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3.00 Credits
Evaluates the role of mass media in American politics. Legal/constitutional issues, the news-making process, sources of potential bias, the development and impact of investigative journalism, the role of the press during elections, the impact of mass media on individual behavior and opinion formation, and the politics of entertainment are just a few of the topics explored. In the end, the class contemplates how mass media has become a tool-indeed a powerful weapon-in American politics. Prerequisite: Govt 101 or permission of instructor Staff
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This course studies those nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinkers most discussed by political theorists today. We will attempt to chart both the institutional forms of, and theoretical responses to, modern power. Hegel, Marx, Freud, Nietzsche, Weber, and Foucault are often studied in this course. [W] Prerequisite: Govt 104, or permission of instructor Miller
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An offering on a subject selected by the instructor to meet student and departmental needs as conditions permit. Announcement of the subject is made in advance. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor Staff
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The notion that political speech deserves special protection in a democracy is rooted in classic democratic theory. This course explores classic texts to evaluate the role of political speech in American democracy. Various forms of speech are evaluated: those emanating from ordinary citizens, political candidates, and public officials. Mediated political speech is also considered. Topics include: protest speech, symbolic speech, Internet communication, stump speeches, keynote addresses, political advertising, political debates, and state of the union addresses. Staff
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Internationalization, globalization, and civil society are explored as possible influences on transnational peace movements. Historical peace movements considered include movements during World War II, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the first Persian Gulf War, and the military interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Attention is also be given to the related civil rights movements, new social movements, antinuclear movements, and anti-globalization movements. A case study of American peace movements will be presented. Staff
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3.00 Credits
A combination of independent activities including selected reading, satisfactory completion of an internship or working assignment in a public agency, and a written report covering both reading and work assignments. Limited in enrollment by the availability of acceptable projects. Lennertz
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3.00 Credits
Subjects are chosen and arrangements are made to suit the needs of each student in consultation with the instructor. Staff
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3.00 Credits
A seminar on a topic selected by the instructor. Required of all majors. [ W] Staff
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3.00 Credits
An independent research project on a topic to be selected by the student and approved by the department. A student must undertake such a program for two semesters to graduate with honors. Staff
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3.00 Credits
Emphasis on achieving skills necessary for sustained reading of Attic Greek texts. Inductive system of continuous reading complemented by deductive study and exercises in grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and composition. Recitation. Staff
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