Political Science Major
Public Administration Option
Bachelor of Science
NSS BS 6305
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by major
- English Language minimum = 9
- Humanities minimum = 9
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 12
- ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics,
Macroeconomics - 3 hours
- ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics,
Microeconomics - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
- SOC 100GS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
- Personal Development minimum = 2
- BS Science-related course requirements = 0
- Major Option = 36
- Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24
- Minors are 24 hours, 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as
18 required hours to the program. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other
requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 105
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 20
- Minimum total hours required for BS in Public Administration = 125
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for
all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above
taken at a 4-year college or university.
- Public Administration Requirements (36 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- PSCI 212, The American Bureaucracy - 3 hours
- PSCI 385, Foundations of Public Policy - 3
hours
- PSCI 400, Public Administration - 3 hours
- CSIS 108GS, Computers in Society - 3 hours
- PHIL 305, Social and Political Philosophy - 3
hours
- PHIL 400, Ethics - 3 hours
- ECON 314, Public Finance - 3 hours
- ENG 311, Advanced Writing I: Writing Processes -
3 hours (Prereq: instructor's permission)
- Take 1 course from:
- PSCI 381, Political Behavior: Patterns and
Methods - 3 hours
- SOC 370, Social Survey - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 237)
- Take 1 course from:
- PSY 410, Industrial Psychology - 3 hours (Prereq:
PSY 203GS)
- SOC 349, Sociology of Work and Occupations - 3
hours (Prereq: SOC 100GS)
- Take 1 course from:
- HIST 485, The United States Since 1941 - 3
hours
- GEOG 321, Economic Geography - 3 hours (Prereq:
GEOG 104GS or GEOG 106GS)
- Take 1 course from:
- PSCI 475, Internship in Political Science - 3
hours
- PSCI 499, Readings in Political Science - 3
hours
11 May 2006
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