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Course Criteria
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
A study of trends in political campaign techniques and their impact on American democracy as political parties decline. Identifying the actors on the political scene-personal organizations, interest groups,Political Action Committees,and campaign consultants. Examines the development of modern campaigns in terms of campaign finance, technological innovation, and professionalization.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Focuses on the development of American political thought from its European roots. Special attention is given to the construction and changing meaning of the Constitution, and to a critical examination of contemporary American political thought.Also considers the American polity today. Recommended background: POL 200.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Topics of this seminar will vary; past topics include "Special Interest Groups," "Politics and Literature,"European Union," "States and Markets in WorlPolitics."Topics announced in course schedule.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
The course focuses on the nature and extent of constitutional power, the separation-of-powers doctrine, federal-state relations, the power of Congress and the Presidency, commerce and property rights. Recommended background: POL 150.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
The course reviews the development of political and civil rights in the American constitutional system and the limitations on government powers with emphasis on freedom of speech,press,religion, and the rights of the accused. Briefing and analysis of cases and statutes. Recommended background: POL 150.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Students will examine a current or historical issue or policy debate in American national life and compare how other countries have grappled with the issue. The topics will vary, but might include "The Welfare State in the US, Germany, and Japan,""Executive Control of Foreign Policy in theUS, France, and China," or "Regulating Death inthe USA, the Netherlands, and Japan." Topics announced in semester course schedule.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
An introductory course where students examine conflict and cooperation in a political sphere with states but no central government. Topics include realism and liberalism, explaining war and peace, the role of human rights in world politics,and the debated place of the United States in international relations.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course is designed to survey the major institutions of political communication in the United States. Areas of study include campaign advertising and the development of sound-bite politics, government-press relations, the impact of the media on agenda-setting and the policy process, the corporate structure of the mass media and its political consequences,the role of symbols in political discourse and the manipulation of cultural icons.Recommended background:POL 150.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Traces the development of classical political thought in Greece, explores the changes made by the Romans, and subsequent decline, and the various modifications proposed by Augustine, Aquinas, and other medieval thinkers. Generally covers Plato, Aristotle, the Romans, Augustine, and Aquinas.Recommended background:POL 200.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Explores the characteristics of modern political thought, compares and contrasts its different representatives, and considers critically the importance these representatives have had in shaping modern political life. Generally covers Machiavelli, Calvin, Hobbes, Locke, Burke,Marx and Nietzsche.Recommended background:POL 200.
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