COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Department of Political · Science andPublic Administration
21 l GENERAL PHYSICS MECHANICS (4) Elementary Newtonian mechanics; conserwtion of energy and momentum; oscillations; ond wove motion. Prerequisite: Moth emoticol Sciences 105. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory. lab fee: $15. 222 GENERAL PHYSICS: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM (4) Electrostatics; conductors ond currents; magnetic fields; elec tromagnetic induction; electromagnetic waves. Prerequisite: 21l. Mathemoticol Sciences l06. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory Lab fee: $15. 32 l CIRCUITS AND INSTRUMENTATION I (3) An introduction to electronic circuit analysis ond design. Pre requisite: 222.
Public Administration Major: 61 units, of which 24 must be upper division. All majors ore required to toke ocore curriculum of: 200,301,304,306,391,470,485,486 and 488; Business 201,202,211,212 ond 361; ond Computer Science 100 or 101. The remaining 10 units of the major must be fulfilled through electives from political science or business. In addition, Math ematics 210 must be token as a support course. Mathematics 210 con be used for the general educotion moth requirement. Even though the public administration major is an interdisci plinary major, the advisement of maiors will be handled by the faculty of the deportment of politico! science and public adminis tration. Biola University cooperates with the American Studies Program in Washington, D.C. This program provides llllrklstudy opportuni ties for students each semester in oil of the disciplines offered at Biolo but especially politico! science. Based on the principle of integrating faith, learning and living, students ore invited to spend time in the notion's copitol serving as interns, participating in an ocodemic seminar program and living in a unique community of Christion students from different geographicol regions and de nominational backgrounds. The American Studies Program is designed for juniors and seniors with a wide range of academic majors and wcotional interests. Students ore inwlved in the American Studies Program for periods of three or four months. The internship/seminar opportunity is awilable September through early Moy, with two special concentrated study periods during the summer. Prerequisi te: Survey of Americon Government 200. Inter ested students should see the chairman of the deportment of political science and public administration, who also serves as director of the Biolo/Washington D.C. Americon Studies Program to make application to the program. California Teaching Credential, To qualify for a secondary teaching credential in Government, the program must be tailored to meet the guidelines for teacher educotion. See the public administration deportment for specifics. 200 SURVEY OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT (4) The history, organization and function of the legislative, judicial and executive branches of the American government. Includes one hour per week inwlving students in o local govern ment civic service or life experience activity. Satisfies the state requirement in institutions in American history. Meets the require ment for United States Constitution for California teacher certifica tion. May be token to satisfy o portion of the eight unit history general education requirement. 301 FUNDAMENTALS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (3) Fundamentals of public administration; overview of the con cepts, 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 dossicol to modern times; analysis of recurring themes including: justice, noturol law, human nature, social doss, order, consent, community, property, constitutionalism, social change, rewlution, ond war. Offered alternate years. 304 ORGANIZATIONALTHEORY AND BEHAVIOR (3) Key concepts central to organizingand changing public agen cies to meet public social needs. Review of theories and manage rial approaches and methodologies in public administrators. 305 COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT (3) The government systems of England, Fronce, West Germany and Russia compared to the American system of government. Offered alternate years. 306 PUBLIC POLICY (3) An analysis of public policy process and the political context of its formation. Systematic review of the diverse financial systems in making and implementing public policy. 307 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (3) Asurvey of notional-state system; forces affecting interna tional relations; sources of conflict in llllrld politics, and their solution by power politics and international cooperation.
322 CIRCUITS AND INSTRUMENTATION II (3) Acontinuation of Physics 321.
C. David Peters, Ph.D., Chair Faculty Professor: Peters
331 THERMODYNAMICS (3) Introduction to energy, heot, llllrk, entropy, temperature and states of matter. The first, second and third lows of thermodynam ics with on emphasis on applications. Prerequisite: 21 l. 332 STATISTICAL PHYSICS (3) Introduction to the statisticol theory of physical systems. Including the theory of temperature dependent properties and the relationship between stotisticol theory and thermodynamics. Pre requisite: 21 l. 34 l WAVE MOTION, OPTICS AND SPECIAL RELATIVITY (3) Wave motion, optics and on introduction to special relativity. Prerequisite: 222.
Objectives: The department of political science and public administration seeks to equip students to understand the fundamental socio-political institu tions 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 help meet the needs of the local, state, national and international community; all in amanner consistent with biblical Christianity. The department of political science and public administration offers 15 units as one of the areas of concentration for social science majors. See p. 51 for information on the social science major. Aconcentration in public administration will equip a Christian student to practice the fundamental principles of public administration and will provide the opportunity to interrace Christian principles in both a secular and Christian setting. The public administration major contains both business and political science courses in exposing the student to the role of government and private business as they interact in setting public policy. Amajor in thisfield is interdisciplinary within the social science framework and draws upon such disciplines as business, psy chology, sociology and communication. Amajor in this field includes a review of the alternative routes of action to public policy choices, an analysis of the techniques of budgeting, an overview of the diverse theories of managing both private and public agen cies and an introduction to the various personnel systems used in regulating manpower in the public sector. In addition to course work, each student will enroll in on internship (of eight units during their junior or senior year) thus providing one with the opportunity to view the actual day to day workings of apublic agency. Completion of the public adminis tration major will give the students abackground for evaluating the role of government in designing and implementing public policy.
411 QUANTUM MECHANICS I (3) An introduction to quantum mechanics. Prerequisite: 222.
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