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Bachelor of Science in About CBAPP Welcome to the College of Administration and Public (CBAPP) at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Established in 1973, the College of and is a productive and professional environment of excellence in academic programs, business consulting and service. California State University, Dominguez Hills currently has approximately 42,000 alumni. Approximately 14,000 are College of Business Administration and Public Policy alumnus. We have the second largest enrollment ofthe professional schools at CSUDH, and approximately 21% of CSUDH degree recipients are College of Business Administration and Public Policy students. Out of the top 5 undergraduate programs at CSUDH, Business Administration is #1, and Criminal Administration is #3. Nearly 18% of the CSUDH student body is enrolled in the College of Business Administration and Public Policy. Our students major in applied studies, business administration, administration, and public administration and have the opportunity to choose from multiple concentrations. Department of Public Administration Dr. Elena Kulikov, Department Chair

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Student Engagement

Congressional Internship Program Each fall, the Panetta Institute hosts students for its Congressional Internship Program beginning in mid-August with an intensive two-week course at the Institute and continuing in Washington, D.C. through mid-November. Interns are nominated by the presidents of the twenty-three CSU campuses. Public administration alumna, Jessica Zaragoza, was the 2015 Panetta Institute Intern.

Pi Alpha Alpha Pi Alpha Alpha (PAA) is the national formed to recognize and promote excellence in the study and practice of public policy and administration. Pi Alpha Alpha seeks to promote the advancement of quality in the and practice of the art and science of public policy. Public Policy Institute

The PPI develops programs to instill interaction and

exchange of ideas, teaching, and scholarship among scholars, researchers, students, public administration, and non- professionals. The PPI facilitates student engagement at the undergraduate and MPA levels in public administration and non-profit projects Marie Palladini, J.D. through its internships, mentors, symposiums, and Institute Director community outreach programs. It provides Email: [email protected] opportunities for faculty development while serving as a feasible research resource. CBAPP Department Scholars High-achieving CBAPP students are identified and nominated by faculty. These students support on- campus activities that promote higher education, career preparedness, campus involvement, and good business practices, that benefit CBAPP students.

College of Business Administration and Public Policy 2 CBAPP Major Advisement CBAPP Undergraduate Advisement Center and Student Support Phone: (310) 243-3548 | Office: SBS- A 319 | Waiting Room: SBS E-306 Email: [email protected]

Meet the Advisers and Student Support Staff

About Advisement Ineki Fike, Lead & Academic Advisor The College of Business Administration and Criminal Justice Administration Public Policy Undergraduate Advisement Email: [email protected] Center provides authoritative information

concerning student advisement, George Abraham, Academic Advisor concentration information, graduation Criminal Justice Administration requirements, transfer credit, and special Email: [email protected] circumstances and conditions. Each semester before registration, all students are encouraged to come to the Loren Edwards, Academic Advisor Center for advisement. Students should visit General Education the center for course approvals when adding Email: [email protected] business administration courses during the add/drop period. Christina Yokoyama Students wishing to receive credit in the Retention Specialist business administration major or minor for Email: [email protected] courses taken at other institutions, must receive approval from an adviser in the

Center. The Center maintains records of Lee Mann Broussard Ware progress towards completion of business Student Support Coordinator administration degree requirements for all Email: [email protected] students. These records are used for counseling purposes and to check completion of course prerequisites. Need to see an advisor? Schedule an appointment online. Concentration and career advising are provided by the faculty and can be initiated https://www.appointmentquest.com/scheduler/2160055832 by students to accommodate individual First time scheduling an appointment online? Then you must complete needs. Faculty contact information is the enrollment using your Toromail email, Student ID#, and create a available in the Center and on our website. username and password. Remember that the advisers assist many stu- Students should seek advice from an appropriate department chair regarding dents and appointments need to be made in advance. concentration course work. Students may Need a Permission Number to enroll in a class? obtain advice from faculty about tailoring Public Administration students can email: [email protected] their academic programs toward career (Include: Full Name, Student ID, Major, Course, and Section #) goals, about graduate schools and programs, and about career opportunities.

