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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

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