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• POLI 160: Intl Relations

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Surveys the major theories and concepts used by international relations scholars and practitioners; explores the relations among states and non-state actors in international relations; and analyzes major issues in contemporary international relations, focusing on how to apply relevant theories to explaining those issues.
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• POLI 170: Political Ideologies

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines how a broad range of ideological perspectives such as Classic Liberalism, Conservatism, and Socialism, serve as a foundation for understanding contemporary political issues, movements, and behavior as well as individual and collective identity.
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• POLI 212: State & Local Politics

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines how states and communities are governed in the United States. Emphasizes the role of the states in American federalism, the variation among states and communities in their politics and government, and the policy making challenges that state and local governments face. Introduces the comparative method as a strategy for understanding political behavior. Counts toward the major and minor in political science.
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• POLI 215: Gender & Politics

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines the role of gender?in politics. Students learn the history of women's movements in American politics, consider the changing role of women and men as voters and political actors, and investigate the impact of gender and stereotypes on the election of candidates?and on the legislative process. This course carries credit for the general education diversity block.
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• POLI 216: Race & Poitics

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines the role of race and ethnicity in politics. Students learn the history of the abolitionist movement, consider the impact of institutionalized racism and discrimination on political participation, investigate the methods used to resist subordinated status in United States, and analyze the existing shortcomings of policy and enforcement. This course carries credit for the general education diversity block.
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• POLI 221: Constitutional Law I

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Explain the major principles, clauses, institutions, and governmental powers in the US Constitution in both an historical and contemporary context; identify the actors and decision-making process of the US Supreme Court; analyze major landmark Supreme Court decisions that have shaped US civil liberties and civil rights; apply constitutional principles and arguments to contemporary legal problems faced by society.
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• POLI 245: Terrorism

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines terrorism in a global and political context. It covers varied definitions of terrorism, its sources, methods, and organizational structures. Specific movements in all regions of the world are included. Specific attention is given to issues of counter-terrorism and democracy.
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• POLI 252: Asian Politics

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Surveys a broad range of aspects of Asian political development, with the focus on East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. Examines political institutions, political culture, political economy, and public policies of major Asian countries such as China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia. Discusses important trends of political integration and economic cooperation in the region as well as the role of the United States in Asia.
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• POLI 258: China and the World

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Applies political science concepts (e.g., power, sovereignty, democracy and globalization) to analyzing a broad range of aspects of contemporary Chinese politics and international relations. Examines both "high politics" and "politics" in terms of the state-society relations behind China's economic modernization. Discusses Chinese international relations and their current challenges.
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• POLI 259: Politics in the Global South

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Introduces the varied political systems found in the Global South. Drawing from countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, it examines how colonialism and independence shaped their political systems. Analyzes the varieties of democracy and authoritarianism as well as the varied factors that drive change.
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