Program
Description
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The Government Service program has two broad and interrelated goals: 1) to provide a fundamental educational base for those students seeking initial professional entry to managerial-track careers in federal, state or local governments or to provide upward mobility opportunities for those currently employed in government positions; and 2) to provide a fundamental educational base for those students planning to continue their academic preparation beyond the undergraduate level or for those seeking a solid understanding of the dynamics of government.
The program curriculum provides a rigorous academic preparation in the theory and practice of politics and public affairs with a variety of challenging courses of both a general and specific nature. Since contemporary government touches quite literally all phases of human activity, the program is carefully designed to ensure that each student completes a comprehensive preparation in government services as well as extensive course work in the social sciences and humanities. Whatever the student's particular goal, the Government Service curriculum nutures a broad and socially meaningful perspective through an enriching educational experience.
The goals of the program are achieved by successful completion of either the Associate in Science degree (60 credit hours) or the Bachelor of Science degree (120 credit hours). For those pursuing the Bachelor of Science degree, a field experience component can be an integral part of their studies; thus the student is allowed a first-hand look at government in operation.
With a wide and expanding range of public career opportunities available, a student with a Government Service degree becomes a stronger candidate for a variety of professional positions such as:
Intergovernmental liaison official
Additionally, many more positions
are to be found in the following
areas:
Foundations Community organizations
Criminal Justice
The Criminal Justice concentration represents a range of courses
designed to meet the academic needs of preprofessional students
and those already employed in the wide range of agencies which
make up the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems. The
primary focus of the concentration is the justice system and
is designed to give students an understanding of the developing
theoretical knowledge base of criminal justice simultaneously
providing an understanding of how each of the component parts
relates to one another.
Government Service Curriculum (B.S.)
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Credit of Distribution
Bachelor of Science
| GEN 230 | Creative Expression | 3 |
| Baccalaureate Capstone I | ||
| GEN 411 | Baccalaureate Capstone II | 3 |
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Microeconomics |
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HIS 101 |
World Cultures |
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HIS 150 |
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| Liberal Arts and Sciences Component | ||
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or 400 level) Liberal Arts and Sciences Elective (May include any APY, ART, BIO, CHE, CRJ, DAN, ECO, FRE, GEN, GEO, HIS, HUM, LNG, LIT, MAT, MUS, PHI, PHY, POL, PSY, RDG, SSC, SOC, SPA, SPE, THE, WRT course) |
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(May include any college course) |
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*Required of first-year students; all other students must substitute a Political Science Elective.
**Students who meet the math competency must substitute a Free Elective.
Government Service Concentration
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Government Service Curriculum (A.S.)
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Credit Distribution
Associate of Science
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HIS 150 |
Contemporary United States History |
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(May include any college course) |
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