2010-2011 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Page 260 2010–11 Undergraduate Catalog Introduction Admissions Academic Information Academic Departments Course Descriptions Financial Information Appendix Index POLS-2250 Popular Culture and Politics –Sp 3 hours This course will consider the relationship and effects which various forms of popular culture have had with/upon social and political movements as well as public policy initiatives both in America and International politics. The class will listen to, consider, and analyze a variety of cultural-artistic genres and the sociopolitical movements these engendered and supported in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Attention will be given to any or all of the following: music, film, art, and literature as well as to the historical, political, and social context. Crosslisted as POLS and SOC. (odd years) POLS-2620 American State and Local Government –Sp 3 hours The organization and function of states and their political subdivisions form the basis of study in this course. POLS-3080 3 hours History of Russia and the Soviet Union –Fa See course description for GEO-3080 History of Russia and the Soviet Union. POLS-3100 Public Budgeting –Fa 3 hours See course description for PUAD-3100 Public Budgeting. (odd years) POLS-3190 Global Issues –Sp 3 hours See course description for INTL-3190 Global Issues. POLS-3200 History and Politics of Latin America –Fa 3 hours See course description for GEO-3200 History and Politics of Latin America. (even years) POLS-3210 History and Politics of Asia –Fa 3 hours See course description for GEO-3210 History and Politics of Asia. (odd years) POLS-3220 3 hours History and Politics of the Middle East –Sp See course description for GEO-3220 History and Politics of the Middle East. POLS-3230 3 hours History and Politics of Western Europe –Sp See course description for GEO-3230 History and Politics of Western Europe. (odd years) POLS-3360 American Judicial System –Fa 3 hours Federal and state court systems, duties and responsibilities of the prosecutor, defense counsel, jury, and judge including related topics ranging from plea bargaining to sentencing. Crosslisted as CRJU or POLS. Prerequisite: CRJU-1310 Introduction to Criminal Justice. POLS-3400 History of American Foreign Policy –Fa 3 hours American statesmen have defended the principles of their government and the rights of American citizens in a world of empires and nation-states. This course provides an overview of controversies over independence and imperialism, modern tyranny and regime change, which have marked U.S. foreign policy from the founding to the present day. Crosslisted as HIST or INTL. Prerequisite: GSS-1100 Politics in American Culture. (even years) POLS-3600 Public Administration –Fa 3 hours See course description for PUAD-3600 Public Administration. POLS-3610 Presidency –Sp 3 hours This course analyzes the organization, behavior, and impact of the american presidency on American politics, policy, and culture. Attention is given to historical developments in the American presidency, the roles that presidents play in the American political system and the interaction of presidents with the public, interest groups, political parties, and the media. Prerequisites: GSS-1100 Politics in American Culture. POLS-3630 Congress –Fa 3 hours This course is a study of the legislative power in the American government. It focuses on the nature of the legislative power, and how that power was institutionalized in the Constitution. Emphasis is also placed upon the way our conceptions of Congress and the legislative power, have changed from the early national period to the present. The course also introduces the student to contemporary functions and procedures of Congress. Prerequisites: GSS-1100 Politics in American Culture POLS-3640 Campaigns and Elections –Fa 3 hours This course examines the fluid nature of political campaigns and elections in modern American politics. Students will study the strategies of political campaigns, including use of the media, fund raising, and resource allocation, as well as individual-level voting behavior as it is practiced in the context of campaigns. Prerequisite: GSS-1100 Politics and American Culture. (even years) POLS-3650 International Relations –Fa 3 hours A survey of contemporary international affairs and principles of interstate relations, focusing on forces that unite and divide our world. Crosslisted as INTL or POLS. POLS-3690 Public Policy –Sp 3 hours See course description for PUAD-3690 Public Policy. Prerequisite: GSS-1100 Politics and American Culture POLS-3710 3 hours History of Political Thought I: Ancient Through Medieval –Fa See course description for HIST-3710 History of Political Thought I: Ancient Through Medieval. POLS-3720 3 hours History of Political Thought II:Modern andContemporary –Sp See course description for HIST-3720 History of Political Thought II: Modern and Contemporary. POLS-3730 American Political Thought –Fa 3 hours Survey and examination of the course of political thought in the American colonies and the United States from the 1600s to current times. Includes special attention to American founders and the rise of political liberalism in the thought of Woodrow Wilson. Crosslisted as POLS or HIST. (even years) POLS-3760 Jurisprudence –Fa 3 hours A survey of historical and contemporary theories of law, including natural law, Yoderian theories, Theonomy, positivism, critical legal studies, historical jurisprudence, and others, as well as crucial legal concepts such as justice, due process, and current issues. Prerequisite: GSS-1100 Politics and American Culture. (even years) POLS-3790 Comparative Politics –Fa 3 hours This course will familiarize students with major historical developments, political debates, and scholarly research in the subfield of comparative politics. Particular emphasis will be placed on topics of the modern state, nationalism, economic development, political culture and ideology, identity structure, regime types, regime transitions, and comparative political economy. Crosslisted as POLS or INTL. (odd years) POLS-4050 3 hours Issues in International Diplomacy –Sp See course description for HIST-4050 Issues in International Diplomacy. POLS-4300 Great Books in History and Politics –Sp 3 hours This course will require the student to read a single classic work of history and political thought (or a limited number of related works) and with other students, to closely and critically analyze the argument of the work. Crosslisted as POLS, INTL, PUAD, or HIST. Prerequisite: GSS-1100 Politics and American Culture (odd years) Course Descriptions | POLS-2250 – POLS-4300