2013-2014 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

A complete description of the general education requirements is found on page 22. Suggested Four-Year Curriculum for a Major in Public Administration First year: 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..............................2 Biological Sciences Elective. ..........................................................3.5 History Elective..................................................................................3 LIT-2XXX Literature Elective..............................................................3 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 Electives.............................................................................................9 Total................................................................................................. 33 Third year: BEGE-3755 Theology I......................................................................3 BEGE-3765 Theology II.....................................................................3 ECON-3390 Public Finance...............................................................3 GSS-3650 Quantitative Methodology . ..............................................3 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. .............................................................................................2 Total................................................................................................. 32 Fourth year: POLS-4630 American Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties and Rights.3 PUAD-4800 Applied Public Administration.........................................3 Business Electives.............................................................................6 Public Administration Electives..................................................... 0–15 Electives.......................................................................................6–21 Total................................................................................................. 33 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, nonprofit 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 51 semester hours including: Public Administration Core Requirements..............................42 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-3650 Quantitative Methodology ....................................... 3 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: Civil Liberties and Rights....................................................... 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......................................3 COM-2000 Persuasive Theory.............................................. 3 COM-3120 Argumentation..................................................... 3 COM-3230 Organizational Communication........................... 3 COM-3250 Interviewing......................................................... 3 Business electives selected from...............................................6 MGMT-3530 Human Resources Management...................... 3 MGMT-3550 Organizational Behavior.................................... 3 Public administration electives selected from ...................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................................45–53 Public Administration Major Requirements...................................52 Electives (Consultation with Advisor).....................................23–31 Total (minimum, not including proficiency)........................... 128 Page 102 2013–14 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Department of History and Government Public Administration