Dean: Alan Krabbenhoft
Assistant Dean and Director of MBA and MPM Programs:  Gloria Preece

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT FACULTY
Professor:  Robert Dibie
Assistant Professor: Hyunkang Hur
Lecturer: Jerome 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 mission of the Department of Public Administration and Health Management (PAHM) is to deliver excellent undergraduate and graduate programs in public administration and health management as well as prepare students for successful career and responsible leadership in the public and nonprofit sectors.  PAHM is also committed to fostering the pursuit of intellectual and cultural diversity while educating its students within a tradition of academic excellence, as well as preparing students to think creatively and critically about evolving social and global complexities in public management, health administration, and nonprofit disciplines.

Vision

The Department of Public Administration and Health Management (PAHM) will be the department of choice for the citizens of north central Indiana and beyond.  PAHM will be recognized for a transformative learning environment characterized by intensive mentoring, excellence in faculty scholarship and knowledge creation, integration of life and work experiences, and community engagement.

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