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  • 4.00 Credits

    Open only to juniors and seniors. This seminar looks at presidential power and policy through the biographer's lens. Ten of the most significant biographies are studied. Faculty: A. ARCURI 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Political Science Department
  • 4.00 Credits

    In this course we examine the roles of political parties and interest groups in American politics. We will discuss, among other topics, party organization and structure; partisan aspects of the American Government; partisanship in the American public; why interest groups form; what they do; how they attract members; the various ways they attempt to influence government; and the collective action dilemma and any bias in inter-group representation that stems from it. In discussing these topics, the focus will be on how parties and interest groups facilitate democratic governance. That is, we will focus on how parties and interest grous help link the American public to the Government. Faculty: STAFF 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Political Science Department
  • 4.00 Credits

    POLS 3221 or POLS 3225 strongly recommended. Permission of Instructor required. This course provides students with an opportunity for the advanced study of constitutional litigation.The course will expand upon the doctrinal framework established in introductory constitutional law courses to examine selected Supreme Court decisions in greater depth, focusing on how decisions are made, litigation strategy, presentation of written and oral arguments, and the role of individual justices in influencing the Court's decision-making. This course has a W2 designation. Faculty: L. WHARTON 4.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 4.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Political Science Department
  • 4.00 Credits

    Elections are one of the primary means of linking the public to government outputs in democratic societies. In this course we will describe, explain and evaluate campaigns and elections in the United States. This course will challenge you to consider some of the following issues: Do we have free, fair and open elections? How are congressional and presidential campaigns run and how do they impact election outcomes? What role do parties and interest groups play in elections? Who votes, who doesn?t and why? How do peope make voting decisions and are these decisions informed? How and to what extent do elections facilitate linkage between public preferences and government outputs? What kinds of reforms are available and are they really needed? Faculty: J. DUNTLEY 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Political Science Department
  • 4.00 Credits

    Open only to juniors and seniors. This seminar focuses on the history and contemporary significance of the Bill of Rights. Major changes in the legal landscape will be discussed. Faculty: A. ARCURI 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Political Science Department
  • 4.00 Credits

    Values/Ethics course (V). The development of modern political theory from the sixteenth century onwards. Primary source readings from Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Burke, and Marx. Contrast of modern and classical political theory. Consideration of modern political theory as it has affected actual regimes -- the relationship between theory and praxis. Faculty: C. JASSEL 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Political Science Department Course Attributes: Values/Ethics-V
  • 4.00 Credits

    Values/Ethics course (V). Examination of the foundations of Western political theory in the works of Greek and Roman antiquity. Readings from primary source materials -- the works of Plato and Aristotle. Focus will be on the ends and limits of the political art as understood in the classical era. Consideration of what a classical perspective can contribute to an understanding of modern politics. Faculty: C. JASSEL 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Political Science Department Course Attributes: Values/Ethics-V
  • 4.00 Credits

    Values/ethics course (V) In this course one topic will be explored in depth. Possible topics are: power and powerlessness, democracy, and communitarianism. Faculty: L. JASSEL 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Political Science Department
  • 4.00 Credits

    Permission of Instructor required. This course provides students with an opportunity to study and critically examine advocacy and activism dedicated to expanding the rights of women and lesbians and gays in the United States. In addition to studying the history of the feminist and the gay and lesbian rights movements, students will learn the basic principles and skills involved in effectuating political and legal reform. Students will develop their own positions on contemporary issues of gender justice and craft strategies for enhancing public understanding of the issues and achieving political reform. Faculty: L. WHARTON 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Political Science Department
  • 4.00 Credits

    POLS 2160 or POLS 2170 or permission of instructor. This seminar focuses on the critical discussion of political events and changes around the world. Key cases are selected by the seminar to be examined and discussed in-depth in an attempt to both draw out common institutional, ideological, and behavioral dynamics between cases and to appreciate the historical and cultural uniqueness of each case. Students will be required to address one of these cases in-depth through the completion of a research project. Theoretical and methodological issues related to the comparative study of international politics are discussed throughout. Faculty: P. HOSSAY 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Political Science Department
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