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Undergraduate Catalog 2011 - 2012 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Physical Education-Servic
  

  • PES 180 - Badminton

    (1 credits)
    Course designed for various levels of badminton skill with individual and group instruction in basic skills and strategies for singles and doubles play.


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  • PES 182 - Beginning Tennis

    (1 credits)
    Introduction to the basic rules of tennis and fundamentals of singles and doubles play; emphasis on individual skill development.


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  • PES 187 - Beginning Squash

    (1 credits)
    Introduction to the fundamental skills, knowledge, and values of the game of squash racquets including application of abilities in game situations.


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  • PES 188 - Beginning Racquetball

    (1 credits)
    Introduction to rules, strategies, and etiquette of racquetball; opportunity to play all four-wall variations of the game: singles, cut-throat, and doubles in a coed setting.


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  • PES 189 - Intermediate Racquetball

    (1 credits)
    Designed to give the racquetball enthusiast an opportunity to explore advanced skill techniques of the game, focusing on the development of strategies for the improvement of a player’s skill and understanding of the game.


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  • PES 190 - Tumbling & Trampoline

    (1 credits)
    Introduction to skill techniques needed to perform basic moves on the mats and trampoline. Focus is on values and safety. Activities designed to develop body awareness and progression from simple to complex skills.


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  • PES 195 - Skiing

    (1 credits)
    Development of knowledge and skills in beginner, intermediate, or advanced, intermediate snow skiing; conducted off campus. Additional fee charged.


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  • PES 198 - Adapted Physical Education Programming

    (1 credits)
    Offered to all students who, because of permanent or temporary disabilities, cannot participate in the regularly offered physical activity courses. Students will be involved in activities designed to deal with their specific problems, and receive 1 hour for their efforts. May be repeated for up to 5 hours.


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  • PES 199 - Special Programs

    (1 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of department chairperson. Designed for the student who may wish, because of special interest, to receive hour for participation in recreational or sports activities not included in the courses listed above. Students wishing to receive hour for this must report to the Physical Education office to make arrangements for approval and verification of the activity. May be repeated for up to five hours.


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  • PES 240 - Modern Dance III

    (2 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): PES 141 or permission of instructor. Further study of modern-dance theory and skill, with emphasis on increasing physical competence and understanding of underlying theory. May be repeated for up to 8 hours.


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  • PES 250 - Ballet III

    (1 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): PES 151 or permission of instructor. Further study of the theory and skills of classical ballet, with emphasis on increasing physical competence and understanding of underlying theory. May be repeated for up to 8 hours.


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Physics
  

  • PHY 101 - The Flying Circus of Physics: Motion and Heat

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): One unit of high-school algebra. Practical and everyday aspects of physics concepts such as kitchen physics, walking on fire, mechanics of sports, and electricity. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PHY 102 - The Flying Circus of Physics: Sound and Light

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): One unit of high-school algebra. Topics include waves, optics, and modern physics, how the eye and camera work, the laser, the theory of relativity, and some basic cosmology (just what is a “black hole” anyhow?). This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PHY 115 - Energy and Society

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): One unit of high-school algebra. Introduction to the physical principles behind one of the most important issues for our society, i.e. the use, storage and transport of energy and its impact on the environment. Topics covered include both a study of non-renewable energy sources (fossil and nuclear fuels), as well as an analysis of the potential of renewable ones (solar, hydro, wind). This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PHY 116 - Energy and Society Lab

    (1 credits)
    Corequisite: PHY 115  must be taken concurrently. Selected experiments related with the physical fundamentals of energy concepts. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PHY 193 - Topics in Physics

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): One unit of high-school algebra. Topics chosen by the instructor include “Science Fiction” or “Science of Photography.” Natural Science.


