2000 Curriculum

Public Administration Major

A student declaring a major in Public Administration will be required to have sophomore standing and a minimum GPA of 2.50 for all courses whether taken at UNI or transferred from other institutions. To graduate with a major in Public Administration a student must have a cumulative GPA of 2.50 in course work taken at UNI in the Public Administration Major.

Required:

Political Science:
940:014; 940:110; 940:111; 940:148; 940:153;

940:172; 940:173; 940:174; 940:176
27 hours

One of the following 3 hours:

940:131; 940:132.

Internship: 940:181 4-8 hours

Area of concentration: choose one of the following 15 hours

49-53 hours

Focus Area 1 -- General Administration (select 15 hours)

Management: 150:100; 150:153; 150:165***; 150:187***.

Social Work: 450:144; 450:172.

Public Relations: 48P:005.

Economics: 920:053; 920:054; 920:117**; 920:160**.

Political Science: 940:131*; 940:132*; 940:149; 940:154; 940:171.

Focus Area 2 -- State and Community Planning (select 15 hours)

Design, Family and Consumer Sciences: 310:163.

Social Work: 450:196.

Economics: 920:148**.

Political Science: 940:131*; 940:132*; 940:154; 940:171; 940:189.

History: 960:124.

Geography: 970:104; 970:164; 970:165; 970:168.

Focus Area 3 -- Public Law (select 15 hours)

Management: 150:100; 150:101.

Political Science: 940:136; 940:141; 940:142; 940:143; 940:146; 940:147;

940:154; 940:189.

Sociology: 980:128; 980:162.

Focus Area 4 -- Public Personnel (select 15 hours)

Management: 150:116; 150:119; 150:130; 150:153; 150:166***; 150:168***.

Design, Family and Consumer Sciences: 310:055.

Psychology: 400:157.

Social Work: 450:163 or

Sociology: 980:130.

Political Science: 940:154; 940:189.

Geography: 970:141.

Focus Area 5 -- Public Policy and Public Service (select 15 hours)

Design, Family and Consumer Sciences: 310:055; 310:163.

Health Promotion and Education: 410:160.

Social Work: 450:041; 450:121; 450:144; 450:173; 450:175.

Economics: 920:120**; 920:123**.

Political Science: 940:173; 940:189.

Geography: 970:028; 970:168.

Sociology: 980:022; 980:060; 980:125; 980:127; 980:129; 980:148.

Focus Area 6 -- International Public Policy (select 15 hours)

Economics: 920:136**; 920:143**.

Political Science: 940:118; 940:119; 940:124; 940:125; 940:127; 940:143;

940:145; 940:189.

Sociology: 980:162.

*Course selected for CORE may not be counted in this area of concentration.

**920:053 and 920:054 are prerequisites for this course. Both 920:053 and 920:054 may substitute for 920:024 which will satisfy Category 4B of the General Education Program.

***These courses have prerequisites.