|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
Focuses on the overall policy-making process including its various stages and actors. Integrates material on the presidency, Congress, political parties, interest groups, courts, and public administration courses into an understanding of the whole policy process. Formerly PSC 352 Public Policy. 3 credits
-
3.00 Credits
Studies the United States Supreme Court, including its composition, decisions, and role in the American political process. Students read and brief court opinions involving issues such as racial discrimination, First Amendment rights, and separation of powers among the three branches of national government. Formerly PSC 326 Constitutional Law. 3 credits Prerequisite: POLS 201 or POLS 299
-
3.00 Credits
Examines the relationship among religion, law, and politics in the United States constitutional and political systems. The free exercise and establishment clauses of the First Amendment to the Constitution and key Supreme Court opinions involving separation of church and state are studied as well as democratic theory pertaining to this topic. Other topics to be discussed in the class include policy issues involving government aid to faith-based social welfare efforts and empirical studies of public attitudes concerning the interplay among religion, public policy, and political leadership. Formerly PSC 226 Religion, Law, and Politics, in the United States. 3 credits
-
3.00 Credits
Examines the political systems of the African states, their similarities and differences, regional distinctions, and approaches to modernization and development. Formerly PSC 307 Comparative Politics: Africa. 3 credits
-
3.00 Credits
Examines the development and current status of international law as the legal framework for international conflict and cooperation, as an academic discipline, and as a practical procedure. Looks at international organizations as conflict managers and functional mechanisms. Formerly PSC 318 International Law and Organization. 3 credits
-
3.00 Credits
Examines United States foreign policy, focusing on the content or substantive nature of the policy. Formerly PSC 314 United States Foreign Policy I. 3 credits
-
3.00 Credits
Provides an introduction to the primary sources in political thought, including the differing interpretations of political theories and the methods and significance of interpretation. Explores political thought of Plato, Aristotle, the Hellenic period, the Romans, the Middle Ages, Machiavelli, the Renaissance and the Reformation, and the emergence of the modern state. Also examines the political thought of the English revolution, the Enlightenment, and Rousseau. Formerly PSC 362 Political Thought: Plato to Rousseau. 3 credits
-
3.00 Credits
Considers political thought from Rousseau to the present, focusing on theories of change including violence and revolution and alternatives, and the forms of socialism from the 18th century through its contemporary expression, as well as the views of its opponents. Also examines the methods and the significance of political thinking and the relations between political thought and modern life. Formerly PSC 363 Modern Political Thought. 3 credits
-
3.00 Credits
Provides an introduction to electoral processes and political party politics in the United States. Students learn specific skills and techniques used in political campaigns such as fundraising and targeting. Students work in a political campaign organization to fulfill part of their course requirements. Formerly PSC 330 Field Work: Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections. 3 credits
-
3.00 Credits
Examines the dynamics of public opinion formation and political socialization as they apply to politically salient attitudes and voting behavior. Students conduct a class poll on a current topic designed to provide them with ""hands-on"" experience in all stages of the survey research process. Formerly PSC 331 Field Work: Public Opinion Polling. 3 credits General Education Curriculum: Applications Area
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|