Undergraduate Major or Minor in Public Administration

Students electing the minor in public administration must complete the following courses:

Core courses (6 credit hours):

• PUAD 330: Introduction to Public Administration
• PUAD 333: Hard Choices in Public Administration

Elective courses in PUAD (12 credit hours):

• PUAD 430: Experts, Elected Officials, and Citizens
• PUAD 431: Bureaucracy, Public Administration, and the Private Sector
• PUAD 432: Conducting the Public's Business Ethically
• PUAD 433: Metropolitics and Macroproblems
• PUAD 435: Generating, Allocating, and Managing Public Resources
• PUAD 436: Managing People in Public Organizations
• PUAD 601: Crime and Punishment
• PUAD 602: Diversity and Public Administration
• PUAD 603: The Nonprofit Sector: Formation, Leadership and Governance
• PUAD 639: Community Engagement and the Civil Society
• PUAD 693: Public Service Leadership and Community Building
• PUAD 694: Topics in Public Administration: (topics vary each semester)