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Public Administration Program:  Major Curriculum

 

I.  Required Core Curriculum

 

Each Public Administration student must complete the following courses (39 hours).

 

     A.  Political Science

 

          PSCI 1330 - U.S. Government and Politics

 

          PSCI 2340 - State and Local Government

 

          PSCI 3360 - Public Administration

 

          PSCI 3361 - Public Policy

 

          PSCI 4375 - Intergovernmental Relations

 

          PSCI 4391 - Government Budgeting

 

          PSCI 4610 - Public Administration Internship (six hours)

 

     B.  Accounting

 

          ACCT 2310 - Principles of Accounting I

 

          ACCT 2311 - Principles of Accounting II

 

     C.  Economics

 

          ECON 2320 - Macroeconomics

 

          ECON 2321 - Microeconomics

 

     D.  Management

 

          MGMT 3340 - Managing People and Work

 

II.  Areas of Special Emphasis

 

A total of twenty-one [21] hours must be completed in addition to the core requirements.  Each student shall complete a minimum of six [6] hours in two of the following three areas of special emphasis: (a) Public Management; (b) Public Policy; and (c) Planning.  Students shall also complete nine [9] hours of electives selected from any of the following areas (21 hours).

 

     A.  Public Management

 

          ECON 3310 - Public Finance

 

          ECON 4335 - International Trade

 

          MGMT 3300 - Labor Management Relations

 

          MGMT 3346 - Personnel/Human Resources Management

 

          MGMT 4348 - Advanced Organizational Behavior

 

          FINA 3330 - Managing Finance and Capital

 

          ACCT 3314 - Managerial Accounting

 

          ACCT 4304 - Accounting for Governments and Nonprofits.

 

          PSCI  4334 - The American Presidency

 

     B.  Public Policy

 

          PSCI 3320 - Environmental Policy and Regulation

 

          PSCI 4300 or PSCI 4301 - Constitutional Law or Civil Liberties

 

          PSCI 4335 - The American Congress

 

          PSCI 4336 - City Government and Politics

 

          ECON 3310 - Public Finance

 

          FINA 3340 - Money, Banking, and Financial Markets

 

     C.  Planning

 

          GEOG 2302 - Conservation and Land Use

 

          GEOG 2345 - Geographic Information Techniques

 

          GEOG 3305 - Economic Geography

 

          GEOG 3371 - Urban Geography

 

          GEOG 4313 - Recreation and Tourism

 

          PSCI 4336 - City Government and Politics

 

          PSCI 4351 - Community and Regional Planning

 

Since students majoring in Public Administration are working toward completion of a Bachelor of Science degree, they shall fulfill their specific B.S. degree requirements in Math or Science by completing 9 hours of Mathematics, including: MATH 1390 College Algebra or MATH 1395 Applied Calculus for Business and Economics, and MATH 2311 Statistical Methods I.

Electives in Mathematics include: MATH 1360 Mathematics in Society, MATH 1392 Plane Trigonometry, and MATH 1591 Calculus I.

* For more information regarding the Public Administration (PA) program, please contact Dr. Kim. Hoffman, Director of the PA program and Coordinator of the PA Internship Program, at 501-450-5688 or khoffman@uca.edu.