Introduction to Public Administration (6)
• Introduction to Quantitative Methods (6)
• An upper-year course in public administration (6)
• An elective course from a list of courses
  relevant to public policy and administration (6)
• At least one of these courses must be taken in
  French and one in English.

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Master of Public Policy, Administration and Law
(MPPAL)School of Public Policy Administration

• The MPPAL is an interdisciplinary program
  designed primarily to provide people working in
  the public sector with the skills needed for
  effective public administration and public policy
  analysis, with an emphasis on the themes of
  constitutional and administrative law, social
  justice, and public sector ethics. The
  curriculum was developed in close consultation
  with senior government officials in all orders of
  government.
• Most students take the program part-time over 2
  years one evening a week and one Saturday a
  month.
• 25 students are admitted each year for courses at
  our downtown campus (near govt offices), and 25
  are admitted each year for courses here on the
  Keele campus.

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MPPAL Courses

• Module 1 Public Management and Finance
• PPAL 6000 3.0 - Public management
• PPAL 6010 3.0 - Leadership and human resources
  management
• PPAL 6020 3.0 - Public finance and accounting
• Module 2 Law and Ethics
• PPAL 6100 3.0 - Canadian constitutional and
  administrative law
• PPAL 6120 3.0 - Ethics, privacy, and access to
  information
• PPAL 6130 3.0 - Equity, policy, law and planning
  
• Module 3 Public Policy and Analysis
• PPAL 6200 3.0 - Program evaluation and public
  policy analysis
• PPAL 6210 3.0 - Research methods and information
  systems
• PPAL 6230 3.0 - Topics in public policy or PPAL
  6250 3.0 Major research paper

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Master of Public and International Affairs
Glendon School of Public and International
Affairs

• The MPIA program offers a unique, high-quality
  bilingual education that prepares students for
  leadership roles in public life. Through this
  two-year, full-time degree, students become
  well-versed not only in public policy and
  administration, but in public affairs a broader
  examination of Canadian public institutions and
  the domestic and international settings in which
  they function. The program equips students to
  analyze the key challenges in Canadian public
  life, place Canadas public institutions in their
  global setting, apply the core knowledge and
  tools of public management and policy, and work
  effectively in both official languages. Students
  are required to be proficient in at least one
  language (English or French) with at least
  working knowledge of the other language.  Courses
  are taught in English or French, or both. Most
  students are recent graduates from undergraduate
  programs with little public sector experience.

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Courses in the MPIA

• Students must complete 45 credits (7.5
  full-course equivalents) as follows
• Required CoursesPAIA 6000 3.0 Public
  ManagementPAIA 6001 3.0 The Policy ProcessPAIA
  6002 3.0 Economics and Public PolicyPAIA 6003
  3.0 Research MethodsPAIA 6004 3.0 Canadian
  Political and Social StructuresPAIA 6005 3.0
  International Context of Policy-makingPAIA 6100
  3.0 Capstone Seminar PAIA 6200 1.5 Colloquium
  Canada and its Place in the World
• InternshipPAIA 6400 6.0 Internship 
• Elective Courses 15 credits from the
  followingPAIA 6300 3.0 State and SocietyPAIA
  6301 3.0 Government-Business RelationsPAIA 6302
  3.0 Political PhilosophyPAIA 6303 3.0 Global
  Immigration and Canadian Law and PolicyPAIA 6304
  3.0 Science and Technology PolicyPAIA 6305 3.0
  Politics of SustainabilityPAIA 6306 3.0 The
  Global EconomyPAIA 6307 3.0 Canada and the
  WorldPAIA 6308 3.0 International Law and
  International Organizations

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Master in Public AdministrationSchulich School
of Business

• The Schulich MPA degree is the only one in Canada
  that combines both public and business
  administration. Students can choose to graduate
  with and MBA or an MPA. Students can take the
  program full-time during a minimum of 16 months,
  or part-time over a maximum of six years. Most
  students have had some experience in the public
  or private sector. The program consists of
  twenty 3 credit courses (10 full-course
  equivalents) as follows

