The Public Service and Leadership program is the academic component of the George and Eleanor McGovern Library and Center for Public Service. The goals of the PSL program are five-fold:

• to help students explore, from a multidisciplinary perspective, compelling social, political, economic and other cultural issues that confront contemporary society;
• to introduce students to public service fields and careers and to place students in workplace environments where they might develop and apply critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, develop their leadership potential and contribute to the common good through service;
• to develop in students the skills and perspectives relevant to problem solving in the public service sector;
• to explore the concept of the "common good"and other social values associated with the public domain, and to examine and apply ethical analysis of public policy and professional practice in public service; and
• to use effective oral and written communication in practical public service settings, including communication skills related to political activity, marketing and fundraising, and human relations.

Major
Public Service and Leadership
All public service and leadership majors must complete the following core courses:

The research project for PSL 400 and the internship experience in PSL 499 must relate to at least one of the student's supporting concentrations. The nine hours of content area electives must be approved by the director of the academic program.

The major must include at least 21 upper level hours in the 39 hours required for the major.

Policy Concentrations For the major, nine hours must be taken from one of the following tracks: policy analysis, policy communication or policy formation.

Policy Communication

ART 205*	Photography	3
BUS 315	Leadership and Communication	3
CAT 247	Internet Concepts and Web Page Design	3
CAT 347	Multimedia I	3
CTH 128/9, 228/9 328/9, 428/9	Forensics^	3
CTH   131	Introduction to Theater	3
CTH 203	Acting I	3
CTH 302#	Oral Interpretation	3
CTH 325	Mass Communication	3
CTH 370	Advanced Persuasive Speaking	3
ENG 311	Journalism	3

^ Three or more hours of forensics may be counted as one course for the major/minor.
* ART 205 may be used only if journalism is also part of the concentration.
# CTH 302 may be used in the minor only if CTH 203 is also part of concentration.

Policy Analysis

ECO 231	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
MTH 200	Statistical Methods I	3
MTH 350	Statistical Methods II	3
POL 312	Methods of Social Science Research	3
PSY 435	Experimental Psychology	3

Policy Formation

BUS 321	Organizational Behavior	3
CRJ 225	American Legal System	3
CST 304	Tribal Treaties, Laws, and Government	3
HMS 340	Policies & Legalities of Public Welfare	3
POL 253	State & Local Government	3
POL 351	American Foreign Policy	3
POL 353	Congress and the Presidency	3
POL 354	World Politics	3

Content Area Concentrations
Suggested content area elective concentrations are hunger and poverty, globalization, gender, health care, and environmental issues.   These are among a wide range of issues of interest to the McGovern Center.   The content area concentration does not need to be one of these.   However, each student's content area concentration must be approved by the program director.   Courses applied toward the policy concentration may not be double counted toward a content area concentration.   For suggested courses in these areas, please see Public Service and Leadership.

Minor
Students seeking a minor in public service and leadership must complete the following courses:

PSL 210	Introduction to Public Service and Leadership	3
PSL 400	Public Service and Leadership Seminar	3
PSL 499	Internship	3
	Electives (in a content or policy area)*	12
	Total	21

*The 12 hours of electives must be approved by the director of the academic program. Suggested concentrations are the clusters of courses recommended for the major.

Content Area Concentrations

The following concentrations are examples from specific areas of interest to the McGovern Center.   The content area concentration does not need to come from one of these, however, each student's content area concentration must be approved by the program director.   Courses applied toward the policy concentration may not be double counted toward a content area concentration.

Hunger and Poverty

ATN 320	Human Nutrition	3
BUS 240	Personal Finance	3
CST 340	Cont. Issues in American Indian Culture	3
ECO 336	Economics of Development	3
HMS 340	Policies & Legalities of Public Welfare	3
SOC 251	Social Problems	3
SOC 317	Minority Groups	3
SOC 458	Seminar in Sociology	3

Globalization

ECO 336	Economics of Development	3
GEO 205	World Geography	3
HIS 312	History of Russia	3
HIS 313	Latin American History	3
HIS 385	African History	3
HIS 386	Asian History	3
MUS 250	World Music	3
POL 351	American Foreign Policy	3
POL 354	World Politics	3
REL 314	World Religions	3

Gender

ENG 315	Women Writers	3
HIS 303	Women in U.S. History	3
PSY 237	Developmental Psychology	3
PSY 337	Adolescent Psychology	3
REL 240	Sexuality, Spirituality, and Loving	3
SOC 154	Marriage and the Family	3
SOC 317	Minority Groups	3
SOC 427	Introduction to Women's Studies	3

Health Care

BUS 345	Insurance and Risk Management	3
HLT 232	Health Education	3
HLT 300	Community Health and Chronic Disease	3
HLT 300	Community Health and Chronic Disease	2
NUR 100	Medical Terminology	2
PHL 305	Biomedical Ethics	3
PSY 350	Adjustment to Aging	3
SOC 251	Social Problems	3

Environmental Issues*

BIO 115	Environmental Science	4
BIO 302	Ecology	4
BIO 325	Principles of Wildlife Management	3
BUS 381	Business Ethics and Social Policy	3
ECO 232	Microeconomics	3
MTH 200	Statistical Methods I	3
PHL 306	Ethics and Technology	3

* This concentration must include at least two biology courses.