2023-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2023-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Public Administration, BA

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Freshman Year

Fall Semester

BAD 103 - Financial Literacy 3 Credit Hours **
BIO 144 - Biology 3 Credit Hours
BIO 144L - Biology Lab 1 Credit Hours
ENG 131 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours
ENG 131L - English Composition I Lab 1 Credit Hours
FYE 108 - Personal and Social Development 3 Credit Hours **
REL 106 - Introduction to the Bible 3 Credit Hours **

Total Hours: 17

**Institutional requirement

Spring Semester

ENG 132 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours
ENG 132L - English Composition II Lab 1 Credit Hours
MIS 110 - Introduction to Computers 3 Credit Hours
MAT 125 - Quantitative Literacy 3 Credit Hours
MAT 125L - Quantitative Literacy Lab 1 Credit Hours
or
MAT 142 - College Algebra 3 Credit Hours
MAT 142L - College Algebra Lab 1 Credit Hours
PAD 114 - Introduction to Public Administration 3 Credit Hours
PSY 152 - General Psychology 3 Credit Hours

Total Hours: 17

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

PAD 154 - Foundations of Intergovernmental Relations 3 Credit Hours
PAD 210 - Governmental Management & Decision-Making 3 Credit Hours
PAD Elective 3 Credit Hours
Phy 145 Physical Science Lecture and Lab or Science elective 4 Credit Hours
PAD 211 - Political Science I 3 Credit Hours
OR
PAD 311 - Political Science I 3 Credit Hours

Total Hours: 16

Spring Semester

PAD 209 - E-Governance 3 Credit Hours
PAD 223 - Technical Writing 3 Credit Hours
POL 257 - United States Government 3 Credit Hours
*
SPC 239 - Oral Communication 3 Credit Hours
Humanities elective 3 Credit Hours

Total Hours: 15

*Arkansas State requirement

Junior Year

Fall Semester

PAD 318 - Introduction to Public Sector Budgeting 3 Credit Hours
PAD 320 - Administrative Law 3 Credit Hours
PAD 321 - Public Personnel Administration 3 Credit Hours
PAD 341 - Applied Statistics 3 Credit Hours
PAD 342 Introduction to Research 3 Credit Hours

Total Hours: 15

Spring Semester

PAD 301 Leadership Theory 3 Credit Hours

OR

UCL 301 - Leadership Theory 3 Credit Hours
Humanities elective 3 Credit Hours
PAD 353 - Social Entrepreneurism 3 Credit Hours
PAD 354 - Public Policy Process & Administration 3 Credit Hours
PAD 364 - Arkansas Government 3 Credit Hours

Total Hours: 15

Senior Year

Fall Semester

PAD 359 Organization and Behavior 3 Credit Hours
PAD 401 - Conflict & Negotiation (Cross Referenced with Urban Community Leadership) 3 Credit Hours
OR
UCL 401 - Conflict and Negotiation 3 Credit Hours
PAD 409 - Third World Studies 3 Credit Hours
PAD Elective 3 Credit Hours
PAD 416 - Senior Seminar 3 Credit Hours

Total Hours: 15

Spring Semester

PAD 409 - Third World Studies 3 Credit Hours
PAD 428 - Grants and Non-Profit Management 3 Credit Hours
PAD 415 - Ethics in Public Administration 3 Credit Hours
PAD 426 - Senior Seminar II/Internship 6 Credit Hours

Total Hours: 15

Total Degree Hours: 125

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