Proposal #
(Academic Affairs use only)
AY12-601 Proposal #
(College use only)
REQUEST FOR A NEW COURSE
University of Central Oklahoma
Course Subject (Prefix), Number, and Title:
Course
Subject
Recommended
Number
Course Title (maximum of 30 characters)
5563
C O M P A R A T I V E
POL
P U B L I
C
A D MI
N
Course Title: (written out if longer than 30 characters)
Comparative Public Administration
For information regarding CIP codes contact your department chair or visit: http://www.uco.edu/academic-affairs/ir/program_inventory.asp
CIP Code:
44.04
For graduate courses, please attach a syllabus for this course. (See syllabus requirement policy 2.2.)
Course description as it will appear in the appropriate catalog.
(Please use standard American English including full sentences.)
Course description only. Do not include prerequisites or enrollment restrictions, these should be added under questions 6-12.
Comparative Public Administration will examine the application of comparative methodologies to the study of administrative
institutions, processes, and behaviors across organizational, national, and cultural boundaries, as well as enhance student
understanding of public management in a global context.
Political Science
Department submitting the proposal
X5530
Elizabeth S. Overman, Ph.D.
Person to contact with questions
Ext. number
Approved by:
Department Chairperson
Date
College Curriculum Committee Chair
Date
(Please notify department chair when proposal is forwarded to dean.)
College Dean
Date
Academic Affairs Curriculum or Graduate Council
Date
(Please notify the department chair when proposal is forwarded to AA.)
Office of Academic Affairs
Academic Affairs Form
April, 2011
Date
Effective term for this new course
(Assigned by the Office of Academic Affairs.)
Functional Review ____________
undergraduate proposals only)
1. Does this course have an undergraduate / graduate counterpart?
Yes
x No
2. Is this proposal part of a larger submission package including a program change?
Yes
x No
3. Does this new course affect a teacher preparation program?
Yes
If yes, send copy of proposal to the Associate Dean, College of Education and Professional
Studies for review and provide date the Assoc. Dean was contacted with discussion results.
Note: If yes, completed proposal requires Council on Teacher Education recommendation.
x No
4. Has this course been previously taught as a common course (4910 seminar, 4960 institute, etc.)?
Yes
x No
If yes, when was the most recent offering?
5. Does this course affect majors or minors outside the department?
Yes
x No
If yes, provide name(s) of department chair(s) contacted, the dates, and the results of the discussion.
6. Prerequisite courses:
Example 1: MATH 1213 and (MATH 2165 or MATH 2185) and CHEM 1213
Example 2: (ACCT 2113 and 2213) and (MGMT 3013 or ISOM 3613)
Example 3: 8 hours of biology including BIO 1404
None
7. Co-requisite(s): Which of the above prerequisite courses, if any, may be taken in the same semester as the proposed new course?
Not Applicable
8. Concurrent enrollment:
Not Applicable
Courses that must be taken the same semester. Example: lab courses.
9. Will this course have enrollment restrictions?
Yes
x
No
If No, go to question 13.
10. Specify which major(s) may or may not take this course. Specifying a major, excludes all other majors from enrolling.
Check one:
May x
May not
Major Code:
11. Which of the following student classification(s) may enroll in this course?
Graduate
Graduate
Post Baccalaureate
Senior
Junior
Sophomore
Freshman
(2) 19 + hours
(1) 0-18 hours
Check all that apply:
x
x
x
12. Check or list other restrictions for this course.
Admission to Graduate Programs
Admission to Nursing Program
Admission to Teacher Education
Other
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13. Course objectives: Objectives should be observable, measurable and include scholarly or creative activities to meet the
course level characteristics. Course objectives should also be in line with the course description. (Please refer to instructional
objectives documents at: http://www.uco.edu/academic-affairs/faculty-staff/aacc.asp#FAQ/Helpful%20Hints.)
