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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Professional skills in winning elections and influencing policy. Reading and practice in framing issues, political strategy, campaign management, advertising, polling, speech writing, media relations, Internet use, fund-raising, litigation, lobbying, building and sustaining support.
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4.00 Credits
Rise of the American legal system and evolution of values in the law. Courts in the political system and the policy impact of modern legal initiatives.
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4.00 Credits
The basic elements of the American legal system, its essential values, and its impact on society. Personal injury, contracts, criminal law, regulation, and international law. Emphasis on case law as the basis for exploring the legal system.
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4.00 Credits
Development of U.S. immigration policy including theories, demographic trends, sources of immigration legislation, case law. Relationship of politics, policy, culture, social and economic status to racial and ethnic groups, women, and workers.
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4.00 Credits
Historical development and changing fortunes of working class, trade unions, immigrant, and women workers. Growth among government workers and declining numbers in private industry. U.S. Government's labor laws and judicial interpretation for private and public sectors.
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4.00 Credits
The American Constitution as a model of government. The role of democracy, federalism, assumptions regarding human nature, citizenship, separation of powers, capitalism, and issues of empire building.
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4.00 Credits
The Bill of Rights as interpreted by Court decisions since its adoption. Topics include freedom of speech, religion, equal protection, and personal privacy. Emphasis on the relationship among rights, politics, judicial behavior and public policy.
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4.00 Credits
Legislative, judicial, and administrative controls over public and private actions impacting on the environment. Examination of statutory, administrative, and judicial decisions relating to the environment and of government actors and agencies making these decisions.
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4.00 Credits
The rules that govern governments and world bodies. Includes treaties, law of the sea, environmental protection, use of force, terrorism, and markets. Focus on the movement toward global community. Not open to students with credit for POSC 3951.
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4.00 Credits
Arms control, human rights, development, debt, women's rights, world population, environmental protection, and technology transfers. Analysis of key actors (United Nations, specialized agencies, national governments, non-governmental organizations) and policy alternatives. Student opportunity to work with local organizations.
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