3 California State University, Dominguez Hills Course Requirements for the Bachelor's See the "Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree" in the University Catalog for complete details on general degree requirements. A minimum of 40 units, including those required for the major, must be upper division.

Elective Requirements Completion of elective courses (beyond the requirements listed below) to reach a minimum total of 120.

General Education Requirements (55-62 units) See the "General Education" requirements in the University Catalog and the Class Schedule for the Public Administration most current information on General Education requirements and course offerings. Program Features GWAR Requirement The Bachelor of Science in Public Administration is designed to See the "Graduation Writing Assessment provide professional preparation for administrative or managerial Requirement" in the University Catalog. positions in organizations. The degree program Minor Requirements requires: 1) completion of a set of core courses common to all public Single field major, no minor required. administration students; 2) a concentration; 3) three additional courses for breadth. Major Requirements (48 units) Students must complete lower and upper division core courses, a concentration, and electives. In addition to full-time faculty, the department has part-time faculty who are practicing public managers in their areas of specialization. Career Possibilities Several of the full-time faculty also have lengthy careers as public The job opportunity for students in public managers. To complement the traditional classroom instruction, the administration are as diverse as the range of Department of Public Administration and Public Policy offers a services provided by in the United number of activities that enhance the total educational experience States. In addition, the program provides of students. The department and the Public Policy Institute sponsors employment preparation for: nonprofit speakers and professional symposia. organizations and some private sector firms. The degree also provides a strong base for those

pursuing a career in . Concentrations Graduating with Honors  Administrative An undergraduate student may be a candidate for graduating with honors in Public Administration by  Criminal Justice Administration meeting the following criteria:  Health Services Administration  A minimum of 36 units in residence at CSUDH  Public  A minimum grade point average of 3.5 in all  Public Personnel Administration courses used to satisfy the upper division requirements in the major  Recommendation by Public Administration faculty

College of Business Administration and Public Policy 4 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS LOWER DIVISION REQUIRED COURSES LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE EQUIVALENCIES

COMMUNITY COLLEGE / YEAR MATH 105 MATH 131 CIS 270

Cerritos 2016/17 MATH 115 MATH 112 CIS 101 Compton (see El Camino) Cypress 2016/17 MATH 115 C MATH 120C CIS 111 C East LA 2016/17 MATH 235 MATH 227 CO SCI 201 El Camino 2016/17 MATH 140 MATH 150 CIS 13 Fullerton 2016/17 NONE MATH 120F, or 120FH CIS 111 F, or HF Glendale 2016/17 MATH 133 MATH 136 CS 101, or IS 101 Golden West 2016/17 MATH G155 MATH G160 CS G130 Long Beach 2016/17 MATH 37, or 37H STAT 1, or 1H COSA 50, or COSA 30 LA City 2016/17 NONE MATH 227 CO SCI 101 LA Harbor 2016/17 MATH 235 MATH 227 CO INFO 1 LA Mission 2016/17 NONE MATH 227 CO SCI 401 LA Pierce 2016/17 NONE MATH 227, or MATH 228B CO SCI 501 LA Southwest 2016/17 MATH 235 MATH 227 CO SCI 601 LA Trade Tech 2016/17 NONE MATH 225, or 227 CO INFO 701 LA Valley 2016/17 NONE MATH 227 CO SCI 801 Mount San Antonio 2016/17 MATH 120 MATH 110, or 110H CISB 11 Orange Coast 2016/17 MATH A155 MATH A160 CIS A111 Pasadena 2016/17 NONE STAT 50, or STAT 18 CIS 10 Rio Hondo 2016/17 NONE MATH 130 CIT 101 Saddleback 2016/17 NONE MATH 10 CIM 1 MATH 219, or 219H, or SOCS Santa Ana 2016/17 MATH 145 219, or 219H CMPR 100 Santa Monica 2016/17 MATH 21 MATH 54 CIS 4 MATH 219, or 219H, or SOCS Santiago Canyon 2016/17 NONE 219, or 219H CMPR 100 West LA 2016/17 MATH 235 MATH 227 CO SCI 901 *If your school or articulation year is not listed, please visit www.assist.org.

