Regulations effective September 1, 2017.
The Public Administration minor is designed for students who are seeking managerial careers at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels of government, as well as within non-profit and quasi-governmental organizations. Students can select a mix of Arts and Applied Studies courses in such areas as governance, political science, public policy, economics, public finance, budgeting, legal studies, human resources management, industrial relations, communications, health administration, and indigenous studies.
The role of public servants is becoming increasingly complex as the global economy becomes more integrated and the capacity of nation-states to act decisively is constrained by a multitude of factors. Public Administration professionals must possess strategic, analytic, and creative thinking skills. This minor prepares students to assume public sector managerial roles in the knowledge-based society; it provides them with exposure to administrative concepts, tools and practice, yet keeps them firmly grounded in the liberal arts education program.
GOVN 301 | Governance, the Public Sector and Corporate Power | (3) |
GOVN 380/HSRV 363 | Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Governance | (3) |
GOVN 390*/POLI 392 |
Public Policy and Administrative Governance
or |
(3) |
GLST/GOVN/POLI 403 | Public Policy in a Global Era | |
GOVN/HSRV/POLI 400 | Governance and Leadership | (3) |
GOVN 405 | Innovative Public Management | (3) |
GLST/GOVN/POLI 440 |
Global Governance and Law or |
(3) |
LGST 331* | Administrative Law or |
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INST 426* | Aboriginal Law and Government or |
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HADM 400* | Health Care Law | |
CMNS 308 |
Understanding Statistical Evidence or |
(3) |
MATH 215 | Introduction to Statistics or |
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MATH 216 | Computer-oriented Approach to Statistics | |
ADMN 232* | Introduction to Management or |
(3) |
SOCI 300 | How Humans Organize: From Primary Groups to the World Wide Web or |
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ORGB 326* | Organizational Theory or |
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ORGB 364* | Organizational Behaviour |
All courses above are designated Social Science, unless otherwise indicated by asterisks.
* Applied Studies courses. Note that students are only allowed to take 18 credits of Applied Studies towards an Arts degree.
** Humanities.
Students in Public Administration who wish to pursue employment in the federal civil service or foreign affairs are strongly encouraged to take French as an option within their BA program. Students interested in North American integration should take Spanish. Students interested in European governance should take German. Students interested in governance capacity building for First Nations communities should take Indigenous language courses.
Information effective Sept. 1, 2017 to Aug. 31, 2018.
Updated May 11 2018 by laurab
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