Prerequisites for Political Science Courses:
Course 21&62:790:201 is prerequisite for all advanced American
politics courses. Some courses carry additional prerequisites.
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21&62:790:201American National Government (3) Concepts and theory regarding the policymaking process in American national government. Topics include political ideas; constitutional development and law; institutions of government; political parties, elections, and voting behavior; the significance of interest groups divided along race, gender, class, or other lines; and the role of the media and public opinion. Comparisons with other political systems and generalizations are applied to several policy issues. |
21&62:790:202America and the World (3) Basics of international relations (sources of national power, sovereignty, security, international law and organization, international economics), and factors (historical, political, economic, social, governmental) in the formation of American foreign policy. Extensive attention to current problems. |
21&62:790:203Introduction to Comparative Politics (3) Aspects of government and politics of several countries; introduces students to the techniques of comparative analysis; democratic, totalitarian, and developing political systems. |
21&62:790:301Western European Politics (3) Comparative study of the governments and politics of France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and other European countries. Emphasis on electoral systems, constitutional orders, political parties, interest groups, ethnicity, and nationalism. |
21&62:790:302Politics of the European Union (3) Analysis of the development of European integration from the immediate postwar period through the Single European Act and the Maastricht Treaty; emphasis on economic integration and monetary union, legal integration; the question of sovereignty, intergovernmental cooperation regarding interior and justice affairs, common foreign policy, and defense. |
21&62:790:304Introduction to Law and Legal Research (3) The nature and function of law, the process of legal growth, the roles of judges and lawyers, and the decision-making process; the use and retrieval of law-related materials. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:305American State and Local Governments (3) Organization, functions, and administration of state and local governments in the United States; analysis of state constitutions and city charters; the political, administrative, and judicial processes; examination of various types of intergovernmental relationships. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:306Politics and Literature (3) Political elements in American and/or European novels and plays; consideration of works such as The Octopus, In Dubious Battle, All the King`s Men, Brave New World, 1984. |
21&62:790:307Public Policy Analysis (3) Perspectives utilized in the analysis and evaluation of public policymaking and policy results; topics include the public interest, cost-benefit allocations, normative constraints, uncertainty, and the political implications of systematic policy analysis. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:310Science, Technology, and Public Policy (3) Study of political issues that involve science and technology, such as arms control, energy resources, environmental pollution, public health, occupational safety, and technology transfer. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. This course fulfills the technology course requirement in the teacher certification program. |
21&62:790:311Government and Politics of Latin America (3) The political process in Latin America; emphasis on the role of political parties, social sectors, and special groups such as the military, labor, and students; specific problems of Latin-American political development and government economic and social policymaking in an era of modernization. |
21&62:790:316Governments and Politics of the Far East (3) Governments and politics of the Far East with particular stress on China and Japan. Political culture, party systems, political development, economics, social change, foreign policies. The role of the region in world politics. |
21&62:790:317International Political Economy (3) The interdependence of political and economic structures and processes in the development and management of the modern world economy. |
21&62:790:318Government and Politics of Africa (3) Major political systems in Africa; the development of states and the modification of social and political systems; general survey of the area and focus on selected countries. |
21&62:790:321World Politics (3) Approaches to the analysis of politics from local to global, emphasizing a range of actors, from individuals to firms to international regimes; the role of nations as distinct from states; simultaneous processes of integration and fragmentation. Attention to the changing nature of security concerns, increasing globalization of the world economy, and the evolution of transnational norms. |
21&62:790:325Municipal Government (3) Analysis of modern urban government; social and political problems of the city; types of governmental organization and the relations of the city to other units of local government. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:326Municipal Administration (3) Study of the problems of public administration in municipal government; the functional services peculiar to urban government. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:329Russian Policy (3) Aims and methods of Russian foreign policy and its ideological and practical determinants as applied to the Western world, the underdeveloped countries, the former Soviet republics and communist bloc, and international organizations. |
21&62:790:330Eastern European Governments and Politics (3) Politics and governments of Eastern Europe; policy as the outcome of ideological and situational influences on the political needs of the regimes and the basic human needs of the people. |
21&62:790:333Governments and Politics of the Middle East (3) Political, social, economic, and cultural problems of the Middle East as a region and in selected individual countries; problems arising from the area`s relations to the European powers, from the social revolution it shares with other developing areas, and from its own internal and historical situation. |
21&62:790:334International Relations of the Middle East (3) Role of international factors in influencing the development of a critical area of the world and affecting world order and stability; the Arab-Israeli dispute, great-power politics, and the role of oil. |
21&62:790:337Governments and Politics of Southeast Asia (3) Contemporary problems of government, politics, social and economic forces, and foreign relations of the states in Southeast Asia. |
