Students interested in careers or further study in public administration and criminal justice, and, by extension, law, are strongly encouraged to develop their skills in critical thinking, expository writing and argumentation, and to acquire broad knowledge in the fields of government, history, cultural and social theory, and the other social sciences.
Students interested in either concentration, or in preparing for law school, should begin with a common set of courses after completing the Center’s Core:
American Government & Politics
Philosophy: Critical Thinking, or Reason, Knowledge and Value, or other philosophy course in logic or critical thinking
Foundations of Speech, Oral Interpretation and Voice and Diction Argumentation
MATH 180, Modern Mathematical Ideas or a course in applied statistics such as Sociological Statistics
Ethics
Further work in public administration would include:
Introduction to Public Policy
Introduction to Public Administration
Modern Management
Further work in criminal justice or law would include:
Introduction to the Legal Process
Constitutional Law I & II
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Police & Community
Politics of Criminal Justice
For additional work in either area and in preparation for law school, students are strongly recommended to take these:
American Civilization I and II
The Judiciary
The Politics of Civil & Criminal Justice
Criminology & Corrections
Additional advanced work is recommended in organization theory:
Psychology of Work and Behavior in Organizations
