Alan Krabbenhoft, Dean
Jason VanAlstine, Assistant Dean
Gloria Preece, Director of MBA and MPM Programs

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT FACULTY
Professor:  R. Dibie
Assistant Professor: Hur
Lecturer: Horn

The Department of Public Administration and Health Management (PAHM) offers both a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration (BSPA) and a Master of Public Management (MPM).  Both programs allow students to choose a concentration in either public administration or health management. MPM students may choose to do a double track in both public administration and health management.

Accreditation
While the PAHM department will be housed alongside the School of Business for administrative purposes, it will be exempt from AACSB review.

Mission
The Department of Public Administration and Health Management (PAHM) is a multidisciplinary unit of Indiana University Kokomo and it is organized as a professional division. It is the mission of PAHM to prepare tomorrow’s leaders through innovative education, to solve complex problems through interdisciplinary research, and to enrich society through professional service. The Department of Public Administration and Health Management at Indiana University Kokomo defines the mission of both undergraduate and graduate programs in terms of its responsibility to the profession of public administration and health management; to the public, non-profit, and community organizations which the field supports; to the university and its diverse students; and to the national and international communities they all serve.

PAHM’s teaching mission is defined in terms of the role the department plays in enabling current and future public servants to develop skills necessary to address challenges posed in public management, health management, and administration in nonprofit organizations, governance, policy-making, implementation, and organizational effectiveness. PAHM strives to orient its students to the public interest, humanistic acumen, personal contribution and to the client/citizens, not merely to technical outcomes. In its service mission role, PAHM strives to fulfill the ideal of public service as an example to the profession and to its students as a means to continued personal development as faculty, to provide leadership, technical support, and mentoring in a manner that recognizes social interdependence, democratic ideals, and the needs of social justice. Through its research mission, PAHM strives to meaningfully address the body of social knowledge and experience through interpretation, re-interpretation, and creative insight. We accept the responsibility for helping to create standards of excellence and conduct for the profession of public administration both nationally and internationally. Subsequently, our academic unit uses the criteria established by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) as a guide for hiring faculty members that are academically and/or professionally qualified to serve as instructors. We are especially concerned with knowledge that promotes a functional and responsible praxis of thought and action in the classroom, in the work environment, and in the society within which they co-exist. Overall, PAHM strives to develop student sensibilities to a wide variety of human, social and organizational realties, which assist public and nonprofit organizations in formulating and achieving responsible social change.

Goals
As an integral part of the university, the Department is committed to providing an academic and social environment for its majors that will develop in each student:

1. A basic understanding of the institutions, processes, and actors in the public administration and health management arenas, with special appreciation of the problems and responsibilities of dispensing public governance, public policy, and health management in a democratic social order.
2. A basic understanding of world public administration and health management so as to provide an appreciation of global diversity and to provide a contrast and comparison to the American system.
3. Strong writing, verbal, and analytical skills that will facilitate successful employment inside and/or outside the public management and criminal justice systems and general life-long learning.
4. A sense of professionalism that will assist the student in being a success in his/her post-graduation endeavors. In the context of these goals, the IU Kokomo PAHM department offers course work leading to:

• Bachelor of Science in Public Administration (BSPA)
• Graduate Certificate in Public Management (GCPM)
• Graduate Certificate in Health Management (GCHM)
• Master of Public Management (MPM) with a track in Public Management and Policy
• Master of Public Management (MPM) with a track in Health Management
• Master of Public Management (MPM) with double tracks in Public Management and Health Management

Majors/Minors

Undergraduate Degrees

• Bachelor of Science in Public Administration: 

  • Health Management Concentration
  • Public Administration Concentration
• Minor in Health Management
• Minor in Public Administration

Graduate Degree

• Master of Public Management (MPM)

Graduate Certificate Programs

• Graduate Certificate in Health Management
• Graduate Certificate in Public Management

Courses

• Undergraduate Courses
• Graduate Courses