88 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Political Science
PHYSICS 111 PHYSICS I (4)
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION Students interested in public service at the municipal, county, state or federal level are advised to major in social science with a concentration in public administra tion. The 15 units concentration should include Po litical Science 200,301, 306, 470, and 488. Internship in Public Administration should be taken in the public sector.
Chair: C. David Peters, Ph.D.
FACULTY Professors:Jessup, Peters
Mechanics, heat, and sound. Designed primarily for students not taking calculus. Three hours lecture and three hours labo ratory each week. Prerequisite: Math 101 or equivalent. Lab fee $15. 122 PHYSICS II (4) Electricity, magnetism, elementary cir cuits, and optics. Designed primarily for student not taking calcu lus. Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory each week. Prerequisite: 111. Lab fee $15. 211 GENERAL PHYSICS: MECHANICS (4) Elementary Newtonian mechanics; conservation of energy and momentum; osci llations. Prerequisite: Mathematical Sciences 105. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory. Lab fee: $20. 222 GENERAL PHYSICS: ELECTRI CITY AND MAGNETISM (4) Electrostatics; conductors and currents; magnetic fields; electromagnetic induction; electromagnetic waves. Prerequisite: 211 Mathematical Sciences 106. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory. Lab fee: $20.
OBJECTIVES The Department of Political Science seeks to equip students to understand the fundamental socio-political institutions of society, and their effect on contemporary life; to participate in and contribute to the political process; to assess the propriety of political issues and government policies; and to recognize and he lp meet the needs of the local , state, national and interna tional community; all in a manner cons is tent with biblical Christianity. DEGREE PROGRAM A BACHELOR OF MTS DEGREE IN SOCIAL SCIENCE with a POLITICAL SCIENCE CONCENTRATIO ' is offered. Requirements include a 15-unit core of Political Science courses. See social science section for information on the major. SPECIAL PROGRAMS AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM Biola University cooperates with the American Studies Program in Washington, D.C. This program provides work/study opportunities for students each semester in all of the disciplines offered at Biola but especially political science. Based on the principle of integrating faith, learning and living, students are invited to spend time in the nation's capital serving as interns, participating in an academic seminar pro gram and living in a unique community of Christians from different geographical regions and denominational backgrounds. The American Studies Program is designed for juniors and seniors with a wide range of academic majors and voca tional interests. Students are involved in the American Studies Program for either the fall or spring semester, earning 16 semester units in the internship and study seminars. A student may earn all 16 units in Political Science or 13 units in Political Science and three in Bible, if desired. Prerequisite: Survey of American Government 200. To make application to the program, interested students should see the chairman of the Political Science Department, who also serves as director of the Biola/ Washington D.C. American Studies Program.
CALIFORNIA TEACHING CREDENTIAL
To qualify for a secondary teaching cre dential in Government, the program must be tailored to meet the guidelines for teacher education. The student must con su lt with the Departments of Political Science and Education for specifics. COURSES 200 SURVEY OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT (4) The history, organ ization and fun ction of the legislative, judicial and executive branches of the American government. Includes one hour per week involving stu dents in a local government civic service or life experience activity. Satisfies the state requirement in institutions in American history. Meets the requirement for United States Constitution for California teacher certification. May be taken to satisfy a portion of the eight units hi story general education requirement. 21 0 PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICAN GOVERNMENT (1-2) Contemporary issues in American gov ernment and politics as seen from a Christian perspective. 301 FUNDAMENTALS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (3) Fundamentals of public administration; overview of the concepts, nature and scope of the field. Role of government in modern society and the nature of public business. 303 GREAT POLITICAL THINKERS (3) Selective readings in major political thinkers from classical to modern times; analysis of recurri ng themes including: justice, natural law, human nature, social class, order, consent, community, proper ty, constitutional ism, social change, revo lution, and war. Offered alternate years.
321 CIRCUITS AND INSTRUMENTATION I (3)
An introduction to electronic circuit analys is and design. Prerequisite: 222.
322 CIRCUITS AND INSTRUMENTATION II (3) A continuation of Physics 321.
331 THERMODYNAMICS (3) Introduction to energy, heat, work, entropy, tempera ture and states of matter. The first, second and third laws of ther modynamics with an emphasis on app li cations. Prerequisite: 211. 332 STATISTICAL PHYSICS (3) Introduction to the statistical theory of physical systems. Including the theory of temperature dependent properties and relationship between statistical theory and thermodynan1ics. Prerequisite: 331. 341 WAVE MOTION, OPTICS AND SPECIAL RELATIVITY (3) Wave motion, optics and an introduc tion to special relativity. Prerequisite: 222. 411 QUANTUM MECHANICS I (3) An introduction to quantum mechan ics. Prerequisite: 341
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