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  • PHY 200 - Astronomy Lab

    (1 credits)
    This course provides hands-on experience with simple observational astronomy activities. It compliments the educational experience of the Astronomy lecture courses PHY 201  and PHY 202 . Either PHY 201  or PHY 202  must be taken concurrently. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PHY 201 - Astronomy: Stars & Galaxies

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): One unit of high-school algebra. Introduction to astronomy, including stars, stellar evolution, origin of elements, galaxies, and cosmology. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PHY 202 - Astronomy: Planets, Asteroids and Comets

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): One unit of high-school algebra. Introduction to solar system, including the moon, sun, planets, asteroids, comets, and meteors. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PHY 203 - Science & Religion

    (3 credits)
    Introduction to the analysis of the interplay between religious, philosophical, and scientific attempts to understand the universe.


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  • PHY 205 - History of Science I

    (4 credits)
    The development of scientific thought from antiquity to the 20th century and the new ideas of relativity and quantum mechanics. Key themes are the evolving universe and the development of Newtonian mechanics. Natural Science


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  • PHY 206 - History of Science II

    (4 credits)
    The influence of modern physics on the development of scientific thought, including its influence on a new world view. The origin and the future of the universe will be discussed. Natural Science.


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  • PHY 221 - College Physics I

    (5 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): Three units of high-school math, three units of high-school science. Algebra-based physics, including mechanics, thermodynamics, fluids, and acoustics. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PHY 222 - College Physics II

    (5 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): Three units of high-school math, three units of high-school science, PHY 221 . Algebra-based physics, including electricity, magnetism, optics, atoms, nuclei, and elementary particles. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PHY 231 - College Physics I – Biomedical Applications

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): Three units of high-school math, three units of high-school science. Algebra-based physics, including kinematics, dynamics, mechanical equilibrium, harmonic motion: spring and pendulum, fluids, thermodynamics: temperature, heat, ideal gases, heat engines. Physical principles are applied to problems from biology and medicine. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PHY 232 - College Physics II – Biomedical Applications

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): Three units of high-school math, three units of high-school science, PHY 231 . Algebra-based physics, including sound waves, electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves and spectrum of light, lenses and microscopes, wave-like properties of particles and structure of atoms, nuclei, and radioactivity. Physical principles are applied to problems from biology and medicine. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PHY 241 - University Physics I

    (5 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): MTH 181 , three units of high-school math, three units of high-school science; Corequisite: MTH 182 . Calculus-based physics, including mechanics, thermodynamics, and acoustics. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PHY 243 - University Physics I (Writing)

    (5 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): MTH 181 , three units of high-school math, three units of high-school science; Corequisite: MTH 182 . Calculus-based physics, including mechanics, thermodynamics, acoustics. Writing, Natural Science with Laboratory.. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PHY 243H - University Physics I (Writing; Honors)

    (5 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): Honors students. MTH 181 , 3 units of high school math, 3 units of high school science; Co-requisite: MTH 182 . Calculus based honors physics with lab:Mechanics, Thermodynamics,Acoustics. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PHY 244 - University Physics II(Writing)

    (5 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 241 /PHY 243 , MTH 181 , MTH 182 , three units of high-school math, three units of high-school science; Corequisite: MTH 281  or MTH 283 . Calculus-based physics, including electricity, magnetism, and optics. Writing, Natural Science with Laboratory.. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PHY 244H - University Physics II (Writing; Honors)

    (5 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): Honors students: PHY 241 /PHY 243 /PHY 243H , MTH 182 , 3 units of high school math, 3 units of high school science; Co-requisite MTH 181 . Calculus based honors physics with lab: electricity, magnatism, optics. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PHY 300 - Research Methods in Sciences

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): Three units of high school math, three units of high school science. This is a course designed to meet the needs of future science teachers. It provides the students with the tools that scientists use to solve scientific problems, gives them the opportunity to use these tools to design and perform experiments in a laboratory setting, and enables them to become acquainted with the way scientific information is communicated.


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  • PHY 301 - Research Methods - Writing

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): Three units of high school math, three units of high school science. This course is designed to meet the needs of future science teachers. It provides students with the tools that scientists use to solve scientific problems, gives them the opportunity to use these tools to design and perform experiments in a laboratory setting, and enables them to become acquainted with the way scientific information is communicated.


