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A complete description of the general education requirements is found on page 24.
Suggested Four-Year Curriculum for a
Major in Public Administration
First year:
BTGE-1720 Spiritual Formation.........................................................3 COM-1100 Fundamentals of Speech.................................................3 ENG-1400 Composition.....................................................................3 GSS-1100 Politics and American Culture...........................................3 HUM-1400 Introduction to the Humanities.........................................3 PEF-1990 Physical Activity and the Christian Life..............................2 POLS-2620 American State and Local Government..........................3Biological Sciences Elective. ..........................................................3.5
History Elective..................................................................................3
LIT-2XXX Literature Elective..............................................................3
Physical Science Elective...............................................................3.5
Total................................................................................................. 33
Second year:
ACCT-2110 Principles of Accounting I................................................3 ACCT-2120 Principles of Accounting II...............................................3 BTGE-2730 Old Testament Literature................................................3 BTGE-2740 New Testament Literature...............................................3 BUS-2180 Business Law I.................................................................3 ECON-2330 Microeconomics. ...........................................................3 ECON-2340 Macroeconomics...........................................................3 ITM-1510 Software Tools for Business...............................................2 MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing...................................................3Global Awareness Elective.................................................................3
Humanities Elective. ..........................................................................3
Total................................................................................................. 32
Third year:
BTGE-3755 Theology I......................................................................3 BTGE-3765 Theology II. ....................................................................3 GSS-3650 Quantitative Methodology . ..............................................3 MGMT-3500 Principles of Organization and Management.................3 PUAD-3390 Public Finance................................................................3 PUAD-3600 Public Administration......................................................3 PUAD-3690 Public Policy...................................................................3Public Administration Electives...........................................................3
PWID-3010 Style and Mechanics for Writers......................................3
PWID-3011 Legal Research and Writing............................................1
Electives.............................................................................................5
Total................................................................................................. 33
Fourth year:
ACCT-4150 Government and Nonprofit Accounting...........................3 GSS-3640 Qualitative Methodology and Reasoning..........................3 POLS-4630 American Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties and Rights.3 PUAD-3100 Public Budgeting............................................................3 PUAD-4800 Applied Public Administration.........................................3Public Administration Electives...........................................................3
Electives........................................................................................... 12
Total................................................................................................. 30
Public Administration
The
public administration major
prepares students to
serve others with a vision toward improving the quality of life in
their local community, state, or the nation. Public administration
is an academic discipline historically developed from the
interrelationships between government administration, business
administration, and law. The major prepares students for careers
in government, nonprofit and business administration, as well as
graduate and professional programs in public administration, the
social sciences, management, public policy, social work, criminal
justice, or law by utilizing courses in political science, business
administration, economics, and law.
Course requirements involve 63 semester hours including:
Public Administration Requirements. ......................................63
ACCT-2110 Principles of Accounting I....................................... 3 ACCT-2120 Principles of Accounting II...................................... 3 ACCT-4150 Government and Nonprofit Accounting.................. 3 BUS-2180 Business Law I. ....................................................... 3 ECON-2330 Microeconomics. .................................................. 3 ECON-2340 Macroeconomics.................................................. 3 GSS-3640 Qualitative Methodology and Reasoning................. 3 GSS-3650 Quantitative Methodology ....................................... 3 ITM-1510 Software Tools for Business...................................... 2 MGMT-3500 Principles of Organization and Management........ 3 MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing ......................................... 3 POLS-2620 American State and Local Government................. 3 POLS-4630 American Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties and Rights....................................................... 3 PUAD-3100 Public Budgeting................................................... 3PUA
D-3390 Public Finance....................................................... 3 PUAD-3600 Public Administration............................................. 3 PUAD-3690 Public Policy.......................................................... 3 *PUAD-4800 Applied Public Administration............................... 3 PWID-3010 Style and Mechanics for Writers............................. 3 PWID-3011 Legal Research and Writing................................... 1Electives selected from.......................................................... 6
COM-3230 Organizational Communication........................3 COM-3250 Interviewing......................................................3 MGMT-3530 Human Resources Management...................3 MGMT-3550 Organizational Behavior.................................3*Capstone course
Public Administration Major Curriculum Summary
Proficiency Requirements. .........................................................0–6
Other General Education Requirements................................45–53
Public Administration Major Requirements...................................63
Electives (Consultation with Advisor)..................................... 12–20
Total (minimum, not including proficiency)........................... 128
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2015–16 Undergraduate Academic Catalog
Department of History and Government
Public Administration