Public Administration Preparation for the Major

Declaring the Major

There are four (4) key requirements to declare the Public Administration major:

1. Seven (7) required prerequisite courses:
   
   ACCTG 201 - Financial Accounting Fundamentals (3 units)

   Theory and practice of accounting applicable to recording, summarizing, and reporting of business transactions for external reporting and other external uses. Asset valuation; revenue and expense recognition; various asset, liability, and capital accounts.

   ECON 101 - Principles of Economics (3 units)

   Prerequisite: Satisfaction of the SDSU Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning Assessment requirement. Principles of economic analysis, economic institutions, and issues of public policy. Emphasis on macroanalysis including national income analysis, money and banking, business cycles, and economic stabilization.

   ECON 102 - Principles of Economics (3 units)

   Prerequisite: Satisfaction of the SDSU Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning Assessment requirement. Principles of economic analysis, economic institutions, and issues of public policy. Emphasis on direction of production, allocation of resources, and distribution of income, through the price system (microanalysis); and international economics.

   MIS 180 - Principles of Information Systems (3 units)

   P A 200 - The Urban Scene (3 units)

   Key issues in public administration, social policy, and city planning. Emphasis on government structure and public decision-making process, organizational behavior, effectiveness of criminal justice policies, zoning, and land use considerations.

   POL S 102 - Introduction to American/Californian Government and Politics (3 units)

   Political processes and institutions in the United States and California. Considers a variety of public policy issues such as environmental quality, health, education, relation between government and business, taxation, and foreign affairs as reflected in the dynamics of national and state politics. When taken with Political Science 101 will satisfy graduation requirement in American Institutions.

   STAT - Statistics Course (3 units)

   
   

   Students may choose from any of the following statistics courses to fulfill the three-unit statistics requirement: STAT 119, ARP 201, BIOL 215, CIV E 160, ECON 201, POL S 210, PSY 280, or SOC 201.

2. Minimum grade of "C" in all prerequisites
3. Complete a minimum of 45 semester units. (60 units are required for transfer students).
4. Minimum 2.4 GPA cumulative

At the end of each semester, PA pre-majors will be evaluated by the Office of Advising and Evaluations and automatically declared a PA major if all pre-requisite requirements have been met.

Students who are not automatically declared a PA major, may request major status by completing the “Declaration or Change of Major” form, which may be obtained from the Lobby of PSFA 100 or by visiting arweb.sdsu.edu/es/registrar/changemajor.html.