Bachelor of Public Administration

General Requirements: Total of 60 credit hours at 3000 level or above.

PAD Core Requirements: 51 credit hours (17 courses) with a ‘C’ or better. If you receive a ‘C-’ or below the course must be repeated.

PAD 3003 Introduction to Public Administration

 

Policy

URS 3001 Introduction to Urban and Regional Studies

PAD 3034 Policy Development and Implementation

PAD 3251C Applied Economics for Public Managers

URS 4004 Introduction to Fiscal Analysis

PAD 4301 Planning, Performance and Accountability

 

Quantitative Skills

PAD 4704 Applied Statistics for Policy and Management

URS 4153 Applied Research Methods for Policy & Management II

 

Public Management

PAD 3804 Government & Administration of Metro Areas

URS 3438 Communication Skills

URS 4061 Values, Ethics and Conflict Resolution

PAD 4141 Citizen Participation & Community Involvement

PAD 4223 Public Sector Budgeting

PAD 4260 Public Relations for Public Managers

PAF 4404 IT and E-government for Public Managers

URS 4643 Introduction to Management

Integrative Seminar (3 credits): All students must complete PAD 4934, the Integrative Seminar in Public Administration. Must obtain a ‘C’ or better in the Seminar.

Concentrated Electives (9 credits): Three elective courses are required.  They may be completed within or outside the Program. Those courses selected must be approved by the Program as being related to the student’s program of study. Must obtain a ‘C’ or better in each course.

Degree Requirements:

1. Students must complete 60 credit hours at the 3000 level or above. The 60 credit hours consist of 51 credit hours of core requirement and 9 credit hours of electives.

2. All students are required to complete the University Core Curriculum General Education Requirements to receive a degree from FIU. Proof of an Associate of Arts (AA) degree from a Florida community college automatically satisfies this requirement.

3. Students entering FIU without an Associate of Arts degree from a Florida Community College must complete the "University Core Curriculum" requirements. (See the FIU Catalog website for details on the Core Requirements).

4. Any student who was admitted with a foreign language defi­ciency must successfully complete two semesters of instruction in one foreign language prior to graduation. Students who have successfully completed two years of a foreign language in high school will need to request their transcript to be forwarded to FIU to waive this requirement.

5. All students entering any University within the Florida State University System with fewer than 60 credit hours are required to earn at least nine (9) credit hours prior to graduation by attending one or more summer terms at a university within the system.

6. Effective Fall 1984, the State Board of Education established minimum score standards (CLAST) for the award of the Associate of Arts degree and for admission to upper division status in state universities in Florida. Students admitted into the upper division status missing the completion of any section of this exam or any other lower division requirements must complete such requirements or may face restricted enrollment of upper division courses.