Bachelor of Science Degree Program in Public Administration

Michael University has designed a Bachelor of Science Degree Program in Public Administration that will prepare the graduating students to assume their respective roles within the Public Sector, as the sector continues to evolve in complexity and interrelated with the private sector. The purpose of this course is to provide those employed in, or aspiring to, managerial positions with the tools to better enable them to be effective within their organizations and more confident in their managerial roles.

The future of the public sector certainly will require greater efficiency and performance to changing customer and societal needs which is adapting rapidly to a more dynamic and changing economic environment.

The duration of the program is four years of full-time study and by distance learning. This study is achieved either via distance learning and or a combination of personal attendance at lectures.

First Semester – Year I

• GSD 4101 Use of English
• GSD 4112 Finite Mathematics
• BBA 4111 Organization and Management
• BIS 4111 Management Information Systems I
• LAN 4111: Business Spanish
• BAC 4111 Fundamentals of Accounting I

Second Semester – Year I

• BAC 4121 Fundamentals of Accounting II
• BEC 4121 Principles of Marketing
• BHR 4121 Human Resource Management
• BPA 4121 Introduction to Public Administration
• BCA 4121 An Approach to Critical Thinking & Exploratory Writing.
• BHR 4128 Training and Development

First Semester – Year II

• BAC 4211 Intermediate Financial Accounting
• BBA 4212 Introduction to Business Statistics
• BMS 4213 Micro-Economic Analysis
• BPA 4215 Administration of Public Personnel
• BPA 4216 Introduction to Administrative Law
• BPA 4218 Public Procedures [General Orders]

Second Semester – Year II

• BMS 4221 Total Quality Management
• BHR 4222 Employee Recruitment and Selection
• BAC 4228 Introduction to Cost Accounting
• BAC 4229 Principles of Taxation
• BPA 4229 Health, Human Services, and Public Management

First Semester – Year III

• BHR 4311 Labour Management Relations
• BBA 4315 Applied Macro Economics
• BSP 4318 Social Psychology
• BPA 4315 Public Finance Administration
• BPA 4316 Professional Report Writing

Second Semester – Year III

• BBA 4326 Business Policy and Strategy
• BMS 4328 Introduction to Organizational Behaviour
• BHR 4325 Compensation Management
• BPA 4328 Assessing Risk in the Public Sector

First Semester - Year IV

• BMS 4411 Sociological Perspectives
• BPA 4411 Introduction to Social Policy
• BBA 4412 Public Policy Analysis
• BPA 4112 Cabinet Papers Preparation
• BBA 4999 Undergraduate Thesis

Second Semester – Year IV

• BPA 4421 Public Sector Auditing
• BHR 4421 Negotiation and Conflict Management
• BHR 4424 Labour Economics
• BBA 4999 Undergraduate Thesis