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PS 0103: Comparative Politics
3.00 Credits
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
This course seeks to understand why selected countries are (sometimes surprisingly) different from or similar to the United States and what this can tell us about them as well as about us. Particular attention is devoted to the goals or values that characterize these societies and how this affects their political and social institutions and practices. GE: Political Science
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PS 0110: Introduction to International Affairs
3.00 Credits
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Introduction to international affairs constitutes an introductory look at important issues facing the international community. The primary focus of the course will be to examine how nations, cultures, and communities politically address various issues. Such issues include: international security and terrorism; the political impact of race, ethnicity and gender; religion and politics; natural resources and the environment; global poverty and hunger; and human rights and social justice. These issues will be approached in a comparative manner in order to illustrate the inherent complexity and diversity among actors in the international community and how they politically deal with these issues.
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PS 0201: World Politics
3.00 Credits
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Why do countries go to war and why do they choose peace and cooperation? These are the fundamental questions addressed in world politics. Clarity here requires understanding of how domestic and international politics differ how states' capabilities and motives vary; how political, economic, and social structures shape decisions; and how ideas and leaders have an influence. GE: Political Science
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PS 0202: Great Political Thinkers
3.00 Credits
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
(Cross listed with PHIL 0215) 3 cr. Suggests how great thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, and Freud understood human nature, viewed the conditions or requirements for happiness, and defined the social and political forms that contribute to or detract from human fulfillment. In short, the course seeks to define the basic alternatives that guide our thinking about the good life and the good society. GE: Political Science
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PS 0204: Public Policy
3.00 Credits
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Provides the students with general knowledge about public policy making and administration in the United States. It surveys the policy process with emphasis on conceptual theoretical frameworks for the initiation, development, administration, and evaluation of public policy. Also surveys the impacts of institutional arrangements and administrative/bureaucratic decision making on public policy formulation and implementation. A discussion covers policy processes in comparative perspective. Prerequisite: PS 0102 GE: Political Science
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PS 0205: Law And The Courts
3.00 Credits
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
An examination of the courts in the American political process with emphasis on the criminal court system at the state/local levels and the Supreme Court as interpreter of rights of accused. Prerequisite: PS 0102 GE: Political Science
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PS 0207: Congress And The Presidency
3.00 Credits
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
This course examines the two major policy-making institutions in the American political system. First, it provides an overview of the development, structure, and process of the U.S. Congress. The emphasis is on the effects of the sometimes-contradictory functions of representation and the lawmaking faced by members of Congress. Then the focus turns to the institution of the presidency and its role in the policy-making process. Particular attention is paid to understanding presidential power and leadership as it relates to Congress. Prerequisite: PS 0102 GE: Political Science
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PS 0209: Environmental Politics
3.00 Credits
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
(Cross listed with ES 0206) 3 cr. A multidisciplinary general education course designed at an introductory level. This course provides students with comprehensive knowledge of the organizations, interests, and processes that shape environmental policy. It explores the local, regional, and global dimensions of the most critical environmental problems and issues facing policy makers today, including land-use management, energy conservation, acid rain, lead poisoning, indoor air pollution (radon pollution), ozone depletion, waste management, waste dumping in the ocean, deforestation worldwide, habitat destruction, and global warming. GE: Political Science
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PS 0250: Special Topics
3.00 Credits
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
The study of a special topic in political science.
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PS 1304: American Foreign Relations
3.00 Credits
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Examines American foreign policy since World War II with the objective of describing its major features and explaining its evolution and its problems. It reviews contending interpretations of past successes and failures, and considers current debates about what American foreign policy should be. Prerequisite: PS 0201.
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