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Liberal Arts and Professional Studies – Bachelor of Public Administration (BPA)

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School of Public Policy and Administration

Note: The BPA 90 credit bachelor program closed effective the end of Summer 2012. Students who were registered in the BPA 90 credit program prior to September 2012 will have until September 2017 to complete the requirements of the 90 credit program for graduation. Students continuing who are unable to complete the 90 credit program by the deadline date will be required to change their program of study.

Specialized Honours BPA: 120 Credits

Note: in addition to completing the core requirements, students must specialize in one of three streams. Students must declare a stream by the completion of 60 credits. Students are required to have completed a 4U mathematics course or equivalent prior to entry to the program. Students transferring into the program must have a minimum grade point average of 5.00.

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete the required 120 credits with a minimum overall cumulative grade point average of 5.00 and a major grade point average of 5.50.

General education: a minimum of 21 general education credits as follows:

  • 6.00 credits in natural science (NATS)
  • a 9.00 credit approved general education course in the social science or humanities categories
  • a 6.00 credit approved general education course in the opposite category to the 9.00 credit course in social science or humanities already taken

Major credits: 72 credits including:

(i) Public administration core: 30 credits including:

*Note: students are encouraged to take AP/ADMS 2500 3.00 instead of AP/ADMS 1500 3.00. Students may not retain credit for both AP/ADMS 1500 3.00 and AP/ADMS 2500 3.00 because they are course credit exclusions.

(ii) Six additional credits as follows:

(iii) 36 credits in one of three streams. At least 12 credits in the major must be at the 4000 level or above.

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits must be at the 3000 or 4000 level including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: 18 credits.

Law, Justice and Public Policy Stream:

Management Stream:

Policy Analysis Stream:

Honours BPA: 120 Credits

Note: students are required to have completed a 4U mathematics course or equivalent prior to entry to the program. Students transferring into the program must have a minimum grade point average of 5.00.

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete the required 120 credits with a minimum overall cumulative grade point average of 5.00 and a major grade point average of 5.50.

General education: a minimum of 21 general education credits as follows:

  • 6.00 credits in natural science (NATS)
  • a 9.00 credit approved general education course in the social science or humanities categories
  • a 6.00 credit approved general education course in the opposite category to the 9.00 credit course in social science or humanities already taken

Major credits: 60 credits including:

(i) Public administration core: 30 credits including:

*Note: students are encouraged to take AP/ADMS 2500 3.00 instead of AP/ADMS 1500 3.00. Students may not retain credit for both AP/ADMS 1500 3.00 and AP/ADMS 2500 3.00 because they are course credit exclusions.

(ii) Nine additional credits as follows:

(iii) 21 additional credits in PPAS at the 3000 or 4000 level, at least 12 of which must be at the 4000 level.

Note: at least 12 credits in the major must be at the 4000 level or above.

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits must be at the 3000 or 4000 level including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: 18 credits.

Honours Major/Minor BPA

The BPA Honours program in Public Administration may be pursued jointly with any Honours Minor bachelor program within the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Science or the Lassonde School of Engineering that offers a major/minor option.

Students must complete 60 credits in the major in conformity with the requirements of the program major and at least 30 credits in the minor in conformity with the requirements of the program minor. At least 12 credits in the major must be at the 4000 level and at least six credits in the minor must be at the 4000 level.

Honours Minor

Note: students entering the program must have a minimum grade point average of 5.00 in their home program at York.

The minor in public administration may be pursued jointly with any Honours Major degree program offered by the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Science or the Lassonde School of Engineering that offers a major/minor option.

Students must complete 36 credits in the minor and at least six credits must be at the 4000 level.

Minor credits: 36 credits including:

(i) Public administration core: 30 credits including:

*Note: students are encouraged to take AP/ADMS 2500 3.00 instead of AP/ADMS 1500 3.00. Students may not retain credit for both AP/ADMS 1500 3.00 and AP/ADMS 2500 3.00 because they are course credit exclusions.

(ii) Six credits at the 4000 level in PPAS.

To graduate with a minor in public administration, students must satisfy Honours degree and program requirements including a minimum 5.00 grade point average in the minor.

Course Substitutes

Subject to course exclusions, program requirements/restrictions and residency requirements, the following courses are acceptable substitutes for the purpose of meeting program requirements.

Program Course

Course Substitutes
AP/ECON 1000 3.00 GL/ECON 2500 3.00
AP/ECON 1010 3.00 GL/ECON 2510 3.00

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