Public Administration is not only a basic course for undergraduates of School of Government, but also the optional course of School of Law, Department of Sociology and other schools or departments. The course imparts knowledge of government (State Administrative Departments) management activities, like managing national affairs, social affairs and government internal affairs. Students are expected to grasp the professional knowledge of public administration through researching the essence and phenomena, subject and object, concepts and techniques, content and form, institution and process, history and future of government activities. Students are also expected to understand reform and development of modern public administration and its principles, content, model, and general trend. Furthermore, students will obtain the ability of observing, thinking, analyzing and solving problems, especially the ability to understand and analyze relative issues of contemporary Chinese public administration through the combination of practice and theory. In addition, the course of Public Administration will lay a sound theoretical foundation for other related professional studies.
Public Management
公共管理是以政府为核心的公共部门整合社会的各种力量，广泛运用政治的、经济的、管理的、法律的方法，强化政府的治理能力，提升政府绩效和公共服务品质，从而实现公共的福利与公共利益。公共管理从学科意义上的内容包括公共管理原理，行政管理，城市管理，公共政策，发展管理，教育经济管理以及劳动社会保障等方向，公共管理学的兴起得益于全球化新公共管理运动，但进入二十一世纪后，新公共管理学在实践中不断遇到新的挑战，公共管理学研究进入百家争鸣的时代。
