Minor in Public Administration
The undergraduate minor in Public Administration is designed to give students an understanding of process, analysis, and management of public policy in government, nonprofit, and corporate institutions. It seeks to expose students to interdisciplinary tools to help them excel in management and analytical careers in the public and nonprofit sector.
Students from all majors are welcomed and encouraged to boost their careers with this applied and strategic minor.
The Department of Public and International Affairs requires students Minoring in Public Administration to have 24 semester hours distributed as follows:
Required Coursed (12 Hours)
PLS 101 American Government
PLS 201 Introduction to Political Scient Methods
PLS 308 Introduction to Political Science Methods
Culminating Professional or Field Experience (3 hours)
Choose one:
PLS 491 Directed Individual Study (a practicum in PA)
PLS 494 Transnational Politics Study Abroad II (specific focus on public or nonprofit dynamics and structures)
PLS 498 Internship in Political Science (placement in public/nonprofit agency)
PIA Departmental Electives
Choose 1 course from the following (3 hours)
PLS 202 Contemporary American Political Issues
PLS 206 American State Government and Politics
PLS 209 Environmental Politics
PLS 217 Ethics and Leadership in Public Life
PLS 294 Transnational Politics Study Abroad I (specific focus on public administration)
Choose 1 course from the following (3 hours)
PLS 304 Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
PLS 306 Congress and the Presidency
PLS 307 The American Legislature
PLS 309 The American Chief Executive
PLS 329 Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy
PLS 422 Contemporary American Foreign Policy
PLS 427 International Organization
Additional Electives
Choose 2 courses from the following (6 hours)
(Note: Several of the listed electives require prerequisites or may be restricted to division majors. Be sure to prepare your schedules to take such prerequisites and any co-requisites.)
the listed electives require prerequisites or may be restricted to division majors. Be sure to prepare your schedules to take such prerequisites and any co-requisites.)
ACG 201 Financial Accounting
COM 223 Mediation and Conflict Management
COM 257 Argumentation and Debate
COM 271 Small Group Communication
COM 272 Introduction to Organizational Communication
COM 378 Business and Professional Communication
COM 425 Negotiation
COM 474 Organizational Culture
CRM 405 Criminal Justice Administration
CRM 460 Crime and Public Policy
ECN 325
Environmental Economics
ECN 328 Public Finance
ECN 329 Industrial Organization and Public Policy
ECN 330 Natural Resource Economics
ECN 377 Applied Managerial Economics
ECN 428 Applied Regional Analysis
ECN 429 Economics of Growth and Development
EVS 330
Natural Resource Economics
EVS 364 Natural Resource Policy
EVS 472 Coastal Protected Areas Management
HST 334
Public History
LED 311
Communication and Leadership
MGT 350
Principles of Management
MGT 352
International Management
MGT 356
Human Resource Management
MGT 358
Organizational Behavior
MGT 450
Governance and Leadership
MGT 459
Negotiation
PSY 336
Industrial-Organization Psychology
REC 375
Leadership and Management of Recreation Services
REC 392
Organization and Leadership of Recreational Sports
REC 450
Management of Conflict and Organizational Politics in Recreation, Sport and Tourism
SOC 340
Organizations in Modern Society
SOC 390
Public Sociology Seminar
SOC 485
The Community
SOC 486
Sociology of Work and Occupations
For more information contact Public Administration Advisor Angela Douglas: douglasa@uncw.edu
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