Political Science Major
Public Administration
Bachelor of Science
- General Studies Program Hours = 45
including General Studies coursework required by major
- Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12
- Portal = 3
- Distribution = 27
- Aesthetics minimum = 3
- Humanities minimum = 6
- Social Sciences minimum = 9 including:
- ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics - 3 hours
- ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics, Microeconomics - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
- Wellness minimum = 0
- Capstone = 3
- BS Science-related course requirements = 0
- Major Option = 36
- Minor or 2nd Major = 24
- For specific requirements see
#3 of Bachelor of Science Degree requirements. Selecting a minor or second major less than or
greater than 24 hours will alter the number of unrestricted electives.
- 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
- 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:
- Take 1 course from:
- Take 1 course from:
- PSCI 475, Internship in Political Science - 3 hours
- PSCI 499, Readings in Political Science - 3 hours
26 Apr 2011
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