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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
(0-3)(Prereq: permission of the instructor) The Edgar Dyer Institute for Leadership and Public Policy's mission is to engage students in active learning opportunities where they may gain knowledge in various areas of policy research. The institute wishes to bring together a group of Coastal Carolina University students from all colleges and varying degree fields to participate in the Policy Fellowship Program. The goal of the program is to provide students with experience that will connect academic theory to practice, as well as foster the importance of civic-minded citizens. Over the course of the semester, Dyer Fellows enrolled in POLI 397 Q will develop a fully formed research paper on a public policy topic of their interest. Additionally, students will receive specific training on how to craft supplemental resources, including a policy brief, survey tool and a press release. Acceptance into the Dyer Fellows Program is a requirement for admission into this course. F,S.
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3.00 Credits
(3) A study of political thinkers from the medieval period. Texts will be drawn from the medieval Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions.
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3.00 Credits
(3) A study of the utopias and dystopias outlined by political thinkers throughout the ages. Students will study fictional societies ranging from Plato's Republic to contemporary dystopian fiction. This course will examine the tension between theories of progress and theories of individual rights. F,S,May,Su.
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3.00 Credits
(3)(Prereq: POLI 101, or permission of the instructor) This course introduces students to global energy challenges in the context of shifting agendas, focusing on energy security, development, and sustainability. The course discusses the existing spectrum of institutional arrangements that aim to govern global energy and evaluates various energy policies in regional and global contexts. F,S,Su.
Prerequisite:
Take POLI*101;
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3.00 Credits
Understanding basic terms in the Arabic Language is a key to understanding politics, media, culture and Islam in the Middle East. In this course students will gain the basic tools to enable them to understand current political discourse through main sources of Arabic media, gain basic elements and terms of modern Arabic language, and facilitate their studies of the Middle East.
Prerequisite:
Take POLI*101;
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3.00 Credits
(3)(Prereq: POLI 101) Through a series of films, students will be exposed to a unique approach to understanding some of the Middle East's most complex issues and become more familiar with the main actors, places and events of this region. The course will focus on the major current questions of Middle East politics including Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Oil and Wahhabism, the Iranian Revolution, the Arab Spring, refugees, terrorism and the rise of al-Qaida and the Islamic State. F,S
Prerequisite:
Take POLI*101;
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1.00 Credits
An introduction to the practice of state legislative procedures. Students are required to participate in the South Carolina Legislature activity. May be repeated up to eight times for credit. May be counted up to three credits for political science major or minor requirements. F, S.
Prerequisite:
Take POLI*201(POLI_201);
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1.00 Credits
(1 credit) This course is an experimental approach to understanding the appellate court process. Students develop their understanding of the judicial process and learn about important legal principles by forming two-person teams and developing and arguing a fictional appellate case. Students are required to argue their cases at invitational and regional elimination tournaments sponsored by the American Collegiate Moot Court Association. F,S,Su
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3.00 Credits
(3)(Prereq: POLI 201 or permission of the instructor) A study of the Supreme Court decisions that have shaped the institutional powers, constraints, and interactions of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government. Selected covered topics include the constitutional powers of Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court; federalism; the Commerce Clause; and substantive due process. F, S.
Prerequisite:
Take POLI*201(POLI_201);
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