Department of Political Science and Public Administration
FACULTY
Associate Professor: Peters (chairman)
Objectives: The Department of Political Science and Public Administration 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 help meet the needs of the local, state, national and international community; all in a manner 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. 98 for information on the social science major . A concentration in public administration will equip a Christian student to practice the fundamental principles of public administration and will provide the opportunity to interface 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. A major in this field is interdisciplinary within the social science framework and draws upon such disciplines as business, psychology, sociology, and communication. A major 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 agencies 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 an internship [of 8 units their junior or senior year] thus providing one with the opportunity to view the actual day to day workings of a public agency. Completion of the public administration major will give the students a background for evaluating the role of government in designing and implementing public policy. Public Administration Major: 60 units, of which 24 must be upper division. All majors are required to take a core curriculum of: 200, 301 , 304, 306, 391, 485, 486 and 488; Business 211, 212, 361 and 362; Economics 201 and 202; Mathematics 200. The remaining 10 units of the major must be fulfilled through electives from political science or economics . In addition, Business 191 and Mathematics 210, which fulfill the general education requirements for math /science, must be taken as support courses. Even though the public administration major is an interdisciplinary major, the advisement of majors will be handled by the faculty of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration . Biola College 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 program, and living in a unique community of Christian students from different geographical regions and denominational backgrounds. Prerequisite: Survey of American Government 200. Interested students should see the chairman of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, who also serves as Director of the Biola /Washington D.C. American Studies Program to make application to the program. 200 SURVEY OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT (3) class, order, consent, community, property, The organization and function of the legislative, judicial constitutionalism, social change, revolution, and war. and executive branches of the national government; Alternate years, offered 1981-82. national defense, finance, conservation of resources, 304 ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY AND business, labor, agriculture, foreign relations, civil rights , BEHAVIOR (3) and other subjects of national interest. Satisfies the state Key concepts central to organizing and changing public requirement in institutions in American history . Required agencies to meet public social needs. Review of theories of all education majors. and managerial approaches and methodologies in public 202 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE (3) administrators . · The past, present and future of political science; issues 305 COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT (3) faced by governments . The government systems of England, France, West 301 FUNDAMENTALS OF PUBLIC Germany and Russia compared to the American system ADMINISTRATION (3) of government. Alternate years , offered 1982-83. Fundamentals of public administration; overview of the 306 PUBLIC POLICY AND BUDGETING (3) concepts, nature, and scope of the field. Role of An analysis of public policy process and the political government in modern society and the nature of public context of its formation. Systematic revi ew of the diverse business. financial systems in budgeting public monies . 303 GREAT POLITICAL THINKERS (3) Selective readings in major political thinkers from
classical to modern times; analysis of recurring themes including: justice, natural law, human nature, social
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