You are able to complete your Public Safety Administration Justice program completely online!
The program is designed to prepare students academically with professional skills to seek employment or advancement in public service, governmental and non-governmental management, and public safety including law enforcement and the criminal justice system at the federal, state, regional, and local levels.
The program requires 120 credit hours with a minimum cumulative 2.0 grade point average. There are three parts to the program: Rural Public Safety, General Education, and Elective courses. The Rural Public Safety portion includes a 30-credit, individualized, self-designed, and field of study. Students contact the program coordinator and design this 30-credit field of study to meet the student's particular area of interest within the public safety field. Students are required to complete a supervised internship as part of the program.
Please note that students may use previous applicable college course work to meet program requirements. Students may also apply for work-experience credits and use these to meet program requirements.
| Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| CRN | Course Name | Credits |
| Rural Public Safety Sequence | ||
| Psa 100 | Introduction to Public Safety Administration | 3 credits |
| Psa 122 | GIS & GPS Public Safety w/Lab | 3 credits |
| Psa 221/Bus 260 | Ethics and Community or Business Ethics | 3 credits |
| Psa 270 | Disaster Management | 3 credits |
| Psa 300 | Public Finance | 3 credits |
| Psa 310/Bus 211 | Introduction to Public Management or Principles of Business |
3 credits |
| Psa 315 | Public Policy | 3 credits |
| Psa 397 | Public Safety Administration Internship | 3 credits |
| Bus 343 | Human Resources Management | 3 credits |
| Planned Field of Study (designed with program advisor) | 30 credits | |
| General Education | ||
| English Composition I | 3 credits | |
| English Composition II | 3 credits | |
| Speech | 3 credits | |
| Math | 6 credits | |
| Information Technology | 4 credits | |
| Foreign Language (part II) | 3 credits | |
| Introductory Art, Music Theater | 3 credits | |
| Introductory Science w/Lab | 4 credits | |
| U.S. History or Western Civlization | 3 credits | |
| Introductory Anthropology, Culture, Sociology | 3 credits | |
| Introductory Government, Ethics, Political Science | 3 credits | |
| Electives | ||
| Electives (any area) | 20 credits | |