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BS in Informatics

Public and Environmental Affairs Cognate

Required:

• SPEA-E 418 Vector-Based Geographic Information Systems OR V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs
• SPEA-V 461 Computer Applications in Public Affairs
• SPEA-V 475 Database Management Systems

In addition, students must select a focus area from one of the following:

Option I: Environmental Issues
Required:

• SPEA E418 Vector-Based Geographic Information Systems

Select two courses from the following:

• SPEA-E 325 Computing for Environmental Scientists
• SPEA-E 363 Environmental Management
• SPEA-E 419 Applied Remote Sensing of the Environment
• SPEA-E 466 International and Comparative Environmental Policy
• SPEA-E 476 Environmental Law and Regulation

Option II: Health Issues
Required:

• SPEA-H 320 Heath Systems Administration

Select one course from the following:

• SPEA-H 316 Environmental Health Science
• SPEA-H 402 Hospital Administration
• SPEA-H 411 Chronic and Long-Term Care Administration

Option III: Urban Affairs
Select two courses from the following:

• SPEA-V 340 Urban Government Administration
• SPEA-V 368 Managing Government Operations
• SPEA-V 372 Government Finance and Budgets
• SPEA-V 421 Metropolitan Development

Option IV: Public Policy Analysis
Select two courses from the following:

• SPEA-V 348 Management Science
• SPEA-V 370 Research Methods and Statistical Modeling
• SPEA-V 386 Case Studies for Policy Analysis
• SPEA-V 401 Financial and Cost-Benefit Analysis

Option V: Public Finance
Required:

• SPEA V372 Government Finance and Budgets

Select one course from the following:

• SPEA-V 346 Introduction to Government Accounting and Financial Reporting
• SPEA-V 361 Financial Management
• SPEA-V 401 Financial and Cost-Benefit Analysis
• SPEA-V 441 Topics in Financial Management and Policy

Capstone Experience:
SPEA-V 461 Computer Applicatons in Public Affairs will serve as a capstone experience and should be taken as the last course in the cognate sequence. This is a project-oriented course, in which students select projects related to their focus areas. A SPEA faculty member with expertise in that particular area will direct this project.