*For an evaluation of the equivalency of a course taken at a college not listed on assist.org, please submit a letter to the Department Chair requesting an assessment of equivalency with a course description from that school's catalog attached.

5 California State University, Dominguez Hills PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (48 UNITS) A. LOWER DIVISION REQUIRED COURSES (6 UNITS) CIS 270 Information Systems & Technology Fundamentals (3) MAT 105 Finite Mathematics (3) OR  MAT 105 MAT 131 Elementary and Probability (3) OR OR  MAT 131 OR MAT 132 Elementary Statistics & Probability with Algebra  MAT 132 OR OR MAT 195 Selected Topics in Mathematics  MAT 195 B. UPPER DIVISION CORE REQUIRED COURSES (24 UNITS) BUS 300 Business Communications (3)  BUS 300 OR OR  BUS 301, 302, and 303 must be taken BUS 301 Employment communications (1) concurrently. BUS 302 Written Communications (1) BUS 303 Oral Communications (1) PUB 300 Foundations of Public Administration (3)

PUB 301 Administrative and Behavior (3)

PUB 302 Administration of Financial Resources (3)

PUB 303 Public Personnel Administration PUB 304 Administration of Public Policy (3)

PUB 305 Applied Statistics in Public Policy (3) OR CJA 341 Statistics in Criminal Justice Administration (3)  MAT 131 PUB 490 Senior Seminar in Public Administration (3) C. ELECTIVES (6): SELECT A TOTAL OF TWO COURSES FROM THE FOLLOWING CHOICES CJA ###* (See explanation to the right)*  * Any Public Administration or Criminal Justice Administration course not used to CJA ###* (See explanation to the right* satisfy other core or concentration POL 310 Current Issues in American (3) requirements.

POL 354 American Political Thought (3) PUB ###* (See explanation to the right)* PUB ###* (See explanation to the right)* SOC 315 of Work (3) THE 320 Speech Skills and Techniques (3)

College of Business Administration and Public Policy 6

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT

A. SELECT THREE COURSES FROM THE FOLLOWING (9 UNITS): CJA 423 (3) PUB 314 Compensation, Staffing, and Appraisal (3) The knowledge gained and skills learned in the PUB 315 Labor-Management Relations in Government (3) administrative management concentration are relevant PUB 324 Analytics Decision-Making (3) in a wide variety of industries and positions. Virtually PUB 426 Intergovernmental Relations and Grant-Writing (3) every industry and type of business has some type of front office operation that requires a person to manage PUB 434 Administrative Planning (3) it. Potential job titles for people working in the field of B. SELECT ONE ADDITIONAL COURSE FROM THE ABOVE LIST OR administrative management included: office manager, FROM THE FOLLOWING (3 UNITS): administrative professional, administrative support COM 300 Organizational Communications (3) specialist, administrative manager, corporate COM 365 Introduction to Public Relations (3) administrator, facilities operations manager. The PSY 372 Industrial and Organizational (3) employment outlook for administrative managers is PUB 330 Urban Administration (3) good; according to information from the Bureau of Labor PUB 371 Health Services Administration and Public Policy Statistics. Development (3) SOC 315 Sociology of Work (3) THE 320 Speech Skills and Techniques (3)

7 California State University, Dominguez Hills CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION

A. REQUIRED COURSES (9 UNITS): CJA 340 Criminal Justice and Community (3)

CJA 342 Legal Foundations of Justice in CJA (3)

CJA 423 Administrative Law (3)

B. SELECT ONE ADDITIONAL COURSE FROM THE FOLLOWING (3 UNITS):

CJA 443 Criminal Law and Justice Administration (3)

CJA 444 Juvenile Justice Process (3)

CJA 445 Policing and the Administration of Justice (3)

CJA 446 Terrorism and Extremism (3)

NCR 541 Restorative Justice (3) *

POL 360 American : Distribution of Power (3)

PUB 315 Labor-Management Relations in Government (3)

PUB 324 Analytic Decision-Making (3)

PUB 330 Urban Administration (3)

PUB 434 Administrative Planning (3)

SOC 364 Corrections (3)

SOC 368 (3)

SOC 369 Juvenile Delinquency (3)

* Open to Seniors only.

