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4.00 Credits
An examination of NATO and current European security problems. Topics include the role, organizations and activities of NATO, as well as the military, political-security, economic, and social issues facing the Alliance. Through simulations and other active learning in-class exercises the problems and challenges of European security will be covered. Participation in the Model NATO conference in Washington D.C. is required. Prerequisites: Prior work in international relations, comparative politics, or foreign policy is strongly encouraged.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the study of the origins, nature, and contemporary issues of terrorism and political violence. The course examines theoretical approaches to the field and relates them to case studies where possible. Course lectures, discussions, readings, and case simulations explore terrorism's causes, which remain as varied and as complicated as its manifestations. Other topics include the psychology and behavior of terrorism, state terrorism, state-supported and state-sponsored terrorism, a threat of nuclear, biological, and chemical terrorism, media portrayals of terrorism, and countering terrorist activities. The course focuses on several geographical regions (Middle East, Chechnya), organizations (IRA, Aum Shinrikyo) and group leaders (Osama bin Laden, Carlos "The Jackal"). Prerequisite: Prior work in international relations or comparative politics (e.g., Political Science 120 or Political Science 130) is strongly encouraged
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4.00 Credits
An analysis of selected texts from among the political theorists of antiquity with special attention paid to such themes as the nature and purpose of political life, the meaning of citizenship, problems peculiar to political action, and the character of the best regime. Readings are drawn from the works of dramatists, historians and philosophers such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Thucydides, Plato and Aristotle. Recommended: Political Science 140 or Political Science 285.
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4.00 Credits
A study of selected modern political theorists, such as Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Burke, Tocqueville and J. S. Mill. Themes treated include the creation of the modern state and the meaning of sovereignty, the development of individualism and liberalism, the relation of the individual and the community, and the meaning and dynamics of democracy. Recommended: Political Science 140 or Political Science 285.
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4.00 Credits
An exploration of the psychological, cultural and ethical implications of racism in a political order dedicated to the principle of human equality. Notable among such implications is what Ellison described as the ethical schizophrenia of the American mind. Readings will be drawn from the works of political theorists, social critics, and novelists such as James Baldwin, J.W. Cash, W.E.B. DuBois, Ralph Ellison, William Faulkner, Harriet Jacobs, Toni Morrison, Shelby Steele, Richard Wright and Cornel West.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of conservative political theory since World War II and its relation to the emergence of a new American Right. The course focuses on four moments: the role of post-war anti-communism in revitalizing remnants of various other conservatisms, the consolidation of these disparate traditions, especially under the rubric of William F. Buckley's National Review, reaction to the sixties and the emergence of neo-conservatism, and finally, the rise of Right-wing populism. Recommended: Political Science 285.
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4.00 Credits
Designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of environmental law. An overview of the U.S. legal system is covered with consideration to the origin and authorities for environmental laws. Students are exposed to major federal statutes and explore the relationship and effect of those statutes on individual states (using Pennsylvania as a model), on industry and on citizens in general. Although a basic understanding of the U.S. legal system and administrative law would be of great benefit, there are no prerequisites.
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4.00 Credits
A Political Science major or minor will satisfy threquirement by taking a seminar. If possible, theshould be the seminar in the general area in whichexpects to do a Political Science Senior Project. recommended that the seminar selected for this purin the junior year or, at the latest, in the firstthe senior year. A major make take more than one of them may be counted toward some other PoliticalDepartment requirement. Political Science seminarby non-majors with permission of the instructor. are designed to expose students to methods of analcurrent reasearch findings drawn from a subfield wPolitical Science. A research paper is required icourses. Premission of the instructor is a prereqenrollment in all seminars."
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4.00 Credits
A written proposal is to be submitted to Professor Smith prior to the semester in which the course will be taken. Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor from whose area the study is chosen. One to four semester credit hours.
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2.00 Credits
Required of all majors in preparation for the writing of the Senior Project. The course, which may be taken either during the spring of the junior year or the fall of the senior year, results in the writing of a specific Senior Project proposal that is presented in conference to a two-person faculty committee. Graded basis only. Credit: Two semester hours.
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