1999-2000 Academic Catalog

The public administration major prepares students for careers in government. The curriculum involves courses in political science, economics, and business. Course requirements involve a minimum of 92 quarter hours, including 64 quarter hours of core requirements and 28 quarter hours of electives. Core requirements: ............................................................... 64 ECON-233 Microeconomics ................................................... 4 ECON-234 Macroeconomics .................................................. 4 ECON-313 Government andBusiness ...................................... 4 ECON-339 Public Finance ....................................................... 4 MGMT-350 Principles ofOrganization and Management .......................................................................... 4 MGMT-353 Human Resources Management.. ....................... 4 POLS-261 American National Government ........................... 5 POLS-262 American State & Local Government .................. 5 PUAD-210 Public Budgeting .................................................. 5 PUAD-361 Public Administration .......................................... 4 PUAD-367 Research Methodology ......................................... 3 PUAD-368 Data Analysis ....................................................... 5 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 (selected from): ...................................................... 28 BUS-211,212 Statistics ........................................................ 6 COM-200 Persuasive Theory .............................................. 5 COM-312 Argumentation and Debate ................................ 5 COM-314 Intercultural Communications ........................... 4 COM-323 Organizational Communication ........................ 3 COM-325 Interviewing ....................................................... 3 CRJU-333 Constitutional Law for Criminal Justice ........... 5 GSS-499 Social Science Internship ................................ 5-15 HIST-111,112 United States History ................................. 10 MATH-384 Probability and Statistics .................................. 5 MGMT-355 OrganizationalBehavior .................................... 4 MIS-220 ComputerInformation Systems .............................. 3 POLS-362 The Supreme Court .............................................. 4 POLS-463 AmericanConstitutional Law .............................. 5 PUAD-497 Independent Study in Public Administration .. 14 PYCH-364Industria1Psychology ......................................... 4 PYCH-369 Social Psychology ............................................... 5 SOC-375 SocialMovements ................................................. 4 PublicAdministrationMajor CurriculumSummary Proficiencyrequirements ...................................................... 0..8 Other General EducationRequirements ............................. 77-97 PublicAdministrationmajorrequirements ............................. 92 Electives .............................................................................. 5-25 Total(minimum,notincludingproficiency) ....................... 192 A complete description of the General Education Requirements is found on page 30. First year: :SU:!!S!E~ste~d Four-Year Curriculum for in Public Administration BEGE-171 The Christian Life .................................................... 4 BEGE-172 Introduction to Bible Study ..................................... 4 COM-110 Fundamentals of Speech ........................................... 5 ENG-110 English Composition I ............................................... 5 ENG-140 English Composition II .............................................. 5 GSS-100 Foundations ofSocial Science..................................... 5 IIlST-111 or 112 United States History .................................... 5 HUM-140 Introduction to the Humanities ................................ 5 PEF-199 P.A.C.L....................................................................... 2 PUAD-361 Public Administration ............................................. 4 ....................................................... 1 Secondyear: BEGE-273 Old Testament Survey ............................................. 4 BEGE-274 New Testament Survey ........................................... 4 ECON-233 Microeconomics ...................................................... 4 ECON-234 Macroeconomics ..................................................... 4 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 Biologyelective ......................................................................... 5 Literature elective ...................................................................... 5 Elective(majorrequirement) ..................................................... 3 Total ................................................................................................ Third year: BEGE-375 God and History ...................................................... 4 BEGE-376 God and the Church ................................................. 4 ECON-313 Government and Business ....................................... 4 ECON-339 Public Finance ......................................................... 4 MGMT-353 Human Resources Management ........................... 4 POLS-262 American State and Local Government .................... 5 Humanities elective ................................................................... 4 Physical Science elective ........................................................... 5 Electives(majorrequirement) ................................................... 8 Electives .................................................................................... 5 Total 47 Fourth year: PUAD-369 Public Policy ........................................................... 4 PUAD-460, 461 Seminar in Public Administration I and II ....... 5 PUAD-464 Strategies for Public Administration ....................... 4 Electives (majorrequirement) ................................................. 17 Electives .............................. .................................................... 19