| BLS in Public Administration
Degree Plan |
| Degree Requirements for St. Edward's University include
mission courses,
general education requirements,
major requirements, and elective hours to total
at least 120 credit hours. Degree plans may be
subject to change per academic year. |
| Mission Courses |
Hours |
| A-NCCI
3330 Intro to Critical Inquiry |
3 |
| A-PHIL
2329 Ethical Analysis |
3 |
| Critical
Issues Requirement (drawn from specified courses
in general education or the major) |
-- |
| A-CAPS
4360 Capstone Seminar: Moral Issues |
3 |
|
A-APLR 1132: Research Seminar (optional) |
1 |
| General Education
Requirements |
Hours |
| English
Writing |
3 |
| Speech |
3 |
| Computational
Skills (same as Intro to Computers; see major) |
-- |
| College
Mathematics (same as A-PSYC 2317; see major) |
-- |
| World
Cultures & Civilizations: Non-Western |
3 |
| World
Cultures & Civilizations |
3 |
| Literature |
3 |
| Humanities |
3 |
| U.S.
Society: Minority |
3 |
| U.S.
Society (same as POLS 1305 or 1306; see major) |
-- |
| Phil./Religious
Perspectives |
3 |
| Science & Society: Natural
Science/Science Methods |
3 |
| Science
& Society |
3 |
| Major Requirements |
Hours |
| A-PADM
2320 Intro. To Public Management |
3 |
| A-PADM
3330 Public Finance |
3 |
| A-PADM
4340 Public Policy |
3 |
| A-PADM
4345 Intergovernmental Relations |
3 |
| A-PADM
4342 Legislative Process |
3 |
| A-PADM
3332 Public Personnel Management; P-PSMG 4311 Human Resource Administration in Government; or P-MGMT 3332 Human Resource Management |
3 |
| Support Courses |
-- |
| Intro
to Computers |
3 |
| PSYC
2317 Statistics |
3 |
| POLS
1305 American National Government |
3 |
| POLS
1306 State & Local Government |
3 |
Other
Requirements (12 hours, 6 hours must be upper
division)
S elect 4 courses from the following areas or
list (each 3 credit hours) |
12 |
| Public Safety Management |
|
| PSMG 2302 Introduction to Emergency Management |
3 |
| P-PSMG 4301 Community Relations and Public Safety |
3 |
| P-PSMG 4321 Planning and Decision-Making for Public Safety |
3 |
| PSMG 4330 Budgeting for Public and Nonprofit Organizations |
3 |
| P-PSMG 4331 Managing Public Safety/Agencies |
3 |
| P-PSMG 4341 Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness |
3 |
| Organizational Communication |
|
| P-COMM 1305 Oral Communication Principles and Practices |
3 |
| P-COMM 3301 Foundations of Organizational Communication and Leadership OR P-COMM 3302 Leadership Theory and Group Performance |
3 |
| P-COMM 3322 Group Communication and Team Building |
3 |
| P-COMM 4341 Conflict Resolution in Organizations |
3 |
| P-ENGW 3335 Technical and Business Writing |
3 |
| Health Care Administration |
|
| A-HLTH 3335 Health Care Administration Law |
3 |
| A-HLTH 4345 Health Care Administration Financial Policies |
3 |
| Nonprofit and Human Services Management |
|
| A-NMGT 4325 Nonprofit and Human Services Management |
3 |
| A- NMGT 4330 Budgeting for Public and Nonprofit Organizations |
3 |
| Areas:
Political Science, Economics, Management, Finance,
Accounting, Organizational Communications, Public Safety Management, Nonprofit and Human Services Management, Health Care Administration, or other appropriate fields.
Other Options:
A-ECON 2302 Macroeconomics
A-MGMT 3334 Organizational Behavior
POLS 4347 Modern Political Theory
A-ACCT 2301 Financial Accounting
A-POLS 3337 Political Parties and Behavior
A-POLS 4348 American Political Thinking
CRIJ 1306 American Court System |