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  • PHY 320 - Introduction to Computational Physics

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 221  or PHY 241 . Elements of modeling of physical and engineering phenomena using a programming package such as MATHCAD. Topics covered include solving systems of equations, graphing functions, differential equations, and random processes.


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  • PHY 350 - Electricity & Magnetism

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 330 , MTH 181 , MTH 182 , MTH 281 . Vector analysis; Gauss law, electrostatic potential; electric dipoles; dielectrics; Ampere law and Biot-Savart law; magnetic dipoles, law of induction, displacement currents, Maxwell equations.


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  • PHY 400 - Conceptual Physics for Middle School Teachers

    (5 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing in B.S. Education: Middle Childhood Education and Licensure. This course provides the content knowledge and skills of scientific inquiry necessary for teaching physics in middle school.Learning objectives are based on the national standards for science for grades four through eight.Course content includes: kinematics, mechanics, heat and temperature, energy, energy transfer, waves, acoustics, light and optics. Lectures will coordinate with laboratory exercises and inquiry based activities.


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  • PHY 415 - Introduction to Biological Physics

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 221 , PHY 222  or PHY 241 (or PHY 243 ), PHY 242  (or PHY 244 ). As the body of knowledge in physics expands and diffuses into the life sciences, the need for instruction in biological physics increases. Students learn how to use the concepts of physics to analyze and understand important aspects of biological systems. The course is appropriate for students majoring in physics, chemistry, biology, or engineering.


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  • PHY 416 - Macromolecular Crystallography

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 221 , PHY 222  or PHY 231 , PHY 232 , or PHY 241 (or PHY 243 ), PHY 242 (or PHY 244 ) and MTH 181 , MTH 182 . Macromolecular crystallography is at the heart of the genomics age allowing the determination of the three-dimensional structures of proteins that genomes code for. This information is used to determine and understand their function and develop new drugs. Students learn the fundamentals of diffraction theory, crystal properties and the basic concepts of solving the structures of macromolecular crystals. The course is appropriate for advanced undergraduates majoring in physics, chemistry and biology.


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  • PHY 430 - Introduction to Medical Physics

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 241  (or PHY 243 ), PHY 242  (or PHY 244 ) or permission of the instructor. This course will introduce students to the medical applications of radiation and imaging physics. Topics covered include interactions of radiation with biological tissues, production and properties of radionuclides, radiation therapy physics, dosimetry, diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine, and issues of radiation safety.


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  • PHY 440 - Quantum Physics I

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 330 , PHY 340 . The uncertainty principle, the Schroedinger equation, probability and measurement, potential barrier and well problems, rigid rotator and harmonic oscillator, and the hydrogen atom.


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  • PHY 441 - Quantum Physics II

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 440 , PHY 350 . Angular momentum and magnetic moment, Pauli spin matrices, time independent and time dependent perturbation theory, variational approximation, atomic fine structure and hyperfyne structure, partial wave analysis and the Born approximation for quantum mechanical scattering.


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  • PHY 450 - Optics and Electromagnetic Waves

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 330 . Maxwell equations; electromagnetic energy; electromagnetic waves; interaction of light with dielectric and metallic materials: dispersion; geometric optics; lenses and lens aberrations, mirrors, polarization, birefringence, interference, interferometer design, Frauenhoffer and Fresnel diffraction.


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  • PHY 455 - Optics Lab

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 450  or permission of instructor. Advanced optics laboratory that gives students “hands-on” experience with optical instruments and techniques; experiments on dispersion in glass, interferometry, spectral analysis, diffraction, Gaussian wave optics; student-designed experiment.


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  • PHY 470 - Environmental Physics

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 221 , PHY 241  or PHY 243 . Study of physical phenomena underlying a set of current environmental issues. Topics include energy and entropy laws; electromagnetic radiation; forms of energy, including fuels, nuclear, solar; percolation model; chaos theory, including population dynamics, and climate; computer simulations.


