500
This course examines the theory and literature on the causes of violent conflicts such as revolution, insurgency and civil war.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course examines trends in Americans’ participation in public life, as well as various approaches intended to increase their civic and political engagement. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisite:
PSC 105 or graduate status.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course serves to integrate political institutions and levels of government in terms of policy development and implementation. This course is approved for offering in a distance learning format. Prerequisites:
PSC 105 or graduate standing.
Credits
3(3-0)
Techniques of cross-national and other comparative policy analysis applied to social and economic policies of industrialized nations, especially Western Europe. This course may be offered in an online or hybrid format. May be offered as Writing Intensive.
Credits
3(3-0)
Analysis of relationships between politics and public policy in the environmental arena. Emphasis upon policy making process, political strategies, and alternative decision modes. Prerequisites: complete minimum of 56 credit hours of university course work.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course will examine the major theoretical frameworks used in the study of American national government and politics and survey current research in the area. Prerequisites: a minimum of 9 hours of political science coursework, including
PSC 105.
Credits
3(3-0)
Survey of the principles of administrative law and the politics of the U.S. regulatory processes. This course is approved for offering in a distance learning format.
Credits
3(3-0)
Comparative study of political systems of Soviet bloc countries and Yugoslavia.
Credits
3(3-0)
Significant aspects of international relations on the basis of timeliness and importance. This course is approved for offering in a distance learning format.
Credits
3(3-0)
Processes of international law; role in international relations and organizations; effects on individual rights in peacetime through cases, treaties, customs, and legal rules. This course is approved for offering in a distance learning format.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course supplements the study of the international legal regime examined in International Law I by focusing upon the newly established international criminal law regime. Recommended:
PSC 555.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course examines the theory and literature on the causes and consequences of violent conflicts and the uses of non-violent means to conflict resolution.
Credits
3(3-0)
Examination of large and small city governments. Their political process, behavior and citizen participation. Emerging public policies and intergovernmental cooperation.
Credits
3(3-0)
An analysis of the administrative and fiscal relationships between the national, state, and local governments, with emphasis on grants-in-aid and revenue sharing.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course examines the role of the armed forces in politics. Theories about civil-military relations, coups d'ètats, and transitions to democracy will be analyzed. Writing Intensive. Recommended:
PSC 242 or graduate status.
Credits
3(3-0)
Development and utilization of quantitative data, with emphasis on behavioral research, public opinion polling, and statistical analysis.
Credits
3(3-0)
Explorations of special problems in subject areas found within Political Science individually agreed upon by student and instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of six hours. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisite: Undergraduates must have a major or minor in PSC and/or PAD and at least 12 hours completed in PSC and/or PAD, as well as approval by instructor and department chair before registration. Graduate students must have approval by instructor and department chair before registration.
Credits
1-6(Spec)
Subject matter not included in courses currently listed in Bulletin.
Credits
1-12(Spec)