Public Administration, Bachelor of Science | CSUDH

Requirements

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Total Course Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree
Minor Requirements
Major Requirements (48 units)
- Common Core Requirements (36 units)
- Concentrations

Total Course Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree

See the "Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree" in the University Catalog for complete details on general degree requirements. A minimum of 40 units, including those required for the major, must be upper division.

Elective Requirements

Completion of elective courses (beyond the requirements listed below) to reach a total of a minimum of 120 units.

General Education Requirements (43 units)

See the "General Education" requirements in the University Catalog or the Class Schedule for the most current information on General Education requirements and course offerings.

Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (3 Units)

See the "Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement" section in the University Catalog.

Statutory Requirements: United States History, Constitution and American Ideals (6 Units)

See the "Statutory Requirements" section in the University Catalog.

Minor Requirements

Single field major, no minor required.

Major Requirements (48 units)

Students must select one of the concentrations listed. The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this degree.
Note: The Administration Management concentration is being phased out. Continuing students and students admitted in fall 2020 may elect to change to the new program: B.S. Public Administration: Public Management. Please consult the program coordinator/advisor for additional information.”

Common Core Requirements (36 units)

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Lower Division Required Courses
CIS 270	Info Sys/Tech Fundamentals	3
Select one of the following:		3-4
MAT 105	Finite Mathematics
MAT 131	Elementary Statistics and Probability
MAT 132	Statistics and Probability with Support
Upper Division Required Courses
Select one of the following options:		3
Option 1
BUS 300	Business Communications ¹
Option 2
BUS 297	Employment Communications
BUS 298	Written Communications
BUS 299	Oral Communication
PUB 300	Foundations of Public Administration	3
PUB 301	Administrative Leadership and Behavior	3
PUB 302	Public Financial Administration	3
PUB 303	Public Personnel Administration	3
PUB 304	Administration of Public Policy	3
PUB 305	Applied Statistics in Public Administration	3
or CJA 341	Statistics in Criminal Justice Administration
PUB 306	Research Methods in Public Administration	3
or CJA 339	Research Methods and Communication in Criminal Justice Administration
PUB 307	Public Sector Ethics	3
PUB 490	Senior Seminar in Public Administration	3
Total Hours		36-37

¹: BUS 297 Employment Communications, BUS 298 Written Communications, and BUS 299 Oral Communication are accepted instead of BUS 300 Business Communications

Concentrations

Each student must select one of the concentrations listed below:

Public Management Concentration (12 units)

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
PUB 324	Analytic Decision-Making	3
PUB 329	Local Government Administration	3
Select two of the following:		6
PUB 401	Economics for Public Service
PUB 426	Intergovernmental Relations and Grant-Writing
PUB 434	Administrative Planning
Total Hours		12

Criminal Justice Administration Concentration (12 units)

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
PUB 324	Analytic Decision-Making	3
CJA 340	Crim Justice & Community	3
CJA 342	Legal and Ethical Foundations of Justice in Criminal Justice Administration	3
Select one CJA 300-level or CJA 400-level course		3
Total Hours		12

Health Services Administration Concentration (12 units)

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
PUB 324	Analytic Decision-Making	3
PUB 371	Introduction to Health Services Administration	3
PUB 373	Health Policy	3
PUB 426	Intergovernmental Relations and Grant-Writing	3
Total Hours		12

Nonprofit Management Concentration (12)

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
PUB 324	Analytic Decision-Making	3
PUB 426	Intergovernmental Relations and Grant-Writing	3
PUB 450	Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector	3
PUB 451	Managing the Nonprofit Organization	3
Total Hours		12

Public Financial Management Concentration (12 units) - Admission is currently suspended for this concentration.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
ACC 230	Financial Accounting	3
ACC 231	Managerial Accounting	3
PUB 426	Intergovernmental Relations and Grant-Writing	3
Select one additional course from the following		3
ACC 431	Govt & Nonprofit Acctg
ECO 327	Public Finance
PUB 324	Analytic Decision-Making
PUB 434	Administrative Planning

Public Personnel Administration Concentration (12 units) - Admission is currently suspended for this concentration.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
PUB 314	Compensation, Staffing, and Appraisal	3
PUB 315	Labor-Management Relations in Government	3
Select two additional courses from the following:		6
CJA 423	Administrative Law
NCR 541	Restorative Justice&Peacbldng
PUB 324	Analytic Decision-Making
PUB 330	Urban Administration
PUB 371	Introduction to Health Services Administration
PUB 434	Administrative Planning
SOC 315	Sociology Of Work

To lead and manage in public governance.
Evaluate the environment and operation of public administration in the policy making process
Demonstrate critical thinking and analytical skills in public policy making
Demonstrate comprehension of public service ethics
Integrate current information technologies to examine public administration or policy issues
Explain diversity in public administration and apply this knowledge in a multicultural and global environment

