2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin

Public Administration, Bachelor of Science

The major in Public Administration prepares students for leadership and management roles in public agencies. The major empowers students to analyze, understand and solve problems using the tools of public administration. The major is grounded in our commitment to a broad definition of justice, including equity, diversity, inclusion, ethics, effectiveness, and accountability.

Learning outcomes. Students will:

  • Identify the core mechanisms of public administration including the organization and management of human and financial resources. 
  • Discuss the political, economic, legal and social environments of public policy and administration.
  • Explain the unique challenges and opportunities of providing public goods and services in a diverse society. The includes the understanding of public administration and policy in an international and comparative context. 
  • Define and diagnose decision situations, collect and analyze data, develop and implement effective courses of action, and evaluate results
  • Organize and communicate information clearly to a variety of audiences by means of oral presentation, written documents and reports, and quantitative graphs, charts and tables.
  • Pre-service and in-service students synthesize and apply decision-making, leadership and management skills in public agencies or non-profit organizations. 

Credits Required.

Public Administration Major 42-45
General Education 42
Electives 33-36
Total Credits Required for B.S. Degree 120

Coordinator. Professors Judy-Lynne Peters, Fall 2021 (212.237.8071, jlpeters@jjay.cuny.edu) and Elizabeth Nisbet, Spring 2022 (646.557.4523, enisbet@jjay.cuny.edu), Department of Public Management. 

Advisor. Ms. Yvonne Purdie, Department of Public Management (212.237.8554, ypurdie@jjay.cuny.edu)

Advising resources. Public Administration Major Advising Resources include a Sample Four-year Plan of Study

Baccalaureate/Master’s Program in Public Administration. Qualified undergraduate students may enter the Baccalaureate/Master’s Program and thereby graduate with both a bachelor’s (BS) and a master’s degree (MPA) in public administration. For information, please contact Ms. Yvonne Purdie, Advisor, Department of Public Management (212.237.8554, ypurdie@jjay.cuny.edu).

Additional information. Students who enroll for the first time at the College or changed to this major in September 2020 or thereafter must complete the major in the form presented here. Students who enrolled prior to that date may choose either the form shown here or the earlier version of the major. A copy of the earlier version may be obtained in the 2019-20 Undergraduate Bulletin.

Foundational Courses

May be required depending on math placement
MAT 108Social Science Math

3

or

MAT 141Pre-Calculus

3

Advisors recommendationMAT 108 or MAT 141 may satisfy the Gen Ed Required Core in the Math and Quantitative Reasoning area.

Students who have placed into or taken higher level math should see the Major Coordinator.

Total Credit Hours: 0-3

Part One. Core Courses

Required
PAD 101Introduction to Public Administration

3

PAD 260International Public Administration

3

PAD 314Leadership, Supervision and Performance

3

PAD 318Decisions in Crises

3

PAD 340Planning and Policy Analysis

3

PAD 343Administration of Financial Resources

3

PAD 346Human Resource Administration

3

PAD 440Capstone Seminar in Public Administration

3

Total Credit Hours: 24

Part Two. Methods and Skills

Required
PAD 121Information in Public Administration

3

ENG 235Writing for Management, Business and Public Administration

3

STA 250Principles and Methods of Statistics

3

Total Credit Hours: 9

Part Three. Internship or Practicum

Select one
PAD 402Seminar and Internship in Public Administration

6

PAD 404Practicum in Public Administration

3

Total Credit Hours: 3-6

Part Four. Electives

Choose one or two.  Students who complete PAD 402 (6 cr.) in Part Three above only need to complete one additional elective course in Part Four. 

 
ACC 250Introduction to Accounting

3

PAD 331Fraud, Waste, Abuse and Corruption in Public Organizations

3

PAD 348Justice Planning and Policy Analysis

PAD 355Public Policy Analysis

3

PAD 358Comparative Public Administration

3

PAD 362Administration of International Intergovernmental Organizations

3

PAD 366Workplace Investigations: Tools, Techniques and Issues

3

PAD 380Selected Topics in Public Administration

3

PAD 385Faculty Mentored Research Experience in Public Administration

3

PAD 389Independent Study 300-level

3

PAD 400Quantitative Problems in Public Administration

3

Total Credit Hours: 3-6

 

Total Credit Hours: 42-45