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4.00 Credits
4 semester hours The first of a two-course non-calculus sequence in physics intended primarily for students in computer science and biology. Topics covered in the first terminclude mechanics and heat. Includes lab work. Prerequisite: MTH1310.
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4.00 Credits
4 semester hours A continuation of General Physics I. Topics include electricity and magnetism, wave motion and optics. Includes lab work. Prerequisite: PHY2210.
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4.00 Credits
4 semester hours Survey of political science, including political ideologies, comparative politics, and international relations. The politics and culture of African, European, Latin American, andMiddle Eastern societies will be introduced. Contemporary global issues will also be examined. No prerequisites. Meets General Education "Knowing Ourselves and Others" Group B requirement.
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4.00 Credits
4 semester hours A survey of government and politics in the United States: Congress and the Presidency, the political process, political parties and interest groups, the social context of the political system, current issues and public policy, economic and foreign policy. Contemporary issues will also be examined. This course fulfills requirements for teacher certification. No prerequisites. Meets General Education "Knowing Ourselves and Others" Group B requirement.
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4.00 Credits
4 semester hours Examines the process by which leaders are selected and interests are identified. Topics include public opinion and behavior, the media in elections, the electoral process, candidate nominations and campaigns, organization and activities of political parties and interest groups. Contemporary issues will also be examined. Prerequisite: PSC2110.
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4.00 Credits
4 semester hours The executive and legislative processes in federal, state, and local government, including the organization and structure of Congress, the American Presidency, the federal bureaucracy, and the relationship between the Congress and the Presidency. Contemporary issues will also be examined. Prerequisite: PSC2110.
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4.00 Credits
4 semester hours The case method is utilized to analyze the principles of the American Constitution. Topics include presidential, congressional and Supreme Court power, equal protection of the law and race, gender, sexual orientation, implied fundamental rights to abortion choice and education, free speech and religion, and modern constitutional theories. Prerequisite: PSC2110.
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4.00 Credits
4 semester hours The contemporary international political system is examined within the context of the foreign policies of major national actors including the United States. Topics include the North/South conflict, hunger and population problems, environment concerns, international law and organizations (United Nations). Prerequisite: PSC1100 recommended but not required.
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4.00 Credits
4 semester hours The course reviews issues related to urban development, the changing nature of cities, suburbs and rural areas, both from a global and local perspective. Analysis includes consideration of emerging metropolitan areas, the microstructure of local neighborhoods, suburbanization and the development of edge cities. The discussion focuses on social problems related to economic and political violence. The migratory movements, informal economy, and globalization, as well as the development of nationalisms, multinational corporate economy, and fragmentation, and the impact of these macro processes on everyday life in cities, suburbs, and rural areas are also taken into consideration. No prerequisites.
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4.00 Credits
4 semester hours The course focuses on the trends in economic, political, social, and cultural globalization, hybridization, fragmentation, and on selected local/community phenomena related to thosemacro/global changes that occur in our times. Elements of world-systems theory and the theory of culture change, theories of social stratification, of the origin and perpetuation of inequalities in society and in the world, in combination with other current approaches to the explanation of human experience both on the macro and micro levels, will be explored. Questions related to ethics, human rights, individualization, consumerism, politics, and to growing awareness of the ambivalence of human experience will be debated. No prerequisites. Meets General Education "Knowing Ourselves and Others" Group A requirement.
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