At the completion of this course, students will:
 Grasp the basic comparisons between and among national systems of public administration within the
context of the broad and deep dynamics of globalization
 Analyze trends that shape governing systems and citizen expectations of governmental performance
Course Detail Information:
14. Contact Hours (per week)
3
Lecture hours (in class)
Lab hours (also studios)
Other (outside activities)
15. Repeatable course.
Number of times this course can be taken for credit.
1
16. Schedule type: (select one only)
x
Activity P.E. (A)
Lab only (B)
Lecture/Lab (C)
Lecture only (L)
Recitation/Lab (R)
Student Teaching (STU)
Studio Art (XSU)
17. List existing course(s) for which this course will be a prerequisite. Adding a “new course” as a
prerequisite to an existing course will likely cause enrollment problems. (Please submit a prerequisite
change form for each course for which this course will serve as a prerequisite.)
None
18. What resources, technology or equipment must be acquired to teach this course? List items, which
are current (no more than 10 years old) and available to support this course. Also include items, which
must be purchased and estimated cost. (Be specific, e.g., library resources; computer lab; etc.)
None because library resources are already in place.
NOTE: Please contact the UCO Library regarding library resources for this new course.
19. Names of current faculty qualified to teach this course.
Elizabeth S. Overman, Brett Sharp, Ken Kickham
20. Additional faculty (adjunct or full-time) required and specific competencies required to teach this
course:
None
21.
Will there be any increase in costs?
Yes
x No
Identify the additional costs associated with this new course. If no costs, explain why not.
This new course is simply an additional elective commonly available to students of public administration.
The faculty and the resources to make the course available to students are already in place.
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April, 2011
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undergraduate proposals only)
22.
Identify the source(s) of funds for any additional costs for the new course. i.e., internal
reallocations, special fees from students, etc. If you plan to propose special fees be assessed for this
course, be aware there is a separate approval process for special fees.
Not applicable.
23. Projected enrollment for two academic years:
Semester
Fall
Spring
Summer
24.
2013_
Not offered
10
Not offered
2015__
Not offered
10
Not offered
Using State Regents’ definition of liberal arts and sciences (quoted below), characterize the course
as follows:
Non-liberal arts and sciences
Liberal arts and sciences
“The liberal arts and sciences are defined as those traditional fields of study in the humanities; social and behavioral sciences;
communications; natural and life sciences, mathematics; and the history, literature, and theory of fine arts (music, art, drama,
dance). Courses in these fields whose primary purpose is directed toward specific occupational or professional objectives, or
courses in the arts which rely substantially on studio or performance work are not considered to be liberal arts and sciences for
the purpose of this policy. Courses required for the General Educational Program are not necessarily synonymous or mutually
exclusive with the liberal arts and sciences.” State Regents Policy and Procedures. Chapter 2, Section 5, “Degree
Requirements” part 1, (2). P. II-2-86
x
25.
Please provide a concise, yet comprehensive, statement that explains the reasons for requesting the new
course. Include documentation or assessment information supporting the specific request (if possible).
Indicate the expected source of student enrollment (majors, minors, programs etc.)
This course will be offered as an elective for graduate students of public administration. It is likely to be
offered every other year.
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Which of the six transformative learning tenets does this course incorporate? (check all that apply)
Discipline Knowledge
Leadership
Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities
Service Learning and Civic Engagement
Global and Cultural Competencies
Health and Wellness
X
X
X
X
X
X
27. Clearly explain how the characteristics of this course meet or exceed those outlined in Course Level
Characteristics. (Copy and paste table from “Course Level Characteristics” document for the appropriate course
level of proposed course. Document may be found on: http://www.uco.edu/academic-affairs/files/aacc/forms/CLC%20table4_07.pdf.
5000 LEVEL COURSES
Course Level Characteristics
1. It is assumed that students in these courses have
acquired the ability to use verbal and written
communication effectively, to engage in analytical
thought and creative processes, and to use
information and bibliographic sources with skill.
