Program Overview

Public Affairs: Public Administration and Management Emphasis

Overview

The Public Affairs: Public Administration and Management Emphasis program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the policy-making process, public organization management, and the role of leadership and ethics in the public sector.

Learning Outcomes

• Policy Creation: Demonstrate a basic understanding of the policy-making process in the U.S.
• Public Organization: Demonstrate a basic understanding of managing public organizations and challenges facing public managers.
• Foundations of Financing: Demonstrate a basic understanding of how governments at all levels are financed, and the role as well as the process of budgeting in the public sector.
• Ethics: Demonstrate a basic understanding of the role of leadership and ethics in the public sector.
• Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking about major policy issues in the US by assessing competing arguments and developing proficiency in communicating arguments in oral and/or written formats.

Program Details

Coursework Location(s)

• Main/Tucson

Level of Math

• Moderate Knowledge: The M-strand is for students who require mathematical facility at the level of at least MATH 112 (College Algebra Concepts) or 108 (Modeling with Algebraic and Trigonometric Functions).

Level of Second Language

• 2nd Semester Proficiency: Second-semester skill level in a second language is required.

Pre-major Required?

• No

This Major's College

• College of Social & Behavioral Sciences

Degree

• Bachelor of Science

Sample Plans

4-Year Sample Plan

• First Year
  • 1st Semester
    • ENGL 101 First-Year Composition (3 credits)
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
    • MATH 107 Exploring and Understanding Data (3 credits)
    • First Semester Second Language (4 credits)
  • 2nd Semester
    • ENGL 102 First-Year Composition (3 credits)
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
    • Second Semester Second Language (4 credits)
• Second Year
  • 3rd Semester
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
    • SBS 200 Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences (4 credits)
    • PA/POL 206 Public Policy and Administration (3 credits)
    • POL 201 American National Government (3 credits)
  • 4th Semester
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
    • ECON 200 Basic Economic Issues (3 credits)
    • POL 202, 203, 204, or 209 (3 credits)
    • Minor Course (3 credits)
• Third Year
  • 5th Semester
    • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
    • Emphasis Core (3 credits)
    • Emphasis Elective (3 credits)
    • Minor Course (3 credits)
    • General Elective (3 credits)
  • 6th Semester
    • Emphasis Elective (3 credits)
    • Emphasis Elective (3 credits)
    • Minor Course (3 credits)
    • UD Minor Course (3 credits)
    • General Elective (3 credits)
• Fourth Year
  • 7th Semester
    • PA 330 Ethics for the Public Administrator (3 credits)
    • PA 393 Internship (3 credits)
    • Emphasis Elective (3 credits)
    • UD Minor Course (3 credits)
    • General Elective (3 credits)
  • 8th Semester
    • PA 410 Introduction to Public and Nonprofit Financial Management (3 credits)
    • PA 470 Public Organizational Management (3 credits)
    • PA 480 Formation of Public Policy (3 credits)
    • UD Minor Course (3 credits)
    • General Elective (3 credits)