1988-1989 Academic Catalog

Public Administration The public administration major prepares students for careers in government. An interdisciplinary major, the curriculum involves courses in political science and business. Course requirements involve sixty quarter hours including thirty-seven quarter hours of core requirements and twenty-three quarter hours of business requirements. The core requirements include: POLS-161 Introduction to Public Administration ........ 4 POLS-260 Methods of Research in Political Science . . . . . . 5 POLS-261 American National Government ............ 5 POLS-362 The Supreme Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 POLS-364 Urban Studies .......................... 5 POLS-460 Seminar in Political Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 POLS-462 Public Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 POLS-499 Social Science Internship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Business requirements include: CIS-220 Computer Information Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ECON-231 Macroeconomics ....................... 4 MGMT-350 Principles of Organization and Management . . 4 BUS-313 Government and Business .................. 4 ECON-339 Public Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 MGMT-353 Personnel Management .................. 4 The following electives are also recommended: BUS-211, BUS-212 Quantitative Methods ............. 8 PYCH-364 Industrial Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PYCH-369 Social P,sychology .. : .,................... 5 MATH-384 Probab1hty and Statistics ................. 5 COM-200 Persuasive Theory ....................... 5 COM-225 Interviewin~ ........................... 3 COM-312 Argumentation and Debate ................ 4 COM-323 Organizational Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Public Administration Curriculum Summary Proficiency .................................... 0-8 Other General Education Requirements ............ 75-97 Public administration major requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Electives ................................... 39-61 (minimum, not including proficiency) 192 Social Sciences and History 165 Suggested Four-year Curriculum for a Major in Public Administration First year: HIST-111 U.S. Hist.-1865 .. 5 HIST-112 U.S. Hist. 1865- . 5 POLS-161 Intro. Pub. Adm . 4 ENG-110 Eng. Comp. I .... 5 ENG-140 Eng. Comp. II ... 5 CIS-121 Intro. Data Proc .. 3 BEOT-101 O.T. Survey .... 5 BENT-102 N.T. Survey .... 5 PEF-100 P.A.C.L ........ l P.E. electives ... , . . . . . 2 GSS-100 Found Soc. Sci ... 5 45 Third year: BUS-313 Govt. & Bus . , .. 4 MGMT-353 Per. Mgmt .... 4 POLS-364 Urban Studies . . 5 POLS-499 Internship . . . . . 5 Bible electives . . . . . . . . . 6 Humanities elective .. , . . 5 Phys. Sci./Math. elec . • . 10 Electives . . . . . . . . . . • IO 49 Social Science Second year: ECON-231 Macroeconomics. 4 MGMT-350 Prin. Org. P~EW-~66 Resich: Me.th.' · · · 4 P.S....... , ......... . 5 POLS-261 Amer. Natl. Govt. 5 POLS-362 Supreme Court , . 4 BETH-230 Theo. Survey ... 5 BEPT-340 Bapt. Polity ..... 3 COM-110 Fund. Speech , . , . 5 HUM-140 Intro. Humanities ............ 5 Literature elective, ...... 5 Biology elective .... , . , ~ 50 Fourth year: FIN-339 Pub. Finance ..... 4 POLS-460 Sein. Pol. Sci .... 5 POLS-462 Pub. Policy , . , .. 4 Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 48 Course requirements involve seventy quarter hours including: GSS-100 Foundations of Social Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 HIST-111,112 United States History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 HIST-201,202,203 History of Civilization. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 SOC-230 Principles of Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 POLS-261 American National Government ............ 5 ECON-231,232 Macro and Microeconomics Economics ... 8 GE0-250 Introduction to Geography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 GE0-251 World Regional Geography-Western Hemisphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 GE0-252 World Regional Geography-Eastern Hemisphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Additional hours must be taken in one of the following areas of concentration: History: complete fifteen quarter hours including HIST-200 Historiography Sociology: complete fifteen hours, including SOC-270 Methods of Research in Sociology. Political Science: complete fifteen quarter hours including POT .S-)60 MPthntk nf RP~P<lr<'h ;,.. OnJ;t:nnl C'n:n-nn