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Please describe how this course meets this
requirement.
This course meets this requirement by asking
students to summarize material and develop
original discussion questions in written formats,
lead class discussions around specific topics, write
and present an original analytical research paper
that exhibits skill using information and
bibliographic sources.
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2. It is assumed that students in these courses have
achieved a significant level of maturity in the
discipline, evidenced by a considerable background
of knowledge.
This course meets the requirement by drawing on the
students’ previously gained knowledge of American
state and local government structures, federalism, and
the relationship of the business community to
government.
3. These courses should be more than a mere
extension of undergraduate courses. Rather, they
should be qualitatively different. At a minimum:
a. Students should be required to undertake
original scholarly/creative activity, or research
b. Students should assume greater responsibility
for independently mastering more of the
subject matter.
c. Close working relationships should exist
between instructors and students to analyze and
synthesize course material.
a. Students taking this course will research and
write an original paper that reflects substantive
knowledge of the theories of economic
development as they can be applied to realworld governmental initiatives.
b. Students will be both individually and collectively
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responsible for the exhibiting mastery of the subject
matter to the class. They will also be charged with
the development of an annotated bibliographic
review of the economic development literature.
c. The instructor will work with the students to assist
them in their intellectual development as they learn
how to analyze and synthesize course material.
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Course title: Comparative Public Administration
Course number: 5563
CRN: TBA
Classroom and building: TBA
Meeting Time and Days: TBA
Semester and Year: TBA
Department: Political Science
Instructor Contact Information
Instructor’s name: Elizabeth S. Overman, Ph.D.
Office telephone number: 405.974.5530
Office location: LAR 206
UCO E-mail address: eoverman@uco.edu
Office Hours: TBA
Course Description
Comparative Public Administration will examine the application of comparative methodologies to the study of
administrative institutions, processes, and behaviors across organizational, national, and cultural boundaries,
as well as enhance student understanding of public management in a global context.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Textbook information:
Jreisat, Jamil. Globalism and Comparative Public Administration (Public Administration and Public Policy).
CRC Press, 2011
Holzer, Marc & Schwester, Richard. Public Administration: An Introduction, M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2011
Other applicable supplies or resources: TBA
Course Context
Public administration is today at the center of the human endeavor to restructure and reshape
contemporary societies. To be sure, globalization is not new, but its intensity, complexity, and effect on human
societies are increasingly conspicuous. Some aspects of globalization began as early as human societies
exchanged economic and social benefits through travel, trade, studies, and mutual learning as well as through
war, conquest, and domination. Globalization today represents the growing integration of the economic,
financial, social and cultural lives of countries. This course aims to appraise the results of globalization and to
understand them in order to ensure an appropriate management of public affairs within the new global context.
Course Objectives
At the completion of this course, students will:
 Grasp the basic comparisons between and among national systems of public administration within the
context of the broad and deep dynamics of globalization
 Analyze trends that shape governing systems and citizen expectations of governmental performance
Transformation Learning Objectives
The Political Science Department is committed to furthering the academic mission, vision, goals, values, and
philosophy of the University community as outlined in its Academic Mission/Vision 2009. See
http://www.uco.edu/academicaffairs/MissionVision2009.pdf
This course directly incorporates the following Transformative Learning Goals:
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
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Discipline Knowledge – of Government/Political Science with a thorough review of the structures and
processes.
Leadership – by examining the leadership styles and challenges faced by political leaders.
Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities – by requiring the critical analysis of current political,
social, and economic issues confronting the world’s people, and demonstrating the written ability to
integrate course material through essay questions and/or in short papers.
Service Learning and Civic Engagement Activities – by acquiring the knowledge to become an
informed citizen, and the motivation to become an active participant in one’s community.
Global and Cultural Competencies – by examining the ways in which nation states relate to the world,
and how we are challenged to react to global issues, such as the global economy and climate change.