21&62:790:338Political Economy of Government-Business Relations (3) Government-business relations within advanced market economies; focus on the United States. Empirical and normative questions raised that range from the actual to the desirable ordering of relations between public and private authorities. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:341,342Public Administration (3,3) Structure and organization of administration machinery; fiscal and personnel management; methods of law enforcement; responsibility of administrators to voters, legislatures, and the courts. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:345International Relations of Latin America (3) International relations of Latin America from independence to the present; emphasis on evolving policies of leading hemisphere governments, including the United States, as well as on patterns and problems of inter- and intra-American association since World War II. |
21&62:790:351Political Parties in the United States (3) The development of American political parties; party functions, organization, and methods; the nominating process, campaigns, and elections; money and politics. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:352Politics, Elections, and Public Policy (3) Elections and voting behavior; political attitudes and opinions; the role of parties and interest groups in policymaking and government; party reform. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:356Sex, Law, and Public Policy (3) Political issues in the United States related to gender differentiation; sex-based discrimination in law and public policy, differences in political participation according to gender, ideological justifications for such differences, and political movements designed to rectify discrimination. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:358Public Opinion (3) The formation of public opinion, opinion measurement, opinion change, and the relationships between public opinion and public policy; field work in which students prepare their own survey and conduct an opinion poll; processing and analysis of data. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:359Government and Politics of New Jersey (3) Organization, functions, and administration of the state government; emphasis on significant state problems. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:360Urban Politics and Public Policy (3) Analysis of urban policy issues; municipal public policy areas-poverty, unemployment, education, housing, health, crime, transportation, and the environment; policy as an instrument of social change. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:362The Politics of Poverty (3) Examines the causes of poverty in the United States, and the origins and consequences of public antipoverty policies, with special focus on welfare and welfare reform, and on urban poverty. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:363American Federalism: Nation, State, and City (3) Constitutional, political, and institutional relationships among federal, state, and local governments in the United States; grants-in-aid, revenue sharing, interstate compacts, and intergovernmental cooperation. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:364Politics of Minority Groups (3) Tactics, goals, and impact of organized minorities in the American political arena; groups studied include African Americans, Chicanos, various ethnic groups, and selected third- party movements. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:367Jurisprudence and Legal Theory (3) Major traditions in jurisprudence, including positivism, natural law, and legal realism; analysis of selected theoretical questions that arise within the framework of law and law enforcement, including justice, punishment, civil disobedience, human rights, the rule of law, the enforcement of morals; definition of law and of a legal system, the relationship between law and morality, and the notion of legalism as an ideology. |
21&62:790:371Early Political Theory (3) Selected writers and doctrines in the tradition of Western thought on politics and society, from Greece through the Reformation. Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:372Modern Political Theory (3) Selected writers and doctrines in the tradition of Western thought on politics and society, from Hobbes through Marx. Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:375,376American Political Theory (3,3) Leading American political thinkers, their ideas, and their contributions to the development of the American political system. First term: political ideas from colonial times to the 1880s. Second term: political thoughts in America since the Civil War. |
21&62:790:377Ideology and Politics (3) Major ideas and ideologies involved in the political conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries; topics include mass movements, fascism, Marxism, nationalism, liberalism, feminism, globalization, and democratic theory. |
21&62:790:379Politics of Russia and the Former Soviet Union (3) Evolution and current status of the first communist government from a multifactor point of view; interrelationship of Marxist ideology, personality and historic influences, and the pressures of basic human needs. |
21&62:790:381Judicial Process (3) Judicial decision making in the United States; the process of litigation, the recruitment of judges, the influences and limits on judicial decisions, and the impact of judicial policies within the political system; findings of recent empirical research and the application of the scientific method to the study of judicial behavior. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:382Environmental Politics and Policy (3) Examination of the environmental movement and the politics of specific issues, from air and water pollution to biodiversity and global warming. American policy is assessed from a comparative perspective. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:385Religion, Politics, and Public Policy (3) The influence of religious activities on politics and public policy. The influence of conservative evangelicals and fundamentalists, concerns of Muslims and Jews, efforts of religious groups to shape public policy, constitutional issues of religious liberty and church-state separation, global fundamentalism. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:387International Law (3) Basic principles and practices governing legal relations among states; relations of law to politics explored to highlight the strengths and shortcomings of international law in dealing with contemporary world problems. |
21&62:790:395Contemporary American Foreign Policy (3) Analysis of the formulation and administration of American foreign policy; political, economic, and social forces influencing the decision-making process; the background, alternatives, and principal issues since World War II. |
21&62:790:397Washington Internship (BA) |
21&62:790:401,402American Constitutional Law and Politics (3,3) The decision-making and policymaking roles of the Supreme Court in selected areas, including the executive and legislative branches, federal-state relations, the economy, reapportionment, welfare, civil liberties, and civil rights. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:405The United States and Asia (3) The relations and role that the United States has played in Asia, through examination of topics such as the characteristics of revolution and modernization in Asia, the United States Asian policy, and the Asian response to the United States; present-day problems of American involvement. |
