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• POLI 3230: Politics of Poverty Opens in a new window or tab.

  3.00 Credits

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  What is the politics of poverty in the modern United States? How has economic hardship been debated in our politics and reflected in public policy? In what ways has popular culture perpetuated myths and framed our perceptions about poverty? This course examines poverty through the lens of politics, social and public policy, and popular culture, and is designed to provide context for the pivotal legislation, socio-political movements, and elections that have shaped the politics of poverty in America. To this end, policies such as AFDC, TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, and the ACA; social movements; and major presidencies, elections, and socio-political dynamics, will be considered. Offered fall or spring annually.
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• POLI 3250: Crime, Politics, and Policy Opens in a new window or tab.

  3.00 Credits

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  Course treats the ways in which government treats crime as a public policy matter, with a predominant focus on legislative and executive branch activity. Topics may vary somewhat from year to year. Examples of policies to be examined and evaluated include: reducing the incidence of crime, the politics of imprisonment, punitive and restorative justice, decriminalization, drugs and crime, death penalty, gun control, hate crimes, "zero tolerance" approaches, pornography, corporate crime, organized crime, and terrorism. The constitutional and legal framework of policies will also be considered.
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• POLI 3300: International Relations Opens in a new window or tab.

  3.00 Credits

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  Presents a framework for analyzing the behavior of states, the basic factors which motivate and affect international policies, and the techniques of resolving international conflicts. Every other year.
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• POLI 3310: Comparative Politics Opens in a new window or tab.

  3.00 Credits

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  Students use political science to study different countries. Topics include the state, national/ethnic identity, political economy of states and regions, democratic and non-democratic institutions, political violence, economic and political development, and globalization. Case studies of countries and regions help explain course material.
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• POLI 3340: Politics of Empires Opens in a new window or tab.

  3.00 Credits

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  This course will explore the political ideas, traditions and institutions associated with the idea of empires and imperial organization in international order. It will also focus on how empires not only organize foreign policy and foreign affairs, but equally the social and economic lives and cultures of their citizens and subjects. The course will begin with an overview of political science thinking on the values and ethics associated with the idea of empire, and how much of this political thought views empire as the key to peace, progress and prosperity. The course then considers the evolution of the imperial idea throughout political history to its current manifestations in our own age. The classical expression of empire is will first be considered in the examination of the Egyptian, Greek and Roman empires. The course then subsequently will consider the Asian practice of empire in both its Islamic forms (Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal) and Chinese forms. Following this, the course will turn to a treatment of the great trading and colonization empires (British, French, Dutch) and their influence in determining the modern economic and Western international political order. The age of ideological empires will be the fourth section of the course and it will explore not only the Nazi and Communist empires, but those patterns of world and imperial international order influenced by the French Revolution and the liberal internationalism of the United States of America. The course will conclude with a consideration of imperial order and international organization in the current era of globalization and increasing economic integration. In studying the aforementioned, the student will not only meet the general objectives, but also the following political science objectives.
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• POLI 3350: Politics of World Economy Opens in a new window or tab.

  3.00 Credits

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  This course will be concerned with understanding the politics of the world economy. The emphasis will be on the contemporary structure of the international political economy, how it emerged, and what actions and policy responses by international institutions, governments, multinational corporations and labor unions continue to shape its order. Students will also gain knowledge of how their lives are impacted by the world economy and what future opportunity exists there.
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• POLI 3370: U.S. Foreign & Security Policy Opens in a new window or tab.

  3.00 Credits

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  Students examine United States foreign policy and national security, emphasizing institutions, actors, and outcomes of the policymaking process and critical evaluation of key historical and contemporary issues. Topics include sources, goals, and tools of American policy, as well as ethical and practical issues facing decision-makers.
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• POLI 3395: Diplomacy Practicum Opens in a new window or tab.

  3.00 Credits

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  This course explores the role and mechanisms of diplomacy through the study of international organizations and participation in model simulations. Students examine the background, operation, and challenges of the United Nations and other organizations and prep for conferences in New York and elsewhere.
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• POLI 3400: Anc-Med Political Thought Opens in a new window or tab.

  3.00 Credits

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  Students explore fundamental ethical questions in politics by discussing and evaluating the writings of major figures from the ancient Greek, Roman and medieval periods. Students examine primary texts, consider the political and social context in which political theories emerge and evolve, and develop ethical reasoning skills.
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• POLI 3410: Modern Political Thought Opens in a new window or tab.

  3.00 Credits

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  Students explore fundamental ethical questions in politics by discussing and evaluating the writings of major figures from the energence of the Renaissance to the 21st century. Students examine primary texts, consider the political and social context in which political theories emerge and evolve, and develop ethical reasoning skills.
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