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1.00 Credits
Offered: Typically as student interest and faculty availability allow (next offered Spring 2010) A study of major theoretical traditions related to the design and history of American government and political culture. 1 Course Credit
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Prerequisite: GSTR 210 Offered: Typically alternate Fall Terms (next offered Fall 2010) A study of the participation of women and African Americans in the American political process. Theories of representative democracy and an introduction to the historical struggles for equal rights provide a context for the investigation of contemporary electoral politics, governance, grassroots politics, and public policy. Students examine the progress of women and African American candidates, and of related public-policy issues, throughout the current election and its immediate aftermath. African Americans', Appalachians', and Women's Perspective. NOTE: In order to receive African and African American Studies or Women's Studies major or minor credit, the student's major project must focus on African Americans or women, respectively. 1 Course Credit
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GSTR 210 Offered: Typically alternate years (next offered 2010-2011) An examination of Greek, Roman, and Christian thinking about law, justice, and political community, including works by Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and Thomas Aquinas, among others. Western History Perspective and Practical Reasoning (PR). 1 Course Credit
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Prerequisite: GSTR 210 or sophomore standing Offered: Typically alternate years (next offered Fall 2009) A philosophic examination of moral and philosophic issues involving the nature of law and rights, theories of just and unjust war, views of state sovereignty, and the international community. Thematic focus on legal and moral questions about uses of force in humanitarian interventions to address violations of human rights. Attention to classic and contemporary philosophic texts, relevant legal documents, and some basic structures of state and international order. Practical Reasoning (PR) and World Culture (Western) component of the International Perspective. 1 Course Credit
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Prerequisite: GSTR 210 Offered: Typically alternate years (next offered Spring 2010) An examination of some distinctive ways of thinking about law, freedom, and the state since the Reformation, including the social contract views of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, utilitarianism, Marx, 19th-century historicism, and 20th-century pragmatism. Western History Perspective and Practical Reasoning (PR). 1 Course Credit
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Prerequisite: PSC 100 or permission of instructor Offered: Typically every year (next offered Spring 2010) An analytical and comparative study of the structure and dynamics of various political systems in the world such as parliamentary, authoritarian, and totalitarian types, with emphasis on selected European countries and the European Union. NOTE: Noncredit for students who completed PSC 320. 1 Course Credit
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MAT 104 or permission of instructor Offered: Typically every Spring Term An introduction to the methods and techniques of the scientific analysis of political phenomena. Includes study of research design and execution, paper writing, and the logic of quantitative analysis. NOTE: Noncredit for students who completed PSC 335. 1 Course Credit
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Prerequisite: PSC 100 or permission of instructor Offered: Typically every Fall Term A study of the various forces, assumptions, considerations, and actors that define national interests, shape international relations, and promote world order. NOTE: Noncredit for students who completed PSC 350. 1 Course Credit
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Determined by instructor Offered: Typically as student interest and faculty availability allow A course designed to meet the particular interests of student and faculty. Topics vary from year to year. See course description in the "Schedule of Classes." 1/2 to 1 Course Credit
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSC 110 or permission of instructor Offered: Typically every third year (next offered 2010-2011) An examination of the principles of American constitutional law. The course focuses on major opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court and of lower courts. Some descriptive and supplemental analysis of judicial and constitutional policy-making. 1 Course Credit
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