2006-2007 Academic Catalog

2006-07 Cedarville University 219 School of Social Sciences and Professional Studies Social Sciences and History Social Sciences and History 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, non-profit 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 52 semester hours including: Public Administration Core Requirements...................................43 ACCT-2110 Principles of Accounting I...................................... 3 *BEPH-2250 Ethics................................................................... 3 ECON-2330 Microeconomics................................................... 3 ECON-2340 Macroeconomics.................................................. 3 ECON-3390 Public Finance...................................................... 3 GSS-3630 Data Analysis and Research Methodology ............ 4 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................................. 3 PUAD-3100 Public Budgeting................................................... 3 PUAD-3600 Public Administration............................................ 3 PUAD-3690 Public Policy......................................................... 3 **PUAD-4800 Applied Public Administration............................. 3 Communication elective selected from the following.....................3 COM-2000 Persuasive Theory.............................................. 3 COM-3120 Argumentation and Debate................................. 3 COM-3140 Intercultural Communication............................... 3 COM-3230 Organizational Communication........................... 3 COM-3250 Interviewing......................................................... 3 Business electives selected from the following..............................6 ECON-3130 Government and Business............................... 3 MGMT-3530 Human Resources Management...................... 3 MGMT-3550 Organizational Behavior................................... 3 Public administration electives selected from the following......0-15 GSS-4990 Social Science/History Internship................... 3-12 PUAD-4970 Independent Study in Public Administration................................................................. 1-3 *Satisfies humanities elective for general education requirements. **Capstone course Public Administration Major Curriculum Summary Proficiency Requirements...........................................................0-6 Other General Education Requirements.................................46-54 Public Administration Major Requirements..................................52 Electives (Consultation with Advisor)......................................22-30 Total (minimum, not including proficiency). .........................128 A complete description of the general education requirements is found on page 18 Suggested Four-Year Curriculum for a Major in Public Administration First year: BEGE-1710 Christian Life and Thought.................................................3 BEGE-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..................................1 Biological Sciences Elective................................................................3.5 History Elective.......................................................................................3 Physical Education Activity Elective.......................................................1 Physical Science Elective....................................................................3.5 Total.....................................................................................................30 Second year: ACCT-2110 Principles of Accounting I....................................................3 BEGE-2730 Old Testament Literature....................................................3 BEGE-2740 New Testament Literature..................................................3 BEPH-2250 Ethics..................................................................................3 ECON-2330 Microeconomics.................................................................3 ECON-2340 Macroeconomics................................................................3 POLS-2620 American State and Local Government..............................3 Global Awareness Elective.....................................................................3 Literature Elective...................................................................................3 Electives.................................................................................................6 Total.....................................................................................................33 Third year: BEGE-3750 Christian Worldview Development.....................................2 BEGE-3760 Christian Worldview Integration. ........................................2 ECON-3390 Public Finance...................................................................3 GSS-3630 Data Analysis and Research Methodology...........................4 MGMT-3500 Principles of Organization and Management....................3 MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing.......................................................3 PUAD-3100 Public Budgeting................................................................3 PUAD-3600 Public Administration..........................................................3 PUAD-3690 Public Policy.......................................................................3 Communication Elective.........................................................................3 Elective...................................................................................................3 Total.....................................................................................................32 Fourth year: POLS-4630 American Constitutional Law..............................................3 PUAD-4800 Applied Public Administration.............................................3 Business Electives.................................................................................6 Public Administration Electives..........................................................0-15 Electives............................................................................................6-21 Total.....................................................................................................33