POLS 250 - Introduction to the Study of Government Systems

Institution:

Point Park University

Subject:

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Description:

This course is a comparative course designed to serve as an introduction to significant issues of politics that have been identified by noted political scientists of the past and present. Given the comparative nature of the course, students are provided with basic background in order to be able to compare and contrast major institutions such as legislative, executive and judicial branches of power as well political parties and interest groups in a number of countries of the world. Students also learn about considerable differences that exist between developed and lesser developed countries of the world. Course Objectives (1) Relate the evolution of a country's political system to general historical events in that country. (2) Relate a region's past and present political culture to the historical and geopolitical characteristics of that region. (3) Analyze the American system of government to learn about significant features used in the forms and functions of the legislative, executive, judicial and other institutions. (4) Analyze the system of government in other countries and examine how this could be compared with the American system of government. (5) Read current literature in the discipline, assimilate and integrate the ideas found in this literature, and communicate these ideas effectively in written and oral form with the aid of modern technology.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pointpark.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 391-4100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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