Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs

The Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs requires 120 credit hours. The Bloomington campus offers eight majors: Environmental Management, Human Resource Management, Law and Public Policy, Management, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Policy Analysis, Public Financial Management and Public Management and Leadership.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
 
Common Ground

See https://gened.indiana.edu/approved-courses/index.html for updated requirements and a complete list of course options.

SPEA Preparation (21 cr.)

Oral Communication (One of the following courses)

• SPEA-V 436 Communication for Government and Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
• BUS-C 104 Business Presentations (3 cr.)

Computer Course (One of the following courses)

• SPEA-V 261 Technology in Public Affairs (3 cr.)
• BUS-K 201 The Computer in Business (2-3 cr.)
• CSCI-A 110 Introduction to Computers and Computing (3 cr.) (P: One year high school algebra or MATH-M 014)
• CSCI-A 201 Introduction to Programming I (4 cr.) (P: Two years high school math or MATH-M 014)

Each of the following courses:

• SPEA-K 300 Statistical Techniques or equivalent (3 cr.) (P: MATH M 014 or equivalent; R: MATH-M 118)
• ECON-E 251 Fundamentals of Economics I  (3 cr.) or ECON-B 251 Fundamentals of Economics for Business I (3 cr.)
• POLS (any course or an approved non-SPEA study abroad course) (3 cr.)
• GEOG, SOC, ANTH (any course or an approved non-SPEA study abroad course) (3 cr.)

 Experiential Learning Requirements

• SPEA-V 252 Career Development and Planning (2cr) or exemption
• SPEA-V 381 Professional Experience (1cr) (P: SPEA-V 252) or exemption 

Additional courses beyond the general education, core, and major requirements are needed to complete the minimum of 120 hours required for the degree.

Public Affairs Core
(Six courses)

• SPEA-E 183 Environment and People (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 181 US Policy and Administration (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 182 Policy-making around the World: Comparative and International Approaches (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 184 Law and Public Affairs (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 185 Management of Public Problems and Solutions (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 186 Introduction to Public Budgeting and Finance for Public Affairs (3 cr.)

Experiential Learning Requirement

• SPEA-V 252 Career Development and Planning (2 cr.) or exemption (consult SPEA advisor)
• SPEA-V 381 Professional Experience (1 cr.) or exemption (consult SPEA advisor)
• For more information contact speacare@indiana.edu

• Be officially admitted to the School of Public and Environmental Affairs
• Earn a passing grade in SPEA-V 252
• Successfully complete a minimum of one class in their major/concentration with a passing grade
• Be in overall good academic standing
• Receive internship approval from the Career Development Office before beginning the internship experience.

All students admitted to SPEA in the fall of 2008 and thereafter who have completed either ASCS-Q 299 College to Career III or ASCS-Q 294 College to Career I and ASCS-Q 275 Professional Portfolio Development with a grade of “S” (passing) prior to admission to SPEA are not required to complete SPEA-V 252 Career Development. These students are still required to register for and complete an internship experience. Specific enrollment instructions and authorization will be provided to these students by the Career Development Office.

Environmental Management Major

Requirements (Eleven courses)

Note: Courses may be listed in more than one area below. However, significant restrictions apply, see your academic advising report (AAR).

The following six courses:

• SPEA-E 272 Introduction to Environmental Sciences (3 cr.) (R: SPEA-E 183)
• SPEA-E 311 Introduction to Risk Assessment and Risk Communication (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 332 Introduction to Applied Ecology (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 340 Environmental Economics and Finance (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 363 Environmental Management (3 cr.) (R: SPEA-E 183)*
• SPEA-E 476 Environmental Law and Regulation (3 cr.) or SPEA-V 424 Environmental Law, Justice, and Politics (3 cr.)

*Iterative Writing Assignment Course

Five of the following courses in Environment Management:

• SPEA-E 260 Introduction to Water Resources (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 316 Insects and the Environment (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 324 Controversies in Environmental Health (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 325 Computing for Environmental Scientists (2 cr.)
• SPEA-E 355 Introduction to Limnology (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 375 Techniques of Environmental Science (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-E 272 or H 316)
• SPEA-E 400 Topics in Environmental Studies (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-E 401 Human Behavior and Energy Consumption (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 410 Introduction to Environmental Toxicology (3 cr.) (P: any organismal biology course)
• SPEA-E 411 Introduction to Groundwater Hydrology (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 412 Risk Communication (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 417 Fundamentals of Sustainable Agriculture (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 418 Vector-Based GIS (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 419 Applied Remote Sensing of the Environment (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 422 Urban Forest Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 429 Application of GIS (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-E 418 or permission of instructor)
• SPEA-E 431 Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-E 272)
• SPEA-E 440 Wetlands Ecology and Management (4 cr.) (P: SPEA-E 272)
• SPEA-E 442 Habitat Analysis—Terrestrial (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 443 Habitat Analysis—Aquatic (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 450 Soil Science and Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 451 Air Pollution and Control (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 452 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 455 Limnology (4 cr.) (R: college chemistry and biology or permission of instructor)
• SPEA-E 456 Lake and Watershed Management (3 cr.) (R: any college level biology or chemistry course)
• SPEA-E 457 Introduction to Conservation Biology (3 cr.) (R: 300-level ecology course)
• SPEA-E 460 Fisheries and Wildlife Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 461 Fisheries and Wildlife Management Laboratory (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-E 272 or H 316, any biology course, and SPEA-E 460 (can be concurrent))
• SPEA-E 466 International and Comparative Environmental Policy (3 cr.) (does not count for one of five if taken to satisfy six courses above)
• SPEA-E 476 Environmental Law and Regulation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 482 Overseas Topics in Environmental Science (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-H 316 Environmental Health Science (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 161 Urban Problems and Solutions (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 275 Introduction to Emergency Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 365 Urban Development and Planning (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 161)
• SPEA-V 378 Federal Government Processes (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 379 Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 401 Financial and Cost-Benefit Analysis (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 202)
• SPEA-V 409 Federal Policymaking and the Hearing Process (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 412 Leadership and Ethics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 413 Food Systems and Community Resilience (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 415 Data Science in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 424 Environmental Law, Justice, and Politics (3 cr.) (does not count for one of five if taken to satisfy six courses above)
• SPEA-V 425 Homeland Security: Policy and Practice (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 435 Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 437 Public Transportation
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 461 Computer Applications in Public Affairs (3 cr.) (P: BUS-K 201)
• SPEA-V 462 Community Development (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 475 Database Management Systems (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 261, V 369, or equivalent)
• SPEA-V 481 Grant Writing for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 499 Honors Thesis (3 cr.)

Human Resource Management Major

Requirements (Twelve courses)

Note: Courses may be listed in more than one area below. However, significant restrictions apply, see your academic advising report (AAR).

The following four courses:

• SPEA-V 202 Contemporary Economic Issues in Public Affairs (3 cr.)  (P: ECON-E 201)
• SPEA-V 236 Managing and Leading Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 246 Elements of Governmental and Nonprofit Financial Accounting Cycle (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 186)
• SPEA-V 373 Human Resource Management in the Public Sector (3 cr.)*

*Iterative Writing Assignment Course

The following five courses:

• SPEA-V 361 Financial Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 246 or BUS-A 201) or BUS-F 300 Introduction to Financial Management (3 cr.) (P: BUS-A 200, A 201 or A 202)
• SPEA-V 476 Compensation Strategy and Systems (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)
• SPEA-V 477 Strategic Human Resource Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)
• SPEA-V 478 Employment Law for Human Resource Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 184)
• SPEA-V 479 Employee Recruitment and Selection (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)

Three of the following courses:

• SPEA-V 336 Managing External Collaboration and Networks (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 185)
• SPEA-V 374 Intermediate Public Budgeting and Finance (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 186)
• SPEA-V 378 Federal Government Processes (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 409 Federal Policymaking and the Hearing Process (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 412 Leadership and Ethics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 415 Data Science in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 432 Labor Relations in the Public Sector (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)
• SPEA-V 435 Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 436 Communication for Government and Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 443 Managing Workforce Diversity (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 457 Human Resources Training and Development (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 499 Honors Thesis (3 cr.)

Law and Public Policy Major

Requirements (Twelve courses)

Note: Courses may be listed in more than one area below. However, significant restrictions apply, see your academic advising report (AAR). It is strongly recommended that students take SPEA-V 184 as the first course for this major.                                                                                               

The following five courses:

• SPEA-V 202 Contemporary Economic Issues in Public Affairs (3 cr.) (P: ECON-E 201)
• SPEA-V 339 Legal History and Public Policy (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 184)*
• SPEA-V 370 Research Methods and Statistical Modeling (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-K 300 or equivalent) or SPEA V 491 Honors Research in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 379 Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 435 Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (3 cr.)

