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3.00 Credits
(Spring, Odd-Numbered Years Only) A study of global issues involving the United States vis- -vis Europe, the former Soviet Union, Latin America, Africa, Near East, and Asia. May be taken for credit in political science or history. Also offered as HIS-330.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring, Even-Numbered Years Only) This course will examine the politics and policy of environmental issues both in the United States and globally. We will study the forces and constraints that shape policy at local, state and national levels of government. We will also examine the issues and problems of the global environment and international policy being developed to address those issues. Students will examine and assess proposed solutions to the problems.
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3.00 Credits
(Varies, Contact Dept. Head) This course provides a broad overview of the nature of inquiry in political science and is intended to give students an understanding of how to do empirical research. Students will finish the course knowing how philosophy of science, research design and statistical and causal inference are understood in the discipline of political science. To be taken before POL 498/9.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring, Odd-Numbered Years Only) This course provides a survey of politics and policy at the state and local levels of government. Institutions, processes, and behaviors of governments and political participants will be studied. The federal system will be examined from the viewpoint of states and localities.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring, Odd-Numbered Years Only) Students will apply knowledge gained in POL-340 to the special case of North Carolina. Along with appropriate readings and assignments, we will visit suitable institutions and attend events. Examples of these include: a session of the legislature, legislative committee meetings, and oral legal arguments. Students will have the opportunity to interact with officials, representatives, lobbyists, and others active in North Carolina state politics. Corequisite courses: POL-340.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring, Course Offered Every Year) This course will examine the elective branches of government: the Congress and the President. Students will examine the structure and function of each branch separately and then study the relationship of each to the other.
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3.00 Credits
(Meredith Abroad, Course Offered Every Year) This course introduces students to the nature and background of the British form of government with an emphasis on Parliament and the European Union. Because this course is taught in London and meets several times in Westminster Palace, students have a unique opportunity to observe government at work. Students supplement what they learn in class and in their texts with what they see as they attend committee meetings and sessions of both Houses and what they hear from the broad spectrum of members of Parliament, peers, and parliamentary staff who speak to them.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
(Varies, Contact Dept. Head) This course will introduce students to the origins, functions, structure and issues facing the contemporary United Nations and prepare a student delegation to participate in a Model United Nations conference. Participation in the conference is a requirement for the course. Students will earn 3 credits the first time they complete this course. The course may be repeated for 1-2 hours of credit.
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3.00 Credits
(Fall and Spring, Course Offered Every Year) Each senior major in the Honors and/or Teaching Fellows Program must choose, research, write and also present orally an honors thesis that reflects her training, interests, and/or career direction. Each student who plans to write an honors thesis must, in consultation with a departmental adviser, identify a viable topic before she registers for POL-498. Prerequisites: POL-205.
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3.00 Credits
(Fall and Spring, Course Offered Every Year) Under the direction of the appropriate faculty member, the student will formulate and execute an original research project that will culminate in a paper. Required of all political science majors not taking POL-498. Ordinarily taken during the fall semester. Instructor's consent required. Prerequisites: POL-205.
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