2015–16 Logistical Guidelines for MAPL Students (and Students in Public
Leadership Concentrations/Specializations)
First of all: Welcome to LTSP! We’re so glad you‘ve joined this exciting program, and we look forward to working
with you to help you realize your vocation.
Please note that Public Leadership students pay tuition at different rates from other students at LTSP. The
differential derives from the increased cost of courses at our partner school, Temple University. In order that
Public Leadership students do not have to pay these higher tuitions out of pocket in those semesters that you take
Temple courses, we spread the cost of those courses over your entire program (for MAPL and MAR-PL students)
or final eight courses (for MDiv students and those MAR students taking only 2 courses at Temple).
Registration for Temple courses is a 3-step process.
1. Register at Temple, per the instructions below. You will receive a Temple ID. Be sure to remember your
TUID number! Write it down for future use, especially if you will not be taking Temple classes in the
following semester(s).
2. Forward your Temple registration confirmation to Dr. Karyn Wiseman, Director of MA Programs
(kwiseman@ltsp.edu) AND the LTSP registrar, René Diemer (registrar@ltsp.edu). Please be sure to report
whether Temple considers you an in-state or out-of-state student for tuition purposes.
3. WHEN YOU RECEIVE A BILL: Don’t pay it yourself (how’s that for fun advice!?) Immediately take your
Temple bill to the LTSP Business Office (Diana Downey, ddowney@ltsp.edu or 215-248-6306). The
Business Office will pay the bill. Any late fees—due to late registration or delay in transmitting the bill to
LTSP—will be your responsibility!
Note: Temple courses valued at 3 s.h. (semester hours) are equivalent to 1 LTSP unit. Courses valued at fewer hours
will carry over to LTSP as a half unit. [A 1.5-s.h. course can be paired with a 4.5-s.h. course to yield 2 LTSP units).
Be sure also to note Temple’s academic calendar, as it is not in sync with LTSP’s.
MAPL students may follow one of two tracks: Social Work or Business.
For Social Work Students: Students can register for classes at Temple University School of Social Work (TSSW),
following some initial paperwork, through Professor Cheryl Hyde (chyde@temple.edu). Cheryl has been involved in
MAPL from the beginning. Please contact her as early as possible in your program.
Before you talk to Cheryl, please do two things:
1) Please complete (as far as able) the “Statistical Information Sheet,” available among the “MAR and MAPL
Program Materials” on the Forms and Resources web page (LTSP home page > Academics > Registrar
>Forms and Resources).
2) Please take a look at the course offerings shown below and decide on a concentration (either “Human
Behavior” or “Policy”). Depending upon your concentration, this will determine your first 2 classes at
TSSW (there are multiple sections for each). Take a look at additional courses that you might be
interested in taking down the road.
For Fox Business Students: To enroll at Fox, or register for a class for the first time, contact:
Crina Drayer
Crina.drayer@temple.edu
215-204-7679
For returning students, to register for additional classes, contact:
Rachel Carr (returning students)
rcarr@temple.edu
215-204-0574
For serious matters beyond registration concerns, contact (copying to Dr. Wiseman):
Valerie Henry
Director, MBA & Specialized Master’s Programs
Phone: 215-204-4570
Fax: 215-204-1632
e-mail: mvalerie.henry@temple.edu
Web: http://www.fox.temple.edu/grad
Before you contact any of the above colleagues, please check the range of courses offered (see below), and begin
to chart a concentration. All Fox foundational MBA courses are open—but we’ve had particular success with
students in HR Management courses.
Courses: TEMPLE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
LTSP students studying at Temple may choose from among TUSSW Foundations Courses (MSW level) but
are strongly advised to take either 5001 and 5002 OR 5005 and 5006 as a first-year sequence and as a way to
develop a track in either “Human Behavior”(emphasizes direct service) or “Policy” (emphasizes advocacy and
management). The list below is partial; many other courses are offered in any given semester (see
http://chpsw.temple.edu/ssa/home).
5001 HBSE: Individuals and Families (3 s.h)
Foundation level course in theories in human behavior designed to under gird social work practice with individuals
and families. Diverse developmental theories along with psychoanalytic, social learning, cognitive-behavioral,
theories of power, womanist and Africentric perspectives will be studied and critically evaluated.