*Iterative writing assignment course

One of the following courses:

• SPEA-V 405 Public Law and the Legislative Process (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 407 Public Law and Government Relations (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 184)

Two SPEA-V 456 topics courses offered by Maurer Law School Faculty:

• SPEA-V 456 Topics in Public Law (3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)

Four of the following courses (at least three courses must be offered by SPEA):

• SPEA-E 324 Controversies in Environmental Health (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 476 Environmental Law and Regulation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-H 341 Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-H 124 or permission of instructor)
• SPEA-V 161 Urban Problems and Solutions (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 272 Terrorism and Public Policy (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 275 Introduction to Emergency Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 340 Urban Government Administration (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 377 Legal Processes and Contemporary Issues in America (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 378 Federal Government Processes (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 405 Public Law and the Legislative Process (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 406 Public Law and the Electoral Process (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 407 Public Law and Government Relations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 409 Federal Policymaking and the Hearing Process (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 414 National Security Bureaucracy and Policy (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 415 Data Science in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 424 Environmental Law, Justice, and Politics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 425 Homeland Security: Policy and Practice (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 454 Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.) (R: SPEA-V 221 or SPEA-V 362)
• SPEA-V 462 Community Development (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 476 Compensation Strategy and Systems (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)
• SPEA-V 477 Strategic Human Resource Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)
• SPEA-V 478 Employment Law for Human Resource Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 184)
• SPEA-V 479 Employee Recruitment and Selection (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)
• SPEA-V 481 Grant Writing for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 499 Honors Thesis (3 cr.)
• AAAD-A 481 Racism and the Law (3 cr.)
• ANTH-E 475 Law and Culture (3 cr.)
• BUS-L 201 Legal Environment of Business (3 cr.) or BUS-L 203 Commercial Law I (3 cr.)
• BUS-L 303 Commercial Law II (3 cr.)
• BUS-L 406 Employment Problems and the Law (3 cr.)
• CJUS-P 370 Criminal Law (3 cr.)
• CJUS-P 371 Criminal Procedure (3 cr.)
• CLAS-C 308 Roman Law (3 cr.) (P: CLAS-C 102)
• MSCH-J 300 Communications Law (3 cr.) (P: sophomore standing)
• MCSH-J 407 Newsgathering and the Law (3 cr.) (P: MSCH-J 300 or  MSCH-H 300 or JOUR-J 300 or JOUR-H 300 with a grade of C- or higher; junior/senior standing; or permission of instructor)
• MCSH-L 424 Telecommunications and the Constitution (3 cr.) (one of MSCH-C 207, MSCH-C 213, TEL-T 205 or TEL-T 207 with a C- or higher, or consent of the instructor)
• PHIL-P 375 Philosophy of Law (3 cr.) (P: three credit hours of philosophy)
• POLS-Y 304 Constitutional Law (3 cr.)
• POLS-Y 305 Constitutional Rights and Liberties (3 cr.)
• POLS-Y 367 International Law (3 cr.)
• SOC-S 326 Law and Society (3 cr.) (P: three credit hours of sociology or consent of instructor)
• SPH-R 414 Legal Aspects of Recreation (3 cr.)

Management Major

Requirements (Twelve courses)

Note: Courses may be listed in more than one area below. However, significant restrictions apply, see your academic advising report (AAR).

The following five Management Foundation courses:

• SPEA-V 202 Contemporary Economic Issues in Public Affairs (3 cr.) (P: ECON-E 201)
• SPEA-V 236 Managing and Leading Organizations (3 cr.)*
• SPEA-V 246 Elements of Governmental and Nonprofit Financial Accounting Cycle (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 186)
• SPEA-V 361 Financial Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 246 or BUS-A 201) or BUS-F 300 Introduction to Financial Management (3 cr.) (BUS-A 200, A 201 or A 202)
• SPEA-V 369 Managing Information Technology (3 cr.) (R: SPEA-V 261 or BUS-K 201)

*Iterative writing assignment course

One of the following Analytical courses:

• SPEA-V 348 Management Science (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-K 300, MATH-M 025 or MATH-M 118)
• SPEA-V 370 Research Methods and Statistical Modeling (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-K 300 or Equivalent)
• SPEA-V 379 Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 389 Risk and Hazard Mitigation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 401 Financial and Cost-Benefit Analysis (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 202)
• SPEA-V 441 Topics in Financial Management and Policy (3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 442 Topics in Budgeting or Cost Benefit (3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 491 Honors Research in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)

