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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. Credits: 1 to 4. Experiments of an advanced nature, carried out independently by the student with a faculty mentor. Experiments can be selected from topics involving high-vacuum techniques, stellar photometry, scintillation spectroscopy, Compton scattering, atomic and molecular spectroscopy, M?ssbauer effect, superconductivity, or designed by the student in consultation with the faculty mentor. Prerequisites: Physics 211.
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2.00 Credits
Spring. Credits: 2. Examination of the unifying themes, central concepts, and links between discipline areas of physics through the preparation and presentation of research seminars, discussions of ethical issues in science, and reviews of current physics literature. Open to senior physics majors only.
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4.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. Credits: 4 to 8 per semester. Open to candidates for Honors in Physics. A minimum of 4 credits per semester must be earned in the senior year to fulfill college honors requirements. A minimum cumulative and major gap of 3.5 is required at the time of application for honors and upon graduation. Prerequisites: Permission of Department Chairperson.
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4.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: F2 (some sections), F8. An examination of the U.S. political system. What is the foundation of government in the United States? What are its purposes? How is the constitution of government designed to achieve those purposes? Major topics and controversies include the nature of politics, individual liberty and constitutionalism, the federal structure of government, political ideologies, public opinion, elections and political parties, interests groups, representation, Congress, the Presidency, the Judiciary, public policy, civil rights and liberties. Some sections may be open only to first year students, and all sections are open to seniors only by permission of department.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4. A critical introduction to urban America's fiscal and racial problems, formal and informal political processes, power structures, and alternative futures. Prerequisite: Political Science 151 or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4. An analysis of the processes and politics of making and implementing public policies. Topics may include: taxing and spending, energy, transportation, environmental protection, agriculture, equality, health, consumer protection, education, business, labor and welfare. Prerequisite: Political Science 151.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4. An exploration of perennial issues of politics as they are treated in literature and drama. Authors studied may include: ancient Greek dramatists, Shakespeare, Defoe, Swift, Cooper, Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Stendhal, Flaubert, Dostoyevsky, Conrad, Golding, Malraux.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4. A survey of the ideas and controversies in American political thought and development from the Puritans to the present. Topics may include: the philosophical origins of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, selfishness and morality, federalism, the democratization of politics, equality and slavery, laissez-faire capitalism and the welfare state, the civil rights movement, and the redefinitions of freedom and equality by, for example, the new left and feminism. Prerequisite: Political Science 151 or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4. A selected survey and analysis of ideas and systems of thought that have shaped the modern world. Topics include the evolution of liberalism and conservatism, the origins and development of communism, contemporary controversies over justice and economic distribution, morality and law, and feminism.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4. A selective survey of perennial issues in the theory and practice of law. Standard topics include: philosophical assumptions of criminal liability and moral responsibility; excusing crime; the purpose of punishment; the relation of reason and passion in the concept of provocation; the insanity defense; the intersection of race, gender and the law; legal ethics; discretion and the rule of law.
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