Requirements For: B.P.A. Major – 45 hours, 2.5 gpa

• PO200 - American National Government Credits: 3
• PO201 - State and Local Government Credits: 3
• PA330 - Public Administration Credits: 3
• PA333 - Public Management and Leadership Credits: 3
• PA334 - Public Personnel Administration Credits: 3
• PA350 - Budget and Finance Credits: 3
• PA380 - Public Service Values Credits: 3
• PA390 - Administrative Law Credits: 3
• PA404 - Capitalism and Societal Issues Credits: 3
• PA430 - Research in Public Administration Credits: 3
• PA432 - Senior Project in Public Administration Credits: 3

Areas of Concentration:

Select one (1) area of concentration below:

• Business Relations  
• Criminal Justice  
• Fire Service Management  
• Homeland Security  
• Public Service  

Writing Seminar Requirements 6 cr.

EN105  and EN106  

Math Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

MA120 , MA135 , or higher math course excluding MA208   

Science with a Lab Requirement 4 cr.

Select one of the following: BI101 , BI111 , BI211 , BI212 , BI223 , BIO221 , BIO225 , BIO325 , BIO327 , BIO330 , BIO337L , BIO337 , BIO350 , BIO410 , BIO411 , BIO417 , CH101 , CH105 , CH107L , CH107 , CH108L , CH108 , CH317L , CH317 , CH318L , CH318 , CH328 , CH329 , CH337L , CH337 , CH440 , GGP115 , GGP205 , GO130 , GO141 , GO151 , GO200 , GO310 , GO320 , PY155 , PY156 , PY205 , PY206 

Ethics Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

AC435  ,CA302 , CS300 , EDU310 , MG495 , NS306 , PA380 , PH 103 , PH 221 , PH 224 , PH 308 , PS220 , SO220 , SW492 

Communications Requirements 3 cr.

CA103  or CA105  

Citizenship Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

 PO200 , or PO210  or HIS111   or HIS112   or HIS113   

Humanities Requirement 6 cr.

Select one of the following Art or English:

AR115 , AR215 , AR216 , EN201 , EN221 , EN232 , EN234 

And one of the following: 

AR115 , AR215 , AR216 , EN201 , EN221 , EN232 , EN234 , CA104 , CA116 , CA235 , ML235 , ML251 , PH101 , PH205 , PC202 , RE109 , SP110 , SP201 , SP202 , TH100 , TH101 

Natural Science Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

BI214 , CH101 , CH102 , CH105 , CH107 , CH107L , CH108 , CH108L , GGP115 , GGP120 , GGP205 , GO125 , GO130 , GO141 , GO151 , GO200 , NS220 , PY101 , PY155 , PY156 , PY205 , PY206 

Social Science Requirement 6 cr.

Select two of the following:

AN100 , CJ100 , CJ200 , EC141 , EC142 , EDU210 , FI201 , GGH110 , GGH200 , HIS104 , HIS105 , PO216 , PS101 , PS125 , SO141 , SO206 , SW205 

Seminar; Integrative & Interdisciplinary Learning Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the topics for LE300*

Student Seminar 3 cr.

FYE100 First-Year Seminar  (required for all incoming first-time freshman and highly encouraged for transfer students)

Upper Division Hours 36 cr.

36 hours upper division (300 - 400) level course work

Writing Across the Curriculum 9 cr.

3 credit hours of Professional Writing (EN306*  or equivalent from the list below) plus 6 credit hours of Writing Intensive coursework are required.

EN306A , EN306B , EN306C , EN307 , EDU300 , CJ450 , HIS455 , MG306 , NS306 , PA430 , PO405 , PS300 , PS406 , or SO310  

6 credit hours to fulfill the Writing Intensive requirement must be chosen from among the courses designated in the catalog as “WI” (Writing Intensive ), composed as follows:

• 3 of the credit hours must come from a WI course outside the student’s major(s); that is, the course must be offered by a program other than the one(s) that house(s) the student’s major area of study at the time the course is taken.
• 3 of the credit hours must come from a WI course that is offered by the student’s major program; that is, the course must be offered by the same program that houses the student’s major at the time the course is taken.

AR316 , AR498 , BIO498 , CA218 , CH342 , CJ221 , CS300 , EDU310 , EN201 , EN 204 , EN221 , EN232 , EN234 , EN490 , FW190 , GGP350 , HC 263 ,  HIS261 , HIS453 , IDS410 , MA301 , ML251 , MG495 , NUR460 , PA432 , PO210 , PS315 , SO141 , SP320 , SW325  

Additional Requirements

Park University grants the Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Bachelor of Public Administration, Bachelor of Science in Education, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and the Bachelor of Music Degree upon completion of the following requirements:

• Completion of a minimum of 120 semester hours with a cumulative 2.0 GPA (or higher dependent on major).
• A minor for Geography, B.S.  and Information Systems, B.S.  majors.
• Satisfaction of all requirements for a major.
• Completion of degree specific requirements.
• Completion of Liberal Education requirements.
• Completion of residency requirement, 30 hours of earned and graded (A, B, C, D) college hours at Park University. At least 15 of these 30 hours must be in the major.
• Submission of an Application for Graduation.