|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
4.00 Credits
Examines the recent history and current manifestations of U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East, including the "war on terrorism," the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the war in Iraq, the confrontation with Iran, oil interests, non-proliferation issues, Islamic movements and related topics. Offered every other year.
-
4.00 Credits
This courses focuses on special subjects and issues of politics. It may be repeated for credit when a different subject is the focus. Offered intermittently.
-
4.00 Credits
Students do interesting work six to ten hours per week in a federal, state, or municipal agency, giving them a chance to strengthen their skills, and network. They will prepare journal themes, read relevant assigned material, and meet every two weeks in a seminar. Permission of the instructor required. Offered every semester.
-
4.00 Credits
Field placement with Bay Area public interest groups, including peace, human rights, legal, media, and community organizations. Students work 6 to 8 hours per week, complete common readings, and write final reports. Offered every semester.
-
4.00 Credits
The written permission of the instructor and dean is required. Offered every semester.
-
4.00 Credits
The written permission of the instructor and dean is required. Offered every semester.
-
4.00 Credits
Study of the politics of ethnicity and nationalism in the contemporary world and ramifications for state sovereignty, international cooperation and security. Case studies from a wide variety of settings (i.e., South-Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle-East, Canada, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, Yugoslavia) will be used to illustrate conceptual and empirical issues. Offered every other year.
-
4.00 Credits
A study of theory and methodology of competing political-economy approaches to development. Topics include: role of the state and market in development, roots of the poverty problem, multinationals, foreign aid, debt-crisis, gender, the role of the World Bank, the IMF, and sustainable development. Offered every other year.
-
4.00 Credits
Seminar devoted to a topic or subject selected by the instructor. Open to Junior- and Senior-level students only. Offered intermittently.
-
4.00 Credits
This seminar examines the role of public service in our society. It explores themes such as what motivates individuals to serve, do individuals have an obligation to serve, and what is the role of the government in encouraging/coercing service. Students will have the opportunity to complete an original piece of research in the form of a senior thesis. Enrollment is limited to students enrolled in the McCarthy Center Honors Minor program or with instructor permission. Offered every other fall.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|