These courses fulfill either the Pollitics & Administration, Public Management and Policy, or Electives categories. If a student completes a section, additional courses from that section may be used for cources in the next section. For example, if a student takes POSC 300 and POSC 305, POSC 305 would move to the Public Management & Policy section. Courses will only end up counting in one section.
Required Courses (12 units)
POSC/CRJU 320: Introduction to Public Management and Policy
POSC 321: Research in Public Management
POSC 421: Government and the Economy (W)
POSC/CRJU 422: Human Resources Managament (W)
Politics & Administration (3 units)
POSC 300: Contemporary Issues In California Government And Politics
POSC 305: Introduction To State And Local Politics
POSC 309: Introduction To Metropolitan Politics
POSC 315: Introduction To Public Policy
Public Management & Policy (9 units)
POSC 300: Contemporary Issues In California Governmant And Politics
POSC 305: Introduction To State And Local Politics
POSC 309: Introduction To Metropolitan Politics
POSC 315: Introduction To Public Policy
POSC 425: Policy Analysis
POSC 427: Metropolitan Politics And Policymaking
POSC 446: Corruption, Ethics And Public Policy
POSC 475: Administrative Law
Electives (12 units + Internship or 1 additional Elective (15 units total))
POSC 300: Contemporary Issues In California Governmant And Politics
POSC 305: Introduction To State And Local Politics
POSC 309: Introduction To Metropolitan Politics
POSC 315: Introduction To Public Policy
POSC 425: Policy Analysis
POSC 427: Metropolitan Politics And Policymaking
POSC 446: Corruption, Ethics And Public Policy
POSC 475: Administrative Law
POSC 324: Nonprofit Organizations
POSC 322: Leadership For Public Service
POSC 352: American Foreign Policy
POSC 375: Law, Politics And Society
POSC 403: Politics And Policy In Sacramento
POSC 411: Art Of Administration
POSC 423: Diversity In Public Management
POSC 424: Health Policy
POSC 426: Education Politics And Policy
POSC 456: National Security
POSC 475:Administrative Law
POSC/GEOG 478: Urban Planning Principles
POSC/GEOG 484: Urban Planning Methods
POSC 491: Applied Policy Research
POSC 497: Internship In Public Administration (may be replaced with 5th elective for students with administrative experience in the public sector; see faculty advisor for approval)
Courses in Related Fields (9 units)
Students must complete 3 courses total in upper-division related disciplines:
Accounting, African American Studies, Aging Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies, Communications, Criminal Justice, Economics, Environmental Studies, Finance, Geography and the Environment, History, Human Communication Studies, Human Services, Information Systems and Decision Sciences, Management, Psychology, Public Health, Sociology, or Women and Gender Studies
