A 4+1 program is available\u00a0for students interested in earning a bachelor\u2019s degree in history\/political science: political science and a Master of Public Administration degree. By the end of the fourth year, students should complete 120 credit hours (108 undergraduate + 12 graduate) and receive their BA degree. They should complete an additional 24 graduate hours in their fifth year (including summers). After the completion of 144 hours (108 undergraduate + 36 graduate) they will be conferred the MPA degree if all other requirements are satisfied. Please meet with Dr. Paul Babbitt during your sophomore year\u00a0if interested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A 4+1 program is available\u00a0for students interested in earning a bachelor\u2019s degree in history\/political science: political science and a Master of Public Administration degree. By the end of the fourth year, students should complete 120 credit hours (108 undergraduate + 12 graduate) and receive their BA degree. They should complete an additional 24 graduate hours… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17527,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_genesis_title":"","_genesis_description":"","_genesis_noindex":"","_genesis_nofollow":"","_genesis_noarchive":"","_genesis_canonical_uri":"","_open_graph_title":"","_open_graph_description":"","_twitter_title":"","_twitter_description":"","_social_image_url":"","_social_image_id":"","redirect":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"college_department":[18307,18317,18304],"delivery":[28836],"types":[28851,28850],"class_list":{"0":"post-12531","1":"program","2":"type-program","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"college_department-school-of-graduate-studies","8":"college_department-history-political-science-and-geography","9":"college_department-college-of-liberal-and-performing-arts","10":"delivery-hybrid","11":"types-graduate","12":"types-undergraduate","13":"entry"},"acf":{"department_college":"History, Political Science, &\u00a0Geography<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0College of Liberal and Performing Arts<\/a>","Number_of_Hours":"120 + 36","Catalog Entry":"University Requirement (2 hours)<\/h4>\r\nGSTD 1002 - Freshman Seminar\r\n
General Education (32 hours)<\/h4>\r\nNote: 3 hours of fine arts\/humanities requirements are included in the major. PSCI 2003 - American Government: National cannot be used to fulfill the social science requirements.\r\n
Political Science (36 hours)<\/h4>\r\nPSCI 2003 - American Government: National\r\nPSCI 2013 - State and Local Government: Arkansas and the United States\r\nPSCI 3133 - Research Methods\r\nPSCI 3113 - Western Thought or PSCI 3213 - Eastern Thought\r\n18 hours of upper-level Political Science electives\r\nSelect 3 hours from the following:<\/span>\r\nPSCI 3003 - International Relations\r\nPSCI 3093 - American Foreign Policy\r\nPSCI 3193 - Political Geography\r\nPSCI 4053 - Comparative Public Policy\r\nPSCI 4083 - Global Issues\r\nPSCI 4203 - Comparative Politics\r\nPSCI 4213 - International Law\r\nSelect 3 hours from the following:<\/span>\r\nPSCI 3033 - American Political Parties\r\nPSCI 3053 - Introduction to Public Administration\r\nPSCI 3063 - Administrative Law\r\nPSCI 3223 - Introduction to the Law\r\nPSCI 4033 - Legislative Processes\r\nPSCI 4073 - American Constitutional Law\r\n
Other Requirements (12 hours)<\/h4>\r\nPSCI 4353 Senior Paper Research or 3 hours of upper-level non-creative writing\r\n3 hours of Geography electives\r\n6 hours of Foreign Language (may be fulfilled by freshman-level courses in the same language or a satisfactory score on a language proficiency exam)\r\n
Electives (26 hours)<\/h4>\r\n26 hours of unrestricted electives\r\n
MPA Requirements (36 hours)<\/h4>\r\n12 hours of graduate courses taken the senior year will also count toward the undergraduate degree requirements. Please see semesters 7 and 8 in the History\/Political Science: Political Science and Public Administration, BA\/MPA 4+1 Program Degree Plan for more details.\r\n
Core Courses (21 hours)<\/h4>\r\nPA 6003 - Principles of Public Administration\r\nPA 6053 - Public and Non-Profit Budgeting\r\nPA 6063 - Public Policy\r\nPA 6073 - Research Methods\r\nPA 6083 - Organizational Leadership\r\nPA 6153 - Human Resources in Public Organizations\r\nPA 6263 - Program Evaluation\r\n
Electives (12 hours)<\/h4>\r\nSelect 12 hours from the following:<\/span>\r\n\r\nPA 6033 - Rural Politics\r\nPA 6043 - Legal Issues in Public Administration\r\nPA 6133 - Nonprofit Organizations\r\nPA 6183 - Special Topics I\r\nPA 6193 - Special Topics II\r\nPA 6253 - Social Activism and Public Administration\r\nPA 6273 - Planning, Grant-Writing, and Implementation\r\nPA 6283 - Public Technology\r\n
Professional Project (3 hours)<\/h4>\r\nPA 6113 - Professional Project","minor_requirements":"","Degree Plans":"
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