| Degree Plan |
| The Bachelor of Arts in Public
Safety Management (PSM) equips public safety
professionals with skills in working with people,
managing change within an organization, creating
innovation, and utilizing communication skills
to address social and organizational problems,
as well as provide such professionals with a
systematic understanding of public administration,
including public relations, personnel administration,
public finance, and terrorism and disaster preparedness. |
| 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 Critical Thinking and Research |
3 |
| Ethical
Analysis |
3 |
| Critical
Issues |
3 |
| P-CAPS
4360 Capstone Seminar: Moral Issues |
3 |
|
A-APLR 1132: Research Seminar (optional) |
1 |
| General Education
Requirements |
Hours |
| English
Writing |
3 |
| Speech
(same as P-COMM 1305; see major) |
-- |
| Computational
Skills |
3 |
| College
Mathematics (same as P-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 |
3 |
| Phil./Religious
Perspectives |
3 |
| Science
& Society: Natural Science/Science Methods |
3 |
| Science
& Society |
3 |
| Major Requirements
|
Hours |
| Public
Safety Management |
| P-PSMG 2302 Introduction to Emergency Management |
3 |
| P-PSMG
4301 Community Relations and Public Safety |
3 |
| P-PSMG
4311 Human Resource Administration in Government |
3 |
| P-PSMG
4321 Planning and Decision-Making for Public
Safety |
3 |
| P-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 |
| Public
Administration |
| P-PADM
2320 Introduction to Public Management |
3 |
| Statistics |
| A-PSYC
2317 Social Statistics OR A-BUSI 2305 Business
Statistics and A-BUSI Business Statistics Lab |
3 |
| Organizational
Communication |
| 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 |