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First-year MPA required courses

• FOUNDATIONS OF MANAGEMENT CORE COURSES (MPA 1)
• Financial Accounting for Managers (3)
• Management Accounting (1.5)
• The Economic Environment of Business (3)
• Managerial Finance (3)
• Skills for Leadership (3)
• Managing for Value Creation (3)
• Information Systems (1.5)
• Quantitative Methods (1.5)
• Operations Management (1.5)
• Marketing Management (3)
• Organizational Behaviour (3)
• Public Policy and Public Management (3)

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Second-year MPA courses

• REQUIRED COURSES
• Strategic Management in the Public Sector (3)
• Strategy Field Study (3)
• Canadian Public Law (3)
• Program Evaluation (3)
• 6 CREDITS FROM THE FOLLOWING OPTIONAL MPA 2 CORE
  COURSES
• Business and Government (3)
• Judicial Administration in Canada (3)
• Ethical Politics (3)
• The Provincial and Municipal System of Government
  in Ontario (3)
• Democratic Administration (3)
• International Business and National Governments
  (3)
• Public Administration and the Law (3)
• Plus 12 credits of Optional Recommended
  Electives, such as Accounting and Control of
  Nonprofit Organizations, Cultural Policy,
  Economic Forecasting and Analysis, Macroeconomics
  and the Supply Side, Applied International
  Economics, Not-for-Profit Marketing, Labour
  Relations, Cross-Cultural Management, The
  Management of Change, Systems of Justice, and
  Creating Modern Capitalism Comparative
  Perspectives.

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MBA Concentration in Public Management

• MBA students can specialize in public
  administration by completing four 3-credit
  courses, as follows
• Public Policy and Public Management Canadian
  Public Law
• Program Evaluation
• One other course from the list of MPA required,
  optional or recommended courses.
• --20 to 30 MBA students complete the
  Concentration in Public Management each year.

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Graduate Diplomas

• A graduate diploma is an additional qualification
  students can earn while completing a degree
• Graduate Diplomas available
• Justice System Administration (one extra course
  12 week internship)
• Democratic Administration (one extra course)
• Major Research Paper must be relevant to diploma

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Continuing EducationSchulich Masters Certificate
in Public Management

• 15 days over 5 months (not for academic credit)
• MODULE 1 (1 day) Globalization and Trends in
  Public Management
• (Wed. Jan 13, 2010)
• MODULE 2 (1 day) Critical Thinking (Thurs. Jan
  14, 2010)
• MODULE 3 (2 day) Leadership and Stewardship Jan
  27-28 (Wed, Thurs)
• MODULE 4 (2 day) Enterprise Risk Management Feb
  10-11 (Wed, Thurs)
• MODULE 5 (2 day) Strategic Performance Mar 3-4,
  2010 (Wed, Thurs)
• MODULE 6 (1 day) Policy Execution and
  Implementation Mar 24 (Wed)
• MODULE 7 (2 day) Managing Partnerships and
  Strategic Alliances Apr 7-8 (Wed, Thurs)
• MODULE 8 (2 day) Appreciative Leadership Apr
  21-22, 2010 (Wed, Thurs)
• MODULE 9 (1 day) Group Projects Presentation May
  12, 2010 (Wed)
• MODULE 10 (1 day) Case Presentations and
  Graduation May 13 (Thurs)

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Conclusion

• York University has developed an array of
  undergraduate and graduate programs in public
  policy and administration
• To provide analytical and practical skills to
• Students with little work experience
• Students with significant public sector
  experience
• This is possible because of the contributions and
  cooperation of several Faculties Liberal Arts
  Professional Studies, the Schulich School of
  Business, Glendon College, and the Faculty of
  Law. As well, the Faculty of Environmental
  Studies offers a good many policy-related
  courses.
• York has a Research Centre for Public Policy and
  Law, and a Research Centre in Practical Ethics,
  to facilitate continuing research for faculty
  members teaching public policy administration,
  and to facilitate links with all orders of
  government.
• Credibility of our programs in the public service
  is key. Many of our faculty have experience
  working in government.