Degree Requirements | GenEd Requirements | College Requirements | Major Requirements

The Public Safety Management major is designed to equip public safety officials with additional management and communication skills to address the needs of their urban constituents. It provides an in-depth study of community safety needs and problems, as well as analytical tools for addressing injustice for those living and working in urban settings.

Concentrations are offered in:




Degree Requirements
  • A minimum of 128 credit hours of academic work in which 36 credit hours must be upper division (300 and 400 level) courses.
  • Achievement of a grade point average of 2.00 or above
  • Completion of foreign language requirement, if necessary to remedy a high school deficiency
  • Completion of ASC 101, Introduction to University Life (incoming freshmen only)
  • Completion of the university, college and major-field requirements.

General Education Requirements

University and Levin College requirements will be met upon completion of the courses (or their transfer equivalents) listed below. Please meet with an advisor for an official determination of credit applicability.

Category

Description

Freshman Orientation

ASC 101: Intro to University Life (freshmen only)

Freshman English: 7 Sem. Hrs.

ENG 101: English I and UST 102: Professional Writing OR ENG 102: English II

Math & Logic: 6 Sem. Hrs.

Choose from University GenEd list

Arts/Humanities: 9 Sem. Hrs., two fields

Choose from University GenEd list. May include Non-Western Culture

Social Science: 9 Sem. Hrs., two fields

UST 200: Introduction to Urban Studies
UST 202: Cleveland: Past, Present & Future
UST 290: Urban Geography (Urban Studies and Public Safety Management majors only)
ANT 102: Study of Culture

Natural Science: 8 Sem. Hrs., to include at least one (1) lab hour

GEO 100/101: Introductory Geology and Lab
ENV 259: Natural History of Cleveland
UST 289: Physical Geography Or other courses from University GenEd list.

Non-Western Culture: One course, minimum 3 Sem. Hrs.

Choose from University GenEd list. May double-count with Arts/Humanities

Western Culture: One course, minimum 3 Sem. Hrs.

UST 240: Democracy & the Bureaucratic City or
PSC 111: American Government

Human Diversity/African-American Experience: Two courses, minimum 6 Sem. Hrs. total

UST 200: Introduction to Urban Studies (also counts as Social Science)
UST 302: Contemporary Urban Issues (major field requirement)

Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC): Three courses

Courses taken to fulfill major field/college requirements will also fulfill WAC. Transfer students with 60-89 credits need two WAC courses; transfer students with 90 hours or more need one WAC course

College Requirements

Course No.

Sem. Hrs.

Title

UST 401

4

Computer Applications for Urban Research

UST 404

4

Urban Data Analysis

UST/PSM/USA 490

4-8

Internship (may be waived for prior professional experience)

Major Requirements: B.A. in Public Safety Management

Required Courses:

Course No.

Sem. Hrs.

Title

PSM 302

4

Contemporary Urban Issues

PSM 433

4

Conflict Management

PSM 451

4

Public Safety Management

PSM 452

4

Management of Urban Organizations

PSM 453

4

Managing Urban Diversity

Specialized Sequences: Choose two courses from each group, A and B. Transfer credit may apply to some or all of group A and B.

Group A: Choose two

UST 410

4

Proposal Writing & Program Evaluation

UST 459

4

Budgetary Policy

UST 455

4

Gender & Leadership

UST 458

4

Urban Policy

UST 473

4

Columbus Seminar

UST 474

4

Washington Seminar

COM 357

4

Principles of Public Relations

COM 366

4

Communication & Conflict

SWK 240

3

Administration of Justice

Group B: Choose two

SWK 342

4

Prisoners' Rights

SOC 340

4

Criminology

SOC 341

4

Juvenile Delinquency

SOC 342

4

Sociology of Law

SOC 344

4

US Criminal Justice Systems

SOC 345

4

Social Control

SOC 346

4

Corporate & Governmental Deviance

PSC 311

4

Civil Rights & Civil Liberties

PSC 321

4

Political Violence

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