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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the various stages of the research process from conceptualization of the research question to interpretation of findings. Students not only learn to develop efficient research strategies to evaluate empirical relationships from a theoretically informed perspective, but they also design and conduct empirical research of their own.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the formation and development of political ideas, from Greek political philosophy to modern political thought. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between theory and practice in political life.?
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3.00 Credits
This course examines political ideas in the modern and contemporary Western tradition. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between theory and practice in political life.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the origin and development of significant political ideas in the United States as expressed in the contributions of selected thinkers.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the nature and content of modern ideologies and the role they play in the political life of states. Students are introduced to the ideologies of liberalism, conservatism, fascism, socialism, and nationalism, and consider how assumptions about human nature in general, and political ideals of order, liberty, equality, and justice, inparticular, affect choice of ideology.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers a n introduction to the study of the role of religion in sociopolitical change. The course deals with the theoretical literature on the subject and focuses on the salient cases in the various religious traditions and regions of the world.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the political content of selected classical, modern, and contemporary literature. Emphasis is placed on concepts such as authority, power, freedom, equality, organization, obligation, and the ways these concepts have been treated by different authors.
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3.00 Credits
This course analyzes the institution of the presidency, its functions, formal and informal relationships, and its limitations within the American political system. The principal focus is placed on understanding how the presidency fits into the broader institutional structure of the U.S. government and how individual presidents make decisions in this situation.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the history, organization, operation, and politics of Congress. Nomination and election, constituent relations, the formal and informal structures of both houses, relations with the executive branch, and policy formulation are discussed. Students participate in a simulation of the House of Representatives.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the origin, nature, structure and operation of American political parties, interest groups and social movements, and their role in the political process.
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