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1.00 Credits
CLASS HOURS: 1; CREDIT: 1 Prerequisite: None Postrequisite: GMA 211 A two-semester-sequence course that provides an opportunity for sophomore GSMA majors to integrate their preparation for cruise in the Fall semester of the sophomore year with actual cruise coursework completed while underway during the Annual Training Cruise on the Golden Bear. During Cruise 1A, students will prepare country and port analyses for the proposed cruise ports. These analyses will be presented as part of an ongoing lecture series during the Training Cruise itself. In addition, port visits, field trips, and the like will be set up prior to leaving on the Training Cruise. Students will also complete an element of the curriculum in the Follow the Voyage series or complete a web-based component for posting during the Training Cruise itself.
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2.00 Credits
CLASS HOURS: 2; CREDIT: 2 Prerequisite: GMA 210 During Cruise 1B, students will integrate the shoreside component of Cruise 1A by engaging in port and country briefings, providing materials for the Bear's Tale and possible web posting, as well as engaging in field trips during port visits. Directed reading, research, and writing will be assigned under the direction of a faculty member.
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3.00 Credits
CLASS HOURS: 3; CREDIT: 3 Prerequisite: None The course provides an introduction to important themes of comparative political analysis, in order to identify and explain differences in political systems and political life across different states and regions of the world. The course focuses on the development of the fundamental elements of modern political systems: state, nation, market, civil society, democracy, and authoritarianism. Throughout, close attention will be paid to interactions between these elements - for example, between states and markets, or between civil society and authoritarian regimes. The course also focuses on the role of institutions, such as political parties and constitutional structures, in shaping these interactions.
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3.00 Credits
CLASS HOURS: 3; CREDIT: 3 Prerequisites: HIS 200, GMA 100 Examines the manner in which U.S. foreign policy is made and analyzes the implications of this policy-making process; with an emphasis on current issues in US foreign and international maritime policies. Focuses on the goals and inputs of US foreign policy to understand how international, domestic, and individual constraints affect the policy process and outcomes. Encourages students to think creatively about the choices available to political leaders and why, in the face of alternatives, a particular course of action or policy tends to be selected.
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3.00 Credits
CLASS HOURS: 3; CREDIT: 3 Prerequisites: HIS 200, GMA 100 This course examines the manner in which U.S. national security policy is made and analyzes the implications of this policy-making process. The goal of the course is to encourage students to think critically about the choices available to political and military leaders and why, in the face of alternatives, a particular course of action or policy is selected. To this end, we begin by focusing in Part I on the goals and inputs of U.S. national security policy, in a historical framework, in order to understand how international, domestic, and individual constraints affect the policy process and, consequently, policy outcome. In the second half of the course we will apply this framework of analysis to several recent and current security issues faced by the United States, including the following: a) the challenges of global terrorism; b) recent U.S. military interventions, including the use of U.S. troops for humanitarian and peacekeeping missions; and c) future security threats faced by the United States: specifically, those presented by rogue states.
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3.00 Credits
CLASS HOURS: 3; CREDIT: 3 Prerequisite: GMA 100 Oil has been the most important natural resource of the twentieth century. Its price and availability determine the macroeconomic health and stability of economies; access to it determines the foreign policies of many nations; and nations have been willing to go to war to secure its guaranteed access. This course explores the history of oil exploration, the policies that have informed national and international attention to energy procurement (or acquisition), and the geopolitics that have accompanied the development of the world's oil industry.
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3.00 Credits
CLASS HOURS: 3; CREDIT: 3 Prerequisite: GMA 105 The marine environment is becoming increasingly stressed by growing global populations and industries. The world population has witnessed spectacular growth in the twentieth century, and may double in size by the middle of the twenty-first. This growth, combined with economic development and modernization, places extreme stress on all natural resources, ocean resources included. In this class, we will look at environmental issues such as maritime pollution; ocean oil, gas, and natural resource exploration; global warming; habitat conservation; and species conservation. We will also explore and analyze the various solutions proposed to deal with them. Designed for students with little or no scientific background, the course provides basic science education integrated with major international environmental concerns, ecological principles, population, food, pesticides, forests, bio-diversity, water, atmosphere, ozone, global warming, energy, waste management, and sustainable development.
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3.00 Credits
Independent Study
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3.00 Credits
Special Topics
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3.00 Credits
CLASS HOURS: 3, CREDIT: 3 Prerequisites: Senior Class Standing, Completion of Co-Op A two-semester sequence-course that provides an opportunity for senior GSMA majors to integrate their basic understanding of the fields and curricular emphases that comprise the major by exploring the interrelationship between the substantive sub-fields, basic concepts, and the major modes of analysis in practice today. Directed reading, research, and writing culminating in the preparation of a senior thesis under direction of faculty adviser. The course culminates in a capstone thesis project. The focus in GMA 400 is on research methods and thesis design. Students are expected to accomplish the following tasks: a) formulate a research question, b) discuss why the question is important, c) explain how the question can be answered, d) research and present a bibliography, and e) select the most appropriate methodology.
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