Two of the following Human Resource Management courses:

• SPEA-V 373 Human Resource Management in the Public Sector (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 432 Labor Relations in the Public Sector (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)
• SPEA-V 435 Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 443 Managing Workforce Diversity (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 457 Human Resources Training and Development (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)
• SPEA-V 463 Interpersonal Relations in the Workplace (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 236 and SPEA-V 336)
• SPEA-V 476 Compensation Strategy and Systems (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)
• SPEA-V 477 Strategic Human Resource Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)
• SPEA-V 478 Employment Law for Human Resource Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 184)
• SPEA-V 479 Employee Recruitment and Selection in the Public Sector (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)

Four of the following Major courses:

• SPEA-E 324 Controversies in Environmental Health (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 340 Environmental Economics and Finance  (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 363 Environmental Management (3 cr.) (R: SPEA-E 183)
• SPEA-E 476 Environmental Law and Regulation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-H 124 Overview of the U.S. Healthcare System (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 272 Terrorism and Public Policy (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 275 Introduction to Emergency Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 336 Managing External Collaboration and Networks (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 185)
• SPEA-V 340 Urban Government Administration (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 346 Introduction to Government Accounting and Financial Reporting (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 246)
• SPEA-V 356 Introduction to Nonprofit Accounting and Reporting (3 cr.) (SPEA-V 246)
• SPEA-V 365 Urban Development and Planning (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 374 Intermediate Public Budgeting and Finance (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 186)
• SPEA-V 378 Federal Government Processes (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 407 Public Law and Government Relations (3 cr.) (SPEA-V 184)
• SPEA-V 409 Federal Policymaking and the Hearing Process (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 412 Leadership Ethics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 414 National Security Bureaucracy and Policy (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 415 Data Science in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 424 Environmental Law, Justice, and Politics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 425 Homeland Security: Policy and Practice (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 436 Communication for Government and Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 437 Public Transportation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 458 Fund Development for Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 460 Intergovernmental Relations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 462 Community Development (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 481 Grant Writing for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 499 Honors Thesis (3 cr.)

Nonprofit Management and Leadership Major

Requirements (Twelve courses)

Note: Courses may be listed in more than one area below. However, significant restrictions apply, see your academic advising report (AAR).

The following six courses:

• SPEA-V 221 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 236 Managing and Leading Organizations (3 cr.)*
• SPEA-V 246 Elements of Governmental and Nonprofit Financial Accounting Cycle (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 186)
• SPEA-V 336 Managing External Collaboration and Networks (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 185)   
• SPEA-V 356 Introduction to Nonprofit Accounting & Reporting (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 246)
• SPEA-V 362 Nonprofit Management & Leadership (3 cr.)       

*Iterative writing assignment course

Three of the following SPEA Nonprofit Issues and Practices courses:

• SPEA-V 434 NGO Management in Comparative Perspective (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Nonprofit Resource Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 454 Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.) (R: SPEA-V 221 or SPEA-V 362)
• SPEA-V 458 Fund Development for Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)                    
• SPEA-V 481 Grant Writing for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)

Three of the following courses (no more than one non-SPEA course):

• SPEA-A 163 Introduction to Arts Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-A 241 Community Engagement in the Arts (3 cr.)
• SPEA-A 354 Arts Marketing Fundamentals (3 cr.)
• SPEA-A 459 Public Policy and the Arts (3 cr.)
• SPEA-A 464 The Economics and Administration of Arts Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-A 483 Arts Entrepreneurship (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 363 Environmental Management (3 cr.) (R: SPEA-E 183)
• SPEA-E 466 International and Comparative Environmental Policy (3 cr.)
• SPEA-H 124 Overview of the U.S. Healthcare System (3 cr.)   
• SPEA-H 492 Global Health Issues and Management (3 cr.) 
• SPEA-V 161 Urban Problems and Solutions (3 cr.)  
• SPEA-V 361 Financial Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 246 or BUS-A 201)
• SPEA-V 368 Managing Government Operations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 369 Managing Information Technology (3 cr.)                               
• SPEA-V 370 Research Methods and Statistical Modeling (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-K300 or equivalent)
• SPEA-V 378 Federal Government Processes (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 379 Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 401 Financial and Cost-Benefit Analysis (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 202)
• SPEA-V 409 Federal Policymaking and the Hearing Process (3 cr.)          
• SPEA-V 412 Leadership and Ethics (3 cr.)  
• SPEA-V 415 Data Science in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 424 Environmental Law, Justice, and Politics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 425 Homeland Security: Policy and Practice (3 cr.)                             
• SPEA-V 435 Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (3 cr.)                                        
• SPEA-V 436 Communication for Government and Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)   
• SPEA-V 463 Interpersonal Relations in the Workplace (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 475 Database Management Systems (3 cr.)  
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 491 Honors Research in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 499 Honors Thesis (3 cr.)
• INTL-I 202 Global Health and Environment (3 cr.)
• MSCH-R 431 Public Relations for Nonprofits (3 cr.) (P: JOUR-J 321 or MSCH-R 321 with a grade of C- or better)
• SOC-S 201 Social Problems (3 cr.)
• SOC-S 217 Social Inequality (3 cr.)
• SPH-R 311 Management in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism (3 cr.)
• SWK-S 352 Social Welfare Policy and Practice (3 cr.)              

