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3.00 Credits
This course builds upon the material learned in SIS 2100, such as the basics of data analysis in the social sciences, including measures of central tendencies and dispersion, graphical summaries of variables, probability distribution, confidence intervals, t-tests , and hypothesis testing. This course will expand upon many of these ideas and provide an in-depth understanding of the linear model - the workhorse of statistical inference in political science. Students will conduct analysis using datasets from the General Social Science Survey, National Elections Study, Correlates of War Project, and/or other datasets relevant to political science.
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3.00 Credits
Discusses the major international governmental and non-governmental organizations that are involved in global trade, finance and development. Besides introducing the student to various theoretical frameworks in international political economy, the course examines the interrelationships among political, economic and social forces through the use specific case studies.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with an in-depth discussion and case history of the origins, development, and evolution of the U.S. Constitution, focusing in particular upon such themes as separation of powers, federalism, private property rights, civil rights and civil liberties, as well as the important role that organized interests have played in shaping the meaning of the constitutional rights. In addition, the course will examine some of these themes in the background of the growing ( and often contradictory ) body of international legal principles developed by a variety if international governmental organizations.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the most important theorists, political philosophies, and ideologies from the seventeenth century to the present. The course discusses the role and nature of the individual, the relationship between the individual and the group, the characteristics of political authority ( its source and its limits ), the goals and mechanics of economic organization, as well as the issue of material and economic equality as it relates to individual freedom.
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3.00 Credits
A study of trends in American regulatory policy, including the developmental, regulatory, and "new regulation" phases of business-government relations; comparisons between American regulatory policies and those of other nations; a discussion of the economic, social, cultural, and political forces that have shaped regulatory policy and environmental law; contemporary issues in environmental regulation; comparisons between American environmental policies and those of other nations.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of federal patent, trademark, and copyright laws, including the current efforts to harmonize U.S. and foreign intellectual property law in response to the emerging global marketplace.
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3.00 Credits
Examines existing world trouble spots through an analysis of their historical backgrounds and the current international system. Students will devise their own policy analyses and recommendations for resolving various conflicts of international interest.
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3.00 Credits
This upper-level course focuses upon one of the following - the American Presidency, the U.S. Congress, or the judicial branch- and provides an in-depth study of one of these major branches in the federal government. The course begins by considering the origins of the branch, examining thereafter the various forces that have served to mold it over time.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an examination of institutional, social, and psychological influences on mass political behavior, political sophistication, political participation, voter choice, partisanship, ideology, and values. Students will be required to conduct research of voting and political behavior using statistical analysis.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines a variety of issues, e.g., identity, security, privacy issues, citizen participation, constitutional rights, etc, in electronic government using a comparative international perspective.
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