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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Restricted to juniors or above; or consent of instructor This course surveys political communication with an emphasis on forms, characteristics, and functions within political campaigns and institutional governance. Specific attention will be given to communication of the three branches of government. Students will gain a broad knowledge of how political communication can shape expectations and interpretations of current events, political actors, and the political process.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POLI 260 This course focuses on some of the major issues of global environmental politics – those environmental problems that transcend state boundaries and whose resolution requires state cooperation and the efforts of states to negotiate environmental agreements. Cases will include, among others, the control of ozone depletion, the limitation of global warming, and the preservation of forests and bio-diversity.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POLI 260 or consent of instructor The primary objective of the course is to explore the phenomenon of terrorism and how the United States attempts to address it as a central element of national security policy. Students will explore a wide variety of themes related to national security. Terrorism, particulary its international dimensions, will be placed in the context of national security and global politics.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POLI 172 or consent of instructor This course examines the principal issues and ideas of the American colonial, revolutionary, and founding periods and their influence on, and relevance to, contemporary American politics.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POLI 172 This course is an examination of the United States Congress. Emphasis is placed on internal structure and operations, congressional rules and procedures, party leadership, committee system and seniority, external influences on Congress, incentives for congressional behavior, and constitutional limitations.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POLI 172 This course is an examination of American political party organizations, political leadership, finance, campaign techniques, the historical development of the American party system, party identification, legal controls over parties, the functions and methods of pressure groups and their interaction with policy makers, the role of surrogate organizations such as the media and political consultants, the significance of political parties and pressure groups for democratic ideology, and the problems of political leadership in a democracy.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POLI 172 and POLI 277 This course emphasizes both the formal and informal political institutions and processes in American cities and suburbs, including governmental structures, political parties, interest groups, and service delivery systems. Special attention is given to the multiethnic and multicultural context within which urban politics in the United States takes place.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POLI 260 or consent of instructor The course will specifically examine the Canadian-American political relationship through the review of prominent bilateral security, economic, environmental and jurisdictional issues. Principal emphasis will be placed on analyzing bargaining between Ottawa and Washington over a wide range of select case studies.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POLI 172 This course is an examination of how citizens make electoral decisions, including the decision to participate in elections. The course compares models of voter behavior and probes the influence of such factors as party identification, opinions on issues, ideological orientations, and candidate evaluations; the social and economic context of voting is also examined, as is the importance of elections for policy-making and the functioning of the political system. In addition, the politics of candidate nominations is explored – mass media coverage and opinion polling; the citizen’s involvement in campaign politics; voter attitudes toward parties, candidates, and issues; and the interpretation of electoral outcomes.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POLI 172 This course is an examination of the nature of contemporary public opinion in the United States, the way in which political attitudes and beliefs find expression in electoral behavior and the conditions under which public sentiment is translated into public policy and government action. The goal is to understand political conflict and debate in the U.S. and the ways in which the public influences that debate. Major topics in public opinion include political tolerance and trust, attitudes toward women and minorities, the role of mass media and the impact of political values and ideology on political campaigns and elections.
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