This article exposes and discusses, based on empirical evidences, some gaps/limits that the Public Administration (PA) undergraduate courses face at present in Brazil. The research method consisted on the case study of the Administration undergraduate programs with emphasis on Public Administration major degree courses at Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (Eaesp/FGV), Universidade Estadual Paulista (FCL/Unesp) and Escola de Governo (EG) da Fundação João Pinheiro, Minas Gerais, some of the main AP courses in Brazil since, at least, the 1990's. Concisely, the objective is to give some lights to the theme. As the subject is unexplored in the Brazilian academic literature, the intention is to point (or generate) hypotheses for further investigations. In addition, we hope the information contained in this article supports the debate about the paths of the national PA courses in the universities, especially at this moment when (re)definitions are been made because of the Administration undergraduation National Curricular Directives and the extinction of the majors degree focus on PA.
undergraduate education; public administration; Brazil