Public Management Concentration

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2-Year Roadmap (transfer students)

4- Year roadmap

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall		Hours
GE Area 1A English Composition		3
GE Area 3A or 3B		3
GE Area 4A or 4B		3
HIS 101	History Of United States	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Spring
GE Area 5A Physical Sciences OR 5B Biological Science		3
MAT 105 or MAT 131	Finite Mathematics (satisfies GE Area 2) or Elementary Statistics and Probability	3
POL 101	American Institutions	3
GE Area 3A or 3B		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Second Year
Fall
GE Area 1C Oral Communication		3
GE Area 5A Physical Sciences OR 5B Biological Sciences		3
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory		1
GE Area 4A or 4B		3
CIS 270	Info Sys/Tech Fundamentals	3
PUB 307	Public Sector Ethics	3
	Hours	16
Spring
GE Area 1B Critical Thinking		3
GE Area 6 Ethnic Studies		3
PUB 300	Foundations of Public Administration	3
PUB 301	Administrative Leadership and Behavior	3
PUB 303	Public Personnel Administration	3
	Hours	15
Third Year
Fall
PUB 302	Public Financial Administration	3
PUB 315	Labor-Management Relations in Government	3
GE Area 3UD Integrative Studies in the Humanities		3
Major Elective		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 314	Compensation, Staffing, and Appraisal	3
PUB 304	Administration of Public Policy	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
PUB 306 or CJA 339	Research Methods in Public Administration (Satisfies GWAR) or Research Methods and Communication in Criminal Justice Administration	3
GE Area 5UD Integrative Studies in Natural Sciences		3
	Hours	15
Fourth Year
Fall
PUB 305 or CJA 341	Applied Statistics in Public Administration or Statistics in Criminal Justice Administration	3
GE Area 4UD Integrative Studies in the Social Sciences		3
Concentration Course		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Major Elective		3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 490	Senior Seminar in Public Administration	3
Concentration Course		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		2
	Hours	14
	Total Hours	120

2-Year Roadmap (transfer students)

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall		Hours
PUB 302	Public Financial Administration	3
PUB 315	Labor-Management Relations in Government	3
GE Area 3UD Integrative Studies in the Humanities		3
Major Elective		3
PUB 300	Foundations of Public Administration	3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 314	Compensation, Staffing, and Appraisal	3
PUB 304	Administration of Public Policy	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
PUB 306 or CJA 339	Research Methods in Public Administration (Satisfies GWAR) or Research Methods and Communication in Criminal Justice Administration	3
GE Area 5UD Integrative Studies in Natural Sciences		3
	Hours	15
Second Year
Fall
PUB 305 or CJA 341	Applied Statistics in Public Administration or Statistics in Criminal Justice Administration	3
GE Area 4UD Integrative Studies in the Social Sciences		3
Concentration Course		3
Major Elective		3
PUB 307	Public Sector Ethics	3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 490	Senior Seminar in Public Administration	3
Concentration Course		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
PUB 301	Administrative Leadership and Behavior	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
	Total Hours	60

Criminal Justice Administration Concentration

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4- Year roadmap
2-Year Roadmap (transfer students)

4- Year roadmap

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall		Hours
GE Area 1A English Composition		3
GE Area 3A or 3B		3
GE Area 4A or 4B		3
HIS 101	History Of United States	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Spring
GE Area 5A Physical Sciences OR 5B Biological Sciences		3
MAT 105 or MAT 131	Finite Mathematics (satisfies GE Area 2) or Elementary Statistics and Probability	3
POL 101	American Institutions	3
GE Area 3A or 3B		3
Elective to meet 120		3
	Hours	15
Second Year
Fall
GE Area 1C Oral Communication		3
GE Area 5A Physical Sciences OR 5B Biological Sciences		3
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory		1
GE Area 4A or 4B		3
CIS 270	Info Sys/Tech Fundamentals	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	16
Spring
GE Area 1B Critical Thinking		3
GE Area 6 Ethnic Studies		3
PUB 300	Foundations of Public Administration	3
PUB 301	Administrative Leadership and Behavior	3
CJA 340	Crim Justice & Community	3
	Hours	15
Third Year
Fall
PUB 302	Public Financial Administration	3
CJA 342	Legal and Ethical Foundations of Justice in Criminal Justice Administration	3
GE Area 3UD Integrative Studies in the Humanities		3
Major Elective		3
Major Elective		2
	Hours	14
Spring
PUB 303	Public Personnel Administration	3
PUB 304	Administration of Public Policy	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
PUB 306	Research Methods in Public Administration (satisfies GWAR requirement)	3
GE Area 5UD Integrative Studies in Natural Sciences		3
	Hours	15
Fourth Year
Fall
PUB 305 or CJA 341	Applied Statistics in Public Administration or Statistics in Criminal Justice Administration	3
GE Area 4UD Integrative Studies in the Social Sciences		3
CJA 423	Administrative Law	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Major Elective		3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 490	Senior Seminar in Public Administration	3
Concentration Course		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
	Total Hours	120

