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3.00 Credits
Examines the politics of truth, reconciliation and justice in countries that experienced mass genocide or widespread human rights abuses. What kind of justice do countries seek to remedy the past? How do countries balance "truth" and "reconciliation"? What are the consequencfor perpetrators and victims? Although this may vary, the course examines the International Military Tribunal at Nuremburg, the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRC) of Chile, and South Africa, the United Nations Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda, and the trials of Augusto Pinochet and Saddam Hussein.
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3.00 Credits
Studies the policy of the United States regarding important areas and problems in the contemporary world and the development of the American involvement in foreign affairs from the Roosevelt-Truman era of World War II to the present. Emphasis is on American foreign relations, problems of the Western Alliance, and policies toward issues of developing countries. Various interpretations of American foreign policy are evaluated.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the growth of the modern Presidency from the election of 1928 to the present. Includes campaign strategies, policy making, congressional relations, and the role of public opinion.
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3.00 Credits
Provides a capstone experience for senior-level students and serves as the exit evaluation for all concentrators in political science. Students must demonstrate that they can integrate their liberal studies education in the Catholic tradition with their professional studies, and that they understand the concepts of truth, ethics, justice and community as they apply these abstract concepts to political science studies.
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3.00 Credits
A custom-designed academic experience in political science that provides curricular enrichment and flexibility. Directed studies are considered for the expansion of an existing course and/or to complete a major research project which cannot be undertaken in the context of an existing course. The proposal must be approved by the supervising professor, the academic advisor and the division chair.
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3.00 Credits
An opportunity for students in their senior year to gain practical experience in a field related to their area of concentration. Students will integrate and apply knowledge, theory and understanding derived from foundation courses and content areas included in their field of study.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the basic concepts, theories and findings in learning, perception, motivation, thinking, and personality.
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3.00 Credits
A continuation of the introductory course which focuses on brain-behavior, relationships, altered states of consciousness, life span psychology, intellectual, and social processes.
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A study of the child from prenatal development to the age of 12. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the influence of maturation and social environment on the child's cognition, motivation and personality.
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3.00 Credits
A course designed to expose the student to the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional aspects of adolescent development. Topics include an overview of developmental theories, the sense of self in adolescence, morality, family, violence, and substance abuse.
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