**[St. Edward's University -- Bachelor of Arts in Public Safety
Management (PSM)]{.underline}**

St. Edward's University is offering a Bachelor of Arts in Public Safety
Management. The Bachelor of Arts in Public Safety Management equips
public safety professionals with skills in working with people, managing
change within an organization, creating innovation, and utilizing
communication skills to address social and organizational problems. The
program will provide public safety professionals with a systematic
understanding of public administration, including public relations,
personnel administration, public finance, and terrorism and disaster
preparedness.

The mission of the Public Safety Management Program is to develop
effective leaders, promote career advancement, and encourage
collaboration among public safety entities and between those entities
and the public in order to enhance their ability to ensure public
safety.

To earn the Bachelor of Arts in Public Safety Management students must
complete 120 credit hours.

Bachelor of Arts in Public Safety Management Curriculum:

Mission Courses:

P-NCCI 3330 Intro to Critical Inquiry (3 credit hours)

Ethical Analysis (3 credit hours)

Critical Issues (3 credit hours)

P-CAPS 4360 Capstone Seminar: Moral Issues (3 credit hours)

A-APLR 1132: Research Seminar (optional) (1 credit hours)

General Education Requirements:

English Writing (3 credit hours)

Speech (same as P-COMM 1405; see major) \--

Computational Skills (3 credit hours)

College Mathematics (same as P-PSYC 2317; see major) \--

World Cultures & Civilizations: Non-Western (3 credit hours)

World Cultures & Civilizations (3 credit hours)

Literature (3 credit hours)

Humanities (3 credit hours)

U.S. Society: Minority (3 credit hours)

U.S. Society (3 credit hours)

Phil./Religious Perspectives (3 credit hours)

Science & Society: Natural Science/Science Methods (3 credit hours)

Science & Society (3 credit hours)

Major Requirements:

Public Safety Management

P-PSMG 4301 Public Relations and Public Safety (3 credit hours)

P-PSMG 4311 Human Resource Administration in Government (3 credit hours)

P-PSMG 4321 Planning and Decision-Making for Public Safety (3 credit
hours)

P-PSMG 4331 Managing Public Safety/Agencies (3 credit hours)

P-PSMG 4341 Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness (3 credit hours)

Public Administration

P-PADM 2320 Introduction to Public Management (3 credit hours)

P-PADM 3330 Public Finance (3 credit hours)

Statistics

A-PSYC 2317 Social Statistics or A-BUSI 2305 Business Statistics and
A-BUSI Business Statistics Lab (3 credit hours)

Organizational Communication

P-COMM 1305 Oral Communication Principles and Practices (3 credit hours)

P-COMM 3322 Group Communication and Team Building (3 credit hours)

P-COMM 4341 Conflict Resolution in Organizations (3 credit hours)

P-ENGW 3335 Technical and Business Writing (3 credit hours)

St. Edward's University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of
the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. St. Edward's
University is very accommodating to working students in the assessment
of prior learning for college credit. Information about the process is
available at the following website:
<http://www.sstedwards.edu/newc/portfolio_index.html>.

For more information:

> Contact: Craig Campbell, Ph.D., Director, Public Safety Management
>
> New College, Box 1040
>
> St. Edward's University
>
> 303 Holy Cross Hall
>
> 3001 S. Congress Avenue
>
> Austin, Texas 78704-9841
>
> Phone: (512) 428-1063
>
> Fax: (512) 448-8687
>
> Email: [craigc@admin.stedwards.edu](mailto:craigc@stedwards.edu)
>
> Additional Information:
> [www.stedwards.edu/pacepsm](http://www.stedwards.edu/pacepsm) or
> [www.stedwards.edu/newc/campbell](http://www.stedwards.edu/newc/campbell)
>
> Additional Phone: (877) SEU-GRAD
>
> Update: 1/15/04