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  • PHY 475 - Statistical Physics

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 330 , PHY 474 . Microcanonical, canonical, grand-canonical ensembles, fermions, bosons; and applications, including fluids, normal modes, solids, metals, electromagnetic radiation, phase transitions, and computer simulations.


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  • PHY 480 - Introduction to Solid State Physics

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 241  (or PHY 243 ), PHY 242  (or PHY 244 ). Electrons in solids; principles of LED and solid-state lasers; optoelectronic properties of semiconductors; materials for optical modulation, data storage and computing; liquid crystals; flat panel displays.


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  • PHY 493 - Advanced Topics in Physics

    (1-4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): Faculty permission. Topics approved by the physics faculty. May be repeated up to 3 times for a total of 6 credits.


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  • PHY 497 - Independent Study

    (1-4 credits)
    Prerequisite(s): Approval of physics faculty member. Content and credit as arranged with instructor. Graded S/U.


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Political Science
  

  • PSC 111 - American Government

    (4 credits)
    History and evolution of American political processes, institutions and public policies from the founding period to the present, including importance of federalism, culture, public opinion, parties, interest groups, elections and the media, nature and quality of American democracy, political challenges, dilemmas, and reform. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PSC 112 - Controversial Issues in American Politics

    (2 credits)
    Current controversies in American politics, including affirmative action, welfare reform, immigration policies, gay and lesbian rights, US military intervention abroad, abortion, establishment versus free-exercise of religion, gun control, crime, and civil violence. Frequent use of interactive classroom technologies, multimedia presentations, and political debates to encourage independent thinking, critical analysis, and lively discussions.


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  • PSC 113 - Controversial Issues in World Politics

    (2 credits)
    Combines a brief survey of international relations literature with the use of a discussion/debate format to deal with contemporary issues involving the evolution of world politics and the international economy, national and international security, terrorism, human rights, nationalism, transnationalism, and national power and diplomacy.


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  • PSC 211 - State and Local Government

    (3 credits)
    This course introduces students to features of the American states and their governments.The course will explore similarities and differences among the states’ constitutions and key governmental institutions (administration, legislative, and judicial).The course will examine distinctive elements of states’ politics with a particular focus on their political cultures and party systems.The course will briefly examine aspects of states’ local governments.


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  • PSC 212 - Controversial Issues in American Politics

    (4 credits)
    Focuses on current controversies in American politics, including abortion, gun control, crime, civil violence, affirmative action, welfare reform, campaign finance reform, immigration policies, gay and lesbian rights, establishment versus free-exercise of religion, and U.S. military intervention abroad. Frequent use of interactive classroom technologies, multimedia presentations, and political debates to encourage independent thinking, critical analysis, and lively discussions. Social Science.


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  • PSC 213 - Controversial Issues in World Politics

    (4 credits)
    Combines a brief survey of international relations literature with the use of a discussion/debate format to deal with contemporary issues involving the evolution of world politics and the international economy, national and international security, terrorism, human rights, nationalism, transnationalism, and national power and diplomacy. Social Science.


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  • PSC 217 - Urban Politics and the African-American Experience

    (3 credits)
    An examination of urban political institutions, decision processes, and problems of the cities and their suburbs. With regard to each topic, a primary concern will be on racism and its evolving consequences for African-Americans. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PSC 221 - Comparative Politics

    (4 credits)
    Basic concepts and theories of comparative politics through an analysis of selected political systems and governments in Western and non-Western societies. Topics will include ideology, political culture, institutional development, interest group politics, political participation, decision-making, economic development and underdevelopment, collective violence and stability, and political, economic, and bureaucratic elites. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PSC 227 - Power, Authority, and Society in Non-Western Communities

