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3.00 Credits
Examines what makes us sick, what keeps us healthy, and what it would take to give good health the upper hand in developing countries. Over the past 150 years, major breakthroughs in public health have enabled humans to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. The benefits of public health have yet to be extended to many of the poorest nations. In the past two decades, infectious diseases that had nearly been conquered have come surging back, while devastating new diseases have emerged. Unit(s): 1
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3.00 Credits
Integrates the study of mental health care and policy in the United States from the early 20th century to the present and the etiology of major mental health problems and their treatments. The policy portion of the course will focus on the effects that changes in financing programs and health insurance have had in shaping mental health policy, the types and patterns of treatment, the expansion of concepts of mental illness, and the changing nature of mental health advocacy and ideology. The clinical portion of the course will be based on a biopsychosocial model of mental health and will thus encourage students to think critically about how biological, psychological, and contextual factors interact to produce mental disorders and how different treatment approaches must then address these complex causal factors. Prerequisite(s): (PSYC 100 and PSYC 200) or PLSC 260 Unit(s): 1
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3.00 Credits
Examination of political and economic evolution of the American healthcare system: doctors, hospitals, managed care, Medicare, Medicaid, health insurance, public health, epidemiology, mental health, pediatric health, tort reform, and psychopharmacology, among other topics. Includes comparative analysis of other countries' healthcare systems. Unit(s): 1
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3.00 Credits
Core topics related to research methodology with a specific focus on survey methodology and introduction to a wider range of methods for ascertaining public opinion. Prerequisite(s): Political Science 220 and Mathematics 119 or Business Statistics 301 or Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better. Unit(s): 1
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3.00 Credits
Core topics related to research methodology with a specific focus on policy analysis and program evaluation, including various methodological techniques utilized for the quantitative and qualitative assessment of public policy. Prerequisite(s): Political Science 220 or 260 and Mathematics 119 or Business Statistics 301 or Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better. Unit(s): 1
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3.00 Credits
Core topics related to research methodology with a specific focus on issues and techniques in the collection, interpretation, comparison, and modeling of cross-national and cross-cultural data. Prerequisite(s): Political Science 240 or 250 and Mathematics 119 or Business Statistics 301 or Psychology 200 with a grade of C- or better. Unit(s): 1
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3.00 Credits
Examples include comparative public-policy, constitutional politics, political terrorism, and public policy decision making. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Unit(s): 1
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1.50 Credits
No more than 1.5 units of internship in any one department and 3.5 units of internship overall may be counted toward required degree units. Prerequisite(s): Permission of department chair. Unit(s): 0.5-1 Additional Information: Students planning to enroll in an internship through the Department of Political Science are required to complete the internship contract and return it to the department office.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department chair. Unit(s): 0.5-1 Additional Information: Students planning to enroll in an independent study through the Department of Political Science are required to complete the independent study form and return it to the department office.
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3.00 Credits
Selected topics of special interest to advanced students. Unit(s): 1
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