5002 HBSE: Groups, Communities and Organizations (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: 5001
Foundation level course in theories in human behavior designed to under gird social work practice with groups,
organizations and communities. Diverse structures, functions, dynamics, developmental models and theories of
these system levels including issues of power and empowerment will be studied and critically evaluated.
5005 Social Welfare Policies and Services I (3 s.h.)
An introduction to American social welfare policies and social service programs in their historical, political,
economic and social context. Methods of social problem analysis. The social work profession as a social institution.
5006 Social Welfare Policies and Services II (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: 5005
A continuation of Social Administration 5005 Methods of social policy analysis and advocacy in the public policy
arena, including skills in argumentation and lobbying.
Additional Course Offerings Open to LTSP Students (ordinarily in 2nd year--note prerequisites and credit hours)
COURSES IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR TRACK
8303 Dynamics of Health, Health Care, and Health Systems (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: 5001, 5002. One of three required for students pursuing a specialization in Health/Mental Health;
focus on Human Behavior in the Social Environment (HBSE) content relevant to health and mental health social
work practice at all systems levels. Students will study the effects of bio-psycho-social, familial, organizational,
economic, and cultural variables on the definition, incidence, prevalence, experience, treatment, and prevention of
chronic and acute conditions, particularly those prevalent among oppressed populations.
8403 Children and Families in the Social Environment (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: 5001, 5002. This course is designed to develop students’ understanding of children within the context
of families and other socializing institutions. Children and families will be viewed from an ecological and systems
perspective (in the context of families, communities, schools, organizations).
COURSES IN POLICY TRACK at TUSSW
8307 Health/Mental Health Policy (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: 5005, 5006. This course examines historical and current issues in health/mental health policy,
including the United States’ health care system (i.e., managed care, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.) as well as
international comparisons. Insurance, access to care and differential health/mental health outcomes will be
studied.
8407 Policy on Families and Children (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: 5005, 5006.
An overview of polices that impact families, children, and youth in the United States. These three policy areas,
although distinct, are integrally related. The challenge of creating effective social policies for families, children and
youth is the focus of this course.
Aging Courses
Military Counseling (certificate programs)
Harrisburg courses online: Rural Social Work
OPEN COURSES (either Human Behavior or Policy tracks)
8000 Social Transformation
8801 Financial Management (3 s.h.)
In a global society for human service management, financial resources are competitive and limited. Moreover, the
funders (government, private corporations, and the public) demand greater accountability on the part of agencies.
Administrators of social work organizations need to become knowledgeable and skillful as fiscal and program
managers. This course is designed to prepare students to use resource acquisition as well as risk and cost
management techniques to become effective administrators. Students will develop ethical decision making
practices with regard to resource allocation that enables each student to develop a professional sense of
accountability.
8804 Social Work with the Homeless (3 s.h.)
This course provides a framework for the analysis of social policies and programs related to the social problems of
homelessness in the United States.
8807 HIV/AIDS and Social Work (3 s.h.)
An overview of knowledge, skills, values and policy issues related to prevention and service delivery with HIV/AIDS
infected and affected persons.
8811 Alcohol and Substance Abuse (3 s.h.)
This course provides students with current information about alcohol and other substance abuse. Using
ecosystems and family systems frameworks, information is presented regarding the bio-psycho-social impact of
alcohol and other substance abuse on individual and family functioning.
Courses: FOX SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
LTSP students studying at Fox may take courses at the Temple University Center City Campus (TUCC) or
Fort Washington Campus. Some Main Campus courses will also be open to LTSP students. Students will ordinarily
choose from among Business Foundations Courses (Core Curriculum Courses) in the first year.
STA 5001. Quantitative Methods for Business (3 s.h.)
This course is designed to introduce you to contemporary applied statistics and to provide you with an
appreciation for the uses of statistics in business, economics, everyday life, as well as hands-on capabilities needed
in your later coursework and professional employment.
ACC 5001. Accounting for Managerial and Investment Analysis and Planning (3 s.h.)
This course presents the concepts of financial and managerial accounting with a "user" (investor or manager)
orientation, including attention to the accounting cycle and reporting process, interpretation and analyses of
financial statements, and role of accounting information in managerial planning and control.
ECON 5001. Managerial Economics (3 s.h.)
