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Political Science
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Constitutional Law II: Civil Rights and Liberties |
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Goal 7 |
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This course focuses on the First Amendment freedoms -- speech, press, expression, assembly and religion and questions of race, gender and ethnicity, due process, equal protection, voting rights and the right to privacy under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. MnTC Goal 7. |
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Criminal Law |
| Prerequisite |
CJ 200 AND POL 230 |
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Substantive criminal law; development of principles, meaning and applications of criminal law; current issues and institutions. Same as CJ 335 |
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Criminal Procedure |
| Prerequisite |
CJ 200 OR POL 230 |
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The course will examine contemporary interpretations of the U.S. Constitution's protections for the criminally accused, which are primarily found in the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th Amendments. |
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Public Administration |
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The structure, operation, and politics of public bureaucracy, and its relations with other actors and institutions in government. |
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Public Policy |
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An examination of the development, implementation, and evaluation of public policy. |
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Environmental Politics |
| Lasc Area |
Goal 10 |
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| Description |
The course examines how national and international politics affects the success (and failure) of environmental policies. Since environmental policy is shaped in political arenas by a myriad of social and economic forces combined with observations of the natural world, the course content examine environmental issues with more of an inter-disciplinary approach. Students will gain an intellectually more mature understanding of how environmental policy is made, modified and implemented (or not) in response to political demands that often ignore the scientific realities of the environment. MnTC Goal 10. |
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Great Power Politics |
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| Writing Intensive |
Yes |
| Description |
International survey of major wars, the development of states' military and financial capacity, the course of imperial expansion and retreat, diplomatic alignments and alliances, arrangements for international trade and investment, as well as efforts to create international institutions by major national powers in the modern world. |
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Comparative Governments of Western Europe |
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| Writing Intensive |
Yes |
| Description |
Comparative examination of the political systems of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy; trans-national cooperation among them. |
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Political Problems in Developing Countries |
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Goal 8 |
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| Description |
Social and economic conditions affecting political institutions in the developing counties. The Third World in international relations and the political economy of development. MnTC Goal 8. |
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U.S. Defense Policy |
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Introduction to the concepts and issues in the analysis of U.S. defense policy. Topics include development of contemporary defense policy, analysis of the external environment, strategic considerations, the use of force, and defense decision making. |
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Soviet Russia and the Global Cold War |
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Goal 8 |
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| Description |
This course examines the events of the creation of the Soviet Union and its participation in global cold war ranging from the first World War through its collapse in 1989. It will discuss the relationship between the USSR and its satellite states in Eastern Europe and its client states throughout the world, focusing on case studies of conflicts both within the alliance as well as with outside forces including those of NATO. Discussion of the causes of the eventual collapse of the Warsaw Pact and the emergence of a post-Soviet state under Vladimir Putin will also follow. MnTC Goal 8. |
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American Foreign Policy |
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| Description |
Analysis of U.S. foreign policy, with an emphasis on decision making and the policy process. |
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International Political Economy |
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This course will examine the political, economic, and social processes governing international production, trade, and consumption. It includes an examination of the political economy of North-South relations. |
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Public International Law |
| Prerequisite |
POL 120 OR POL 160 |
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| Description |
This course covers the history, codification and progressive development of international public law. It examines issues such as the sources of public international law, legal personality, state responsibility for breaches, judicial and non-judicial remedies, territory, the law of the sea, air and outerspace, treaty law, decisions of the ICJ and other international institutions and the role of international law in U.S. courts. |
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International Migration |
| Lasc Area |
Goal 8 |
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| Description |
This course is designed to develop a good knowledge of the politics, economics and international law and organizations of international migration. Same as INTL 364. MnTC Goal 8. |
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International Organizations |
| Prerequisite |
POL 120 or POL 160 |
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| Description |
This course explores the nature, dimensions and functions of international organizations as a new and multi-faceted phenomenon. It examines the emergence, growth and proliferation of international organizations and the factors that have contributed to this development. It also explores the nature of the international environment, the constraints and opportunities which flow from this environment, the role of an international secretariat, its scope and limitations. It focuses on both intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. |
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Understanding International Security |
| Lasc Area |
Goal 8 |
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| Description |
This course highlights a series of traditional and non-traditional security issues that have emerged on the Security Studies agenda. The course begins with traditional security concerns such as the threat and use of force, and then moves to the non-traditional issues that have emerged as the subject area has expanded. Same as INTL 370. MnTC Goal 8. |
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Topics in Political Science |
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This is an upper division topical course and may be repeated when the topic varies. |
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Internship |
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A supervised practical experience in political science. A maximum of four credits may be used as electives to fulfill the "Major Requirements in Political Science", and a maximum of 12 internship credits may be applied to the degree. |
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Topics in Political Science |
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| Description |
This is a senior level topics course and may be repeated as topic varies. |
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