PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND ADMINISTRATION MAJOR DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
You can print off a copy of the Degree Requirement sheet:
http://checksheets.ou.edu/pubaffrs.pdfThe Public Affairs and Administration major for undergraduates is an interdisciplinary program leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree. It is designed to provide graduates of the program with the necessary knowledge and skills for planning, implementing, and evaluating public programs. The Public Affairs and Administration program prepares the student for a career in modern public management.
The major in Public Affairs and Administration consists of thirty-nine hours of major credit, including thirty-three hours in political science from the approved course list and six hours from upper-division economics, management, accounting, or statistics. Economics 1113, Principles of Macro-Economics and Economics 1123, Principles of Micro-Economics must also be completed. These courses do not confer major credit.
INTRODUCTORY COURSES IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (9 HRS)
P Sc 2013 Intro to Political Analysis
P Sc 2173 Administration and Society
P Sc 2223 Making Public PolicyPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & PUBLIC POLICY CORE COURSES (18 HRS)
P Sc 3043 Gender, Power, and Leadership
P Sc 3113 Bureaucracy and Citizenship
P Sc 3123 Social Statistics (x-list w/Sociology)
P Sc 3133 Politics & Public Administration
P Sc 3170 Problems in Public Administration
P Sc 3173 Theory of Public Organizations
P Sc 3183 Politics of Government Budgeting
P Sc 3220 Topics in Public Policy
P Sc 3223 Energy Policy
P Sc 3233 Environmental Policy and Administration
P Sc 3243 Health Policy
P Sc 3253 Human Resource Management
P Sc 3303 Government of Oklahoma
P Sc 3313 Urban Government & Politics
P Sc 3323 State Government
P Sc 3910 Government Internship*
P Sc 3990 Independent Study*
P Sc 4043 Public Policy Implementation
P Sc 4143 Policy/Program Evaluation
P Sc 4193 Functions of Public Management
P Sc 4213 Regulatory Policy
P Sc 4220 Problems in Public Policy
P Sc 4223 Public Policy Analysis
P Sc 4233 Science, Technology and Public Policy
P Sc 4603 Comparative Public Policy
P Sc 4990 Independent Study*(Maximum six (6) hours credit from 3910, 3990, and 4990. Each course may be taken only once.)
AMERICAN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS COURSE (3 HRS)
P Sc 3143 U. S. Congress
P Sc 3163 American Presidency
P Sc 4273 Constitutional Interpretation
P Sc 4283 Civil Rights & Civil LibertiesSENIOR CAPSTONE COURSE (3 HRS)
P Sc 4203 Capstone Seminar in Public Affairs and Administration
SUPPORT COURSES IN ECONOMICS (6 hours)
Econ 1113 Principles of Economics-Macro
Econ 1123 Principles of Economics-Micro(Above courses do not confer major credit.)
COURSES OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT (6 hours)
Can be selected from any upper-division statistics courses or any upper-division courses in the Economics (ECON), Management (MGT), or Accounting (ACCT) departments.
45 Total Hours
