University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Department of Political Science:

Public Administration - Bachelor of Science

NSS BS 6305
General Studies = 45
General Studies required by major:
ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics - 3 hours
ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics, Microeconomics - 3 hours
Take one of the following:
PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
SOC 200GS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
BS Science-related course requirements = 0
Major = 36
Minor or 2nd Major = 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 elective 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.

A. Public Administration Requirements
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 420, Race and Minority Relations - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 200GS or SOC 250GS)
Take 1 course from:
PSY 410, Industrial Psychology - 3 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS)
SOC 449, Sociology of Work and Occupations - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 200GS)
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

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