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Staff Content: Theoretical foundations of national government and analysis of its congressional, presidential, administrative, and judicial structures. Specific public policies examined to understand the interaction of interest groups, political parties, research institutes, media, and public opinion with these structures. Prerequisite: Political Science 103 or consent of instructor. Taught: On Washington, D.C., program, alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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Eisinger Content: Examination of several studies measuring religiosity and how or if religious participation affects political participation. The role of the church as a political institution. Religious leaders as political leaders. Emphasis on religion in American politics. Prerequisite: Political Science 103, Religious Studies 101, or consent of instructor. Taught: Every third year, 4 semester credits.
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Eisinger, Johnson Content: Choosing a definitive topic and narrowing it; developing a research design, doing the research, submitting drafts, revising drafts, polishing final copy. Presenting thesis to political science faculty and seniors for critique, rewrite of thesis. Final form due at end of semester. Prerequisites: Political Science 102, 103, and 201. Normally taken during fall and spring semesters of senior year. Taught: Annually, 2 semester credits each semester for a total of 4 credits.
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Holzwarth, Johnson Content: Advanced analysis of a specific problem, theme, or concept intriguing to political theorists. Specific content varies. Themes have included revolution, utopia, authority, the American founding, the social contract, Marx and his critics; in future may include postmodern political theory, feminist political theory, and the liberal-communitarian disputes in political theory. Prerequisite: Junior standing; open to sophomores with consent of instructor only. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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Lochner Content: Analysis of the legal regulation of the American political system. The equal protection concept of voting rights, particularly the "One Person, One Vote" rule and the Voting Rights Act, and federal campaign finance regulation. Additional topics include the constitutional rights of political parties and the law relating to ballot propositions. Discussion of descriptive and normative issues. Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Political Science 301. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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Staff Content: Same as Political Science 244 but requiring more advanced work. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Taught: Annually, 2-4 semester credits.
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Staff Content: Same as Political Science 299 but requiring more advanced work. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Taught: Annually, 2-4 semester credits.
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Davidson, J. Detweiler-Bedell, LaBounty, Nilsen, Schoeneman, Zhang Content: Principles underlying behavioral development and change, physiological processes that mediate psychological functioning, processes of human perception and cognition, approaches to understanding functional and dysfunctional personality characteristics of individuals, counseling and psychotherapy techniques, application of psychological principles to social phenomena. Prerequisite: None. Taught: Each semester, 4 semester credits.
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Zhang Content: The relationships between culture and human behavior through the lens of film. How cultural forces and transitions shape worldview, individual identity and personality, child development, family structure and dynamics, personal relationships, social perception, other aspects of behavior relevant to psychology. Variety of cultures and cultural influences, theories and methods in cultural psychology, ways in which culture shapes film and film reflects and shapes culture. Does not count toward major. Credit not available to students who take Psychology 390 (Cross-Cultural Psychology). Prerequisite: None. Taught: Annual, summer only, 4 semester credits.
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B. Detweiler-Bedell, Watson Content: The theory of statistics and designing experiments. Use of distributions, measures of central tendency, variability, correlation, t-tests, simple analysis of variance and nonparametric techniques. Computer applications using SPSS statistical analysis programs and other software. Prerequisite: Mathematics 055. Taught: Each semester, 4 semester credits.
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