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1.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Physical Sciences Credit Hours: 1 This special studies course has been designed to allow students to work closely with a faculty member to pursue a topic of specialized interest. Topics for study and project requirements will be negotiated jointly between the faculty member and the student. Typically Offered On Demand
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4.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Physical Sciences Credit Hours: 4 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. This course has a lab with 2 hours. A survey of physical concepts including mechanics, wave motion, heat, electricity and magnetism, light, and selected topics in modern physics. A minimum of mathematics is utilized to develop problem solving skills. Emphasis is placed on concept development so that science in a modern society may be recognized and appreciated. This course meets General Education requirements: Scientific Understanding, Lab. Pre- Requisites: MATH 110 with a grade of C- or better or 19 on ACT or 460 on SAT. Typically Offered Fall, Spring
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3.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Social Sciences Dept Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. Careful examination of the institutions of American national government and its policies. How the legislative, executive, and judicial branches work with--and against--each other to shape public policy. Explores the labyrinth of the bureaucracy. The complex interactions of these political structures are illustrated with current events. Considerable time is given to the resulting policies on the budget, the economy, technology, health care, welfare, military, foreign relations, and issues of gender and equality. This course meets General Education requirements: Social Awareness, Race/Ethnicity/and/or/Gender Issues Social Foundations. Typically Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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3.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Social Sciences Dept Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. Origin, structure, types, functions, and development of political parties, and the corresponding role of interest groups and public opinion in the United States. Critical evaluation of the ways political parties provide opportunities and leadership for a variety of groups and individuals to participate in the election, governing, and policy processes. This course meets General Education requirements: Social Awareness, Race/Ethnicity/and or Gender Issues. Typically Offered Spring Only
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3.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Social Sciences Dept Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. Study of public policy formation in the political system, and the decision making and problem solving processes and procedures involved. Emphasis on how and why political, social, and economic change takes place in society. Examines informal and formal demands upon the system, pluralistic and elite response, representative democratic behavior, and international, national and community power as they relate to political decision making and policy formation. This course meets General Education requirements: Social Awareness, Race/Ethnicity/and or Gender Issues. Pre-Requisites: Sophomore Status. Typically Offered On Demand
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3.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Social Sciences Dept Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. Principles and problems of state, local, national, and international administrative organizations. The how and why of organizational and bureaucratic decision making. Focuses upon the coordination, management, and responsibilities of public servants. This course meets General Education requirements: Social Awareness, Race/Ethnicity/and or Gender Issues. Pre-Requisites: Sophomore Status. Typically Offered Fall Only
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1.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Social Sciences Dept Credit Hours: 1 This special studies course has been designed to allow students to work closely with a faculty member to pursue a topic of specialized interest. Topics for study and project requirements will be negotiated jointly between the faculty member and the student. Typically Offered On Demand
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3.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Social Sciences Dept Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. This course involves a comparative approach in order to achieve an understanding and appreciation of the potentials and resources of developing nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Models of development, the population issue and the status of women will be explored. Their relations with each other, to the United Nations, to non-governmental organizations and to the United States will also be examined. Pre-Requisites: Junior Status. Typically Offered Spring Only
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3.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Social Sciences Dept Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. State and local governments across the United States are studied with emphasis on legislative, executive, and judicial process, administrative functions, personnel and fiscal problems, and intergovernmental relations. Special attention is given to the vitality and ranking of Michigan government and politics with reference to socio-economic, quality of life issues. This course meets General Education requirements: Social Awareness, Race/Ethnicity/and or Gender Issues. Typically Offered Spring Only
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3.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Social Sciences Dept Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. Explores the web of arrangements for handling movements of people, trade, and ideas across national boundaries. The United Nations and its forerunners are examined, as well as agencies to handle trade, finance, telecommunications, law enforcement, and other specialized concerns. Multinational corporations and independent organizations like Amnesty International, Red Cross, Greenpeace, and labor unions are looked at. What are the special concerns of non-Western nations? Does European unification provide a model for other regions? This course meets General Education requirements: Social Awareness, Global Consciousness; Race/Ethnicity/and or Gender Issues. Typically Offered Spring, Summer
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