2-Year Roadmap (transfer students)

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall		Hours
PUB 302	Public Financial Administration	3
CJA 342	Legal and Ethical Foundations of Justice in Criminal Justice Administration	3
GE Area 3UD Integrative Studies in the Humanities		3
Major Elective		3
GWAR satisfying course		3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 303	Public Personnel Administration	3
PUB 304	Administration of Public Policy	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
PUB 306	Research Methods in Public Administration (Satisfies GWAR)	3
GE Area 5UD Integrative Studies in Natural Sciences		3
	Hours	15
Second Year
Fall
PUB 305 or CJA 341	Applied Statistics in Public Administration or Statistics in Criminal Justice Administration	3
GE Area 4UD Integrative Studies in the Social Sciences		3
CJA 423	Administrative Law	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Major Elective		3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 490	Senior Seminar in Public Administration	3
Concentration Course		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
	Total Hours	60

Health Services Administration Concentration

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4- Year roadmap
2-Year Roadmap (transfer students)

4- Year roadmap

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall		Hours
GE Area 1A English Composition		3
GE Area 3A or 3B		3
GE Area 4A or 4B		3
HIS 101	History Of United States	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Spring
GE Area 5A Physical Sciences OR 5B Life Sciences		3
MAT 105 or MAT 131	Finite Mathematics (satisfies GE Area 2) or Elementary Statistics and Probability	3
POL 101	American Institutions	3
GE Area 3A or 3B		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Second Year
Fall
GE Area 1C Oral Communication		3
GE Area 5A Physical Sciences OR 5B Life Sciences		3
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory		1
GE Area 4A or 4B		3
CIS 270	Info Sys/Tech Fundamentals	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	16
Spring
GE Area 1B Critical Thinking		3
GE Area 6 Ethnic Studies		3
PUB 300	Foundations of Public Administration	3
PUB 301	Administrative Leadership and Behavior	3
PUB 371	Introduction to Health Services Administration	3
	Hours	15
Third Year
Fall
PUB 302	Public Financial Administration	3
PUB 373	Health Policy	3
GE Area 4UD Integrative Studies in the Social Sciences		3
Major Elective		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 303	Public Personnel Administration	3
PUB 304	Administration of Public Policy	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
PUB 306	Research Methods in Public Administration (Satisfies GWAR)	3
GE Area 5UD Integrative Studies in Natural Sciences		3
	Hours	15
Fourth Year
Fall
PUB 305 or CJA 341	Applied Statistics in Public Administration or Statistics in Criminal Justice Administration	3
GE Area 3UD Integrative Studies in the Humanities		3
Concentration Course		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Major Elective		3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 490	Senior Seminar in Public Administration	3
Concentration Course		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		2
	Hours	14
	Total Hours	120

2-Year Roadmap (transfer students)

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall		Hours
PUB 302	Public Financial Administration	3
PUB 373	Health Policy	3
GE Area 3UD Integrative Studies in the Humanities		3
Major Elective		3
	Hours	12
Spring
PUB 303	Public Personnel Administration	3
PUB 304	Administration of Public Policy	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
PUB 306	Research Methods in Public Administration (Satisfies GWAR)	3
GE Area 5UD Integrative Studies in Natural Sciences		3
	Hours	15
Second Year
Fall
PUB 305 or CJA 341	Applied Statistics in Public Administration or Statistics in Criminal Justice Administration	3
GE Area 4UD Integrative Studies in the Social Sciences		3
Concentration Course		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Major Elective		3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 490	Senior Seminar in Public Administration	3
Concentration Course		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
	Total Hours	57

Nonprofit Management Concentration

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2-Year Roadmap (transfer students)

4- Year Roadmap

2-Year Roadmap (transfer students)

Public Financial Management Concentration - Admissions currently suspended for this concentration.

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4- Year roadmap
2-Year Roadmap (transfer students)

