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  • 3.00 - 6.00 Credits

    Internship in Government/Politics Credit for an approved work experience in a public, quasi-public, or governmental agency, including an academic component. Washington interns participate in the program co-sponsored with the University of Kansas for which an on-site coordinator is provided. Kansas legislative interns spend two days per week in Topeka while the legislature is in session. Both internships offered each spring semester. Prerequisites: sophomore or upper-class standing; POLS. 121 or equivalent, and instructor's consent.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Government and Politics of Latin America General education further study course. An examination of the political institutions and processes that currently exist in the Latin American republics. Emphasizes the social, economic and psychocultural factors affecting these institutions and processes.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Politics of Modern China General education further study course. Studies China's political system since 1949 in terms of non-Western goals and ideas of social organization. Uses themes of political integration and political development to minimize distortion or cultural bias. Encompasses the roots of the political system, the system as it is now; and the goals China is striving to realize. Some assessment about the future development of communism in China. Includes Chinese communism and the ideological heritage; political culture; political leadership; leadership succession; political participation; the Chinese Communist Party; political communications and socialization; legal developments; policy choices; and major events, such as the Hundred Flowers Campaign, Great Leap Forward, and the Proletarian Cultural Revolution.
  • 3.00 Credits

    POLS 533. U.S. Foreign Policy General education further study course. Explores the dynamic decision making process in the development of U.S. foreign policy. Examines the variety of actors involved, including the military, the State Department, the President, and others. Bilateral as well as global policy issues are examined.
  • 3.00 Credits

    POLS 534. Comparative Foreign Policy General education further study course. Examines the foreign policies and the decision-making structures and processes of various countries.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Contemporary Political Theory Introduces the radically new ideas that emerged in the last century as a result of Darwin's theory of evolution, the doctrine of historicism, and the growth of modern science and explores their impact upon political thought. Although the multiplicity of philosophies makes generalization difficult, most of them draw strength from common sources. Studies philosophers such as Hans Kelsen, William Barrett, Frederich Nietzsche, and John Dewey. Covers the importance of these new philosophies upon political structures and issues.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Public Law General education further study course. An analysis of the role of appellate courts¿especially of the U.S. Supreme Court¿in the American political system. Emphasizes judicial review of state and federal legislation, the separation of powers, federalism, the taxing power, and the commerce clause.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Civil Liberties General education further study course. An analysis of the role of the appellate courts¿especially of the U.S. Supreme Court¿in the American political system. Emphasizes the guarantees of the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment.
  • 3.00 Credits

    POLS 570. International Political Economy (3). Cross-listed as ECON 570. Examination of policy decisions regarding exchanges of trade, money, and labor that span national boundaries. Studies the interaction of politics and economics at the international level, as well as the modern history of the global economy. Economics often studies the material benefits and costs of different policies. Political science asks why these policies exist in the first place with a focus on who gets the benefits, who pays the costs, and how decisions about allocating benefits and costs are made.
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