Examines the applications of economic theory to problems confronting managers including pricing under different
market structures, cost and technology, strategic decision making, theory of demand, and the economics of less
than perfect information.
FIN 5001. Financial Analysis and Strategy (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Statistics 5001 and Accounting 5001
This course develops the conceptual framework that is used in analyzing the financial management problems of
business enterprises. Students will cover concepts such as the time value of money, the cost of capital, the
relationship between risk and return, the valuation of assets such as stocks and bonds, and various corporate
finance issues including capital budgeting, capital structure, corporate financing, and dividend policy.
MIS 5001. Managing Information Technology (3 s.h.)
This course provides an introduction to the effective use of Information Technology (IT). The management of IT is
addressed by considering contemporary issues faced by managers related to the linkage between technology
initiatives and the businesses they support. The course recognizes that the management of IT initiatives is
increasingly important to businesses as a result of: Globalization, Time Compression, and Technology Integration
MSOM 5001. Managing Business Processes (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Statistics 5001
The "operations" function is the core of any organization, where inputs such as labor and technology are converted
into goods and services. The course provides a survey of several diverse operations topics that are central to both
the manufacturing and service sectors of the economy, such as forecasting, inventory control, quality
management, production planning, and supply chain management. The emphasis of the course is to apply
quantitative models to effectively design and control these operational systems. Software will be extensively used
to support the operations analysis.
MARK 5001. Marketing Management/Strategy (3 s.h.)
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of how firms develop marketing strategies to
create and manage the creation of meaningful offers that are valued by consumers for the purpose of developing
and maintaining customer relationships, including addressing the evolution of market systems at the
macroeconomic level and the role that marketing plays in bridging the gap between the production and
consumption sectors of the economy. Subsequently, we will explore how firms develop strategies to create
customer value, and how buyers acquire, consume and dispose of these goods and services.
Additional Courses (ordinarily in 2nd year--note prerequisites and credit hours)
See fuller course descriptions at: http://sbm.temple.edu/pmba/core.html
GSM 5051. Business Strategy in a Global Environment (4.5 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Business Foundation Courses.
This course is designed to present international strategic management concepts and the field of global industry
competitive analysis. This seminar combines multiple attributes and analytical frameworks of strategic
management to assess an industry and the relevant competitor strategies.
RMI 5051. Managing Risk (1.5. s.h.)
Prerequisite: Business Foundation Courses.
Risk Management requires the firm to identify opportunities for gain and exposures to unexpected loss. The firm
must then assess the potential consequences, and plan to finance the consequences of the adverse event if it
happens. This course is designed to introduce the risk management process in the context of general corporate
management
HRM 5051. Human Resources Management Strategies (1.5. s.h.)
Prerequisite: Business Foundation Courses or permission of instructor.
The effective management of HR practices has an enormous effect on the organization's economic performance. In
this course, we will examine contemporary "best practices" in HR and what is known about how to improve the
quality of strategic HR decision-making.
HRM 5052. Ethical Decisions in Business (1.5. s.h.)
Prerequisite: Business Foundation Courses or permission of instructor.
This course looks at business in the context of its various stakeholders, including shareholders, management,
employees, customers, suppliers, government regulators and local/national/global communities. It explores a
range of issues from the role of business in society at large to the ethical dimensions of ordinary business decisionmaking.
HRM 5053. Effective Organizational Communication (1.5. s.h.)
Prerequisite: Business Foundation Courses or permission of instructor
This course examines the corporate communication process as it relates to various management/organizational
theories and practices. Specifically, students will examine the various purposes and requirements of
communication for enhancing workplace cooperation, co orientation, adaptation and performance.
HRM 5054. Leadership (1.5. s.h.)
Prerequisite: Business foundation or permission of instructor
This course is designed to be a study of human behavior in organizations and the means through which managers
can influence that behavior. Specifically, the class will consider key situations where the effective exercise of
leadership can materially contribute to the achievement of strategic organizational objectives. Emphasis will be
placed on identifying and developing the personal skills and perspectives necessary to establish and maintain a
leadership position ( e.g. self awareness and abilities in such areas as communication, decision-making, problem
solving and behavioral management.
On a case-by-case basis, other upper level courses may be approved for LTSP students. Such courses are listed
online via Fox Business website: http://www.fox.temple.edu/