4- Year roadmap

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall		Hours
GE Area 1A English Composition		3
GE Area 3A or 3B		3
GE Area 4A or 4B		3
HIS 101	History Of United States	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Spring
GE Area 5A Physical Sciences OR 5B Life Sciences		3
MAT 105 or MAT 131	Finite Mathematics (satisfies GE Area 2) or Elementary Statistics and Probability	3
POL 101	American Institutions	3
GE Area 3A or 3B		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Second Year
Fall
GE Area 1C Oral Communication		3
GE Area 5A Physical Sciences OR 5B Life Sciences		3
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory		1
GE Area 4A or 4B		3
CIS 270	Info Sys/Tech Fundamentals	3
ACC 230	Financial Accounting	3
	Hours	16
Spring
GE Area 1B Critical Thinking		3
GE Area 6 Ethnic Studies		3
ACC 231	Managerial Accounting	3
PUB 300	Foundations of Public Administration	3
PUB 301	Administrative Leadership and Behavior	3
	Hours	15
Third Year
Fall
PUB 302	Public Financial Administration	3
PUB 426	Intergovernmental Relations and Grant-Writing	3
GE Area 3UD Integrative Studies in the Humanities		3
Major Elective		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 303	Public Personnel Administration	3
PUB 304	Administration of Public Policy	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
GE Area 5UD Integrative Studies in Natural Sciences		3
PUB 306	Research Methods in Public Administration (Satisfies GWAR)	3
	Hours	15
Fourth Year
Fall
PUB 305 or CJA 341	Applied Statistics in Public Administration or Statistics in Criminal Justice Administration	3
GE Area 4UD Integrative Studies in the Social Sciences		3
Concentration Course		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Major Elective		3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 490	Senior Seminar in Public Administration	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		2
	Hours	14
	Total Hours	120

2-Year Roadmap (transfer students)

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall		Hours
PUB 302	Public Financial Administration	3
PUB 426	Intergovernmental Relations and Grant-Writing	3
GE Area 3UD Integrative Studies in the Humanities		3
Major Elective		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 303	Public Personnel Administration	3
PUB 304	Administration of Public Policy	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
PUB 306	Research Methods in Public Administration (Satisfies GWAR)	3
GE Area B5UD Integrative Studies in Natural Sciences		3
	Hours	15
Second Year
Fall
PUB 305 or CJA 341	Applied Statistics in Public Administration or Statistics in Criminal Justice Administration	3
GE Area 4UD Integrative Studies in the Social Sciences		3
Concentration Course		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Major Elective		3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 490	Senior Seminar in Public Administration	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
	Total Hours	60

Public Personal Administration Concentration - Admission is currently suspended for this concentration.

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4- Year roadmap
2-Year Roadmap (transfer students)

4- Year roadmap

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall		Hours
GE Area 1A English Composition		3
GE Area 3A or 3B		3
GE Area 4A or 4B		3
HIS 101	History Of United States	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Spring
Elective to meet 120 units		3
GE Area 5A Physical Sciences OR 5B Biological Sciences		3
MAT 105 or MAT 131	Finite Mathematics (satisfies GE Area 2) or Elementary Statistics and Probability	3
POL 101	American Institutions	3
GE Area 3A or 3B		3
	Hours	15
Second Year
Fall
GE Area 1C Oral Communication		3
GE Area 5A Physical Sciences OR 5B Biological Sciences		3
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory		1
GE Area 4A or 4B		3
CIS 270	Info Sys/Tech Fundamentals	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	16
Spring
GE Area 1B Critical Thinking		3
GE Area 6 Ethnic Studies		3
PUB 300	Foundations of Public Administration	3
PUB 301	Administrative Leadership and Behavior	3
PUB 303	Public Personnel Administration	3
	Hours	15
Third Year
Fall
PUB 302	Public Financial Administration	3
PUB 315	Labor-Management Relations in Government	3
GE Area 3UD Integrative Studies in the Humanities		3
Major Elective		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 314	Compensation, Staffing, and Appraisal	3
PUB 304	Administration of Public Policy	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
PUB 306	Research Methods in Public Administration (Satisfies GWAR)	3
GE Area 5UD Integrative Studies in Natural Sciences		3
	Hours	15
Fourth Year
Fall
PUB 305 or CJA 341	Applied Statistics in Public Administration or Statistics in Criminal Justice Administration	3
GE Area 4UD Integrative Studies in the Social Sciences		3
Concentration Course		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Major Elective		3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 490	Senior Seminar in Public Administration	3
Concentration Course		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		2
	Hours	14
	Total Hours	120

2-Year Roadmap (transfer students)

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall		Hours
PUB 302	Public Financial Administration	3
PUB 315	Labor-Management Relations in Government	3
GE Area 3UD Integrative Studies in the Humanities		3
Major Elective		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 314	Compensation, Staffing, and Appraisal	3
PUB 304	Administration of Public Policy	3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
PUB 306	Research Methods in Public Administration (Satisfies GWAR)	3
GE Area 5UD Integrative Studies in Natural Sciences		3
	Hours	15
Second Year
Fall
PUB 305 or CJA 341	Applied Statistics in Public Administration or Statistics in Criminal Justice Administration	3
GE Area 4UD Integrative Studies in the Social Sciences		3
Concentration Course		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Major Elective		3
	Hours	15
Spring
PUB 490	Senior Seminar in Public Administration	3
Concentration Course		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
Elective to meet 120 units		3
	Hours	15
	Total Hours	60