Policy Analysis Major

Requirements (Twelve courses)

Note: Courses may be listed in more than one area below. However, significant restrictions apply, see your academic advising report (AAR).

 The following seven courses:

• SPEA-V 202 Contemporary Economic Issues in Public Affairs (3 cr.) (P: ECON-E 201)
• SPEA-V 348 Management Science (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 370 Research Methods and Statistical Modeling (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-K 300)
• SPEA-V 379 Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 386 Case Studies for Policy Analysis (3 cr.)*
• SPEA-V 401 Financial and Cost-Benefit Analysis (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 202)
• SPEA-V 449 Senior Policy Seminar (3 cr.)

*Iterative writing assignment course

Five courses from the following: Note: These courses are grouped by topic to assist students, but students are free to take any five of them. Courses may appear in more than one list.

Environmental Policy

• SPEA-E 324 Controversies in Environmental Health (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 340 Environmental Economics and Finance (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 401 Human Behavior and Energy Consumption (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 476 Environmental Law and Regulation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 424 Environmental Law, Justice, and Politics (3 cr.)

Financial Management and Policy

• SPEA-V 246 Elements of Governmental and Nonprofit Financial Accounting Cycle (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 186)
• SPEA-V 361 Financial Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 246 or BUS-A 201)
• SPEA-V 371 Financing Public Affairs (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 202)
• SPEA-V 374 Intermediate Public Budgeting & Finance (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 186)

Health Policy

• SPEA-H 324 Health Policy (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-H 124 or permission of instructor)
• SPEA-H 354 Health Economics (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-H 124 or permission of instructor and ECON-E 251 or ECON-B 251)
• SPEA-H 403 Pharmaceutical Industry and Public Policy (3 cr.)

Law and Ethics

• SPEA-E 476 Environmental Law and Regulation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 405 Public Law and the Legislative Process (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 406 Public Law and the Electoral Process (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 407 Public Law and Government Relations (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 184)
• SPEA-V 412 Leadership and Ethics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 424 Environmental Law, Justice, and Politics (3 cr.)

Security Policy

• SPEA-V 272 Terrorism and Public Policy (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 275 Introduction to Emergency Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 414 National Security Bureaucracy and Policy (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 425 Homeland Security: Policy and Practice (3 cr.)

Technology Skills

• SPEA-V 369 Managing Information Technology (3 cr.) (R: SPEA-V 261 or BUS-K 201)
• SPEA-V 415 Data Science in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 461 Computer Applications in Public Affairs (3 cr.)

Urban and Community Policy

• SPEA-V 161 Urban Problems and Solutions (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 365 Urban Development and Planning (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 161)
• SPEA-V 421 Metropolitan Development (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 437 Public Transportation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 462 Community Development (3 cr.)

Programs and Topics Courses

• SPEA-V 378 Policy Process in the United States (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 409 Federal Policymaking and the Hearing Process (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 491 Honors Research in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 499 Honors Thesis (3 cr.)

Requirements (Eleven courses)

Note: Courses may be listed in more than one area below. However, significant restrictions apply, see your academic advising report (AAR).

