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This course is for freshman political science majors. The course builds on the material in the first semester ITP course, exposing students to quasi-experimental methods, quantitative and qualitative approaches, and the history of the profession. Students will examine several fundamental works in the discipline. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Science & Letters College Social Sciences Department Course Attributes: Communications Requirement
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Surveys American politics and government. Informal political institutions, such as parties and interest groups, are analyzed and related to formal governmental institutions, such as the presidency and the Congress. Emphasis is placed on how the American political culture shapes these institutions and how public policies are produced. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Science & Letters College Social Sciences Department Course Attributes: Communications Requirement, Social Sciences Requirement
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Introduces students to some of the classic literature in modern American political science, covering theory, presidency, Congress, and federalism. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Science & Letters College Social Sciences Department Course Attributes: Communications Requirement, Social Sciences Requirement
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Introduces students to explanation in the social sciences and both qualitative and the quantitative research methods. Topics covered include formulation of research questions, measurement, data collection, survey research, significance tests, experimental and quasi-experimental design, sampling, and various techniques of qualitative research. Same as SOC 209. This course does not fulfill the social science general education requirements, but it may be used as a free elective. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Science & Letters College Social Sciences Department Course Attributes: Communications Requirement
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Examines central social and political theories and their ideas concerning such things as the relationship between individual and society, social harmony and conflict, social equality, and the role of the state. Same as SOC 210. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Science & Letters College Social Sciences Department Course Attributes: Social Sciences Requirement
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Examines the relations among countries from the perspective of both the international system and the nation state. Emphasis is placed on the transformation in the international system caused by weapons, production, and communication technologies. Special attention is given to the international policies of the United States toward various regions and its role in international organizations. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Science & Letters College Social Sciences Department Course Attributes: Social Sciences Requirement
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Introduces students to the most common theories and approaches in contemporary comparative political analysis. Students then employ the tools of comparison developed in an examination of the causes and consequences of political instability and conflict and transitions to stable democracy. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Science & Letters College Social Sciences Department Course Attributes: Social Sciences Requirement
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Introduces students to the ideas of the world's great political philosophers. Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx and others will be covered. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Science & Letters College Social Sciences Department Course Attributes: Social Sciences Requirement
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An introductory course in the Japanese language, designed to focus on the vocabulary and skills most useful to students in the social sciences. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Science & Letters College Social Sciences Department Course Attributes: Social Sciences Requirement
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Introduces the foundations of the social science disciplines, notably economics, history, political science, psychology and sociology. Primary emphasis will be placed on how the disciplines employ distinctive assumptions and perspectives, which are used to generate understanding, form explanations, and construct theories. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Science & Letters College Social Sciences Department Course Attributes: Communications Requirement, Social Sciences Requirement
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