Public Administration Minor

Required Courses (6 hours)

Take all of the following:

• PLS 101 - American National Government Credit Hours: 3
• PLS 308 - Public Administration Credit Hours: 3

Culminating Professional or Field Experience (3 hours)

Take one of the following:

• PLS 491 - Directed Individual Study Credit Hours: 1 To 3 (a practicum in PA)
• PLS 494 - Transnational Politics Study Abroad II Credit Hours: 1 To 12 (specific focus on public/non-profit dynamics/structures)
• PLS 498 - Internship in Political Science Credit Hours: 3 To 6 (placement in public/non-profit agency)

Departmental Electives (3 hours)

Choose one course from the following:

• PLS 202 - Contemporary American Political Issues Credit Hours: 3
• PLS 209 - Environmental Politics Credit Hours: 3
• PLS 217 - Ethics and Leadership in Public Life Credit Hours: 3
• PLS 294 - Transnational Politics Study Abroad I Credit Hours: 1 To 12

Departmental Upper Level Electives (6 hours)

Choose two courses from the following:

• PLS 304 - Introduction to Public Policy Analysis Credit Hours: 3
• PLS 307 - The American Legislature Credit Hours: 3
• PLS 309 - The American Chief Executive Credit Hours: 3
• PLS 329 - Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy Credit Hours: 3
• PLS 350 - State Government and Politics Credit Hours: 3
• PLS 351 - Urban Government and Politics Credit Hours: 3
• PLS 354 - Urban Planning and Policy Credit Hours: 3
• PLS 360 - Introduction to Nonprofit Management Credit Hours: 3
• PLS 362 - Leading and Managing Volunteers Credit Hours: 3
• PLS 422 - Contemporary American Foreign Policy Credit Hours: 3
• PLS 427 - International Organizations Credit Hours: 3

Additional Electives (6 hours)

Choose two courses from the following:

• ACG 201 - Financial Accounting Credit Hours: 3

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• COM 223 - Mediation and Conflict Management Credit Hours: 3
• COM 257 - Arguing Well: Exploring Argumentation and Debate Credit Hours: 3
• COM 271 - Communication, Collaboration and Effective Groups Credit Hours: 3
• COM 272 - Introduction to Organizational Communication Credit Hours: 3
• COM 378 - Business and Professional Communication Credit Hours: 3
• COM 425 - Negotiation Credit Hours: 3
• COM 474 - Contemporary issues in Organizational Communication Credit Hours: 3

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• CRM 405 - Criminal Justice Administration Credit Hours: 3
• CRM 460 - Crime and Public Policy Credit Hours: 3

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• ECN 325 - Environmental Economics Credit Hours: 3
• ECN 328 - Public Finance Credit Hours: 3
• ECN 329 - Industrial Organization and Public Policy Credit Hours: 3
• ECN 330 - Natural Resource Economics Credit Hours: 3
• ECN 377 - Introduction to Econometrics and Data Analytics Credit Hours: 3
• ECN 428 - Applied Regional Analysis Credit Hours: 3
• ECN 429 - Economics of Growth and Development Credit Hours: 3

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• EVS 330 - Natural Resource Economics Credit Hours: 3
• EVS 364 - Natural Resource Policy Credit Hours: 3
• EVS 472 - Coastal Protected Areas Management Credit Hours: 3

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• HST 334 - Public History Credit Hours: 3

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• LED 311 - Communication and Leadership Credit Hours: 3

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• MGT 350 - Principles of Management Credit Hours: 3
• MGT 352 - International Management Credit Hours: 3
• MGT 356 - Human Resource Management Credit Hours: 3
• MGT 358 - Organizational Behavior Credit Hours: 3
• MGT 459 - Negotiation Credit Hours: 3

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• MIS 411 - Information Systems Analysis Credit Hours: 3

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• PSY 336 - Industrial-Organizational Psychology Credit Hours: 3

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• BAN 280 - Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics Credit Hours: 3

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• REC 375 - Leadership and Management in Tourism, Recreation, and Sport Credit Hours: 3
• REC 392 - Organization and Leadership of Recreational Sports Credit Hours: 3
• REC 450 - Conflict and Organizational Politics in Recreation, Sport and Tourism Credit Hours: 3

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• SOC 340 - Organizations in Modern Society Credit Hours: 3
• SOC 391 - Public and Applied Sociology and Criminology Seminar Credit Hours: 3
• SOC 485 - The Community Credit Hours: 3
• SOC 486 - Sociology of Work and Occupations Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information:

Students must earn at least a “C” (2.00) average among all courses counted toward the minor.