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2008–2010 Undergraduate Catalog

Minor in Public Administration

All students pursuing a Minor in Public Administration must complete 18 semester credit hours, 9 hours of which must be at the upper-division level.

  1. 3 required semester credit hours:

    POL 2513 Public Administration and Public Policy

  2. 3 additional semester credit hours of research methods selected from the following:

    CRJ 3013 Research Design and Analysis in Criminal Justice
    ECO 3123 Introduction to Econometrics and Business Forecasting
    GRG 3323 Spatial Analysis
    POL 2703 Scope and Methods in Political Science
    SOC 3313 Conceptualization and Measurement in Sociology

  3. 3 additional semester credit hours selected from the following:

    ECO 2003 Introduction to Political Economy (This course may be used to satisfy the Core Curriculum requirement in Social and Behavioral Sciences: Economics.)
    LGS 3013 Legal Research and Writing
    POL 2623 Law and Society
    POL 3013 The American Legal Process
    POL 3023 Civil Liberties in American Law and Practice
    POL 3323 Constitutional Law
    POL 3633 Political Economy
    POL 4323 Administrative Law

  4. 9 additional semester credit hours selected from the following:

    IS 3003 Principles of Information Systems for Management
    MGT 3013 Introduction to Organization Theory, Behavior, and Management
    POL 3303 Race, Ethnicity and Public Policy
    POL 3413 The Politics of Urban Development
    POL 3553 Social Policy in Modern Welfare States
    POL 3603 Public Policy Formation and Implementation
    POL 3613 Public Budgeting and Taxation
    POL 3623 Public Policy Evaluation
    POL 3703 Personnel Administration in the Public Sector
    SOC 3103 Complex Organizations

To declare a Minor in Public Administration, obtain advice, or seek approval of substitutions for course requirements, students should consult the College of Liberal and Fine Arts Advising Center.

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