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

• PO200 - American National Government Credits: 3
• PO201 - State and Local Government Credits: 3
• PA230 - Introduction to 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  

Communications Requirement 9 cr.

Take: EN105  and EN106   and either CA 103  or CA 105  

Artistic Interpretation and Creation Requirement 6 cr.

Select two of the following: 

AR115 , AR215 , AR216 , EN201 , EN232 , EN234  , MU 260  , MU106

Ethical Reasoning Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

PH 102  ,PH 221 , PH 224 , PH 308  

Civics Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

HIS 104 , HIS 105  ,PA 230  , PO200 , PO210  

Human Diversity, Intercultural Understanding and Social Justice Requirement 3 cr.

 Select one of the following:

AN 100  ,EN 221  , GGH 110 , SO 206  ,SO 342  ,SW 205  

Information Literacy and Logic Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

BAI 209  , CA 322  , PH 101 , PH 103  

Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

MA 115  , MA120 , MA135 , or higher math course excluding MA208   

Scientific Inquiry - Natural and Physical Requirement 7 cr.

Natural Science - Select one from the following:

BI 111 , BI 214 , GO 125 , GO 141   or any higher BI or GO Course

Physical Science - Select one from the following:

CH 101  ,GGP 115 , GGP 120  ,PY 101 , PY 130  or any higher CH, GGP or PY course

(One course must include a lab portion)

Scientific Inquiry- Social Science- 6 cr.

Choose 2 courses from the following: 

EC 141  ,EC 142  , PS 101 , PS 125  ,SO 141  

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 , EXS190 , GGP350 , HC 263 ,  HIS261 , HIS453H , 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.