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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 10.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Independent study through readings, reports, and conferences. May be repeated.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Junior standing and consent of instructor. Independent study involving work with an appropriate public or private agency. A maximum of 6 credit hours may be earned.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Senior standing and consent of instructor. Required of all political science majors in their last year of course work as an integrative capstone experience. Emphasis is on student-faculty interaction in a seminar format designed to engage upper-level students in a critical examination of a broad theme in political science, leading to the production of a major research paper. Topics vary. May be repeated. This course is not available for graduate student credit.
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3.00 Credits
Same as ECON 4140 and SOC 4040. Prerequisites: Junior standing and consent of the instructor. The execution of a sample survey, including establishing study objectives, sampling, questionnaire construction, interviewing, coding, data analysis, and presentation of results.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Six hours of Philosophy and junior standing, POL SCI 6401 (or the equivalent) or consent of instructor.? Same as PHIL 4465. A study of rational decision making, including games against nature, zero-sum games and social choices. Topics will include the following: expected utility maximization, the Prisoner's Dilemna, Nash equilibria, and Arrow's theorem on the impossibility of a social welfare function. Parts of the course are technical in nature; a prior course in mathematics (e.g., finite mathematics, calculus, statistics or an economics course with a mathematical component), symbolic logic, or some other course with comparable mathematical content.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: POL SCI 4090/SEC ED 4090 must be taken concurrently with HIST/SEC ED 4011 except with special consent of the School Studies Coordinator. (Same as SEC ED 4090)Adapts the themes and subject matter of American government to the secondary classroom and trains teachers in techniques particularly designed to maximize the use of primary sources, foster critical inquiry, and encourage knowledge of subject matter. Particular emphasis will be placed on defining the broad and connecting themes of American government, on expanding bibliography, and on choosing methods of inquiry for use in an interactive classroom. Either HIST/SEC ED 3257 or 3258 or POL SCI/SEC ED 3209 must be taken the same semester as HIST/SEC ED 3255 except with special consent of the Social Studies Coordinator. Can be counted towards the Political Science major requirement, but not the American Politics subgroup. Counts towards Social Studies Certification.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POL SCI 1100, or 2400, or consent of instructor. Examination of the political processes of urban areas as they relate to the planning of services and facilities.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POL SCI 1500 or consent of instructor. A comparative study of the characteristics of public administrators, their institutions and environments in Western democratic, developing nations, and communist political systems.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POL SCI 1500 or consent of instructor. This course explores the meaning of democracy and the nature of transitions to democracy, particularly the processes of political liberalization and democratization that follow the breakdown of authoritarian rule. Cases will be drawn from Latin America and other regions.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POL SCI 1100, or 1500, or consent of instructor. Study of the international legal system, including the content and operation of the laws of war and peace, how law is created and enforced with regard to the oceans and other parts of the globe, and the relationship between international law and international politics.
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