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3.00 Credits
Fall semester. 3 semester hours. This course provides an examination of the basic concepts of political science in light of contemporary political events. Students approach such important concepts as freedom, power, democracy, authority, revolution, and dictatorship.
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3.00 Credits
On demand. 3 semester hours. This course provides an examination of policy-making and policy execution in government agencies. Materials and discussions are drawn mainly from the national government of the United States, with an emphasis on the effectiveness of bureaucratic machinery in carrying out public policy. Problems of administrative organization, budget, personnel, public relations, administrative law and regulation, and internal and external political influences are covered. At least one case study is analyzed in detail.
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3.00 Credits
Fall semester. 3 semester hours. This course provides an analysis of the American system of government on three levels. Students will examine the origins of our system of government, the nature and role of our Constitution with its functional and territorial distribution of powers, and the importance of government at the three levels.
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3.00 Credits
Spring semester, alternate years. 3 semester hours. Students examine an analysis of the way nations interact with one another and how the necessities of power and the desire to regulate the use of power in the international arena have influenced twentieth-century world politics. Prerequisite: a lower-division history course.
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3.00 Credits
Spring semester, alternate years. 3 semester hours. Present-day political systems of selected Western and non-Western nations are studied. Students are introduced to the concepts that have proved most fruitful in demonstrating the comparability and unity of the political experience. Prerequisite: POL101.
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3.00 Credits
Spring semester. 3 semester hours. Political problems associated with the human impact on the natural environment: pollution, natural resources, public lands, land use, energy, cultural/social justice, and population.
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3.00 Credits
On demand. 3 semester hours. This course inquires into the dynamics of the American representative system, stressing the role of informal institutions in the control and management of governmental power and dealing with the organization, procedures, and actual operation of political parties and pressure groups in the governmental process. Prerequisites: POL101 or POL203.
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3.00 Credits
Spring semester. 3 semester hours. The Drs. John R. and Helen H. Bross Peace Seminar develops a theme that stems from the mission statement of the Rocky Mountain College Institute for Peace Studies which explores alternatives to violence in the behavior of individuals, groups, and nations. This upper division course is interdisciplinary, inter-generational, and team taught. We have presenters from Rocky Mountain College and Montana State University-Billings, with international guest speakers and guest speakers from the professional and business communities. Enrollment is limited to 20 students and 20 auditors to allow for active discussion and exchange. Prerequisite: junior standing
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3.00 Credits
On demand. 3 semester hours. The development of political and social ideas from ancient Greece to the present is examined. Prerequisite: POL101.
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3.00 Credits
Fall semester, alternate years. 3 semester hours. This course studies United States foreign policy and diplomacy, including other American international activities, from 1917 to the present.
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