201: National Government in the United States. 0-3-3. A study of the development of the national government with emphasis on problems connected with the federal system and separation of powers.
All of the 300 and 400 numbered courses listed below carry the prerequisite of POLS 201.
302: Comparative Foreign Governments. 0-3-3. Preq., POLS 201 or consent of instructor. A study of the political systems and governments of the major European nation-states of the twentieth century.
303: State Government and Administration in the United States. 0-3-3. A study of the role of the state in the American Union including nation-state and interstate relations.
310: Government and the Economy. 0-3-3. Political/economic issues (employment, inflation, poverty, energy, environment, health care, etc.) are studied according to competing theories of political economy.
320: Legislation in the United States: Federal and State. 0-3-3. A study of the legislative process and of the influences that determine the nature of the legislative product.
325: History of European Political Theory. 0-3-3. Preq., one previous course in political science or philosophy and junior class standing, or consent of instructor. A study of Western political philosophy from its beginnings to the nineteenth century.
327: Modern Political Theory and Ideologies. 0-3-3. A study of nineteenth and twentieth century political theory with emphasis on the principal modern ideologies (Anarchism, Communism, Socialism, Fascism, Democracy).
330: The American Presidency. 0-3-3. A study of the American Presidency including its origins, roles, functions, and problems.
345: Scope and Methods in Social Sciences. 0-3-3. An introduction to basic statistics, research design, and the application of the qualitative and quantitative methods to the social sciences.
350: International Relations. 0-3-3. Preq., one previous course in political science or consent of instructor. An introductory study of political contacts between modern nation-states, the origin of nationalism and imperialism, and the causes and effects of power politics.
355: American Foreign Policy. 0-3-3. America's foreign policy doctrines and the factors involved in their formulation, including constitutional framework, presidential and congressional leadership, pressure groups, public opinion, and international environment.
420: Contemporary Problems in Government. 0-3-3. Preq., One of the following courses: POLS 201, or 303, or 304, and junior standing.
426: American Constitutional Law I. 0-3-3. Introduction to judicial institutions and processes as well as a case method study of the constitutional issues of judicial review, federalism, government economic regulation, and others.
427: American Constitutional Law II. 0-3-3. A continuation of the case method study of constitutional law, with emphasis on political and civil rights (speech, press, assembly, religion, race, criminal procedure, etc.).
460: Politics of Developing Nations. 0-3-3. An analysis of the relationship of politics to rapid economic and social change in developing nations and evaluation of policies intended to promote development.
465: Asian Politics. 0-3-3. A survey of interrelationships among Asian nations, their relationships with occidental powers, their international roles, and politics of the region as a whole.