    (4 credits)
    An examination of the way selected groups of Asian, African, and Latin American societies organize themselves with respect to power and authority to cope with a set of similar social problems. Attention will also be given to how changes take place in political cultural identity, particularly at the mass level. The course make extensive use of popular texts and stories, photographs and video, and other primary sources from the cultures studies. Cross-listed with ANT 227 /HIS 227 . This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PSC 231 - International Politics

    (4 credits)
    Focuses on problems of security and strategies for enhancing security and well-being in the post-Cold War era. Basic concepts and processes of world politics are illustrated through the analysis of great power and regional rivalries. Topics include strategies and instruments such as conventional and nuclear war; alternative security strategies such as economic nationalism, diplomacy, international law, and international organization; and changes in the current international system related to economic globalization, environmental interdependence, transnational movements and nonstate actors. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PSC 241 - Freedom & Authority

    (3 credits)
    An examination of the treatment given to the differing concepts of authority and freedom by major political theorists. Specific concern will focus on the conflicts between the two concepts. Theorists considered include Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Madison, Tocqueville, Mill, and Green.Western Culture and Civilization.


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  • PSC 251 - Introduction to Data Analysis

    (3 credits)
    Sources of information for research in political science, the use of computers as a research tool, and elementary statistical analysis.


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  • PSC 274 - Introduction to Middle East

    (4 credits)
    This course is designed to introduce students to the history, religious diversity, political systems, economy, and culture of the Middle East. The course includes a brief examination of ancient Middle Eastern civilizations and its history to the world. The course also examines important historical junctures influencing the region today. It will include the contents, similarities, and diversities of Middle Eastern culture. The course examines three monotheistic religions and how Middle Easterners vary widely in their religious beliefs. It explores how this religious variance impacts Middle Eastern culture. The course introduces students to multiple aspects of the arts. Cross-listed with ARB 274  and HIS 274 . This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PSC 301 - Urban Politics & Policy

    (4 credits)
    An overview of the development and implementation of urban public policies and programs as products of institutions and processes in cities, suburbs and metropolitan areas. Special attention will be given to the condition of African-Americans. Black Studies.


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  • PSC 305 - Cultural Diversity in U.S. Politics

    (4 credits)
    Examines the role of African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and other minorities in American politics. Particular attention is directed at barriers to participation, the critical factors in minority political successes, the problems and possibilities of coalition politics, and related policy issues. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PSC 310 - Constitutional Law

    (4 credits)
    Basic principles of the United States Constitution, including judicial review, separation of powers, the powers of the presidency and Congress, and federalism. Introduction to individual rights and liberties, including right to privacy and the rights of criminal defendants.


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  • PSC 311 - Civil Rights & Civil Liberties

    (4 credits)
    Constitutional principles relating to race and sex discrimination; freedom of religion; and freedom of speech, press, and assembly.


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  • PSC 314 - State Government & Politics

    (4 credits)
    Issues between states and nation with particular attention to financial relations. Consideration of the capacity of state legislative and administrative systems, and problems of evaluation and change. Examination of policy-area issues, including those of education and welfare.


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  • PSC 315 - Public Policy & Administration

    (4 credits)
    Evaluation of alternative models for the U.S. policy-making process focusing on the political, institutional and bureaucratic influences of policy decisions. Emphasis will be given to the role public bureaucracies have had in shaping and influencing the policy process in a rapidly changing environment including decision-making, organizational theory, and the historical context of the adminstrative state.


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  • PSC 317 - Political Parties & Elections

    (4 credits)
    Importance of political parties and elections in American political history and development of the party system; role of public opinion, parties, and interest groups in democratic politics; effects of culture, political socialization, campaign politics, and issues on voting behavior; politics of social movements, the formation of political coalitions, and partisan realignment; party activity at state and local levels. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PSC 318 - The Presidency & Congress

    (4 credits)
    Patterns of cooperation and conflict between the presidency and Congress in the making of United States public policy, both foreign and domestic; examination of issues of congressional revitalization and reform, and the dramatic growth in presidential power. Western Culture and Civilization.


