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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Goal To explore the principles and processes that have shaped America's development as a constitutional democracy; to develop the ability to critically analyze important constitutional questions. Content Examines the framing of the Constitution, judicial review, and changing approaches to constitutional interpretation; separation of powers and federalism; civil liberties and civil rights, including First Amendment rights, equal protection, privacy, and criminal due process. Taught Fall. Alternate years. Credit 3 hours; cross-listed as HIS 320.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To enhance students' understanding of the unique institutions and political culture of the South and its development in relation to the national political system. Content The course focuses particularly on party and factional politics in the South, with an eye to understanding the development and impact of one-party dominance after Reconstruction, the civil rights movement and the rise of the modern Republican Party Taught Spring. Alternate years. Credit 3 hours.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To enhance students' ability to analyze and understand contemporary European politics. Content The course focuses on contemporary political developments in Europe, both on the level of individual states and of the region as a whole. Topics of particular attention include the development of political institutions and modes of interest representation; the crisis of the welfare state; issues of immigration, nationalism, and identity; and the politics of regional integration in the form of the European Union. Taught Spring. Alternate years. Credit 3 hours.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To enhance students' understanding of the institutions, interests, and events that shape the relations of the United States with the rest of the world. Content The course examines the institutions and ideas that shape United States foreign policy. Particular attention is paid to the period since 1945. Case studies are used to examine the diplomatic, military, and covert policies the United States has used to pursue its national interests internationally. Taught Fall. Alternate years. Credit 3 hours.
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3.00 Credits
Goal The course introduces the student to the institutions, processes, and policy-making of state and local government, providing the background for understanding the role of subnational governments in the political life of the United States. Content The course focuses on several trends in state and local governance, including the transfer of responsibility for public programs from the federal government to states and localities, and addresses major issues and problems associated with governance, administration, and the implementation of policy. Taught Spring. Alternate years. Credit 3 hours.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To introduce students to the scope and methods of political science. Required of all political science, history/political science, and international relations majors and political science minors; to be taken in the junior year. Content The course examines the different theoretical and methodological approaches of political science. Students are introduced to methods and tools of both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Over the course of the semester, students complete a major research project. Taught Spring. Credit 3 hours; S-course.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To enhance student's understanding of the politics of underdevelopment. Content The course is thematically organized to present an overview of the field of the political economy of development. Under each theme appear several country cases, taken from all parts of the developing world. The themes include the concept of development, poverty and inequality, strategies of development, the role of foreign capital, trade and technology, economic stabilization, and democracy and development. Taught Fall. Alternate years. Credit 3 hours; cross-cultural.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To familiarize students with the development and role of international organizations in the international system. Content The course explores the role of international organization in controlling and shaping the behavior of nationstates and other actors in the international system. Students explore the history and development of international organizations, such as the League of Nations, the United Nations, and the World Trade Organization. The course also looks at the roles of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and institutions of regional integration, such as the EU. Taught Spring. Alternate years. Credit 3 hours.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To engage in an in-depth examination of a special topic in political science. Content Topics vary; examples include media and politics, political theory, and problems in development. Students may take no more than two such courses. Taught Offered occasionally. Credit 3; 3 hours.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Goal To provide opportunities for students to investigate special topics of interest. Content Topics are agreed upon through consultation between the student and the instructor and should receive the approval of the department chair. Taught Offered occasionally. Credit 1-6 hours.
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