Instructional programs that prepare individuals to analyze, manage, and deliver public programs and services.
| [ save ] | 1. | Community Organization and Advocacy | |
| Matching Occupations: 4 | |||
| A program that focuses on the theories, principles, and practice of providing services to communities, organizing communities and neighborhoods for social action, serving as community liaisons to public agencies, and using community resources to furnish information, instruction, and assistance to all members of a community. May prepare individuals to apply such knowledge and skills in community service positions. | |||
| [ save ] | 2. | Human Services, General | |
| Matching Occupations: 1 | |||
| A program that focuses on the general study and provision of human and social services to individuals and communities and prepares individuals to work in public and private human services agencies and organizations. Includes instruction in the social sciences, psychology, principles of social service, human services policy, planning and evaluation, social services law and administration, and applications to particular issues, services, localities, and populations. | |||
| [ save ] | 3. | Public Administration | |
| Matching Occupations: 11 | |||
| A program that prepares individuals to serve as managers in the executive arm of local, state, and federal government; and that focuses on the systematic study of executive organization and management. Includes instruction in the roles, development, and principles of public administration; the management of public policy; executive-legislative relations; public budgetary processes and financial management; administrative law; public personnel management; professional ethics; and research methods. | |||
| [ save ] | 4. | Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other | |
| Matching Occupations: 5 | |||
| Any instructional program in public administration and services not listed above. | |||
| [ save ] | 5. | Public Policy Analysis | |
| Matching Occupations: 2 | |||
| A program that focuses on the systematic analysis of public policy issues and decision processes. Includes instruction in the role of economic and political factors in public decision-making and policy formulation; microeconomic analysis of policy issues; resource allocation and decision modeling; cost/benefit analysis; statistical methods; and applications to specific public policy topics. | |||
| [ save ] | 6. | Social Work | |
| Matching Occupations: 6 | |||
| A program that prepares individuals for the professional practice of social welfare administration and counseling, and that focus on the study of organized means of providing basic support services for vulnerable individuals and groups. Includes instruction in social welfare policy; case work planning; social counseling and intervention strategies; administrative procedures and regulations; and specific applications in areas such as child welfare and family services, probation, employment services, and disability counseling. | |||
| [ save ] | 7. | Social Work, Other | |
| Matching Occupations: 0 | |||
| Any program providing instruction in social work and related services not listed above. | |||
| [ save ] | 8. | Youth Services/Administration | |
| Matching Occupations: 1 | |||
| A program that prepares individuals to plan, manage, and implement social services for children, youth, and families. Includes instruction in child development and psychology, adolescence, family studies, social work, social services administration, juvenile and family law, program and facilities planning, youth leadership, counseling, probation, casework, applicable procedures, and regulations, and professional standards and ethics. | |||