1990-1991 Academic Catalog

186 Social Sciences andHistory The public administration prepares students for careers in gov- ernment. An interdisciplinary major, the curriculum involves courses in po– litical science and business. Course requirements involve sixty quarter hours, including thirty-seven quarter hours of core requirements and twenty-three quarter hours of busi– ness requirements. The core requirements include: POLS-161 Introduction to PublicAdministration ..................................... 4 POLS-260 Methods ofResearch in Political Science ................................ 5 POLS-261 AmericanNational Government ............................................. 5 POLS-362 TheSupremeCourt ............................................................... 4 POLS-364 UrbanStudies ....................................................................... 5 POLS-460 Seminar in Political Science ................................................... 5 POLS-462 PublicPolicy ......................................................................... 4 POLS-499 Social Science Internship ....................................................... 5 Business requirements include: CIS-220 Computer Information Systems ................................................. 3 ECON-231 Macroeconomics ................................................................. 4 MGMT-350 Principles ofOrganization andManagement ......................... 4 BUS-313 GovernmentandBusiness ....................................................... 4 ECON-339 Public Finance ..................................................................... 4 MGMT-353 PersonnelManagement ....................................................... 4 The following electives are also recommended: BUS-211,212 Statistics ........................................................................... 6 PYCH-364 Industrial Psychology ........................................................... 4 PYCH-369 SocialPsychology ................................................................ 5 MATH-384 Probability and Statistics ...................................................... 5 COM-200 Persuasive Theory .................................................................. 5 COM-312 Argumentation and Debate ..................................................... 4 COM-323 Organizational Communication .............................................. 3 COM-325 Interviewing .......................................................................... 3 Proficiency requirements ..................................................................... 0-8 Other General Education requirements .............................................. 75-97 Public administrationmajorrequirements ............................................... 60 Electives .......................................................................................... 39-61 Total (minimum, not including proficiency) ..................................... 192