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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course presents an overview of the politics
of urban areas: electoral politics, government
structure, race, finance, education, housing,
neighborhoods, and economic
and historical forces on politics in urban areas.
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3.00 Credits
This course is part of a six-credit course sequence comprised of a weekly seminar (POL SCI 3132) and a field placement component (POL SCI 4781). The course is intended to provide students who are interested in working with youth (aged 14-18) and on community and policy issues, with the understanding, training, and education that such work requires. The seminar will focus on issues of education, criminal justice, and media as they relate to youth in Philadelphia and beyond. Students will gain a better understanding of Philadelphia and its communities and develop research, critical thinking, facilitation, teamwork, and organizing skills. For the internship component, students will be placed in a youth civic engagement program run by the UCCP at Temple University (www.temple.edu/uccp). Note: This course can be used to satisfy the university Core Studies in Race (RS) requirement. Although it may be usable towards graduation as a major requirement or university elective, it cannot be used to satisfy any of the university GenEd requirements. See your advisor for further information.
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3.00 Credits
Who are the poor? Should they be helped?
Who should help them? These
questions are complicated because people are
more aware of the individual
costs of taxation than they are of the collective
benefits of an educated work
force. This course will evaluate how the U.S.
government has traditionally
divided the poor between the deserving and the
undeserving poor and which
groups have been left out and why.
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3.00 Credits
This course considers selected contemporary
public policy issues. The course begins with an
examination of the national political-economic
context within which major policy issues
arise and then turns to the analysis of the roots
and policy alternatives on
several major issues. Issues may concern
health, energy, education,
employment, welfare, and the regulation of
business.
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3.00 Credits
An analytical examination of the development and execution of governmental policies in such areas as air and water pollution control, control of atomic energy, and planning of space exploration program.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the nature and causes of poverty, the impact of public opinion and racial attitudes on poverty and welfare, the role of government officials in shaping anti-poverty and welfare reform policies, and welfare claiming as a form of political participation. The course evaluates the effectiveness of existing policies to combat poverty and whether proposed policies might be effective.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys major public health problems and policy
interventions in the United States with an emphasis on their normative, political and economic dimensions. Examines the interplay of governmental institutions, business, and organized interests in formulating and
implementing health policy.
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3.00 Credits
Reviews history of U.S. government and business, and the major governmental institutions dealing with business, with special attention paid to monetary policy and the Federal Reserve, fiscal policy, the federal budget, and particular issues connected with it such as deficits, Social Security, the tax structure, overall inequality, and other current issues. Also looks at the World Trade Organization and NAFTA, their structure and overall advantages and disadvantages to the U.S.
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3.00 Credits
This course studies basic concepts and approaches to public management and public policymaking in public administration.
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3.00 Credits
A course that introduces students to political science methodological approaches to the study of the various aspects of urban politics in American cities. Note: This course can be used to satisfy a university Core Studies in Race and Writing Intensive (WR) requirement. Although it may be usable towards graduation as a major requirement or university elective, it cannot be used to satisfy any of the university GenEd requirements. See your advisor for further information.
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