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  • 1.00 Credits

    (Spring; Yearly; 1.00 Credit; I,S) This course will meet 1 hour per week in spring semester. A requirement of the course is to participate in a three week summer trip to West Africa. During the spring semester we will examine the history and contemporary politics and economic of the Senegambia region. At the conclusion of the spring semester we will spend 3 weeks exploring the political culture and society of the Gambia and Senegal in West Africa. There is a fee for the trip to Africa. Corequisite: PS250.Completing If PS249 and PS250 are completed they will count as CA.
  • 3.00 Credits

    (Spring; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; I,S) See PS249. Corequisite: PS349. Students must complete PS249 and PS250 to receive CA credit. A course fee is applied.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (Variable; Variable; 1.00-4.00 Credits; S) Offers supplements to the regular departmental program, exploring topics and areas not regularly scheduled. Examples include Religious Revivalism in the Third World, Race, Religion and Gender in American politics and Nationalism in Europe. Note: abbreviated ST: (Title); students may take each ST: course for credit.
  • 9.00 Credits

    (Fall & Spring; Yearly; 2.00-9.00 Credits; S) An opportunity to apply concepts and theories learned in class and readings to a practical situation. Selected students work with chief administrative officers in State College and Huntingdon, police departments, environmental departments, legal offices or in the Court House. Note: may be repeated up to a total of 9 hours credit. Corequisite: PS 495. Prerequisite: permission and Jr. or Sr. Standing.
  • 9.00 Credits

    (Fall & Spring; Yearly; 2.00-9.00 Credits; S) (see the chapter, " Special Programs " under " Internships. " Corequisite: PS 495. Prerequisite: permission.
  • 9.00 Credits

    (Spring; Yearly; 2.00-9.00 Credits; S) A unique opportunity to experience the legislative process. Placements are made to the research staffs of various committees (e.g., Banking and Commerce, Education, Judiciary, Local Government and Urban Affairs) of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Committees are selected on the basis of student interests and needs in the Legislature. Corequisite: PS 495. Prerequisite: Permission and sophomore, junior or senior standing.
  • 6.00 Credits

    (Fall & Spring; Yearly; 2.00-6.00 Credits; CW,S) Required of all students holding internships. The emphasis is on readings and discussions of materials relevant to the intern ship experience, e.g., professional behavior, ethical conduct, confidentiality, etc. Students produce a major research paper on a topic selected by the student in conjunction with the internship supervisor and the course instructor. Note: may be repeated up to a total of 6 hours credit. Corequisite: PS 490 or 491 or 492. Prerequisite: permission.
  • 3.00 Credits

    (Fall; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; CW,S) Designed to offer exceptional students the opportunity to engage in an extensive undergraduate thesis or research project. Selected students will be invited by the faculty of the department to propose a subject of special interest to the students; working closely with at least one member of the department, students will develop and complete a research project in the first semester and present the results as a publishable paper in the second. Available by permission.
  • 3.00 Credits

    (Spring; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; CW,S) Designed to offer exceptional students the opportunity to complete the research paper started in PS 497. Prerequisite: PS 497
  • 3.00 Credits

    (Spring; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; S) Intended as a capstone experience in the discipline and designed to engage students in their final year in the comprehensive study of a major question or issue confronting the discipline of political science. Prerequisites: PS101 or PS102 or PS122 and senior standing and three additional Political Science courses or departmental permission.
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