If you're looking for employment that offers job security while allowing you to make a difference, consider a career in criminal justice. The criminal justice system is responsible for trying, processing, and rehabilitating criminals. Enforcing our country's in a just way is a full-time job, so officers, detectives, and correctional specialist will always be in high demand. Each path has different training requirements, but all lead to an exciting career in criminal justice.

College of Business Administration and Public Policy 8 HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

A. REQUIRED COURSES (6 UNITS): As a health services administrator, you'll be responsible PUB 371 Health Services and Administration and Public for the overall business management of health care Policy Development (3) facilities such as or nursing homes. Whether PUB 373 (3) you're responsible for an entire facility or just a specific department, you'll create and implement and B. SELECT TWO ADDITIONAL COURSE FROM THE procedures, hire and supervise staff, finances, FOLLOWING (6 UNITS): order supplies, and coordinate your plans and activities CJA 423 Administrative Law (3) with other health care administrators. Employment in PUB 314 Compensation, Staffing, and Appraisal (3) healthcare administration is expected to increase by 220% between 2010 and 2020. This is due in large part PUB 315 Labor-Management Relations in Government(3) to the growing elderly population, which is increasing PUB 434 Administrative Planning (3) the need for all types of healthcare services. Demand is ECO 384 of Health (3) highest for experienced candidates who are willing to relocate to shortage areas. HEA 201 Healthcare Systems and Perspectives (3) HEA 472 Survey of Health Care Finance (3)

9 California State University, Dominguez Hills PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Do you like numbers? Do you want to help maintain the A. REQUIRED COURSES (9 UNITS): financial well-being of our and regional ACC 230 Financial Accounting (3) governments? If you said yes, a career in public financial ACC 231 Managerial Accounting (3) management might before you. Financial managers are PUB 426 Intergovernmental Relations and Grant- involved in quantitative tasks such as preparing budgets, Writing (3) evaluating potential capital improvements, tracking B. Select one additional course from the following spending, and working with financial markets. Graduates (3 units): often begin their careers as a budget analyst or ACC 431 Governmental and Non-Profit Accounting (3) management analyst, with a starting salary of about $40,000 per year. Career prospects look bright, as the ECO 327 (3) supply of trained public financial managers never seems PUB 324 Analytic Decision-Making (3) to meet the demand. PUB 434 Administrative Planning (3)

PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

A. Required Courses (6 units): PUB 314 Compensation, Staffing, and Appraisal (3) Public personnel administration specialists hold positions PUB 315 Labor-Management Relations in Government with various public and community agencies. They work (3) for local governments, the federal government, educational institutions, the private sector, nonprofit B. Select one additional course from the following 6 units): organizations and non-governmental organizations. A personnel and labor relations job involves all stages of CJA 423 Administrative Law (3) personnel organization: from hiring to retaining COM 300 Organizational Communications (3) employees. Personnel specialists are part of human PUB 324 Analytic Decision-Making (3) resources and work to solve personnel problems. They PUB 330 Urban Administration (3) run employee orientation classes, prepare training PUB 371 Health Services Administration and Public material, and work with HR departments on employee Policy Development (3) disciplinary action. PUB 434 Administrative Planning (3) SOC 315 Sociology of Work (3)

College of Business Administration and Public Policy 10 Career Center Let the Career Center put you on the path to a rewarding career and personal growth. Located right here on campus, our counselors and office provide a wide range of no-cost services to CSUDH students looking to build career and leadership skills, further their academic studies, find and capture employment opportunities, and develop personally as well as professionally. Career Counseling · Graduate School Preparation · Job and Internship Fairs Mock Interviews · On-Campus Interviews · Resume Review Whatever your goals, we're here to help you reach them. Stop by the Career Center, in the Library on the 3rd Floor. Or call us at (310) 243-3625 to schedule an appointment. Notes

Visit our website: cbapp.csudh.edu Last Updated: 05/2019