Undergraduate Program (Public Administration)

Graduation as a Public Administration major requires a grade of 70 in PSPA 202, 70 in PSPA 203, and a 70 in PSPA 201.  Transfers to the PSPA major need to fulfill the above requirements of PSPA 201 and PSPA 202, plus a minimum grade of 70 in ENGL 203 and ENGL 204.  Transfers are not normally accepted in the senior year.

For purposes of meeting departmental requirements, students are not permitted to take PSPA 201,PSPA 202, and PSPA 203 more than twice.  Prospective majors in their first year must complete PSPA 201,PSPA 202, and PSPA 203.

Students majoring in public administration are required to complete 39 credits in the department, which must include PSPA 201, PSPA 202, PSPA 203, PSPA 210, PSPA 211, PSPA 212, and PSPA 213.  Six additional courses are required: four core courses (PSPA 273, PSPA 275, PSPA 276, and PSPA 277), and two other courses, including a senior seminar, to be selected from public administration courses.

PSPA majors are required to take the following courses outside the department: one economics course numbered 200 or above, CMPS 206, and an introductory course in statistics from among STAT 201, EDUC 227, or ECON 213, and one course from among SOAN 201, PSYC 202, or a history course numbered 200 or above.  Majors are expected to choose, in consultation with their advisers, a number of electives from the humanities and social sciences.

The completion of PSPA 202 is required for all public administration courses.

 

Minor in Public Administration

Students choosing a minor in public administration are required to take a minimum of 15 credits from the following courses: PSPA 202, PSPA 212, and any three upper-level courses in public administration.

Students majoring in public administration are required to take 21 credits.