The Public Administration major is designed to prepare individuals for careers in public service and for the further development of those already in professional and paraprofessional levels of career activity.

Requirements for the Public Administration Major:

Complete the following courses:

BUS 212 - Human Resource Management (3)
BUS 215 - Statistics (3) or
SSI 217 - Applied Statistics for Social Science (3)
BUS 242 - Management (3)
CMS 316 - Business and Professional Communication (3)
ECO 203 - Macroeconomics and Literacy (3) or
ECO 204 - Microeconomics and Business (3)
ECO 308 - Public Finance (3) or
PSI 308 - Public Finance (3)
IDS 206 - Introduction to Research (3)
PSI 101 - American Politics (3)
PSI 243 - Contemporary Political Issues (3)
PSI 323 - State and Local Politics (3)
PAD 496 - Senior Seminar for Public Administration (3)

Complete six courses (minimum of 12 semester credits) chosen from the following:

BUS 205 - Business Writing (3)
BUS 315 - Organizational Behavior (3)
BUS 331 - Personnel Law (3)
BUS 361 - Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management (3)
BUS 365 - Ethics in a Business Environment (3)
BUS 410 - Regulatory Compliance (3)
BUS 415 - Leadership in Organizations (3)
CMS 112 - Small Group Communication (3)
CMS 220 - Interpersonal Communication (3)
CMS 330 - Public Relations (3)
CRJ 330 - Criminal Law (3) or
PLS 330 - Criminal Law (3)
PSI 234 - Legislative and Executive Behavior (3)
PSI 271/371/471 - Selected Topics in Political Science (1-3)
PSI 328 - Constitutional Law (3)
PSY 336 - Social Psychology (3) or
SOC 336 - Social Psychology (3)
SOC 109 - Introduction to Sociology (3)

Note:

A maximum of six credits of selected topics in PSI 271/371/471 may be applied to the major.

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