Coordinator: Robert Roberts
Email: robertrn@jmu.edu
Phone: (540) 568-6323
Public Policy and Administration Minor Website
Program Description
The minor in public policy and administration seeks to give students a foundation in the nature and practice of public policy and public administration. Students have an opportunity to complete an internship as part of the minor.
Minor Requirements
The minor in public policy and administration requires 19 credit hours of course work.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| POSC 225 | U.S. Government [C4AE] | 4 |
| PPA 200 | Introduction to Public Policy | 3 |
| PPA 265 | Public Administration | 3 |
| 10 |
| 3 |
| State and Local Government | |
| Comparative Public Policy | |
| U.S. Immigration and Refugee Law | |
| Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Policy | |
| Borderlands Policy: Latina/o/x Politics in Context | |
| Topics in Public Policy | |
| Regionalism and Urban Management | |
| Education and Social Policy | |
| Social Welfare and Local Government Policy | |
| Special Topics in Public Policy | |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| Fundamentals of Human Resource Management | |
| Budgetary Process | |
| Seminar in Intergovernmental Relations | |
| Legal Environment of Public Administration | |
| Philanthropy and Volunteerism | |
| Nonprofit Management and Leadership | |
| Financial Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations | |
| Contract Management | |
| Economic and Community Development | |
| Grant Writing and Project Management | |
| Special Topics in Public Management | |
| Internship in Public Management | |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| Total Credits | 19 |
