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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the development of skills necessary for effective political advocacy at federal, state and local levels of government. Particular emphasis is placed on political communication, organization and research. Related internships available. Formerly PSC 335 Field Work: Political Advocacy. 3 credits
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4.00 Credits
Uses case studies to test ideas about the nature of political power and the behavior and impact of organized groups on the American political process. A historical perspective on lobbying and lobby reform highlights the moral and political dilemmas. Formerly PSC 422 Political Power: Interest Groups, Lobbying, and Public Policy. 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
Offers an interdisciplinary examination of public policies affecting children, including issues of child welfare, health, education, and the family. The course also includes an in-depth review of the policy-making process. Related internships are encouraged. Formerly PSC 452 Seminar in Public Policy: Children. 4 credits General Education Curriculum: Applications Area FLC Seminar II
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4.00 Credits
Identifies methods and arenas of comparative and international politics of current concern. A case study approach is used extensively. Formerly PSC 412 Seminar in Comparative Politics and International Relations. 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
Provides a multidisciplinary examination of theories about conflict, including the causes and arenas of conflict and proposed methods for regulating it. Includes seminar discussions, guest lecturers, and experimental learning situations. Formerly PSC 461 Seminar on Conflict Theory and Management. 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
Examines coverage of politics, elections, and related topics. Current events are treated within a theoretical and historical perspective of major communications issues facing the ongoing American democratic experiment. Formerly PSC 420 Politics and the Media. 4 credits
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2.00 - 12.00 Credits
By special permission of the program faculty and under the supervision of a faculty member during fall or spring semester only. Projects must be agreed upon in advance in writing. Formerly PSC 384 Internship. 2-12 credits
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3.00 Credits
Provides students the opportunity to pursue an individualized course of study under the direction of a faculty member. Formerly PSC 399. 1-3 credits
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to the primary concepts of psychology, and to the tools of psychologists use to study the wide variety of human behavior. Provides a general overview of the fields of psychology through lectures, readings, shsort thought papers, and interactive class activities. The course surveys several major topic areas: the biology of behavior, learning, memory, conciousness, personality, and abnormal behavior. Students will learn to critically evaluate the state of knowledge in the field, particularly as it applies to a higly diverse society as or own.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the student to the scientific study of the mind and behavior. All major sub-areas of psychology (social, developmental, clinical, physiological, motivation and emotion, sensation and perception) are explored, as well as the major theoretical perspectives (behavioral, cognitive, psychoanalytic, and humanistic). Formerly PSY 121 Introductory Psychology. 3 credits General Education Curriculum: Knowledge and Inquiry Area FLC Area V Core: Area II
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