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| POLSCI101 Introduction to Politics | A Lust | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | W-1-044
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 044
| MTuWThF | 6:00 - 8:30pm | 3 | 1085 | $1020 | |
Description for POLSCI101: This course introduces and explores the conceptual vocabulary of politics. Though concerned with problems of political theory, it is designed not for theorists but for anyone who thinks, talks, or worries about the public world. A series of brief case studies is used to show how real-world outcomes are affected by our political ideas and assumptions.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Diversity: SB |
| POLSCI102 Government and Politics of the United States | C Coscia | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1086 | $1020 | |
Description for POLSCI102: An introduction to the structures, processes, and results of the American governmental system. The course focuses on the national government and national political behavior, although state, regional, and local structures and issues are also introduced. Topics include institutions of government, political principles and ideologies, public opinion, political socialization, political parties, mass media, elections, interest groups, civil rights and civil liberties, public policies and policy making.
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Academic Information: Credits: 3 Diversity: SB |
| POLSCI220 International Relations (B) | R Weiner | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1087 | $1020 | |
Description for POLSCI220: This course focuses on basic patterns and concepts which explain interactions among nations. Special attention is given to the role of ideologies, international organizations, conflict resolution, the impact of multinational corporations, underdevelopment, the international dimension of human rights, ethnic, "racial," religious, and gender differences, and the dynamics of globalization.
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Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: International focus |
| POLSCI377 Special Topics in Politics: The Arab Uprisings | H Shahdadi | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | W-1-006
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 006
| MTuWThF | 8:30 - 11:00am | 3 | 1088 | $1020 | |
Description for POLSCI377: This is an intensive course exploring different aspects of revolutionary protests that have rocked and transformed various countries in the Middle East and North Africa since late 2010. The course begins by providing an overview of the region, and its apparent stability in the decades following the establishment of pro-Western dictatorships in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, and other countries. It then moves to provide some possible explanations as what sparked the Arab Uprisings, where did the demands for democracy and human rights come from, and how meaningful and appropriate is the term Arab Spring commonly used to identify the phenomenon. Within the context of the course, the lectures provide, furthermore, an overview of conservative Arab states — Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain — that have weathered the turmoil so far; and the last Ba’athist regime that is struggling to survive a bloody civil war in Syria.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 |
| POLSCI453 Democratic Theory (D) | U Tafe | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | W-1-009
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 009
| MTuWThF | 12:00 - 2:30pm | 3 | 1089 | $1020 | |
Description for POLSCI453: This course explores ancient and modern theories of democracy in historical context. Topics include theories about leaders and their ends; the bases of representative democracy; the linkages between democracy and revolution; the relationship of democracy and economics; the issues related to democracy and difference; and the challenges for democracy in the twenty-first century.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 |