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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POLI 172 and consent of instructor Students will role-play as United States senators. Each student will become familiar with the issue positions of his or her assigned senator, the senator’s voting behavior, and the characteristics of the senator’s state and constituents. Students will develop an understanding of the United States senate’s power and the rules and procedures that govern its day-to-day operations. All students will participate in both the Floyd M. Riddick Model Senate at Stetson University and the High School Model Senate at Bridgewater State College. One credit per semester; may be taken up to four times.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POLI 172 and consent of instructor This course involves students adopting the roles of both lawyers and witnesses in “mock” civil and criminal cases, and/or participating as lawyers arguing cases before appellate courts in “moot” court competitions. Students will be expected to participate at local, regional, and national competitions, and in doing so will acquire first-hand knowledge of what it is like to be both an attorney arguing a case before a judge, and a witness on the stand providing testimony. In addition, students will gain valuable experience in preparing opening statements and closing arguments, writing briefs, cross-examining witnesses, and providing authentic, credible testimony. One credit per semester; may be taken up to four times.
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0.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Consent of the political science department This course offers special topics in Political Science. Open to Commonwealth and Departmental Honors students.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Consent of the political science department This course offers special topics in Political Science. Open to Commonwealth and Departmental Honors students.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers a close analysis of the structure and power of those institutions comprising the U.S. national government. Legal decisions pertaining to judicial, congressional, and executive power, as well as the doctrines of separation-of-powers and federalism, will be carefully examined. The course concludes with an examination of the Constitution’s protection of economic liberty and property rights.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines major court decisions involving disputes pertaining to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. In particular, cases regarding freedom of speech, the press, religion, and the right to associate will be extensively studied. The course also considers the broad limits placed on the government by the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses the scope of the individual’s rights to liberty and equality under the fifth, ninth, and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. It examines the evolution of legal doctrine regarding the unequal treatment of individuals by public and private actors, including discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, class, age, and (dis)abilities. The course also analyzes the scope of liberty and privacy in the United States, with particular attention devoted to procedural and substantive due process, sexual freedom, procreation and child-rearing, the right to die, and personal information and workplace privacy.
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses how the U.S. Constitution – particularly the fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and 14th Amendments – along with state and federal statutes, protect individuals being processed by the criminal justice system. Issues and case law pertaining to searches and seizures, compelled self-incrimination, grand jury indictment, trial by jury, speedy and public trials, double jeopardy, the right to counsel, cruel and unusual punishment, and due process will be rigorously examined.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POLI 260 This course examines the reciprocal interaction between states and markets, with a particular emphasis upon the ways in which national and international politics structure international economic relations. The course reviews in depth the development and evolution of the postwar economic regimes in money and trade. The course will also examine the role and effects of multinational corporations, the issue of development and alternative development models, the debt crisis, and international struggle for the control of oil. Finally, some important issues and debates within the field of international political economy will be considered.
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