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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. A capstone seminar for doctoral students who have substantially completed public policy coursework in preparation of information on completing theories, frameworks, approaches, analytical tools, and guiding principles central to the study of the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of public policy. Attention also will be given to crosscutting topics such as values in the policy process, the role(s) of the policy analyst; ethics; and the utilization and misutilization of the results of social science research. (Irreg.)
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0.00 Credits
Prerequisite: graduate standing. This course is an exploration of the central theoretical concepts and problems of comparative politics. (Irreg.)
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5.00 Credits
Participants should have a basic knowledge of the history of political theory and should have taken at least one core graduate course in the field (5713, 5723, 5733) or the equivalent. The intensive study of a major text or issue in political theory. Topics examined in recent years include the politics of Aristotle, Rousseau, the political theory of the Enlightenment, and the Greek theory of the Polis. (Irreg.)
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8.00 Credits
Research for Doctoral Dissertation
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3.00 Credits
An informal survey of evaluative principles of reasoning. The application of these principles is emphasized, and common errors and fallacies in everyday, ethical, legal, and scientific reasoning are discussed. This course is not a course in formal symbolic logic or mathematical logic. (F, Sp) [III-SS]
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MATH 0123 or satisfactory score on Math placement test. An introduction to modern logic and its applications. Emphasis is placed on deductive logic, but may also include some treatment of inductive logic. Various common fallacies and errors in reasoning will also be discussed. (F, Sp, Su) [I-M]
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3.00 Credits
An inquiry into values bearing upon human destiny or fulfillment with special attention to values inspired by religion in both western and eastern traditions. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
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3.00 Credits
Basic issues in moral philosophy examined through a consideration of selected philosophers, including a sampling of normative theories as well as an introduction to issues of metaethics. (F, Sp, some Su) [IV-WC]
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3.00 Credits
Survey of the major figures and schools of philosophy in Asia. Includes study of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. (F)
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3.00 Credits
The historical background and cultural impact of existentialism in its literary, religious, psychiatric and philosophical expressions. Stresses Kierkegaard, Heidegger and Sartre. Briefly treats Nietzsche, Jaspers, Berdyaev, Maslow, Beckett, etc. (Irreg.)
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