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4.00 Credits
Study historical personalities (such as Napoleon, Bismarck, Lenin, Hitler, Gandhi, Mao, Mandela, and Gorbachev) whose political ideas have contributed to the contemporary debate concerning the origins of the modern world. Learn about leadership concepts, models, and techniques, as they apply to the formation of mass political movements. Examine films, journalistic accounts, and historical commentary for an interdisciplinary approach to the study of political issues and events. Fulfills the Social and Psychological Perspective of the General Education requirements. (Semester varies)
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4.00 Credits
Develop an interdisciplinary understanding of the political-legal communication field with emphasis on the U.S. Constitution and the legal system as well as constructing and communicating political-legal arguments. Fulfills the Historical Perspective of the General Education requirements. (Semester varies)
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4.00 Credits
Use theoretical and empirical analysis to learn about the ways Americans elect their leaders. Examine several themes such as electoral systems, political parties, primary and general elections, the role of money, and the role of the media as they relate to the American system of campaigns and elections. Fulfills Social/Psychological Perspective of the General Education requirements. (Semester varies)
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4.00 Credits
Analyzes the evolution of political theory from early Greece to the present. Study the formation of the Western political tradition and the relationship of political theory to the development of absolutism, constitutional monarchy, liberal democracy, and socialism. Understand the issues of idealism and realism in political thought, individual rights versus the needs of the collective, and the relation of these considerations to the emergence of totalitarian political ideologies. Fulfills Ethics and Values Perspective of the General Education requirements. (Semester varies)
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4.00 Credits
Review and develop an understanding of the United States Constitution, congressional legislation, and Supreme Court cases affecting and controlling minority rights from 1776 to the present. Fulfills the Historical Perspective and the General Education U.S. Diversity requirements. (Semester varies)
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4.00 Credits
Study in depth the U.S. Constitution and federal laws as they relate to communication. Develop an understanding of the First Amendment, the Federal Communication Commission, and political speech. Fulfills the Historical Perspective of the General Education requirements. (Semester varies)
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4.00 Credits
Examines how Americans have cared for themselves and others in times of need. Take a long view, starting with the Puritans, at the debate in America as to the proper way to deal with epidemics, poverty, old age, infirmity, and unemployment. Explore causation, focusing heavily not simply on what has existed, but more importantly, why. Develop and use analytical tools needed to understand American social policy and the welfare state. Fulfills Historical Perspective and the General Education U.S. Diversity requirements. (Semester varies)
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4.00 Credits
Conduct individual projects planned in collaboration with the instructor to meet students' specific interests within political science. Prerequisites: 3.0 GPA and permission of instructor and department chair.
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4.00 Credits
Examines means and methods of adaptation to life, with a focus on psychological development across the life cycle. An applied psychology course with a heavy emphasis on self-reflection and the means of effective functioning. Topics may include stress, adaptive and maladaptive coping, identity and the self, as well as specific lifestyle issues such as relationships, health, values, working, aging, gender, and sexuality. (Semester varies)
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4.00 Credits
Examines the role of physical and expressive qualities of people's faces, voices, and bodies in the processing of emotion, impression formation, self-presentation, and intergroup interaction. Emphasis placed on the application of socialpsychological research methods to explore underlying mechanisms and individual differences. (Fall semester)
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