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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
4 credits This course is designed to incorporate commercial and documentary films and videos, speaker panels, a packet of readings and class discussion of political/public policy issues. Students will be expected to develop and apply critical analytical skills in addressing a wide range of political topics.
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2.00 Credits
3 credits While technically a continuation of PS 104, this is offered as a stand alone course which not require taking PS 104 previously. Films, videos, readings, discussion, and speaker panels will be utilized to develop and apply critical analytical skills to address a variety of political and public policy issues.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits An introduction to American Government and politics that includes consideration of the debates surrounding the formation of the Constitution, the theory and practice of American Federalism, American political economy, media and politics, the formation and impact of public opinion, and various forms of political participation including voting, political parties, campaigns, interest groups, and social movements
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3.00 Credits
3 credits A continuation of American Government and Politics that focuses on the institutions of American Government (the US Congress, the Presidency, the Federal Bureaucracy, and the Federal Court System), the history, formation, and implementation of civil rights and liberties in United States, and the formation and implementation of U.S. economic and foreign policy.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This class completes the three-course sequence in U.S. Government and Politics. The course examines the place of state and local government and politics in the larger federal system. Topics will include federalism, electoral politics, institutions and actors in city, county, and state politics and government, taxation and economic development. This course will include both a comparative analysis of various states and communities as well as examples from Lane County and Oregon.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course is a general introduction to the methods of comparing political systems, followed by contemporary case studies applying these methods to several countries in different stages of economic, social and political development.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This introductory course examines the system of relationships between states, including international organizations and nongovernmental organizations. Global issues such as international trade, the environment, human rights, and organized violence are emphasized.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits The course is designed to introduce students to modern political theory, with an emphasis on social contract theory. The course focuses on questions about why government is formed, the basis of individual obligations and rights in relation to the state, the meaning of democracy, and when actions by government give rise to the right and obligation to resist and rebel. To examine these questions, the course uses different frameworks for thinking about political rights and duties including the individualistic approach, the communitarian approach, and the pluralistic perspective. Readings are assigned from modern and contemporary works in political theory.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits This course focuses on issues of peace and conflict at the global level. Based upon principles of social and economic justice, the course is designed to integrate theory with practice. Topics include the relationship of war and militarism to peace, violence embedded in the structures of the global economic system, conflicts resulting from environmental exploitation, feminist peace paradigms, and peace at the individual level as the foundation for global peace
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4.00 Credits
4 credits This course focuses on issues of peace and conflict at the national level. Based upon principles of social and economic justice, the course is designed to integrate theory with practice. Theoretical ways of conceptualizing peace and conflict are used to examine important aspects of United States politics. Topics vary in order to focus on important contemporary issues. Examples include the impact of militarization on social programs, the concentration of media, economic inequality in the United States, the prison industrial complex, and a variety of social and environmental justice issues.
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