This major analyzes the application of management and decision-making principles to public organizations. The major combines a comprehensive management foundation with an application of the practicalities of political and social policy making. The student will gain an understanding of the significant expansion of the public sector during the twentieth century, and the resulting pro-life ration of laws, rules and regulations, and problems associated with effective change in that environment. Specific courses will focus on the challenges of problem solving in public bureaucracies; federal, state, and municipal governments and politics; current issues and problems in constitutional law; society's response to social problems; and the administration of social agencies.

Program Objectives

Students graduating in the area of Public Administration will be able to:

• apply management and decision-making principles to public organizations.
• know the practicalities of political and social policy making.
• understand the significant cause of the expansion of the public sector and the resulting proliferation of laws, rules and regulations, and problems associated with effective change in that environment.
• identify the challenges of problem solving in public bureaucracies; federal, state, and municipal governments and politics.
• recognize current issues and problems in constitutional law; society's response to social problems; and the administration of social agencies.