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• PLSC 350: The Presidency

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  An examination of the office of president, with attention to constitutional foundations, evolution, structure, powers, and functions; some comparisons between presidential and parliamentary systems and between offices of president and governor.
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• PLSC 351: Legislative Process

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  A functional study of legislative bodies and process of legislation, covering organization of legislative assemblies, operation of committee system, procedures, bill drafting, aides, and controls over legislation.
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• PLSC 354: Urban Politics

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Analyzes the particular political and public administration issues in metropolitan areas. Examines contemporary developments such as urban renewal, shrinking tax base, federal aid to cities, subsidized mass transit, municipal authorities, and political consolidation.
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• PLSC 355: Intergovernmental Relations

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Explores characteristics of federal systems of government, with emphasis on theories, origins, institutions, problems in intergovernmental relations in the United States, federal systems in other nations, and trends.
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• PLSC 356: Mass Media in Amer Politics

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Variant theories of the symbolic relationship between American politics and the press are examined in the light of the American colonial-national experience. The special Constitutional rights given to the media are explored, with particular attention to radio-TV.
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• PLSC 358: Judicial Process

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Explores nature and limits of judicial power, courts as policymaking bodies, selection of judges, decision process, external forces impinging on the courts, and role of Supreme Court in its relationship with Congress, the presidency, and federalism. Prerequisite:    ( PLSC 111 or PS 111 )
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• PLSC 359: Const Law & Civil Liberties

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  A study of civil liberties and civil rights issues through leading Supreme Court decisions; topics treated include First Amendment rights, procedural due process and the Bill of Rights, and Equal Protection problems in civil rights. Prerequisite:    ( PLSC 111 or PS 111 )
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• PLSC 360: Classical Political Thought

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  The origins and development of Western thought from Plato and Aristotle through Cicero and Saint Thomas Aquinas. Focuses especially on political participation as a way of life, the unity of political and moral conceptions in premodern political thought, and the relationship between order and justice.
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• PLSC 361: Modern Political Thought

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Covers the major representatives of modern political thought since the Renaissance. Follows the development of the specifically modern notion of the state and political action through the works of Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, and Lenin. Emphasis on the "instrumentalist" state and the idea of a political science.
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• PLSC 370: Practice of Public Administrtn

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Examines the environment and structure of public sector organizations; organizational theory and organizational culture; intergovernmental and intra-organizational relations; leadership and ethics; the planning, management, and evaluation of programs and services; the administration of human resources; budgeting and finance; and management information. Emphasizes the integration of theory and practice through case studies and projects.
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