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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits An examination of the political, moral, and legal problems arising out of the extermination of the European Jews. The course will study the rise of Nazism, the construction of a totalitarian society, the terror apparatus, the institution of the concentration camp, and the planning and implementation of the killing process. There will be further examination of the responses of the Jews, the Allies, neutrals, and important institutions like the church and the Red Cross. At all points the question will be asked: What does this phenomenon reveal about the nature of modern society and modern politics? (social science) Prerequisites: ENG 111, COR 100; sophomore standing or permission of the instructor
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(Also ECO 251) 4 hours; 4 credits This course examines the relationships among nation-states, corporations, and key international trade and financial organizations in today’s global environment. It also examines how globalization and world politics affect distribution of economic wealth and, in turn, how economic growth/changes affect world politics and the global order. (cont. wld.) Prerequisites: At least one political science or economics course, ENG 151, COR 100.
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4 hours; 4 credits This course analyzes various stages of regional and international relations in the Middle East from the conclusion of World War II to the present. The course will also provide an introduction to the domestic politics of the region’s most important countries, paying special attention to the religious, cultural, and ideological uniqueness of the modern Middle East. (social science) (p&d) Prerequisites: ENG 111, COR 100; sophomore standing
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(Also AFA 253) 4 hours; 4 credits An examination of the colonial and post-colonial problems of Africa, and the developmental process in general. Other topics to be discussed include the sociopolitical and historical-philosophical appeal of communism to Africa; ideology, strategy, and the communist model of development; and the idea of revolution as an agent of rapid transformation versus the Euro- American model of evolutionary change. (p&d) Prerequisites: ENG 111, COR 100
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4 hours; 4 credits This course examines the transformation of China, Japan, and other Southeast Asian countries since World War II, focusing on their historical development and more recent experiences of revolutionary turmoil. It compares the different paths to modernization taken by these countries, differences in their economic and political systems, and the economic, cultural, ideological, and political changes they have undergone in the contemporary period. Global importance and foreign policies of these countries will also be analyzed. (cont. wld.) (p&d) Prerequisites: ENG 151, COR 100
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits An analysis of the political and economic problems of the world today. The emphasis is on current trends in international relations, problems of war and peace, globalization, and prospects for the development of a new world order or global chaos. (cont. wld.) Prerequisites: ENG 151, COR 100
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4 hours; 4 credits Examines how international organizations (intergovernmental, nongovernmental, supranational, regional, functionally specialized) shape and are shaped by the contemporary global order. Special emphasis on the structures and functions of the United Nations, regional organizations (e.g., EEU, Organization of American States, Arab League, ASEAN), and the WTO. (cont. wld.) Prerequisites: ENG 151, COR 100
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4.00 Credits
(Also GEG 264) 4 hours; 4 credits All politics are embedded in geographical space. This course examines the ways in which people have territorially arranged the Earth’s surface, internal and external relationships of politically organized areas, the effects of political actions on social and economic conditions, and the significance of geographical factors behind political situations, problems, and conflicts within and between different territories. (cont. wld.) Prerequisites: ENG 151, COR 100
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4.00 Credits
(Also PHL 303) 4 hours; 4 credits An examination of leading works in political theory of the late 19th and 20th centuries. The central theme will be the attacks on and the reaffirmations of liberal democratic thought. Discussion of problems of order and violence, social and political revolutions, and democratic processes. Readings will be drawn from original works in political theory by writers such as Arendt, Dewey, Freud, Hayek, Lenin, Marx, and Sorel. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and any 100-level political science or philosophy course
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4.00 Credits
(Also PHL 307) 4 hours; 4 credits An analysis of the writings of major legal philosophers from classical times to the present. Writers to be studied include Aristotle, Cicero, Aquinas, Austin, Savigny, Cardozo, and Holmes. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and any political science or philosophy course
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