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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
Explores the practice of American political campaign management, from nomination through election and in the postcampaign period. Focuses on campaign strategies and techniques and requires participation in an actual political campaign. 2 lecture/discussions; 4 hours activity.
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4.00 Credits
The ethnic factor in politics; theoretical literature relating ethnicity to politics; ethnicity, class, and politics; political organization and mobilization. Emphasis on the California experience. 4 hours lecture/discussion.
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4.00 Credits
Congress and its place in American politics, including the impact of election rules on congressional behavior, the authorization and appropriations processes, and the roles of leaders, parties, and committees; comparisons with other legislative bodies. 4 hours lecture/discussion.
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4.00 Credits
The Presidency and its place in American politics, including its origin and development, presidential election campaigns, the organization of the federal executive, presidential character, relationships with other branches of the government, the impact of the media and public opinion, and the President's role in making domestic an foreign policy. 4 hours lecture/discussion.
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4.00 Credits
Courts as political subsystems; the structure of the federal judiciary; the nature and scope of judicial power; the Supreme Court and American political development; the politics of judicial appointment; influences on judicial decisionmaking. 4 hours lecture/discussion.
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4.00 Credits
Examination of the socioeconomic and political problems of the developing and new nations in their quest for modernization and development. Relevance of Western and SovietMarxist models to the political experience of the new nations. 4 hours lecture/discussion.
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4.00 Credits
Caribbean politics within the context of former plantation economies and Afrodescendant/European societies and policy problems of development, poverty, crime, and AIDS. Reviews the political content of Caribbean music, art, and culture across generations and in youth culture. 4 hours lecture/discussion.
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4.00 Credits
Social bases of the political process. Socialization, participation, elitemass relationships. Influence of factors such as class, race, religion, and sex on political attitudes and behavior. Course listed as both, PLS 380 and SOC 390. Meets General Education requirements in Area D3. Not open to Political Science, Behavioral Science, Psychology, or Sociology majors. 4 hours lecture/discussion.
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4.00 Credits
Integration of social science studies of the grizzly bear. The bear in nature, as cultural symbol, and in the history of the West. Public policy, government agencies, policy coalitions, and litigation in bear management. The future of the grizzly. 4 hours lecture/discussion. Prerequisites: Completion of GE requirement in Areas A and D1, D2, and D3. Fulfills GE Area D4.
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4.00 Credits
Integration of politics, plublic policy, and pop culture; examination of the impact of film, television, music, and video games on sociopolitical environment; analysis of the politics of race, sex, violence and free speech. 4 hours lecture/discussion. Fulfills GE Synthesis Area D4. Prerequisites: completion of GE Areas A and D1, D2, and D3.
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