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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Use of quantitative analysis in the public sector; consideration of the methodology of applied research. Special emphasis on research design and data-gathering techniques, including survey research, aggregate data analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and planning.
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2.00 Credits
Practice in the execution of survey research with attention to questionnaire construction, sampling, interviewing, data coding, and data analysis. Discussion of ethical issues surrounding polls and the role of polling in a democratic polity.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the politics of Central Asia. The major political systems of the region and their relations with neighboring countries, such as Russia, China, Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey. Topics include national politics and nationalism, the politics of ethnicity, religion and gender, foreign and security policy, and the structure of civil society in the region.
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4.00 Credits
Comparative survey of social and cultural bases of politics, organization of political interests, style of political leadership, decision-making processes, governmental bureaucracies, and political strategies of social and economic change in major political systems of Western Europe.
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4.00 Credits
Comparative analysis of politics of nationbuilding in China and Japan, with special emphasis on internal and external factors which led to transformation of traditional societies to socialist state in China and market-oriented polity in Japan; rise of East Asian industrial states and their roles in the international political economy.
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4.00 Credits
An overview of major issues in African politics and the international politics of Africa. Its scope is "Africa south of the Sahara" and is intended to appeal to a variety of interests, from global and continental to modernization, gender and Marxist theories of development, conflict, inequality, and underdevelopment. Cross-listed with BWS 339.
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3.00 Credits
The origins, ideas, and socio-political impact of Arab nationalism and Islam. The convergence and divergence of these forces, as well as developments in particular places and cases.
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3.00 Credits
Supervised work experience in federal, state, and local government organizations, public service, and political institutions. Prior permission of instructor, department chair, and dean required.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of political careers in America, including issues of ambition, motivation, choices, and responsibility in political life. Use of political science materials, literature, and other sources to make analytical statements about life in the American political arena.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of major contemporary domestic national issues, especially pollution, health care, inflation and recession, crime, income distribution, poverty, federal budget.
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