1972-1973 Academic Catalog

SOCIAL SCIENCE 11 7 D. POLITICAL SCIENCE 261 AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT An introductory study of the development and structure of the Consti– tution and the operation of our national political institutions. Five credit hours 262 AMERICAN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT The organization and function of states and their political subdivisions form the basis of study in this course. Four credit hours 361 THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY An overview of the office of the American president, the various re– sponsibilities which he holds, the contrasting theories held in regard to the execution of his office, and a consideration of the increasingly important influence his actions have upon the nation and the rest of the world. Fo1Jr credit hours 363 THE SUPREME COURT An introductory course to the United States Supreme Court as an institu– tion of lasting permanence within the American Governmental structure. Three c1'edit hours 366 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Contemporary world affairs surveyed in relationship to the struggle for power within the nation-state system. Divisive and cohesive factors among nations will be stressed. Five credit hours 461 POLITICAL DYNAMICS (Alternate, odd years) Prerequisite: 261 A comprehensive analysis of public opm1on, interest groups, political parties, and voting behavior. A study of the formation of political attitudes and their impact on the political process. Three credit hours 462 AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW This course treats some of the most important "landmark" decisions handed down by the U. S. Supreme Court. Four credit hoitrs 466 COMPARATIVE EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT An examination and comparison of the major European governments, such as England, France, and Russia, to that of America. Three credit hourJ 468 HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT-ANCIENT A study of early political theory. Special attention to Plato, Aristotle and Augustine. Stress on the reading and analysis of original texts. Three credit hours 469 HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT-MODERN A historical development of political thought from Machiavelli to the present. An examination of representative contemporary ideas on the nature of the state; anarchism, communism, fascism, socialism, conservatism and democracy. Three credit hours