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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The structure and process of United States national politics and government. Special attention to the ideas and values, institutions, and political processes that shape contemporary public policies in this country. 1 unit - Cronin, Dunham, Loevy.
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3.00 Credits
Block 1: Topics in Politics: The Search for Islamic Order Yesterday and Today. Prerequisite: FYE Course. 1st Years Only. Must take Political Science 203 block two for credit. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) 1 unit - Lee. Block 2: Topics in Politics: The Search for Islamic Order: Yesterday and Today. Prerequisite: FYE Course. 1st Years Only. Must take Political Science 203 block one for credit. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) 1 unit - Lee. Block 4: Topics in Politics: Politics in Film. (Also listed as Film Studies 205.) 1 unit - Fuller, Simons. Half-Block: Topics in Politics: Democracy and Secrecy. .5 unit - Lindau.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of shifting notions of crime and punishment in the United States and their political and social consequences. Primary focus on the growing incarceration rate, emerging corrections practices and philosophies, the rise of privatization and emergence of a "revolving door" prison economy. (Not offered 2008-09.) .5 unit.
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1.00 Credits
Examines enduring themes of Political Economy with a focus on the balance between individual liberty, state authority, regulation of economic activity and the relation of the polity to economy. 1 unit - Fuller.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the theory and practice of the contemporary state system. Emphasis on the last hundred years of inter-state rivalry. Prerequisite: Either 209 or 225 can be counted towards the Political Science and IPE majors, but not both. 1 unit - Department, Hendrickson.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
Analysis of significant and controversial Supreme Court decisions on issues such as racism and the legacy of slavery, school desegregation, affirmative action, gender discrimination, sexual harassment, the right to an abortion, criminal law, freedom of speech, and the separation of church and state. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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5.00 - 9.00 Credits
A survey of the Civil Rights Movement from the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 to the assassination of Martin Luther King in Memphis in 1968. Particular emphasis on the enduring legal, political, and social effects of the movement. (Not offered 2008-09.) .5 unit.
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1.00 Credits
Introduction to models and theories of leadership. Analysis of skills, styles and abilities that are frequently associated with effective leadership in political and organizational settings. Analysis of the paradoxes of leadership and the tensions among leadership, democracy, and creativity. 1 unit - Cronin.
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3.00 Credits
This course will follow the turbulent history and politics of China from the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 through the post-Mao reforms. Using primary documents, personal accounts, and scholarly studies, students will assess China's political and cultural changes and continuities in historical context. Prerequisite: Either 209 or 225 can be counted towards the Political Science and IPE majors, but not both. 1 unit - Price-Smith.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the following questions: Are there politically relevant differences between the sexes, and if so, are they the product of nature and/or convention What is/ought to be the relation between the political community and private attachments How has liberalism answered these questions How does consideration of gender challenge liberal theories such as contract, individual rights, and human nature Readings in both political theory and in feminist literature. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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