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4.00 Credits
Examines the policymaking processes, historical and socioeconomic factors, political forces, governmental institutions, and global trends that shape environmental policy at national and subnational levels in the United States. Gives attention to a wide range of environmental policy areas, with comparisons made between the United States and other nations.
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4.00 Credits
Offers an opportunity to explore the range of research methods and designs used in political science and to examine the logic of social scientific inquiry. Topics include experimental research, comparative methods, case studies, interviewing, surveys, research ethics, and other topics relevant to research in the discipline. Places political science within the broader social science and liberal arts tradition. Requires students to complete an intensive writing assignment as part of the course.
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4.00 Credits
Teaches methods of quantitative analysis including descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, cross-tabulation, regression, and multiple regression. Develops computer skills through use of the SPSS program. Practical applications of statistical techniques are emphasized by means of examples in political behavior, public policy analysis, public opinion, and others.
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0.00 Credits
Provides small-group discussion format to cover material in POL U400.
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4.00 Credits
Teaches how to conduct data collection via survey research including research design, sampling, survey instrument construction, and interviewing. Emphasizes survey research in the social and behavioral sciences, culminating in a survey conducted by the class.
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4.00 Credits
Focuses on international political and economic relations. Examines how nations interact in such areas as trade, finance, and labor relations. Includes such topics as the International Monetary Fund, multinational corporations, economic sanctions, military interventions, technology transfer, and foreign aid.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the powers, functions, and effectiveness of international institutions in the context of the growing interdependence of states. Examines international organizations such as the United Nations and European Union in their roles as part of international regimes that address issues such as international security, the international political economy, and human rights.
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4.00 Credits
Examines pressing problems in international security that are on the agenda of nation-states and international and nongovernment organizations. Examples include armed violence, terrorism, organized crime, nuclear proliferation, poverty, infectious diseases, energy security, and environmental degradation. Responses are typically sought through international cooperation and the establishment of international norms that apply to complex problems reaching beyond the borders of any one state.
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4.00 Credits
Analyzes, from a comparative perspective, the causes and consequences of contemporary ethnic political violence. Uses Northern Ireland as a major example and also includes such cases as Bosnia, Canada, Iraq, Rwanda, Russia, Sudan, and Sri Lanka. Considers various policies for preventing and resolving ethnic political violence.
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4.00 Credits
Analyzes the causes of war and ways to prevent it from a U.S. national-security perspective. Analyzes terrorism and counterterrorism. Considers and analyzes various international wars and examples of political violence.
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