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  • PSC 319 - Public Opinion

    (4 credits)
    Role of public opinion in democratic theory; methods and problems of polling and survey research; nature, formation, distribution, and learning of political attitudes; issues of democratic stability; group opinions, voting behavior, and elite behavior, and their impact on the policy-making process, public policy, and the quality of American democracy. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PSC 321 - Political Violence

    (4 credits)
    Background conditions leading to political violence and revolution; ideology, class, ethnicity; the state’s response to civil violence; strategies to prevent or engender violence; the destruction and reconstruction of consensus in a political system; the effectiveness of violence as a method of political influence; and the basis of political order also explored. Writing.


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  • PSC 323 - African Politics

    (4 credits)
    Unique and common patterns of political organization in Africa presented in a comparative framework; historical patterns, nature of colonial rule, impact on precolonial societies; struggle for Pan-Africanism, nationalism and liberation movements; character of postcolonial regimes. Other factors such as settler rule, racism, world economic organization and underdevelopment; domestic political responses to revolution, internal war, ethnic conflict, personal rule, patron-client relations, democratization, military intervention, institutional development, and development of civil society are explored. Black Studies; Nonwestern Culture and Civilization, Writing.


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  • PSC 324 - Russia & Successor States

    (4 credits)
    This course is concerned with the rise and fall of the Soviet system as well as the politics of contemporary Russia and the other post-Soviet states. It considers the prerevolutionary background of the Russian Empire, the revolutions of 1917, the emergence of full-blown Stalinism, decay of the system, Gorbachev’s effort at reform and the dissolution of the Soviet system. Focus also placed on nationality issues and the prospects for democratization and economic reform. Western Culture and Civilization, Writing.


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  • PSC 325 - Western European Politics

    (4 credits)
    Governmental structures and political processes in Western Europe; the European community and integration; separatist groups and disintegration; development of European human rights policies and processes, problems and prospects of parliamentary democracy. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PSC 326 - Politics of the Third World

    (4 credits)
    Problems and political dynamics of “developing states and societies” through a study of specific African, Asian, Latin-American, and Middle Eastern countries; class and ethnic conflict; the role of the military and bureaucracy; the capacity of the state to promote economic development and political order; role of global and regional system security and development; structural adjustment and regional autonomy policies. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PSC 327 - Politics of Peaceful World Change

    (4 credits)
    Possibilities for peaceful and equitable solutions to conflicts created by inequalities in economic development, global resource scarcity, the population explosion, and threats of ecological disaster; mechanisms for resolving these conflicts, including alternatives to the present international system; international law and organization. Emphasizes skills such as policy analysis, oral advocacy, nonviolent communications, negotiation, and arbitration. Writing.


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  • PSC 328 - International Political Economy

    (4 credits)
    Evolution of international economic policies and theories from mercantilism, and classical liberalism; structural approaches such as Marxism and Dependency, Rational Choice; international trade; international monetary policy and debt; investment and technology exchange; economic and technical assistance; economic integration; and globalization. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PSC 329 - Politics of the European Union

    (4 credits)
    The course will explore the institutions and policy making process of the European Union (EU) and the theoretical traditions in the study of European integration.The institutional form of the EU and the type of European political economyand “polity” which is emerging. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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  • PSC 330 - US National Security Policy

    (4 credits)
    An examination of issues affecting U.S. national security and the processes through which policy is made. Includes an examination of U.S. strategy, civil-military relations, regional strategic appraisals, the roles of the Department of Defense and the intelligence community, the revolution in military affairs, peacekeeping, and the challenges posed by failed states, rogue states and non-national adversaries, such as insurgents, narcotraffickers and terrorists. Writing.


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  • PSC 331 - United States Foreign Policy

    (4 credits)
    Major issues of American involvement in world politics; analysis of contemporary events and current international tensions; the politics of rivalry and alliance; the evolution of defense strategy; military interventions; diplomatic negotiations; the role of ideology, trade, and aid; U.S. foreign policy decision-making; theories of bureaucracy; interagency and interbranch relations; and role perceptions. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.


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