2007-2008 Academic Catalog

History and Government School o f Humanities P0LS-4900 Research in Political Science-Fa,Sp 3 hours Senior capstone thesis course in which students engage in (iriginal research and writing for the completion and defense of ;hesis before a committee of professors. Course emphasizes Substantive cross-disciplinary and biblical integration within Research topic. Prerequisite: all political science major equirements or permission o f instructor. (Fee: $100) ublic Administration PUAD-3100 Public Budgeting-Fa 3 hours Analysis of public sector budgeting at all levels of government inthe United States with an emphasis on budgets as reflectors of priority, power, and control. Crosslisted as POLS or PUAD. PUAD-3390 Public Finance-Sp 3 hours A consideration of the financing of local, state, andfederal governments. Much attention is given to three functions of government: stabilization, distribution, and allocation. All major taxes that are present in the United States are studied as to structure, revenue gained, and present status. Prerequisite: ECON-234C) Macroeconomics. PUAD-3600 Public Adm inistration-Fa 3 hours Introduction to public administration both as a discipline and profession, including organization theory, budgeting, public policy analysis and evaluation, and public sector administration. Crosslisted as POLS or PUAD. PUAD-3690 Public Policy-Sp 3 hours Focus on decision making, problem solving, and methods of program analysis. Crosslisted as POLS or PUAD. Prerequisites: HIST-1110, 1120 U.S. History; POLS-2610 American National Government. PUAD-4640 Strategies for Public Adm inistration-Fa 3 hours Designed to acquaint the advanced student in public administration or international studies with some of the policy decisions facing American government. All three levels of American government, federal, state, and local, will be examined in light of their particular relationships with foreign governments, (odd years) PUAD-4800 Applied Public Adm inistration-Fa 3 hours Capstone course for public administration majors, involving the research of issues related to public administration in the United States from a normative and/or empirical perspective. (Fee: $100) 2007-08 Cedarville University 141