The Bachelor of Public Administration (BPA) degree is designed to meet the needs of students seeking careers in the public or quasi-public sector or seeking to continue their education in professional programs.

Each candidate for the degree is required to complete the following:

• One hundred twenty-four hours, 84 of which must be graded and 45 of which must be at the 300-400 level.
• A major consisting of at least 30 hours, but not in excess of 40 hours, in Political Science Courses. At least 15 or these hours will be in upper division courses. See Political Science in the index.
• Eighty-four hours outside the major.
• All general education requirements.
• WU 101 The Washburn Experience.
• An upper-division English composition course (EN 300, EN 308, or EN 312).
• A minimum of 99 semester hours of credit in courses that either are offered in the College of Arts and Sciences or would normally be taught by a discipline in a college of arts and sciences.

• Candidates must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 and a grade of C or better in each course in the major, required courses, and the English, math, and communication studies general education courses. A double major may be completed within the 120 hour total by meeting all the requirements of the two majors. Students may also elect a minor or certificate. See the Student Services and Academic Support section of the catalog concerning hours transferred to Washburn University.