The following four courses:

• SPEA-V 202 Contemporary Economic Issues in Public Affairs (3 cr.) (P: ECON-E 201)
• SPEA-V 246 Elements of Governmental and Nonprofit Financial Accounting Cycle (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 186)
• SPEA-V 361 Financial Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 246 or BUS-A 201)
• SPEA-V 374 Intermediate Public Budgeting and Finance (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 186)*

*Iterative writing assignment course

 Three of the following courses (students who take all four courses only need three from the section below):

• SPEA-V 346 Introduction to Government Accounting and Financial Reporting (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 246)
• SPEA-V 371 Financing Public Affairs (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 202)
• SPEA-V 401 Financial and Cost-Benefit Analysis (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 202)      
• SPEA-V 439 Debates in Public Finance (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 202)

Four of the following courses (students who take all four of the above courses only need three from this section, students may not “double count” courses within this major):

• SPEA-E 340 Environmental Economics and Finance (3 cr.)
• SPEA-H 324 Health Policy (3 cr.)
• SPEA-H 350 Fundamentals of Healthcare Financial Management (3 cr.)      
• SPEA-H 354 Health Economics (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-H 124 or permission of instructor and ECON-E 251 or ECON-B 251)
• SPEA-V 161 Urban Problems and Solutions (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 272 Terrorism and Public Policy (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 275 Introduction to Emergency Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 346 Introduction to Government Accounting and Financial Reporting (3cr) (P: SPEA-V 246)
• SPEA-V 348 Management Science (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-K 300, MATH-M 025 or MATH-M 118)
• SPEA-V 356 Introduction to Nonprofit Accounting and Reporting (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 246)    
• SPEA-V 369 Managing Information Technology (3 cr.) (R: SPEA-V 261 or BUS-K 201)
• SPEA-V 371 Financing Public Affairs (3cr) (P: SPEA-V 202)
• SPEA-V 378 Federal Government Processes (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 379 Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 386 Case Studies for Policies Analysis (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 401 Financial and Cost-Benefit Analysis (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 202) 
• SPEA-V 409 Federal Policymaking and the Hearing Process (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 412 Leadership and Ethics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 415 Data Science for Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 421 Metropolitan Development (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 424 Environmental Law, Justice, and Politics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 425 Homeland Security: Policy and Practice (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 437 Public Transportation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 439 Debates in Public Finance (3cr) (P: SPEA-V 202)
• SPEA-V 441 Topics in Financial Management and Policy (3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 442 Topics in Budgeting or Cost-Benefit (3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 454 Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.) (R: SPEA-V 221 or SPEA-V 362)
• SPEA-V 461 Computer Applications in PUblic Affairs (3 cr.) (P: BUS-K 201)
• SPEA-V 462 Community Development (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 475 Database Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 261, V 369 or equivalent
• SPEA-V 481 Grant Wring for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 491 Honors Research in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 499 Honors Thesis (3 cr.)

Public Management and Leadership Major

Requirements (Eleven courses)

Note: Courses may be listed in more than one area below. However, significant restrictions apply, see your academic advising report (AAR).

The following seven Foundation courses:

• SPEA-V 202 Contemporary Economic Issues in Public Affairs (3 cr.) (P: ECON-E 201)
• SPEA-V 236 Managing and Leading Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 246 Elements of Government and Nonprofit Financial Accounting Cycle (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 186)
• SPEA-V 336 Managing External Collaboration and Networks (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 185)*
• SPEA-V 361 Financial Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 246 or BUS-A 201)
• SPEA-V 373 Human Resource Management in the Public Sector (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 379 Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation (3 cr.)

*Iterative writing assignment course

Two of the following Context Courses:

• SPEA-V 161 Urban Problems and Solutions (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 221 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 263 Public Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 272 Terrorism and Public Policy (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 365 Urban Development and Planning (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 161)
• SPEA-V 378 Federal Government Processes (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 409 Federal Policymaking and the Hearing Process (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 414 National Security Bureaucracy and Policy (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 424 Environmental Law, Justice, and Politics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 460 Intergovernmental Relations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 462 Community Development (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 499 Honors Thesis (3 cr.)

   Two of the following Skills courses:

• SPEA-V 369 Managing Information Technology (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 370 Research Methods and Statistical Modeling (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-K 300 or equivalent)
• SPEA-V 374 Intermediate Public Budgeting and Finance (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 186)
• SPEA-V 401 Financial and Cost-Benefit Analysis (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 202)
• SPEA-V 412 Leadership and Ethics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 415 Data Science in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 435 Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 436 Communication for Government and Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 443 Managing Workforce Diversity (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 457 Human Resources Training and Development (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)
• SPEA-V 481 Grant Wring for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 491 Honors Research in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)