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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
This course explores problems of stability, development and democracy in developing nations by employing basic concepts of comparative politics. Course discussions and readings will focus on concepts and will apply these to case studies drawn from Latin America, Africa and Asia. Emphasis will be placed on learning analytic skills through essay examinations and papers.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to both the language used to describe international politics and the ways relationships between actors on the world stage may be analyzed. Relying on history and contemporary events to illuminate key concepts, we cover the causes of war and peace, the role of economics in international affairs and the place of morality in statecraft. This course is recommended for advanced study in the areas of international relations and foreign policy.(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
An introduction to classical Greek and Roman thought through the works of the Greek tragedians, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero and Augustine. This course involves intensive textual analysis and a study of the history, economics, law, and culture of the ancient world. Finally, we will judge the moral and political legacy of the ancients by addressing contemporary debates about democracy, citizenship, power, and the rule of law.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the peculiar moral and political problems of modernity through the texts of thinkers from Machiavelli to Mill. This class examines intellectual and historical trends in early modern political theory using Machiavelli's work as the hinge between ancient and modern understandings of power, real politics, republicanism, and the law. This course analyzes the texts of modern thinkers like Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Burke, or Mill to investigate the historical development of liberal, conservative and radical thought.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to issues and texts in contemporary political theory beginning with the work of Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud. This class examines the legacy of these late modern thinkers through the texts and historical discourse of the German post-idealist and French post-modernist traditions on the one hand, and the Anglo-American traditions of pragmatism and liberalism on the other. This course also investigates the challenges to modern theories of democracy, power and law, by contemporary thinkers in social theory, feminism, and post-colonial studies.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course explores the politics of developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America in their historical socioeconomic contexts. The goals of the course include familiarizing students with the details of politics in selected countries and understanding important concepts of political science by applying them to the case study countries. Emphasis will be placed on using concepts and theories to analyze and critique arguments. No prior knowledge of the developing world is required. However, students will be expected to identify and analyze issues germane to the developing world, read and critique systematically, form and defend arguments and opinions, conduct independent library research, pose researchable questions, and discuss readings and research findings in class.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
"Democracy is unthinkable save in terms of the parties." Yet, some, including the Founding Fathers, have been less sure of Schattschneider's truism, warning of the mischiefs of faction. Political organization, however, by most accounts has been the engine and structure of American democracy throughout its two centuries. Parties, interest groups, and social movements have formed and acted to create and insure that American democracy truly is of, by, and for the people. In the course, we will investigate the formation, maintenance, and death of political organizations, the effectiveness and representative nature of political organizations, the strategies and resources of organizations, as well as recent challenges by such factors as increased individualism, media, technology and money. Organizations considered may include: the Republican, Democratic, and third parties; major interest groups such as the Sierra Club, AARP, NRA, Christian Coalition, Chamber of Commerce, and unions; and social movements such as the women's, civil rights, and Christian conservative movements.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course offers an intensive analysis of the many connections between the American religious and political systems. Students will first consider religion's historical role in shaping American political culture. Other topics to be covered include the constitutional relationship between church and state, the religious dimensions of American political behavior, religious influences on political institutions and decision makers, religious interests group activity and its impact on public policy, and the salience of religious factors in contemporary politics.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on the involvement of the public in American political processes. We will address such questions as: Why do citizens vote? For whom do they vote? How else do citizens involve themselves in the political process and why? What does the public think about political issues? What forces can change the nature, concerns, and behavior of the electorate? What are the prospects for a workable participatory democracy in America? The course is geared toward the conduct of statistically-based research on substantive problems in American political behavior.(4 credits)
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