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PAPA-6414: Normative Foundations of Public Administration

Description: The course will examine the discretionary judgments of administrators as the central normative issue in the field of public administration and will look to constitutional principles for guidance in the responsible exercise of administrative discretion. Particular emphasis will be placed on selected court decisions to compare and contrast legal and moral reasoning.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 47

Average GPA: 3.69 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 50.56%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Joseph V Rees202180.6%19.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.7012
John A Rohr200768.8%30.1%1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.647
Patrick S Roberts202264.3%35.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.628
Sara R Jordan201994.5%5.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.907
Susan W Gates201681.0%19.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.724
Eric Malczewski202156.8%40.1%3.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.536
William L Murray200784.2%15.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.752
Matthew M Dull201053.3%46.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.551

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