Public Affairs Minor 

To graduate with a minor in public affairs, students must complete 18 hours in any combination of the following courses. At least nine semester hours must be taken on this campus. Students must have a 2.0 GPA in the courses used to satisfy the minor. 

• PADM 3000 Democracy and Public Administration (Spring)
• PADM 3010 Policy Entrepreneurs and Policy Processes (Fall)
• PADM 3020 Funding Government: Revenue, Taxation, and Public Policy (Spring)
• PADM 3030 Employees in Public and Nonprofit Organizations (Fall)
• PADM 4010 What Works and How: Analyzing Public Policy (Spring)
• PADM 4030 Managing for Social and Public Impact (Fall)
• Political science, economics, management, or other public affairs elective approved by the Department of Public Administration faculty advisor. 

PADM 3000 Democracy and Public Administration (3)
Introduction to the field of public administration, with attention to government structure and management. Definition of public administration, theories of leadership, different theories of the state, democratic values including accountability and transparency.

PADM 3010 Policy Entrepreneurs and Policy Processes (3)
This course introduces key policy process concepts, including theoretical foundations, primary elements, actors, and processes.

PADM 3020 Funding Government: Revenue, Taxation, and Public Policy (3)
Introduce the fundamentals of government revenue systems in the United States, with emphasis on contemporary public policies related to government revenues and taxation. Topics include revenues at the federal, state, and local levels, criteria for evaluating revenue sources, intergovernmental fiscal relations, and current debates on major tax and non-tax revenue policies.

PADM 3030 Employees in Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3)
Practices used to hire, motivate, and retain employees in public and nonprofit organizations, including recruitment, selection, training, development, performance management, and compensation; emphasis on past and current trends affecting management of employees in public and nonprofit sectors

PADM 4010 What Works and How: Analyzing Public Policy (3)
Introduction to the breadth of policy analysis approaches. Covers ways of analyzing policy options and informing the policy-making process; begins with an intuitive discussion of topics and concepts and builds on them using cases and in-class activities.

PADM 4030 Managing for Social and Public Impact (3)
Analyzing organizational elements of managing public and nonprofit organizations to achieve public and social impact, including the development of diagnostic skills to improve organizational impact.

Speak with an academic counselor in your senior college to declare the minor and receive advising on specific requirements.  

Yes. At this time, the courses are open with no prerequisites. You may register using Workday Student. 

Roy Heidelberg, Associate Professor and Department of Public Administration Chair
royh@lsu.edu