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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Tutor: Fredrick M.Spletstoser,Professor of History A detailed examination of major topics relating to the city in American history from colonial times to present. Heavy emphasis is placed on the development of the urban interpretation of American history and the rise of urban history as a distinct subfield within the discipline of history. Unique problems adherent to city building and urban lifeareanalyzed as is the city's continuing contribution to and dominance of American institutions.
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2.00 Credits
Tutor: Staff This tutorial provides a structure for a final thesis project which Oxbridge history majors must pursue. It introduces students to the methods of research used by professional historians in their study. It also provides a flexible framework for students to use such methods in a project upon which they and their advisor agree.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Tutor: Staff This Synthesis Tutorial is designed to bring together the student's Oxbridge experience in preparation for comprehensive examinations.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Tutor:Randall Morris,Professor of Philosophy An examination of the enduring concepts and principles of moral philosophy and an application of them to arriving at reasonable judgments concerning timely moral issues. An intensive reading of,and preparing essays on,the classical and contemporary works that are well established as the most valuable for articulating moral issues and for evaluating the arguments in support of positions on them. A probing study of, and the development of moral positions on, the most timely moral issues.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Tutor:Randall Morris,Professor of Philosophy An examination of the enduring concepts and principles of moral philosophy and an application of them to arriving at reasonable judgments concerning timely moral issues. An intensive reading of, and preparing essays on, the classical and contemporary works that are well established as the most valuable for articulating moral issues and for evaluating the arguments in support of positions on them. A probing study of, and the development of moral positions on, the most timely moral issues.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Tutor:Michael Cook, Boatwright Professor of Economics The tutorial examines concepts developed by important classical economic writers.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Tutor:Michael Cook, Boatwright Professor of Economics The tutorial examines concepts developed by important modern economic writers.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Tutor:Alan Holiman,Professor of Political Science This tutorial examines the modern presidency with a focus on the institutions created after the second World War, decision making theory, and the influence of the White House staff. Specific policy decisions are evaluated as they relate to more abstract theoretical constructs.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Tutor:Alan Holiman,Professor of Political Science An examination of the concept of the state as presented by some of the classic social theorists (Karl Marx,Emile Durkheim,and Max Weber) and an overview of the development of the state in the West. An examination of several of the most important topics in the literature on the state: democracy and political pluralism, democratic institutions, authoritarian political systems and dictatorship, political crises and regime change, institutions and political modernization, civic culture and civil society.The tutorial concludes with a discussion of the state as actor and the political capacity of the state.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Tutor:Gary Armstrong,Professor of Political Science This course will examine the construction, maintenance, and atrophy of international "regimes" within an anarchic international order.International regimes are institutionalized rules and procedures for the management of global policy problems. The course will survey crucial regimes such as Article 2(4) of the UN Charter (on the use of force), the Missile Technology Control Regime, the Law of the Seabed, and Human Rights Law. The course will pay special attention to theoretical arguments surrounding regimes, especially the debates about the impact of the relative decline of the USA on international order.
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