Offered by Department of Political Science:

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 including:
    • 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.

1. 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
     • ECON 314, Public Finance - 3 hours
     • ENG 311, Advanced Writing I - 3 hours
     • PHIL 305, Social and Political Philosophy - 3 hours
     • PHIL 400, Ethics - 3 hours
   • Take 1 course from:
     • PSCI 381, Introduction to Political Inquiry - 3 hours
     • SOC 370, Social Survey - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 237 or permission of the instructor)
   • Take 1 course from:
     • PSY 410, Industrial Psychology - 3 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS)
     • SOC 349, Sociology of Work - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 100GS or permission of instructor)
   • Take 1 course from:
     • GEOG 321, Economic Geography - 3 hours (Prereq: GEOG 104GS or GEOG 106GS)
     • HIST 485, The United States Since 1941 - 3 hours
   • Take 1 course from:
     • PSCI 475, Internship in Political Science - 3 hours
     • PSCI 499, Readings in Political Science - 3 hours