Undergraduate Program Concentrations
Undergraduate public administration students choose their majors from three concentrations. Follow a link below or scroll down for all information:
Criminal Justice Administration Major
Criminal justice administrators are responsible for public safety in an increasingly complex society. These professionals develop and coordinate the administrative goals of public organizations.
Also, as the traditional boundary between the public and private sectors grows less distinct, public policy and private enterprise have assumed innovative and promising new relationships.
Coursework in the Criminal Justice major might include:
- PA 241 Criminal Justice Administration
- PA 341 Juvenile Delinquency
- PA 342 Criminology
- PA 343 Crime Problem
- PA 344 Legal Aspects of Criminal Justice
- PA 446 Crime and Public Policy
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Health and Human Services Administration Major
The Health and Human Services major prepares students for operational and administrative responsibilities in human services and health services agencies and institutions: hospitals, public and volunteer health agencies, long-term care facilities and medical care services.
The major is effective for developing management skills in human services policy and preparation for graduate study in health and allied professions, social work and social planning.
The Eller College of Management offers a nationally recognized program in long-term care administration with special reference to the aged.
Coursework in the health and human services major might include:
- PA 221 Social Welfare Policy
- MKTG 370 Marketing for Non-Profit Organizations
- PHIL 321 Health Care Policy and Institutions
- POL 473 Government and Economic Well Being
- PA 321 Health Care Policy and Institutions
- PA 421 Health, Ethics, and Public Policy
- PA 422 Introduction to Health Economics
- PA 427 Aging and Public Policy
- PA 481 Environmental Policy
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Public Management Major
Public management students learn how public agencies handle budgetary, financial, personnel and policy-making matters. This major also prepares students for graduate study in law, specialized planning and administrative fields, or public policy and administration.
Coursework in the public management major might include:
- MAP 320 Legal, Social, and Political Environments of Business
- MAP 330 Human Resource Management
- MAP 432 Bargaining and Negotiation in Organizations
- MAP 444 Group Process Methods in Management
- MIS 411 Social Issues of Computing
- MKTG 370 Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations
- PA 406 Bureaucracy, Politics, and Policy
- PA 435 International Management
- PA 481 Environmental Policy
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For more information, visit Eller College Undergraduate Programs.
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