2023-2024 Catalog

Public Service Minor

Requirements

Public Service Minor for Sawyer Business School Learners (3 courses, 9 credits)

Required Course:

P.AD-310Introduction to Public Service

3

Choose two (2) courses from the following:

P.AD-201Social Change

3

P.AD-312Managing Public Service Financial Resources

3

P.AD-322Organizational Change

3

P.AD-325Nonprofit Management

3

P.AD-326Public Service Information Based Management

3

P.AD-361Public Service Human Resource Management

3

Learners may use PAD-201 Social Change as a minor requirement if it has not been counted toward any other BSBA requirement.

Public Service Minor for College of Arts and Sciences Learners (3 courses, 9 credits)

College of Arts and Sciences learners may undertake a Public Service minor when they have achieved junior standing and have completed:

Required Course:

P.AD-310Introduction to Public Service

3

Choose two (2) courses from the following:

P.AD-201Social Change

3

P.AD-312Managing Public Service Financial Resources

3

P.AD-322Organizational Change

3

P.AD-325Nonprofit Management

3

P.AD-326Public Service Information Based Management

3

P.AD-361Public Service Human Resource Management

3

Accelerated BSBA and MPA with full time study

Public Service minor learners may waive up to four (4) courses (12 credits) if accepted into the Suffolk Master of Public Administration (MPA) program. This enables a learner to complete both the undergraduate and graduate degrees in only five years of full-time study. In order to waive courses, undergraduates must register for sections cross-listed with graduate level courses and earn a "B" grade or better.