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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
(1-4 credits)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
A general category used only in the evaluation of transfer credit. (1-4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course will lay the foundation for better understanding of contemporary American government and politics in the college coursework of our students. The purpose is to take a contemporary view of American politics to a more advanced level. In this course students will read and discuss Madison's journal of the Constitutional Convention, some of the state ratification debates, leading papers in the Federalist, and some of the Antifederalist arguments against adoption of the Constitution. In the process they will become familiar with federalism, national supremacy, consent of the governed, bicameralism, separation of powers, the size principle, and the importance that Madison and other founders attached to the diversity of interests and opinions in the extended republic of the United States. The course would also allocate time to the Bill of Rights.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
Is democracy workable in the United States? Toward this end, is this introduction to American politics, we ask questions about the behavior of the political institutions and actors trying to influence them. Significant attention is paid to the mechanisms constructed by political institutions that create a tether between the interests of the American public and government. Emphasis will be placed on learning analytic skills through papers and exams.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course permits the investigation of significant political problems at the introductory level, and will vary in content according to the interest of the instructor.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the different theoretical dimensions characteristic of American political experience. Emphasis will be placed on examining the meaning of American constitutionalism, exploring the development and transformation of American liberalism and conservatism, analyzing the relationship between theories of democracy and elitism, and interpreting the historical development and transformation of American capitalism.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to normative political theory by teaching students how to do normative political theory, rather than by studying the ideas of different political theorists. Emphasis will be placed on an understanding of important moral and political concepts, and on the problems involved in providing a moral justification of political conduct in terms of diverse sets of value perspectives. The objective of the course is to introduce students to normative political argument and as such, to create an understanding of precisely what is involved in reasoning and arguing about politics from normative philosophical foundation.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the basic principles of the U.S. Constitutional framework from an interdisciplinary perspective. What is the purpose and function of the law in society? How does the legal process work through precedents, legal reasoning and case law? What are civil rights and civil liberties? This course also teaches the skills of practicing the law, including how to write a legal brief and how to present oral argument in a legal setting. As part of the practical component of this course, all students will be required to participate with the Denison Moot Court team. The team will conduct a comprehensive analysis of two specific constitutional issues, and present oral argument at regional and national competitions of the American Collegiate Moot Court Association.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the discipline of political science as a bridge to upper level courses. Basic definitions, fundamental concepts, and various approaches used in the empirical study of politics are discussed. The course acquaints students with how political scientists think about studying society and provides a basis for more sophisticated research and understanding of empirical political theory, as well as skills for systematically analyzing political and social issues. Students will explore and use statistics and quantitative methods in the lab to address substantive research questions.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to the politics of the major constitutional democracies of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Germany. Much of the course will focus upon politics of individual countries, the course will also seek to compare political phenomena across and look at some conceptual and theoretical issues that these systems have in common. Political parties, political forces and interests, representation, elections, executives, bureaucracy and ethnicity will be among the subjects of comparative analysis.(4 credits)
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