Political Science, Public Administration Concentration, B.A.

Core

• PS 1005 - American Government and Politics 3 credit hours (formerly PS 2010)
• PS 1010 - Foundations of Government 3 credit hours
• PS 3001 - Research Methods in Political Science 3 credit hours (formerly PS 4000)
• PS 3250 - Public Administration 3 credit hours
• PS 4290 - Public Service Internship 1 to 12 credit hours
• PS 4800 - Senior Seminar 3 credit hours

Choose two from each of the following groups:

• PS 3440 - Governmental Budgeting and Finance Administration 3 credit hours
• PS 4590 - Administrative Law 3 credit hours
• PS 4630 - Personnel Management 3 credit hours

• AND

• PS 2020 - State and Local Government 3 credit hours
• PS 2440 - Law and the Legal System 3 credit hours
• PS 3160 - American Public Policy 3 credit hours
• PS 3400 - Municipal Government 3 credit hours
• PS 3490 - Alternative Dispute Resolution 3 credit hours
• PS 4120 - Tennessee Government 3 credit hours
• PS 4830 - Advanced Studies in Public Administration 3 credit hours

Choose two courses from the following subfields:

• American Government
• Comparative Government
• International Relations
• Political Theory

Complete six of the following courses in consultation with advisor:

This cognate takes the place of one minor (18 hours).

• ACTG 3020 - Managerial Accounting 3 credit hours
• BCEN 4680 - Diversity in the Workplace 3 credit hours
• COMM 3220 - Small Group Communication 3 credit hours
• ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours
• ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours
• ECON 4390 - Employee Benefits 3 credit hours
• ECON 4420 - Labor and Human Resource Economics 3 credit hours
• ECON 4510 - Unions and Collective Bargaining 3 credit hours
• MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
• MGMT 4200 - Leadership in Organizations 3 credit hours
• MGMT 4680 - Organization Behavior 3 credit hours
• LEAD 3010 - Leadership Theories and Practices 3 credit hours
• ORCO 3240 - Introduction to Organizational Communication 3 credit hours
• ORCO 3250 - Organizational Communication in Communities 3 credit hours
• ORCO 3500 - Strategic Communication in Organizations 3 credit hours
• ORCO 3650 - Conflict and Organizations 3 credit hours
• PSY 4380 - Group Dynamics 3 credit hours

Freshman

• ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
• Mathematics 3 credit hours
• PS 1010 - Foundations of Government 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci)
• PS 1005 - American Government and Politics 3 credit hours
• Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
• Foreign Language/Minor 3 credit hours

Sophomore

• ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)

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• Humanities and/or Fine Arts (2 prefixes) 6 credit hours
• ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci)
• ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours
• PS 3001 - Research Methods in Political Science 3 credit hours
• PS 3250 - Public Administration 3 credit hours
• Foreign Language/Minor 3 credit hours

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• Choose 6 hours from:

• HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Junior

• PS 4290 - Public Service Internship 1 to 12 credit hours (3 credit hours)

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• Choose 6 hours from:

• PS 3440 - Governmental Budgeting and Finance Administration 3 credit hours OR
• PS 4590 - Administrative Law 3 credit hours OR
• PS 4630 - Personnel Management 3 credit hours

•  

• Choose 6 hours from:

• PS 2020 - State and Local Government 3 credit hours OR
• PS 2440 - Law and the Legal System 3 credit hours OR
• PS 3160 - American Public Policy 3 credit hours OR
• PS 3400 - Municipal Government 3 credit hours OR
• PS 3490 - Alternative Dispute Resolution 3 credit hours OR
• PS 4120 - Tennessee Government 3 credit hours OR
• PS 4830 - Advanced Studies in Public Administration 3 credit hours

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• Minors 9 credit hours

• PA cognate 6 credit hours

Senior

• PS 4800 - Senior Seminar 3 credit hours
• PS electives 6 credit hours
• Minors 3 credit hours
• Elective 7 credit hours
• PA cognate 12 credit hours