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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The United States responded to the events of September 11, 2001 with a series of unprecedented action under the umbrella of homeland security and the ?War on Terror.? This course examines American National security policy by asking a few key questions: What is terrorism and how does it threaten the United States? How has the United States responded to the threat of terrorism over time? What have the consequences of US policy been to date? Finally, how would we balance a desire for security with our desire for civil liberties and ethical action?
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3.00 Credits
This course explores environmental policy as a result of political processes involving diverse participants and entailing movement through several stages ? from defining an issue as an environmental problem to placing it on political agenda and then receiving a response at domestic governmental or international levels. This course analyzes environmental issues from a cross-cultural and comparative perspective, with a particular attention given to political institutions, political change, levels of development, political culture, public participation, and international commitments that shape the nature and dynamics of environmental politics and policy in different countries. Additional reading assignments or projects will distinguish this course from its undergraduate version.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Students who desire practical experience in the area of public policy will be afforded the opportunity to gain the experience in the internship. The class and the number of hours will be arranged to fit the needs of the students, subject to approval by the program coordinator.
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3.00 Credits
Public policy topics of current interest. Topics vary from term to term.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course will permit students to take subjects not currently offered in regular courses but within the capacity of existing faculty. To be elected only with the permission of the program director and an instructor.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
MPP students electing the thesis option in the last stage of the program will work under the general supervision of a member of the graduate faculty in CAS&L, but will plan and carry out the work independently. The MPP Program Director must approve a prospectus of the thesis before the student registers for the course. The student will defend the completed thesis before a panel of program faculty.
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3.00 Credits
A treatment of the principles of sensation, perception, maturation, learning, motivation, memory, thought, language, and physiological bases of behavior. (F,W,S).
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3.00 Credits
A treatment of the principles of human development, intelligence, motivation, personality theory, social and abnormal psychology, and psychotherapy. (F,W,S).
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3.00 Credits
Theoretical issues of psychological development from birth through late adulthood are emphasized, along with issues regarding research methods. Topics include cognitive, intellectual, personality, and social development through the life-span. (YR).
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3.00 Credits
An examination of current theories and findings concerning physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of the infant. Topics include genetic and experiential factors affecting prenatal and infant development. language, cognition, and environmental influences on development. Theory will be related to infant care practices in families.
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