PADM 5634

Corruption, Governance, and Development

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

This interdisciplinary graduate-level survey course addresses issues related to the nature and extent of corruption and fraud, waste, and abuse in the public sector, and in private/nonprofit sector organizations interfacing with the public sector.

When Offered Fall.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: Master of Public Administration (MPA) students or by permission of instructor.

Distribution Category (CA-HE, HA-HE, KCM-HE, SBA-HE)

• Students will demonstrate what corruption and fraud are, as well as the pervasiveness of both phenomena in the field of public affairs.
• Students will analyze the political, economic, and social consequences of corruption and fraud in public affairs.
• Students will explain best practices in identifying and preventing corruption, fraud, waste, and abuse in public affairs.
• Students will draft an original research paper documenting lessons learned from a major case of corruption, fraud, waste, and/or abuse.

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