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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4 An introduction to the overlapping issues of politics, philosophy and economics, this course examines rival conceptions of justice and the ways in which those views are modified by commitments to equality and liberty. Particular topics include: the character of freedom and its relationship to responsibility; what human beings owe to one another; the causes and consequences of wealth and poverty; the case for and against egalitarianism; the nature of right and duties; and whether or not justice requires redistribution of wealth.
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4.00 Credits
Spring. Credits: 4. A critical analysis of a variety of political goals, strategies, and tactics espoused in the 20th century. Views of Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X are among those normally considered. Prerequisite: Political Science 151 or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4. This course explores what political parties and organized interests are capable of doing in a democracy, what they actually do in American politics, and what a variety of reformers and others would have them do differently. Specific topics include: American party development, partisanship in the electorate, party organization, and the role of parties and interest groups in elections and policy making. Prerequisite: Political Science 151 or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4 An examination of politics in the American South, with special attention to political parties and elections. Politics at the state level is considered, along with the place of the South in the national political arena. Prerequisite: Political Science 151 or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Spring. Credits: 4. The study of criminal justice in urban areas, practices and purposes of enforcement agencies and courts, arrest, preliminary hearing, bail, jury, prosecution, trials, plea bargaining, sentencing, corrections, and probation. Justice in theory and practice. Prerequisite: Political Science 151 or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring Credits: 4. An examination of the various research methods used in the study of American politics. Focus will be on quantitative methods of inquiry, but qualitative research techniques will also be studied. Prerequisite: Political Science 151.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4. An examination of some aspect of American politics and institutions of government. Topics might include: the judiciary, state and local government, intergovernmental relations, American political development, the legislative process, campaign finance. Prerequisite: 151 or permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: Political Science 151 or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4. Prerequisite: Political Science 151 or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4. Prerequisite: Political Science 151 or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4. Prerequisite: Political Science 212 or 214 or permission of the instructor.
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