Public Service
The Public Service Major: The School of Public Affairs and Administration at the Newark Campus of Rutgers University has developed a new undergraduate major in Public Service. It will be an interdisciplinary degree designed to bring students to a deeper understanding of their roles as public servants, broadly defined: employees of government and not-for-profits, elected officials, members of boards and communities at the local level, volunteers, philanthropists, etc., in the context of civic engagement.
Departmental Website:
http://spaa.newark.rutgers.edu/
Please click on the tabs below to see a list of sample occupations possible with a Public Service degree and a list employers who have hired Rutgers-Newark students with a degree in Public Service.
- Sample Occupations
- Employers who have Hired R-N Graduates
Sample Occupations
- City Manager
- Teacher
- Research Assistant
- Senior Health Planner
- Foreign Service Officer
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Intelligence Specialist
- Program Manager
- Public Affairs Officer
- Financial Advisor
- Fundraising Specialist
- Senatorial Staff Member
- Assistant Public Defender
- Paralegal Research Assistant
- Probation Officer
- Grant Writer
- Consumer Advocate
- Archivist
- Diplomatic Officer
- FBI / CIA Special Agent
- Environmental Policy Analyst
- Labor Organizer
- Writer
- Lobbyist
- Political Pollster
- Court Administrator
- Intergovernmental Relations Officer
- Campaign Consultant
- Arbitrator
- Corrections Officer
- Reporter
- Policy Analyst
Employers Who Have Hired R-N Graduates
- City of Newark
- New York City
