Undergraduate Programs
Degree Programs
BS in Informatics
Public and Environmental Affairs Cognates
Option 1: Environmental Management Cognate
Required:
- SPEA-E 183 Environment and People
- SPEA-E 272 Introduction to Environmental Sciences
- SPEA-E 363 Environmental Management
Select one course from the following:
- INFO-I 400 Topics in Informatics (Topic: Environmental Pol Health Design)
- SPEA-E 340 Environmental Economics and Finance
- SPEA-E 476 Environmental Law and Regulation
- SPEA-V 424 Environmental Law, Justice and Politics
Select two courses from the following:
- INFO-I 400 Topics in Informatics (Topic: Environmental Pol Health Design) if not used above
- SPEA-E 355 Introduction to Limnology
- SPEA-E 410 Introduction to Environmental Toxicology
- SPEA-E 412 Risk Communication
- SPEA-E 422 Urban Forest Management
- SPEA-E 431 Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment
- SPEA-E 440 Wetlands Ecology and Management
- SPEA-E 451 Air Pollution and Control
- SPEA-E 452 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
- SPEA-E 456 Lake and Watershed Management
- SPEA-E 457 Introduction to Conservation Biology
- SPEA-E 460 Fisheries and Wildlife Management
- SPEA-E 461 Fisheries and Wildlife Management Laboratory
Option 2: Healthcare Management and Policy Cognate
Required:
- SPEA-H 124 Overview of the U.S. Healthcare System
- SPEA-V 373 Human Resource Management in the Public Sector
Select three courses from the following:
- SPEA-E 324 Controversies in Environmental Health
- SPEA-H 350 Fundamentals of Healthcare Financial Management
- SPEA-H 401 Strategic Planning in Health Organizations
- SPEA-H 402 Hospital Administration
- SPEA-H 403 Pharmaceutical Industry and Public Policy
- SPEA-H 411 Chronic and Long-Term Care Administration
- SPEA-H 432 Health Care Marketing
- SPEA-H 455 Topics in Public Health
Option 3: Policy Analysis Cognate
Required:
- SPEA-V 181 US Policy and Administration
- SPEA-V 182 Policy-making Around the World: Comparative and International Approaches
Select three courses from the following:
- SPEA-V 348 Management Science
- SPEA-V 370 Research Methods and Statistical Modeling
- SPEA-V 379 Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation
- SPEA-V 386 Case Studies for Policy Analysis
- SPEA-V 401 Financial and Cost-Benefit Analysis
- SPEA-V 449 Senior Policy Seminar
Option 4: Public Financial Management Cognate
Required:
- SPEA-V 186 Introduction to Public Budgeting and Finance
- SPEA-V 246 Elements of Governmental and Nonprofit Financial Accounting Cycle
- SPEA-V 346 Introduction to Government Accounting and Financial Reporting
- SPEA-V 361 Financial Management
Select one course from the following:
- SPEA-V 371 Financing Public Affairs
- SPEA-V 374 Intermediate Public Budgeting and Finance for Public Affairs
- SPEA-V 401 Financial and Cost-Benefit Analysis
- SPEA-V 439 Debates in Public Finance
Option 5: Urban Planning and Community Development Cognate
Required:
- SPEA-V 161 Urban Problems and Solutions
- SPEA-V 365 Urban Development and Planning
- SPEA-V 462 Community Development
Select two courses from the following:
- SPEA-A 241 Community Engagement in the Arts
- SPEA-V 236 Managing and Leading Organizations
- SPEA-V 340 Urban Government Administration
- SPEA-V 412 Leadership and Ethics
- SPEA-V 421 Metropolitan Development