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3.00 Credits
Dr. Kane The study of various state, national, and international legal patterns that have arisen to address environmental concerns. The environmental field will be used to examine the nature and effectiveness of civil, criminal, and administrative action to address a complicated and important social issue. Topics will include federal administrative law; international trade and environmental regulation; control of toxic substances and hazardous wastes; the impact of scientific uncertainty on regulation; federal regulatory programs; civil liability under federal regulations; citizen suits; and the preservation of natural areas. Prerequisites: POL-218 for Politics and International Relations majors or permission of the instructor. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (SS.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Marks, Dr. Stern This course examines the nature of justice through a careful reading of major works in the history of political philosophy. Specifically, we will consider selected political writings of Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, and Marx. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (SS.) NOTE: Every year, one section of this class will be offered as POL 237W. Students in this section will be required to do extensive writing and revision of papers. Enrollment is limited ot freshman or sophomore Politics majrs, or by permission of instructor. Majors are encouraged to enroll in POL 237W if they intend to take the senior seminar in Political Philosophy, POL 437W. Students may not receive credit for both POL 237 and POL 237W.
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Stern, Dr. Marks This course examines the classical understanding of politics through a careful reading of selected works of Plato and Aristotle. We will consider such issues as the nature of justice, the meaning of moral and intellectual virtue, and the relation between philosophy and politics. Prerequisite: POL/PHIL-237. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (SS.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Stern, Dr. Marks This course examines and evaluates the world-revolutionary challenge to classical and medieval political philosophy posed by such writers as Machiavelli, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Rousseau and Hegel. Prerequisite: POL/PHIL-237. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (SS.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Stern, Dr. Marks This course examines selected authors and issues in contemporary political philosophy. We will read the works of such authors as Nietzsche, Heidegger, Kojeve, Rawls and Foucault. We will consider such issues as historicism, contemporary liberalism, feminism, and Marxism. Prerequisite: POL/PHIL-237. Three hours per week. Four semester hours.
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4.00 Credits
Faculty This course is an introduction to psychological research and topics selected to illustrate interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives. The goal is to enhance insight into individuals, the internal factors that influence their psychological processes, and their relationship with their social milieu. Four hours per week. Four semester hours. (SS.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Richardson This course is an introduction to psychological research, emphasizing non-experimental research methodologies including field studies, correlational research, and quasi-experimental and ex post facto research designs. Topics covered include the following: operationism, measurement and error, subject and variable selections, experimental control, and ethical issues. Students will also be introduced to the use of statistics as a research too l. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory per week. Four semester hours. (SS.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Rideout This course is designed to familiarize the student with principles of experimental design, statistical techniques, and laboratory methods used in psychology. Lectures, demonstrations, data collection, and the preparation of scientific reports. Prerequisites: CIE-100, PSYC-100, 110, or permission of instructor. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory per week. Four semester hours. (SS.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Principe This course examines the American legal system in light of basic and applied psychological research and theory. Topics include jury decision-making, police interrogations and confessions, hypnosis, lie-detection, eyewitness testimony, line-ups, repressed memories, child witnesses in sex abuse cases, the death penalty, the insanity defense, and the role of psychology in legal reform. Prerequisite: PSYC-100 or permission of the instructor. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (SS.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Chambliss Mental health problems are examined from the biological, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic/existential and sociocultural perspectives. Topics include reactive, anxiety, and personality disorders, psychosis and organic disorders, and substance abuse. Prevention and treatment of mental illness are discussed. Prerequisite: PSYC- 100. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (SS, D.)
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