Public Administration Minor

Public Administration, Minor

Degree

Undergraduate Minor

School

Public Administration

OVERVIEW

If you have an interest in working for the public sector, you may want to consider the Minor in Public Administration. The minor provides knowledge in public administration theory and process, administrative writing, fiscal management and human resource administration. As with the bachelor’s degree, the minor is oriented toward local government, growth management and the environment.

CURRICULUM

The 21-credit-hour Minor in Public Administration consists of the following seven core courses. For more information, please visit the UCF Undergraduate Catalog.

 

This courses examines the basic environment, culture, and organization of public administration in the United States.
Prerequisite: POS 2041
Offered in fall and spring
Professional and technical writing for the public sector.
Prerequisites: POS 2041
Offered in fall and spring
Problems of values, interests, and objectives and their impact on the administration of public programs, stressing the interplay between social values, policies and administration.
Prerequisites: PAD 3003 and PAD3733
Offered in fall and spring
A review of the behavioral aspects of the administrative process, its impact on
organizational goal achievement and on supervisory strategies. Some social and structural pathologies affecting administrative practice.
Prerequisites: PAD 3003 and PAD 3733
Offered in fall and spring
Analysis of methods of securing public funds, the process of budget making, and techniques of management used in managing public funds.
Prerequisites: PAD 3003 and PAD 3733
Offered in fall and spring
The history, operating components, structural characteristics, and increasing impact of laws and related sanctions on personnel practices of public agencies.
Prerequisites: PAD 3003 and PAD 3733
Offered in fall and spring
Introduction to the concepts, design, methodology, computer applications, and data analysis in applied research in the public sector.
Prerequisites: PAD 3003 and PAD 3733
Offered in fall and spring

ADMISSIONS AND ADVISING

Students pursuing this undergraduate minor must be in a degree-seeking program, and the minor is awarded at completion of the degree program. This is an open-enrollment program, which means that there is no application process. Rather, students must complete an electronic minor declaration form.

For more information, please contact our advising team.

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