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PADM620 - Local Political Administration

Course Details

Course Code: PADM620 Course ID: 2728 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Graduate

This course will expand the student's understanding of the leading approaches to public administration with a focus on the local and state levels of government. It will cover topics including decision-making, budget and taxation, and electoral and legal differences between state and local governments and other states. It will cover the legislative process, and how it fits into the larger federal system. Students will see the implications to the larger federal issues they have studied and their application to state and local bureaucracies.

Course Schedule

Registration Dates Course Dates Start Month Session Weeks
Registration04/27/2026 - 10/02/2026 Course Dates10/05/2026 - 11/28/2026 Start Month October SessionFall 2026 Session B Weeks8 Week session

Previous Syllabi

Not current for future courses.