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5.00 Credits
(Formerly POLSC-220) This course will introduce students to the process of constitutional decision making in the U.S., with particular emphasis on the U.S. Supreme Court. The course is organized around three substantive areas of law: institutional powers of government, property rights and economic liberty, and equal protection. Court decisions in these areas will be examined in a broader political, social, and economic context. (writing intensive) Prerequisite(s): POLS&-202 or instructor permission.
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5.00 Credits
(Formerly POLSC-221) Historical analysis of the politics of civil liberties in the United States, concentrating on three primary areas of civil liberties law: freedom of speech, religious freedom and the rights of criminal suspects and defendants. Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENGL-095 and READ-095 with a grade of 'C' or higher or assessment at college-level English and reading.
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5.00 Credits
(Formerly POLSC-222) The course will examine the intersection of law and politics in American society. Topics to be covered include legal reasoning, disputing, due process, capital punishment, and others. How does law structure social relationships? How does political power shape the law? Prerequisite(s): College level ENGL and READ.
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5.00 Credits
(Formerly POLSC-231) This course will examine a variety of political and legal issues through their portrayal in contemporary cinema. Students will read relevant political science literature as a background for an analysis of the films viewed in the course. Rotating themes include: elections and the presidency, law and justice, science fiction, organized labor, and American foreign policy. (can be repeated) Prerequisite(s): College level Reading and Writing.
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5.00 Credits
(Formerly POLSC-290) A study of the political ideas of the following writers: Aquinas, Locke, Mill, Madison, Rousseau, Marx, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Benthan, Jefferson, Montesquieu and Sumner. Prerequisite(s): Assessment at college-level English and Reading.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Students will participate in internships with either a political party, interest group, or an elected official and will meet periodically with the instructor to discuss assigned readings and a research paper based on the internship experience. Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
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5.00 Credits
(Formerly PSYCH-100) Introduction to psychology as an academic discipline: the nervous system, heredity and maturation, sensory processes, perception and attention, motivation, emotion, intelligence, learning and remembering, thinking and personality will be examined. Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENGL-095 and READ-095 with a grade of 'C' or higher or assessment at college-level reading and writing.
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5.00 Credits
(Formerly PSYCH-165) A scientific approach to the study of human sexuality and sexual behavior, including physiological and psychological components. Considers sexuality across the lifespan, sexual dysfunction, STD's and safer sex, sexual orientation, sexual response patterns, and the development of relationships. Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENGL-095 and READ-095 with a grade of "C" or higher or assessment at college-level reading and writing.
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5.00 Credits
(Formerly PSYCH-206) An examination of the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of the human from conception to death. (multicultural content) Prerequisite(s): PSYC&-100 with a grade of "C" or higher.
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5.00 Credits
(Formerly PSYCH-205) Introduction to development and dynamics of personality, the causes of individual differences, personality change and techniques of measuring aspects of personality will be studied. Prerequisite(s): PSYC&-100 with a grade of 'C' or higher.
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