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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is an exploration of the politics and policy issues that disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. A key objective of this course is to help students understand how the past racial history of the US shapes political and policy outcomes in the US today across a range of issues including income and wealth, employment, education, health, housing, and criminal justice. Students in this course will think and write critically about how the US got to this point and how we can get out of this pattern of persistent racial disparities. Students will be challenged throughout the course to apply concepts of racial justice.
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3.00 Credits
This course is intended to help students understand the variety of religious voices in American politics and to acquaint students with the significance and variability of religious influence on contemporary American political life, i.e. public policy and individual political choices. The term "religion" is defined broadly to include formal theological creeds as well as the social beliefs, organizations, and subcultures associated with various religious communities. The central goal of this course is to understand how religion affects politics (and vice versa). Specifically, the course will explore the effects of the diverse religious traditions in America on American political history, voting, lobbying, political mobilization, political culture, and international engagement. A sampling of questions to be addressed follows: What has been the relative impact of various religions on American politics? How do religious actors translate their values into action? In what ways is the impact of religion direct? Indirect? How does the nature of the environment (domestic and international) affect the ability of religious actors to wield influence?
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3.00 Credits
This course will seek to understand how and why the battle over gay rights has come to occupy such a prominent place in our society and what this battle tells us about politics more generally. Although the course is centered on the politics of gay rights in the American context, we will also compare the American experience to those of other nations.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of current controversies regarding the rights and freedoms guaranteed to American citizens by the U.S. Constitution.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the ethical, theoretical and practical issues associated with the application of analytic and evaluative techniques to selected public policy problems and programs.
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3.00 Credits
Public decision makers increasingly call for evidence-based solutions to public problems. In this course, students will learn to assess and use data and evidence to help solve community problems. These skills provide the foundation of government relations, public service, non-profit, and other careers relying on data-driven decision-making.
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3.00 Credits
The in-depth analysis of the political relationships among nation-states.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the major security threats facing the United States and the global community, and the foreign policy tools available to manage them. Students will study the coercive and diplomatic strategies used by states and non-state actors when it comes to security threats, as well as the efficacy of these strategies. Topics include the proliferation and use of nuclear weapons, cyber warfare, biotechnology and disease, displacement from artificial intelligence, climate change, and cryptocurrencies.
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3.00 Credits
A developmental approach to the comparative study of the primary functions, structures and capabilities of various industrializing political systems such as India, China, Mexico, Brazil, Tanzania.
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3.00 Credits
This is an interdisciplinary course designed to give students a broad understanding of the historical, contemporary social (including gender, race, ethnicity, religion, etc.), economic, and in particular, political forces that shape Latin America. A number of different perspectives will be utilized to understand and explain the current state of Latin American political and economic development.
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