2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Public Service and Administration, B.A.

General Education 41-42

Core Requirements 13

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

COMM 1402SPEECH COMMUNICATION AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3

GE 2021RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).

ENG 1030, MATH 1000, COMM 1402 and GE 2021 requires a grade of C or better.

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 28-29

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: Distribution course required of all students.

Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)

3

Music or Theatre

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

HIST 1062: GE Distribution course required of all students.

Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below
Psychology

3

Economics or ES 1010 World Geography

3

Political Science

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 10-11

Select one Math or CPS course from the following

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

OR

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

OR

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

OR

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

OR

CPS 1032MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS

3

OR

CPS 1231FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

4

Select two "GE Approved Science courses from areas below; one must be a lab science
Biology

3-4

Chemistry or Physics

3-4

Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, Forensic Sciences or Sustainability Sciences

3-4

Interdisciplinary

3

Additional Required Courses 12

Additional Required Courses 12

ECON 1020PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMCS I

3

ACCT 2200PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I

3

ENG 3090BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING

3

PS 2100AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

3

ECO 1020 and ACCT 2200 requires a grade of C or better.

Academic Major 36

All major courses including the capstone course requires a grade of C or better.

Required Major Core Courses 21

PA 2000INTRO TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

3

PA 2010MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES

3

PA 3001MANAGING INFORMATION SYSTEMS

3

PA 3100POLICY ANALYSIS

3

PA 3110INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

3

PA 3200LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

3

PA 3300HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

3

Public Administration Major Electives 12

(Select any Four Public Administration non-core Courses)

Major Capstone Course 3

Requires a minimum grade of C or better.

PA 4000CAPSTONE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION I

3


 

Free Electives 30-31

(At least 50% must be 3000/4000 level)

PA 1996: Optional Research Initiative, may be taken twice for credit.

PA 3173: Optional Internship may be taken twice for credit.

 

Total Credit Hours: 120