Healthy Lifestyles – research shows that there is an association between education and healthy
lifestyles1.
Course Outline, Grading, and Participation Requirements
Participation: Although individual students require different lengths of study time to master the material, the
general guideline for most universities suggests two hours of study time for every credit hour. Students should
prepare for and participate in all class activities. Regular attendance is required in order meet the participation
requirement. Letter grades will be dropped by one letter upon the fourth absence. Six absences result in a
letter grade of an “F”.
Course Outline: Tentative Schedule & Assignments
Week 1
Course Introduction
Week 2 - Introduction to Public Administration
Public Administration: An Indispensible Part of Society (Holzer, Marc & Schwester, Chapter 1, pp. 2-18)
Comparative Public Administration Is Back In, PrudentlyFull Text Available By: Jreisat, Jamil E.. Public Administration
Review, Mar2005, Vol. 65 Issue 2, p231-242, 12p.
Role of Government in an Era of Total Quality Management (TQM) and Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities.Full
Text Available By: Farazmand, Ali. Public Organization Review, Sep2005, Vol. 5 Issue 3, p201-217.
Read, and be ready to discuss in class.
Week 3 Organizational Theory and Management
Organizational Theory and Management (Holzer, Marc & Schwester, Chapter 2, pp. 48-62
Task: Complete exercise 2.1 and be prepared to discuss in class.
Organizational Theory and Management (Holzer, Marc & Schwester, Chapter 2, pp. 63- 81
Managing the Interlocking Resources Challenges in a Globalized World.Full Text Available By: Lee, Bernice. Review of
Policy Research, Sep2011, Vol. 28 Issue 5, p509-515, 7p.
***QUIZ***
Week 4 Classics of Public Administration
“A large and persistent association between education and health has been well-documented in many countries and time periods
and for a wide variety of health measures.” In their paper, ‘Education and Health: Evaluating Theories and Evidence,’ presented at the
National Poverty Center conference "The Health Effects of Non-Health Policy," David M. Cutler and Adriana Lleras-Muney review
literature and conduct statistical analyses on the relationship between education and health. They find a clear association between
education and health that cannot be fully explained by income, the labor market, or family background indicators. The authors note
that the relationship between health and education is a complicated one, with a range of potential mechanisms shaping the connection
between education and health. The mechanisms by which education influences health are complex and are likely to include (but are
not health. The mechanisms by which education influences health are complex and are likely to include (but are not limited to)
interrelationships between demographic and family background indicators, effects of poor health in childhood, greater resources
associated with higher levels of education, a learned appreciation for the importance of good health behaviors, and one’s social
networks.” http://www.npc.umich.edu/publications/policy_briefs/brief9/
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Articles – 1) Wilson (1887) “The Study of Administration”, 2)Weber (1947) “Bureaucracy”
Articles- 1) Taylor “Scientific Management”, 2) McGregor “The Human side of enterprise”
Role of Government in an Era of Total Quality Management (TQM) and Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities.Full
Text Available By: Farazmand, Ali. Public Organization Review, Sep2005, Vol. 5 Issue 3, p201-217, 17p.
Nations, Rich Nations: A Theory of GovernanceFull Text Available By: Werlin, Herbert H.. Public Administration Review,
May/Jun2003, Vol. 63 Issue 3, p329-342, 14p.
Week 5 Comparative Cultures I
Hofstede “Introduction: The rules of the social game”, and “Pyramids, machines, markets, and families: Organizing
across nations”
Malcolm Gladwell “Outliers: The story of success”
***QUIZ***
Week 6 Comparative Cultures II
Harrison & Huntington “Culture Matters”
Francis Fukuyama “Social Capital”
Robert Edgerton “Traditional beliefs and practices- Are some better than others?”
