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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) A study of the constitutional design and practical operation of the U.S. Presidency. The selection of presidents. The rise of the modern presidency, the character of executive power, and the nature of democratic leadership will be examined. Fall, Spring
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) A study of significant operations and powers of federal and state courts. The course also considers the impact of judicial decisions and the possible political role of the judiciary in the United States. Fall, Spring
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) A study of the government, politics and law of selected foreign countries, usually including certain Western European countries and one or two others. Similarities and differences among foreign governments and between foreign governments and the US government are stressed, along with the political and legal philosophies underlying the other countries' institutions. Certain general topical areas, suchas comparative law, are sometimes treated in addition to individual countries Fall, Spring
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) A study of key works, in whole or in part, of major Catholic political thinkers and commentators, among them St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, St. Robert Bellarmine, St. Thomas More, Tocqueville, Brownson, Santayana, Acton, Maritain and selected papal encyclicals, especially those of Pope John Paul II. Fall, Spring
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) An introduction to the analysis of the contemporary international system, including the role of NGOs, and its evolution in the twentieth-century. The course will examine various approaches to explaining major international wars, ethnic conflicts, and economic problems. Fall, Spring
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) An integrated academic work experience in a government, legal or administrative agency for a semester. Possible positions include state legislature, United States Congress, police agencies, planning units, newspapers, and radio stations. Students work a minimum of 20 hours per week in close cooperation with political leaders and officials and participate in a weekly academic seminar. Instructors hold frequent individual conversations with interns as well as the agency supervisors. Fall, Spring
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) Principles and methods in the field of psychology, including individual differences, personality, behavior disorders and therapy, physiological and psychological effects of drugs, measurement, learning, and motivation. Fall,Spring
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) Theories of behaviorism, social learning cognition, memory,motivation, understanding, and adult learning. Discussion of behavior modification, learning laboratory experience and forgetting. Spring, even years Prerequisite: PSYC 121
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) This course examines the biopsychosocial aspects of development across the lifespan. Growth and development of the physical body, motor skills, intellectual skills, emotional and social behavior will be traced from the prenatal period through late adulthood, including the processes of dying and bereavement. Fall,Spring Prerequisite: PSYC 121
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) Human development from conception through adolescence. Physical, cognitive, psychosocial, and moral development. Special emphasis will be placed on holistic health themes. Fall,Spring Prerequisite: PSYC 121
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