1995-1996 Academic Catalog

Social Sciences Public Administration The public administration major prepares students for careers in government. An interdisciplinary major, the curriculum involves courses in political science, econom– ics, and business. Course requirements involve a minimum of ninety quarter hours, including seventy-three to eighty-five quarter hours of core requirements and nineteen quarter hours of business requirements. Core requirenzents: .................................................. 73-85 ECON-233Microeconomics ........................................... 4 ECON-234Macroeconomics .......................................... 4 ECON-313 Government and Business ............................ 4 ECON-339 Public Finance .............................................. 4 GSS-499 Social Science Internship ........................... 5-15 MGMT-350 Principles of Organization and Management .................................................................. 4 MGMT-353 Human Resources Management ................. 4 POLS-261 American National Government .................... 5 POLS-262 American State & Local Government ........... 5 POLS-362 The Supreme Court ...................................... .4 PUAD-161 Introduction to Public Administration .......... 4 PUAD-210PublicBudgeting .......................................... 5 PUAD-367 ResearchMethodology ................................. 3 PUAD-368 Data Analysis ............................................... 5 PUAD-369 Public Policy ................................................ 4 PUAD-460 Seminar in Public Administration I .............. 1 PUAD-461 Seminar in Public Administration II ............. 4 PUAD-464 Strategies for Public Administration ............ 4 Business electives (selected from): ............................... 19 BUS-211,212 Statistics ................................................... 6 CIS-220 Computer Information Systems ........................ 3 COM-200 Persuasive Theory .......................................... 5 COM-312 Argumentation and Debate ............................ 4 COM-323 Organizational Communication ..................... 3 COM-325Interviewing ................................................... 3 MATH-384 Probability and Statistics ............................ 5 Dozens ofemployers visit t 1e campus each year to talk to Cedarville students about future careers. PYCH-364 Industrial Psychology ................................... 4 PYCH-369 Social Psychology ........................................ 5 PUAD-497 Independent Study in Public Administration ........................................................... 1-4 PublicAdministrationMajor CurriculumSummary Proficiency requirements .............................................. 0-8 Other General Education requirements .................... 77-97 Public administration major requirements ..................... 90 Electives ..................................................................... 5-25 Total (minimum, not including proficiency) ............ 192 A complete description of the General Education Requirements is found on page 31. First year: Suggested Four-Year Curriculum for a Major in Public Administration BEGE-171 The Christian Life .................................................... 4 BEGE-172 Introduction to Bible Study ...................................... 4 CIS-200 Computer Information Systems .................................... 3 ECON-233 Microeconomics ....................................................... 4 ENG-110 English Composition 1................................................ 5 ENG-140 English Composition II .............................................. 5 GSS-100 Foundations of Social Science.................................... 5 HIST-1 ll,112 United States History ....................................... 10 PEF-199 P.A.C.L........................................................................ 2 PUAD-161 Introduction to Public Administration.................... 4 Physical education elective ....................................................... 1 Elective ..................................................................................... 5 Total ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••a•••••••••••••• 52 Second year: BEGE-273 Old Testament Survey ............................................. 4 BEGE-274 New Testament Survey ............................................ 4 COM-110 Fundamentals of Speech ........................................... 5 ECON-234 Macroecononrics ...................................................... 4 HUM-140 Introduction to the Humanities ................................. 5 MGMT-350 Principles of Organization and Management ....... .4 POLS-261 American National Government ............................... 5 PUAD-210 Public Budgeting ..................................................... 5 PUAD-367 Research Methodology ............................................ 3 PUAD-368 Data Analysis ........................................................... 5 Biology elective ........................................................................ 5 Literature elective ..................................................................... 5 Total ·········································································~··············· 54 Third year: BEGE-375 God and History ....................................................... 4 BEGE-376 God and the Church ................................................. 4 ECON-313 Government and Business ...................................... .4 GSS-499 Internship ............................................................... 5-15 MGMT-353 Human Resources Management ............................ 4 POLS-262 American State and Local Government ................... 5 Humanities elective .................................................................. 5 Physical science/mathematics elective .................................. 10 Electives .................................................................................... 8 Total .................................................................................... 49..59 Fourth year: ECON-339 Public Finance ......................................................... 4 POLS-362 The Supreme Court .................................................. 4 PUAD-369 Public Policy ............................................................ 4 PUAD-460 Seminar in Public Administration I ........................ I PUAD-461 Seminar in Public Administration II ...................... .4 PUAD-464 Strategies for Public Administration ....................... 4 Electives .................................................................................. 24 Total ......................................................................................... 45