21&62:790:408Seminar in Political Philosophy (3) Joint discussion and analysis of selected readings in the literature of political philosophy. Open only to juniors and seniors. |
21&62:790:409Law and Public Policy (3) Impact of law on the political process and public policy in selected areas such as legislation, civil rights, civil liberties, and constitutional interpretation; the use of law as an instrument of social change. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:415Seminar in Political Development (3) Problems encountered by developing nations as they seek to become viable, independent societies; problems of political and social modernization. Open only to juniors and seniors. |
21&62:790:417Problems in International Relations (3) Focus on specific issues in global politics of current interest and importance. |
21&62:790:418Seminar in International Relations (3) Analysis, research, and writing on selected topics of enduring and/or major contemporary interest in the field of international relations. Students normally explore the utility of theory in the field as a tool for the analysis of foreign policymaking or the evolution of particular international issues. Open only to juniors and seniors. |
21&62:790:420Comparative Foreign Policies (3) Examines the intrasocietal and extrasocietal factors that shape the external behavior of states, from several perspectives: states representing major powers, regions of the world, collectivist and noncollectivist political systems, and new states, and states with a longer tradition of participation in world affairs. |
21&62:790:421Theory and Practice of Marxism (3) Transformation of Marxist theory due to the practical exigencies of sociopolitical conditions; analysis of Marx`s writings and selected theorists of the Second and Third Internationals; relations between Leninism and Stalinism; role of Marxism today. |
21&62:790:431Public Administration and Organizational Behavior (3) Theoretical perspectives on administrative decision making, budgeting, labor relations, and organizational politics in the public context. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:435The American Presidency (3) The dynamics of the presidency: the president`s powers and how they are used; the executive`s relations with Congress, the court, and the public; various presidents` conceptions of their role. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:436Legislatures and the Legislative Process (3) Survey of the organization of the legislative power; working facilities; principles, procedures, and problems of statute making; the legislature as arbiter of conflicting interests; the relationship between the legislature and the executive. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:441Civil Liberties (3) Ways that the American political system balances individual liberty against the necessity to maintain a stable society; consideration of a few problems (e.g., censorship, racial equality, and church and state); role of the federal courts. Prerequisite: 21&62:790:201 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:446Comparative Political Parties (3) Comparative study of political parties and interest groups in Canada, Great Britain, and the United States; evaluation of different approaches to comparative analysis. Prerequisites: 21&62:790:201, 301, or permission of instructor. |
21&62:790:450Chinese Foreign Policy (3) Study of Chinese foreign policy through the examination of the tradition of foreign relations; ideology; strategies; capabilities; relations with the West, the former communist nations, and the third world; China`s role in international organization. |
21&62:790:452Seminar in Law and Social Change (3) Analysis of topics relating to law and social and political change drawn from legal history, jurisprudence, legal systems and institutions, law and public policy, and law and politics. Open only to juniors and seniors. |
21&62:790:454Seminar in Problems of American Government (3) Selected problems of American government with respect to labor, business, agriculture, social welfare, and governmental reform. Open only to juniors and seniors. |
21&62:790:457Seminar in Political Parties (3) Selected problems of political parties and political behavior in the United States. Open only to juniors and seniors. |
21&62:790:459Seminar in Problems of Municipal Government (3) Problems of municipal government, including the various functional activities and intergovernmental relationships of present concern. Open only to juniors and seniors. |
21&62:790:460,461Topics in Political Science (3,3) Advanced study and research on a political problem that either is not covered in the curriculum or deserves more in-depth treatment than is possible in a general course. Open only to juniors and seniors. |
21&62:790:462Seminar in Political Ideas and Institutions (3) Problems in the theory and practice of modern government. Open only to juniors and seniors. |
21&62:790:467Psychology and Politics (3) The psychological roots of political behavior; theoretical formulations and applied studies; analyses of leaders (revolutionary leaders, American presidents, and movements); political implications of personality theories. |
21&62:790:485Seminar in Problems of State Government (3) Problems of state government, including administrative reorganization, legislative and judicial reform, intergovernmental relationships, and functional activities performed by the state that are of present concern. Open only to juniors and seniors. |
21&62:790:491Research Methods in Political Science (3) Based on the assumption that the method of observation often creates the phenomena or influences the conclusions, the student uses a number of political science methodologies to study one subject; methodological approaches may include survey analysis of public opinion, including questionnaire construction and validation, use of computer and quantitative methods, content analysis, planning, programming and budgeting (PPB), decision-making theory, game theory, and communications theory. |
21&62:790:492Readings in Political Science (BA) Closely supervised exploration of political subjects through the outstanding readings in the field; a tutorial relationship with the instructor; credits fixed according to the outline of work adopted by student and instructor. |
21&62:790:494Washington Research (6) |
21&62:790:495,496Senior Honors Seminar (3,3) Readings, research, and critical writing in selected fields of political science. Open to seniors by department invitation. Intended for candidates for special honors in political science. |
21&62:790:497,498Internship in Political Science (3,3) Placement in an appropriate governmental or other agency of political organization for 8 to 10 hours of work per week; a log on each working day`s activities and a paper to be agreed upon by the intern and the academic supervisor are required. Prerequisites: 21&62:790:201, 6 additional credits in political science, junior or senior standing, department approval, and acceptance by employing agency. |
21&62:790:499Individual Study of Government (BA) Individual study and research on selected problems in political science. Prerequisites: Permission of department chairperson and instructor. |
