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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the Canadian parliamentary system of government. The class will meet with members of Parliament, political leaders and representatives of the media.
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3.00 Credits
The study of the history and geographical background of, and the political, economic and religious motivations for, physical and cultural genocide. Meets Part III of the GECC.
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3.00 Credits
Students explore the integration of life and ideology as exemplified by selected revolutionary figures of Africa, Asia and Third World America. Students are responsible for conveying to the class, in seminar style, their assessments of typical Third World leaders and thinkers, including conservative and revisionist figures.
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3.00 Credits
From 1688 to 1978 the world was wracked by a series of violent upheavals referred to as revolutions that affect our lives on a daily basis on every continent on the globe. From the English revolution in 1688, through the American in 1776 and the French in 1789, the Bolshevik in 1917, to that of Iran in 1978, the Christian and Muslim fundamentalist revolutionary movements in the 21st century. What were/are these movements? How do they come about? What factors play a role in their development? What are their religious, national, psychological, economic and social consequences? Who leads and participates in them, wins and loses, and why? We shall study all. Meets Part III of the GECC.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students analyze the forces behind the formulation of American foreign policy and its objectives and strategies since 1776. Particular emphasis is given to the period from World War II to the present. (Spring semesters, even years)
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3.00 Credits
This seminar provides an investigation of the political and economic elements of national power, transnational interests and international organizations.
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3.00 Credits
Senior-level students choose a major topic for collective investigation, complete a common core of reading and contribute individual research presentations on aspects of that topic.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of major concepts, issues, theories, and research methods in psychology. In the process, it offers a sense of how psychological issues are involved in students' personal lives. Course content includes such topics as states of consciousness, learning, memory, development, motivation, emotion, stress management, theories of personality, abnormal behavior, approaches to therapy, intelligence, social psychology, neurophysiology, and sensation and perception. Meets Part II.C. of the GECC. (Shared course in VSC)
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3.00 Credits
This course presents a systematic study of how people think about, influence and relate to one another. Course content includes topics such as attitudes, norms, aggression, conformity, attraction, self-justification, prejudice, group processes, interpersonal interaction and communication, altruism, conflict resolution, persuasion and impression formation. There is a broad opportunity for application of these concepts to understanding the self and interpersonal relationships, as well as to social issues of importance, such as war and peace, consumer behavior, and political strategy. (Shared course in VSC)
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on emotional, cognitive, identity, social, and moral development throughout the life span with special emphases on the theories of Piaget, Freud, Erikson, and Kohlberg.
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