Public Administration Minor

Today’s public administrators deliver public services in close coordination and partnership with businesses and community-based organizations, domestically and internationally. Public service coverage has also grown from the traditional health and sanitation, education, public works and agriculture to include immigration, security and environmental concerns. Thus, there is a compelling need to deepen the student’s critical understanding of governance institutions, policymakers, legal and regulatory processes, and business-government-civil society relations, as well as ethics, accountability, and anti-corruption strategies. Students have the option of taking graduate-level courses from the Master of Public Administration program and applying them to both the minor requirements and the MPA program requirements.

Required Courses - 15-16 units

Students must select one of the following options. Note: students may not mix and match from both options.

1. Undergraduate Public Administration Courses - 15 units

Select five of the following:

PAD 100 Public Policy and Administration 3 unit(s)
PAD 102 Policy Making and Analysis 3 unit(s)
PAD 104 Privatization and the Public Service 3 unit(s)
PAD 105 Public Budgeting Techniques and Processes 3 unit(s)
PAD 106 Administrative Law and Justice 3 unit(s)
PAD 197 Internship: Public Administration 3 unit(s)
PAD 198A-ZZ Special Topics in Public Administration 3 unit(s)
PAD 199 Directed Study in Public Administration 1-3 unit(s)

2. MPA Program Courses - 16 units

Select four of the following:

PAD 302 Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation 4 unit(s)
PAD 304 Public Enterprise Management and Public Sector Business Relations 4 unit(s)
PAD 305 Budgeting and Financial Management 4 unit(s)
PAD 306 Public Service and the Law 4 unit(s)
Students must earn a “C-” or better grade in order for these courses to count toward the Public Administration degree program.