Public Administration, BA

36 credit hours

The Public Administration program prepares students to handle the rigors of graduate and professional school. Most careers that involve Public Administration will require students to consider earning at least one degree beyond the bachelor's degree. A significant number of Lindenwood Public Administration graduates have continued their education, earning master's, doctoral, or law degrees.  The interdisciplinary nature of the Public Administration major, which requires students to complete courses in several different fields of study, helps prepare students for a variety of graduate degree options.

Requirements

Six required courses:

PS 15600American Government: The States

3

PS 31500Policy Analysis Statistics

3

PS 33500Public Administration

3

PS 47500Governmental and Economic Research

3

ACCT 21010Principles of Financial Accounting

3

PS 32000Public Finance

3

One course selected from the following options:

HIST 15500US Government: Politics and History

3

PS 15500American Government: The Nation

3

Four courses selected from the following options:

ACCT 41060Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting

3

ECON 33020Managerial Economics

3

ECON 33025Money and Banking

3

ECON 33035Current Economic and Social Issues

3

ECON 33055Economics and the Environment

3

FIN 32000Principles of Finance

3

HIST 15500US Government: Politics and History

3

HIST 33200A Biography of the Constitution

3

HRM 36510Human Resource Management

3

HRM 36520Labor Relations

3

HRM 36540Employment Law

3

INTL 48020International Finance

3

INTL 48040International Economics

3

MGMT 26032Principles of Management

3

MGMT 26061Business Law I

3

PS 15500American Government: The Nation

3

PS 30100Comparative Public Policy

3

PS 30700Public Affairs: Writing and Reporting

3

PS 30800Debate

3

PS 31100American Constitutional Law

3

PS 33050Political Economy

3

PS 34500Campaigns and Elections

3

PS 36000Civil Liberties

3

PS 36500Appreciating Political Books

1-6

PS 36700Directed Research

1-6

PS 37500Public Affairs Forum

3

PS 45000Government Internship

1-6

Students must take MTH 14100 (Basic Statistics) to fulfill the general education math requirement.