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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course focuses upon the relation of the judicial process and constitutional law to individual freedom in the United States, chiefly in the context of freedom of expression and privacy. Court decisions and other appropriate materials are analyzed. Prerequisite: ENG 2100 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course explores the relationship of government to various economic forces and entities, highlighting the role of government as promoter, regulator, and stabilizer of the economic system, as viewed from a political perspective. Prerequisite: POL 1101 or departmental permission.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Analysis of the role of the presidency in American govern - ment. Includes an examination of the development of the office; its relationship to other political, social, and economic institutions; and the duties of the president as chief executive, chief legislator, commander in chief, party leader, head of state, and shaper of foreign policy. Prerequisite: ENG 2100 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits An analysis of politics and policies relating to energy, resources, and the environment, including consideration of current problems and policy responses, principal political actors, and future prospects. Prerequisite: POL 1101 or ENV 1020 (ECL 1020) or ENV 3001 or departmental permission.
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3 hours; 3 credits This course analyzes the politics and government of New York City, including city-state relations; the role of the city in the region, the nation, and the world; the municipal government's institutions and procedures; and the city's evolving political culture. Prerequisites: ENG 2100 or equivalent, and one of the following: POL 1101, 2321, 2332, or 2353.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits An investigation of psychological and sociological factors influencing individual and group political behavior by leaders and nonleaders. Prerequisite: ENG 2100 or equivalent.
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3 hours; 3 credits A study of the principal political philosophers from ancient Greece to the Renaissance. Major political philosophers are examined in relation to the historical and institutional developments in their own time and for the understanding they provide of the traditions at work in 21st-century politics. Prerequisite: ENG 2100 or equivalent.
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3 hours; 3 credits A study of the major political philosophers of the modern Western world, from the 17th century to the present, including Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, Bentham, J.S. Mill, and Freud. Attention is devoted to the historical and institutional environments within which these theorists worked and the understanding they provide of the problems of contemporary politics. Prerequisite: ENG 2100 or equivalent.
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3 hours; 3 credits The course focuses on major systems of political ideas that are fundamental to the politics of the 20th century. Topics include the nature of ideology, classical and welfare state liberalism, conservatism, Marxism, socialism, fascism, liberation ideologies, and environmentalism. Prospects for the future of ideological discourse will be analyzed. Prerequisite: ENG 2100 or equivalent.
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3 hours; 3 credits An application of the theories of international relations to the history of great power and regional rivalries in the Middle East. The course will analyze international conflicts, particularly the conflicts between Israel and the Arab states, Turkey and Greece, and Iran and Saudi Arabia. Prerequisites: ENG 2100 and one course in political science.
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