Week 7 Globalization
Thomas Friedman “World is Flat”
***QUIZ***
Globalization Implications for Human Resource Management Roles.Full Text Available By: Friedman, Barry. Employee
Responsibilities & Rights Journal, Sep2007, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p157-171, 15p.
Globalisation and loss of identity.Full Text Available By: Sánchez, María Eugenia. International Forum of Psychoanalysis,
2010, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p71-77, 7p.
Week 8 Governance and Globalism
Governance and Globalism (Jreisat, pp. 1-27)
RADICAL NEOLIBERALISM IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: REMAKING RURAL GEOGRAPHIES.Full Text Available By: Nyoung,
Natha. Canadian Journal of Sociology, Spring2008, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p1-36.
Trade-Offs in Values Assigned to Ecological Goods and Services Associated with Different Coral Reef Management
Strategies.Full Text Available By: Hicks, Christina C.; McClanahan, Tim R.; Cinner, Joshua E.; Hills, Jeremy M.. Ecology &
Society, 2009, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p1-18.
Review for Mid term
Week 9 - Midterm exam
Week 10
Bureaucracy and Democracy: A Theoretical Analysis.Full Text Available By: Farazmand, Ali. Public Organization Review,
Sep2010, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p245-258.
Week 11 Defining Comparative Public Administration
Comparative Public Administration (Jreisat, pp. 33- 56)
Does E-Government Promote Accountability? A Comparative Analysis of Website Openness and Government
Accountability.Full Text Available By: Wong, Wilson; Welch, Eric. Governance, Apr2004, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p275-297.
The Transformation of Governance: Globalization, Devolution, and the Role of GovernmentFull Text Available By: Kettl,
Donald F.. Public Administration Review, Nov2000, Vol. 60 Issue 6, p488-497.
The ‘Right to the City’: Institutional Imperatives of a Developmental State.Full Text Available By: PARNELL, SUSAN;
PIETERSE, EDGAR. International Journal of Urban & Regional Research, Mar2010, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p146-162.
Week 12 Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy (Jreisat, pp. 61-74)
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CHARACTER,CORROSION AND THE CIVIL SERVANT:THE HUMAN CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBALIZATION AND THE NEW
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT.Full Text Available By: Balfour, Danny L.; Grubbs, Joseph W.. Administrative Theory & Praxis
(Administrative Theory & Praxis), Sep2000, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p570-584.
***QUIZ***
Bureaucracy (Jreisat, pp. 74-77)
Reading Weber “Bureaucracy”
Disaggregated Sovereignty: Towards the Public Accountability of Global Government Networks.Full Text Available By:
Slaughter, Anne-Marie. Government & Opposition, Spring2004, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p159-190, 32p.
Week 13 Comparative Research and Methods
Comparative Research and Methods (Jreisat, pp. 83-106)
Globalization and Evolving Local Governance in Norway.Full Text Available By: Edigheji, Omano. Globalizations, Jun2009,
Vol. 6 Issue 2, p207-223, 17p.
The Management of Social Protection in Sri Lanka.Full Text Available By: Samaratunge, Ramanie; Nyland, Chris. Journal
of Contemporary Asia, Aug2007, Vol. 37 Issue 3, p346-363.
Week 14 Comparative Public Policy
Comparative Public Policy (Jreisat, pp. 111- 136)
Openness, Uncertainty, and Social Spending: Implications for the Globalization— Welfare State Debate.Full Text
Available By: Nooruddin, Irfan; Simmons, Joel W.. International Studies Quarterly, Sep2009, Vol. 53 Issue 3, p841-866,
26p.
***QUIZ***
Comparative Public Policy (Jreisat, pp. 119- 136)
Activity: Go to www.youtube.com/RUPubServe and create a short paragraph explaining why public service is important?
Week 15 Administration of Developing versus developed Countries
Administration of developing countries (Jreisat, pp. 141- 191)
The Interface of Globalization with Tradition in the Governance of Cumbum Valley Irrigation System.Full Text Available
By: Dasthagir, K. Gulam. IASSI Quarterly, 2007, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p19-36, 18p.
