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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POL 253 or consent of instructor. This course examines interactions between less-developed countries and the international system by reference to the notion of national security. Topics discussed include: colonial legacy, the international financial and trade systems, global economic inequalities, food and health security, conflict and its resolution, and nuclear proliferation. (Every two years)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POL 253 or consent of instructor. An examination of the political determinants and consequences of economic relations between the nations of the world. Topics explored include international trade, international finance, international financial organizations, regional economic organizations, and economic treaties and conventions. (Every two years)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POL 200 or consent of instructor A survey of the major thinkers who have influenced the development of political ideas in America. Thinkers examined may include Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison, Tocqueville, Frederick Douglass, Lincoln, Wilson, Croly, Dubois, Dewey and King. In addition to the writings of such statesman and political theorists, novels might be consulted for their depictions of American political culture. (Every two years)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POL 200 or consent of instructor A survey of the political thought of the ancient and medieval worlds. Here we examine important early attempts to identify the way of life most consistent with human nature and with the nature of the world. Although the course will focus on the writings of Plato and Aristotle, other thinkers may be examined, including Thucydides, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Cicero, St. Augustine, Alfarabi, and Aquinas. (Every two years)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POL 200 or consent of instructor A survey of the political thought of the modern world: from Machiavelli to the nineteenth century. Important themes include the break with antiquity, the defense of democratic forms and the modern state, the relationship between freedom and equality, and the character of modern citizenship. Thinkers examined may include Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Montsquieu, Rousseau, Hume, Kant, Burke, Hegel and Mill. (Every two years)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POL 200 or consent of instructor An examination of the ideas that shaped twentieth-century political theory and practice. This course will cover the competing visions of modern liberalism as well as the major theoretical challenges offered from the Left and Right. Thinkers examined may include Marx, Nietzsche, Hannah Arendt, John Rawls, Robert Nozick, and Michael Sandel. (Every two years)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. A seminar involving intensive study of a major political or legal topic. May be repeated with different topics. (Occasional)
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3.00 - 15.00 Credits
Prerequisite: consent of departmental chair. An internship program offering to majors a practical field work experience in one of the following phases of government: local, state, national, or international. The instructor in the governmental field selected must approve and supervise the student's project. The student is responsible for all arrangements. Graded on S/U basis only. (Occasional)
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: consent of departmental chair. An intensive reading program concerning a major issue in political science under the supervision of the instructor selected. Graded on S/U basis only. (Occasional)
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: senior status. The capstone experience in the political science discipline, providing an overview of its current intellectual state. The seminar will focus on the tensions between theory and practice, the science and art of politics. The contributions of natural and social science theories, methods, and results are highlighted for their relevance to the study of political science. (Every year)
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