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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MATH 211, 301 (or concurrent enrollment in MATH 301), PHYS 211, . Three hours lecture and one-hour problem session. Microscopic analysis of the physical world is developed using statistical methods. Macroscopic thermodynamics is then developed from microscopic results. More formal ideas of classical statistical thermodynamics, including the partition function, are then studied. Quantum statistical mechanics is also introduced.
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3.00 Credits
A sequence of readings and discussions develop the student's grasp of the basic issues that underlie the political dynamism of Western society. Special emphasis is given to the moral and philosophical dimensions of these issues and their relationship to current political questions and the concerns of other academic disciplines. Reading, class discussions, and written assignments are drawn from classic works in politics, economics, philosophy, and literature.
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3.00 Credits
Students will explore the American constitutional order and political system in terms of two questions: what does the American government do? What should it do? This exploration will be conducted through the critical analysis of literature, primary historical sources, significant government documents, and social science research.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: One of the following courses: INTL 101, POLI 111, or 112. This course is a survey and critique of the meanings attributed to various aspects of the American constitutional order and the politics associated with it. Classic American literature including fiction and non-fiction, films, primary historical sources, significant government documents, and social science research are assigned to promote student debate and discussion of each aspect of the course.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: One of the following courses: INTL 101, POLI 111, or 112, or consent of instructor. This course is a study of the leading classical and medieval political thinkers including Plato, Aristotle, and Augustine with emphasis on reading and discussing their works.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: One of the following courses: INTL 101, POLI 111, or 112, or consent of instructor. This course is a study of the leading modern political thinkers including Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Marx with emphasis on reading and discussing their works.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: One of the following courses: INTL 101, POLI 111, or 112, or consent of instructor. This course reviews the place of elections in American constitutional order as the principal mode of citizen participation and of campaigns to influence those elections. Particular attention is given to contemporary reliance on paid advertising, including direct mailing and television, and questions of campaign finance and corruption. Critical attention is directed to the replacement of public policy debate by the images and rhetoric of celebrity culture.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: One of the following courses: INTL 101, POLI 111, or 112, or consent of instructor. An examination of the use of governmental power influences daily life in often unrecognized ways and how that power is exercised by administrators. Particular attention will be given to situations that appear to display breakdowns in policy or in its execution, and on conflicting values of democratic political practice and administrative effectiveness
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: One of the following courses: INTL 101, POLI 111, or 112, or consent of instructor. An examination of how the use of governmental power influences daily life in often unrecognized ways and how that power is exercised by administrators. Particular attention will be given to situations that appear to display breakdowns in policy or in its execution and on conflicting values of democratic political practice and administrative effectiveness.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: One of the following courses: INTL 101, POLI 111, or 112, or consent of instructor. This course is a survey of contemporary political and governmental processes and institutions of southern Asia with particular attention given to the colonial legacy, post-independence political institutions, the processes of political evolution, the role of religion in politics, and foreign policy responses to big-power rivalry in the region.
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