|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
A study of judicial institutions in the United States. Topics considered include: the functions of legal and judicial institutions, the structure and powers of national and state court systems, the legal profession, judicial selection, judicial procedure, court administration, and policy formation by judicial institutions.
-
3.00 Credits
An introduction to the study of constitutional law as it applies to government institutions in the United States. Topics considered include: basic concepts of constitutional analysis, historical development of present legal institutions and regimes, judicial policy decisions in different areas of law, and the social, political, and economic factors affecting those decisions.
-
3.00 Credits
An introduction to the constitutional liberties and rights accorded American citizens. Topics considered include: basic concepts of constitutional analysis, historical development of present legal interpretations and regimes, judicial decisions in different areas of law, the social, political, and economic factors affecting those decisions, and their effect on governing in the United States.
-
3.00 Credits
An introduction to how structures, institutions, outside actors, and political culture produce American foreign policy. Topics covered include: recent history of U.S. foreign relations, the roles played by both the President and the Congress, the roles, functions and structures of U.S. State Department, the Defense Department, intelligence agencies and the National Security Council, the policy making process and the measurement of outcomes, roles played by the public, interest groups, and other actors. Current major foreign policy issues will be discussed and examined as case studies.
-
3.00 Credits
A study of international economics and trade through the analysis of the factors influencing past and present changes. Topics covered include: current and past international finance systems and mechanisms of exchange, the role of the state and other actors, an examination of comparative advantage, various strategies states employ such as import substitution or export promotion, the nature and impact of formal and informal barriers to trade, the GATT and WTO, the problems, failures, successes and prospects of the international economic system and its impact on domestic politics.
-
3.00 Credits
A study of the current international system. Topics covered include: the nature of "systems", the recent history of global affairs and the evolutionof the international system to its present state, selected theoretical analyses of international systems, the nature, roles and functions of the various actors in the system, how advances in technology have fundamentally changed the world, and the evolving roles of both states and supranational institutions.
-
3.00 Credits
A study of the conditions that produce war and peace in international relations. Topics considered include: an examination of recent conflicts in the international system, theories concerning the potential sources and determinants of war with an emphasis on the theory of realism and competing theories, and theories of war settlement and potential sources of future interstate tension.
-
3.00 Credits
An introduction to the basic ideas of political philosophy. Topics considered include: the social and historical context of political theory; the development of major ideas in political philosophy; critical analysis of theoretical arguments; and the relation of political theory to contemporary politics. (This course is cross-listed as PHIL 3420.)
-
3.00 Credits
An overview of liberalism, communism, and fascism, the three primary political ideologies that have shaped the twentieth century.
-
3.00 Credits
A comparative study of the political systems in developing countries. Topics considered include: basic comparative political theory, modern history of developing societies, and an overview of theories explaining economic and political change in developing countries.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|