Week 16 Global Ethics and Public Service
Global Ethics and public service (Jreisat, pp. 195-210)
Cities as the New Spaces for Citizenship Claims: Movements for Urban Democracy in Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa in
the 1990s.Full Text Available By: Baiocchi, Gianpaolo; Checa, Sofia. Conference Papers -- American Sociological
Association, 2005 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, p1-21.
Lipset & Lenz “Corruption, culture, and markets”
Review for final Exam
Week 17
Final Exam week / Day and Time of Final Exam: TBA
Assigned points or percentages of required work:
There will be 1000 total points possible (2 exams with both objective items and writing items worth a total of 200 points
and 1 final exam with both objective items and writing items worth a total of 100 points, WRITING ASSIGNMENTS worth
500 points, and a 6- to 10-page RESEARCH PAPER worth 200 points). Your grade depends on the number of points that
you earn. Record the points that you earn to calculate your grade at any point during the semester using the following
scale.
Grading Scale:
A=90 100% of total points possible (which would be 900 to 1000 points at the end) B=80 89% of total points possible
(which would be 800 to 899 points at the end) C=70 79% of total points possible (which would be 700 to 799 points at
the end) D=60 69.9% of total points possible (which would be 600 to 699 points at the end) F=00-59.9% of total points
possible (which would be 0 to 599 points at the end). PROFESSORS DON'T GIVE GRADES; STUDENTS EARN THEM.
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If you need a specific grade to keep a scholarship, visa, or honor, then it is your responsibility to work each day to earn
the points required to earn the grade. If you don't have the points, you will NOT receive the grade. Start early, keep
records, and work each day to earn the points you want.
Class Management Information
Attendance Policy: Students are expected to come to class on time to participate in the class activities. It will be difficult
to pass the class without attending the scheduled class meetings. If you are late, you are absent. Here is the attendance
policy for the First-Year Composition Program at UCO. For a class that meets three times per week, a student cannot
miss more than eight class periods. Upon the ninth absence, the student will automatically fail the course. For a class
that meets two times per week, a student cannot miss more than five class periods. Upon the sixth absence, the student
will automatically fail the course.
Policy for Late Assignments and Missed Exams: No late work will receive any credit, nor will late work be evaluated. Any
assignment or test submitted after the date and time that it is due is late.
Plagiarism Statement: Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty in which a student presents the words or ideas of
another author in a way that intentionally misleads a reader to believe that the words or ideas were the student’s.
Instructors have numerous options for dealing with confirmed cases of plagiarism, ranging from asking students to
repeat an assignment to failure of the course and other severe university sanctions. The procedures for dealing with
confirmed cases of academic dishonesty are located in the student code of conduct, section iv.d.4. Turnitin.com
Statement: UCO subscribes to the Turnitin.com plagiarism prevention service. Students agree that by taking this course,
all required assignments may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of
plagiarism. All submitted assignments will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com restricted access
reference database for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such assignments. Use of the Turnitin.com service is
subject to the terms and conditions of use posted on the Turnitin.com website. Turnitin.com is just one of various
plagiarism prevention tools and methods, which may be used by your faculty instructor during the terms of the
semesters. In the UCO Student Handbook, there is a process for contesting any plagiarism allegations against you.
ADA Statement: "The University of Central Oklahoma complies with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Students with disabilities who need special accommodations must make
their requests by contacting Disability Support Services, at (405) 974-2516.The DSS Office is located in the Nigh
University Center, Room 309. Students should also notify the instructor of special accommodation needs by the end of
the first week of class."
NOTE: All syllabi for courses offered in the College of Liberal Arts contain the following information provided in the
Academic Affairs statement. Refer to the following site. http://www.uco.edu/academic-affairs/files/aaforms/StudentInfoSheet.pdf
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