Bachelor of Science in Public Administration

at Upper Iowa University - Quad Cities Campus USA

Do you have a passion for helping others and keeping your community safe? In UIU’s Criminal Justice program, not only will you study law enforcement, courts, and corrections, our multi-disciplinary education also provides you with a focus on communication, politics, psychology and sociology. You leave UIU with the knowledge and skills you need in a variety of high-demand fields.

UIU’s comprehensive Communication Studies degree reflects the diverse skillset that communication media professionals need to be successful. When you leave UIU, you will be proficient in writing, speaking and visual communication. You will also have enhanced your ability to plan, organize, evaluate, and think strategically and creatively.

Ready to advance your career? UIU’s MBA program is designed for the recent college graduate or tenured professional looking to take that next step in their career. Our forward-thinking curriculum is a stepping stone for careers not just in business, but in health care, higher education, athletics and public services. UIU MBA professors are professionals who, working in the fields they teach, bring real-life experience to the classroom.

Are you the creative type who loves solving problems? A career in marketing is exciting, challenging, and rewarding, and UIU’s Marketing degree is your pathway there. You will explore human nature of consumer behaviors, conduct marketing research, and understand how to build and sustain relationships that fuel success.

Do you want to help others? The public administration degree is a practitioner-oriented degree that provides students with the necessary skills to manage and lead in government and nonprofit organizations. Public administrators work in a variety of specialty areas, such as healthcare, finance, psychology, emergency disaster management, and agriculture.

Turn your creativity into a rewarding career! In this program, you will use the latest digital technologies to learn the technical and creative problem-solving skills needed to produce the advertisements, videos, social media, and web designs that so much of our world depends on.

UIU’s Social Science program is geared toward those students interested in broader exposure to the social sciences and is particularly well suited to adult learners and those students planning careers in law, business and public administration.

Follow your great degree from UIU with a high-paying career in human resource management. UIU’s Human Resources Management program provides you with the real-world skills you need to succeed in the ever-changing, high-demand field of human resource management. You will learn the details and ethical standards around strategic plans, staffing, training/development, and compensation that will help you impress in your job interview.

Want a career where you can examine society and its behaviors through the groups, cultures, and ways in which we interact? In UIU’s Sociology program, you develop an understanding of human relationships and the web of social factors that impact our daily lives.

Looking for job security? How about a career in the largest, yet rapidly growing, private sector, one employing 13% of the U.S. workforce. Your flexible UIU Health Services Administration degree is your ticket to career opportunities in hospitals, clinics, senior living, public health, insurance, and even human resources and human services. As a UIU graduate, you will have the knowledge, skills, and leadership traits employers demand in the people they hire.