Courses

ADM 601 – Organizational Theory – 4 Credits – Semester I
Reflection on Business as a field of knowledge. Paradigms in organizational studies. Central and Contemporary themes in Organizational Theory.

ADM 602 – Public Administration Basics – 4 Credits – Semester I
Origin and evolution of the State. Central concepts in Public Administration. Power Structure in Public Administration. Models of Public Administration. Administrative Reform. Trends in Public Administration.

ADM 605 – Human Resource Management and Sustainable Development – 3 Credits (2+2) – Semester II
Strategic Management of People. Sustainable Development. Socio-environmental Responsibility. Motivation and Leadership. Organizational Culture and Organizational Environment

ADM 610 – Politics and Tax Management – 3 Credits (2+2) – Semester II
Tax constitutional principles. National tax system. Tax burden. Macroeconomic aspects of taxation. Government decisions and impact of taxes for taxpayers.

ADM 613 – Political Process, Monitoring and Assessment of Public Policies – 3 Credits (2+2) – Semester II
Political process. Agenda in public policies. Formulation of public policies. Implementation of public policies. Monitoring and Assessment of Public Policies. Methods in assessment.

ADM 615 – Public Finance – 3 Credits (2+2) – Semester II
Structure and Management of Public Finance. Basic Tools of Planning. Public Revenue. Public Expenditure. Fiscal Responsibility Law, Special Topics.

ADM 621 – Marketing of the Public Sector – 3 Credits (2+2) – Semester II
Notions and Roles of Marketing. Research in Marketing. Services Marketing. Social Marketing. Marketing in Nonprofit Organizations. Public Marketing.

ADM 640 – Business and Strategic Planning in Public Administration – 3 Credits (2+2) – Semester II
Strategy process. Implantation requirements of administration and strategic planning in the public sector. Governmental strategic planning (PEG). Public management by results. Social entrepreneurship.

ADM 641 – Public Policies – 3 Credits (2+2) – Semester II
Introduction, conceptualization, description, typology and cycle of public policies. Formulation, implementation and assessment of public policies. Policies related to: health, education, public security, labour and employment, social security, economics and economic development, infrastructure, logistics and transport, agriculture and supplies, natural environment, sanitation.

ADM 661 – Research Methodology Applied To Administration and Business – 3 Credits – Semester I
Talking about scientific knowledge and its application in the administrative field: guiding visions and its tenets. Talking about other theories besides positivism. Putting the steps of the scientific procedure in action: theory and scientific method. Preparing your research project: contend and methodology. Thoughts on students projects.

ADM 662 – Qualitative Methods Applied to Social Sciences – 3 Credits (2+20 – Semester II
Epistemological Approach. Data collection methods. Data analysis methods. Broadcasting Qualitative Research.

ADM 663 – Quantitative Methods Applied to Social Sciences – 3 Credits (2+2) – Semester II
Basic rules, methods and research techniques in Applied Social Sciences. Mensuration and collection of data. Tools for data collection. Exploratory data analysis. Hypothesizing and statistical inference. Measures of parametric and non-parametric associations. Introduction to data multivariate analysis. Writing and presenting your research results.

ADM 601
Organizational Theory 4(4-0) I
Credits: 4

ADM 602
Public Administration Basics 4(4-0) I
Credits: 4

ADM 603
Modern Public Management.
Credits: 4

ADM 605
Strategic Management of People 3(3-0) II
Credits: 3

ADM 609
Federalism, Decentralization and Local Power 3(3-0) I
Credits: 3

ADM 610
Politics and Tax Management 3(3-0) II
Credits: 3

ADM 613
Political Process, Monitoring and Assessment of Public Policies – 3(3-0) II
Credits: 3

ADM 615
Public Finance 3(3-0) II
Credits: 3

ADM 621
Marketing of the Public Sector 3(3-0) II
Credits: 3

ADM 640
Business and Strategic Planning in Public Administration 3(3-0) II
Credits: 3

ADM 641
Public Policies 3(3-0) II
Credits: 3

ADM 660
Philosophy of Science 4(4-0) I
Credits: 4

ADM 661
Research Methodology Applied To Administration and Business 4(4-0) I
Credits: 4

ADM 662
Qualitative Methods in Social Sciences 3(2-2) II
Credits: 3

ADM 663
Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences I 3(2-2) II
Credits: 3

ADM 664
Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences II 3(2-2) I
Credits: 3

ADM 695
Economics Applied to Public Management 4(4-0)II
Credits: 4

ADM 776
Teaching Internship I 1(0-2) I and II
Credits: 1

ADM 777
Teaching Internship II 2(0-4) I and II
Credits: 2

ADM 778
Teaching Internship III 3(0-6) I and II
Credits: 3

ADM 790
Special Topics in Public Administration I 1( – ) I and II
Credits: 1

ADM 791
Special Topics in Public Administration II 2( – ) I and II
Credits: 2

ADM 792
Special Topics in Public Administration III 3( – ) I and II
Credits: 3

ADM 797
Research Seminar 2(2-0) I and II
Credits: 2

ADM 799
Research 0( – ) I and II
Credits: 0

EDU 660
Methodology of Higher Education 3(2-2) I and II
Credits: 3

LET 604
Portuguese to Foreigns: Reading and Writing 3(2-2) I and II
Credits: 3

LET 610
Instrumental English I 4(4-0) I and II
Credits: 0