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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The course focuses on the role of the bureaucracy within the political process, examining the problems of efficiency and accountability, and studying the classic models of bureaucratic organization and function in juxtaposition to the reality of bureaucratic operation.It analyzes proposed reforms to determine the viability of change.Three credits.
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Participants study the role of the President in the political system, considering the origins, qualifications, and limitations of the office as the President functions as chief executive, legislative leader, and link with the Courts.The course examines obtaining presidential powers and the President's roles as party leader and politician as a means of evaluating presidential achievement of domestic and foreign policy goals.The course also reviews questions of reform.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This study of Congress within the context of the political system analyzes its constitutional powers, historical development, processes of recruitment, formal organiza-tion, committee system, social make-up, folkways, political leaders, and constituency and interest group influences, and considers its domestic and foreign policy outputs.The course also considers chances for reform and evolution.Three credits.
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This examination of the politics of the Supreme Court analyzes the relationship between the Court and the remainder of the political system; examines the Court's treatment of government power including commerce clause, taxing power, and relations between the branches; and emphasizes the political consequences of Court decisions.Three credits.
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This examination of the individual and the Court pays direct attention to Supreme Court decisions regarding civil liberties, including freedoms of speech, press, religion, and assembly.It also examines the rights of accused persons and the 14th amendment equal protection, emphasizing the political implications of these decisions as well as the political environment in which the Court functions.Three credits.
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This course examines various linkage models that describe representation of citizens by leaders.Moreover, it examines political parties, interest groups, and public opinion in terms of their contributions to popular control of American politics.What mechanisms do citizens have to gain compliance for their policy preferences How responsive are decision makers in the American system to citizens' demands The course considers these and other questions .This course meets the U.S. diversity requirement. Three credits.
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This course examines the policy process in the United States by assessing a variety of contemporary policy issues.Students investigate different policy domains to uncover the politics and societal myths affecting different stages of the complicated policy process, paying special attention to people and institutions that formally and informally influence public policy in the United States, including media, elected officials, bureaucrats, consumers, private citizens, workers, political activists, corporations, interest groups, lobbyists, and political parties.Three credits.
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This course examines the impact of the media on the American political system and, conversely, how government attempts to influence the media for its purposes, and implications of the electronic media for a democratic and informed society.The course pays close attention to the media's impact on national elections and analyzes the media as an agent of political socialization.Three credits.
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This course surveys the political aspects of American popular culture by examining the relationship between sports and politics, the politics of rock music, political humor, and satire of American politics.Mass popular culture often serves as a regime-maintaining diversion.What values and political positions do organized sports in the United States convey What is the political impact of American popular music How have citizens used political humor and satire of American politics to develop an outlook toward government The course explores these and other questions.Three credits.
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This course explores advanced topics in feminist theory, examining a number of trends in contemporary feminist theory.Topics include conceptions of the female body in Western culture, feminist theories of the family, Third World feminisms, theories of feminist subjectivity and gender performativity, and the intersections among gender, race, class, and sexuality. This course meets the U.S. diversity requirement. ( Prerequisite: PO 119 or WS 101, or permission of instructor) Three credits.
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