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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Political Science, Public Policy and Management Concentration, B.S.
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Political and Global Affairs
615-898-2708
Steven Livingston, program coordinator
pga@mtsu.edu
Students majoring in Political Science can choose a general focus or a concentration in either Public Policy and Management or Pre-law.
The Public Policy and Management concentration is for those seeking administrative careers in government or public service agencies. A combination of general political science courses, core public administration courses, pertinent political science electives, and courses in related disciplines provides a sound background for an administrative career.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) | 41 hours | | Major Requirements | 46 hours* | | Public Policy and Management Cognate | 9 hours | | Minor | 15-18 hours | | Electives | 6-9 hours | | TOTAL | 120 hours | *This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase. True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category. The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements: Major Requirements (46 hours)
Public Policy Electives (9 hours)
Public Management Electives (6 hours)
Political Science Electives (9 hours)
- Choose from all Political and Global Affairs non-internship courses 9 credit hours
Public Policy and Management Cognate (9 hours)
Complete three of the following courses in consultation with advisor. Public Policy Management
- Any courses listed under “Policy” and “Management” not used toward the major.
Housing/Community Development
Leadership/Management/Organizations
Curriculum: Political Science, Public Policy and Management, B.S.
Freshman Fall
- PS 1005 - Introduction to American Politics 3 credit hours (HSSR)
- Written Communication 3 credit hours
- Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
- Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
- Human Society and Social Relationships/General elective 3 credit hours
Sophomore Fall
- Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
- Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
- General elective 3 credit hours
- Minor 3 credit hours
- PS 3160 - American Public Policy 3 credit hours
Sophomore Spring
- History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
- Minor 3 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
- Public Policy elective 3 credit hours
- PS 3250 - Public Management 3 credit hours
Junior Spring
- PS 4290 - Public Service Internship 1 to 12 credit hours (3 credit hours required)
- PS elective 3 credit hours
- Public Policy elective 3 credit hours
- Public Management elective 3 credit hours
- Minor 3 credit hours
Senior Fall
- Public Policy elective 3 credit hours
- PS elective 3 credit hours
- PPM cognate 6 credit hours
- Minor 3 credit hours
Senior Spring
- PS 4800 - Senior Seminar 3 credit hours
- PPM cognate 3 credit hours
- General elective 3 credit hours
- General elective/minor 3 credit hours
- PS elective 3 credit hours
NOTE:
NOTE: Topics courses may be taken if topic is appropriate; seek departmental advisor approval. |
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