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MPA ON-CAMPUS TEXTBOOKS

2026 Summer (05/26/2026 - 08/15/2026)
Updated: 04/28/2026

  1. PUB 508.1: Public Human Resources Management
    Ms. Lisa Garrett

    Textbook:
    Berma, Van Wart, Sabharwal (2026). Human resource management in public service: Paradoxes, processes, and problems, 8th edition, CQ Press. ISBN-13: 978-1071917886 ISBN-10: 1071917889

  2. PUB 524.1: Strategic Management and Planning in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
    Dr. Hui Li

    Textbook:
    John M. Bryson, Bert George (2024). Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement (6th Edition). ISBN: 9781394274024

2026 Fall (8/25/2026-12/5/2026)

Updated: 07/07/2026

    1. PUB 500.1: Environment and Practice of Public Administration

      Textbook:
      TBD

    2. PUB 501.1: Public Management

      Textbook:
      TBD

    3. PUB 504.1: Quantitative Methods in Public Administration I

      Textbook:
      TBD

    4. PUB 506.1: Administration and Public Policy Analysis

      Textbook:
      TBD

    5. PUB 520.1: Leadership and Public Service Communications

      Textbook:
      TBD

    6. PUB 595.1: Leadership and Public Service Communications
      Ms. Anna Scoby
      Textbook:
      All materials will be loaded into Canvas

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MPA-Specialized Concentrations Textbooks: Criminal Justice, Health Care, and Nonprofit Management (8 week)

2026 Summer 1 (05/04/2026 - 06/28/2026)
Updated: 04/27/2026

  1. PUB 501.51: Public Management
    Dr. Hugo Asencio

    Textbook:

    Hill, C.J. and Lynn Jr., L.E. (2016). Public Management: Thinking and Acting in Three听Dimensions (2nd ed.). CQ Press. ISBN 9781483344324.

  2. PUB 504.51/52: Quantitative Methods in Public Administration I
    Dr. Elena Kulikov

    Textbook:

    Please find the textbook information under your course in Canvas.

  3. PUB 508.51: Public Human Resources Management
    Dr. Zheng Yang听

    Textbook:

    Berman, E.M., Bowman, J.S., West, J.P., and Van Wart, M.R. (2016). Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

  4. PUB 508.52: Public Human Resources Management
    Dr. Hugo Asencio

    Textbook:

    Berman, Evan M, Van Wart, Montgomery R., and Sabharwal, Meghna (2026). Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems (8th ed.).听SAGE. ISBN 9781071917886.



2026 Summer 2 (06/29/2026 - 08/23/2026)
Updated: 06/8/2026

  1. CJA 563.51: Administrative Law and Policy Analysis
    Dr. Theo Byrne

    Required Textbooks:

    1. Hall, D. E. (2020), Administrative law: Bureaucracy in a democracy (7th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Pearson Education. ISBN: 9780135186329

    2. Kraft, M.E., & Furlong, S.R. (2021). Public policy: Politics, analysis, and alternatives (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. ISBN: 9781544374604

    Recommended Textbooks:

    1. APA, (2019). Publication manual for the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.听 ISBN:听 978-1433832161

    2. Jordon, T. L. (2012). The U.S. Constitution and Fascinating Facts About It (8th ed.). Naperville, IL: Oak Hill Publishing Company.


  2. PUB 505.51: Quantitative Methods in Public Administration II
    Dr. Elena Kulikov

    Textbook:

    Please find the textbook information under your course in Canvas.听

  3. PUB 570.51: Administration of Health Care Organizations
    Dr. Qiyuan Jin

    Textbook:

    Buchbinder, S. B., Shanks, N. H., & Kite, B. J. (2019). Introduction to health care management. (4th ed). Jones & Bartlett Learning. (ISBN: 9781284156560)


  4. PUB 580.51: Nonprofit Leadership and Management
    Dr. Rui Sun

    Textbooks:

    Renz, D. O., Brown, W. A., & Andersson, F. O. (Eds.). (2024). The Jossey-Bass handbook of nonprofit leadership and management(5th ed.). Jossey-Bass. (eBook: ISBN: 978-1-394-19887-0;听Hardcover: ISBN: 978-1-394-19886-3).听



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听Last Updated: 06/8/2026