1976-1977 Academic Catalog

) Social Science 89 460 Seminar in Political Science - Sp 5 hours Students will complete individual research projects dealing with the study of government and politics either from a normative and/or empirical approach. 461 Political Dynamics -A 3 hours A comprehensive analysis of public opinion, interest groups, political parties, and voting behavior. A study of the formation of political attitudes and their impact on the political process. Prerequisite: 261 (Alternate, odd years) 463 American Consitutional Law - Sp 4 hours This course treats some of the most important "landmark" decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court. (Alternate, odd years) 465 Comparative European Government - W 3 hours An examination and comparison of the major European governments, such as England, France, and Russia, to that of America. (Alternate, even years) 468 History of Political Thought - Ancient - W 3 hours A study of early political theory. Special attention to Plato, Aristotle and Augustine. Stress on the reading and analysis of original rexts. Alternate, odd years) 469 History of Political Thought - Modern 3 hours A historical development of political thought from Machiavelli to the present. An examina– tion of representative contemporary ideas on the nature of the state; anarchism, communism, facism, socialism, conservatism and democracy. (Alternate, even years)