Fall 2007
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day, and time of the course.
POSC 5113 - AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
A study of the structure and organization
of legislative bodies and a detailed
study of legislative processes.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 5213 - POLITICS OF THE FORMER SOVIET
LANDS
Government and politics of Russia and
her neighbors, including the transition
from communism and issues of war and
peace between the republics of the former
Soviet Union.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 5223 - MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICAL
SYSTEMS
Major Middle Eastern political systems,
with concentration on their common characteristics
and major differences.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 5313 - INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATION
Development, structure, and politics
of international organizations such as
the United Nations.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 5413 - MODERN
POLITICAL THEORY
A consideration of the writings of modern
political philosophers such as Machiavelli,
Hobbes, and Rousseau.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 5453 - ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY
POLITICAL THEORY
An analytical and theoretical examination
of one or more theoretical political
issues of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Topics of analysis may include democracy,
justice, community, political ethics,
multiculturalism, or the theories of
a particular political philosopher or
school of political philosophy. Content
will vary.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 5533 - ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW AND ADMINISTRATION
Overview of current environmental law,
its administration and enforcement.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6003 - TECHNIQUES
OF POLITICAL AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
RESEARCH
Develops a working knowledge of the substance
of contemporary research in political
science and public administration and
of alternative research strategies and
techniques of data analysis in contemporary
research. Prerequisite: POSC 3003 or
equivalent or permission of professor.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6113 - INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS
A survey of federalism, grant-in-aid
programs, and federal, state, local relations
in the United States.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6123 - URBAN
POLITICS
An analysis of urban political processes
and urban policy alternatives.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6133 - SEMINAR
IN POLITICAL PARTIES AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
An analysis of selected aspects of American
political parties and electoral behavior.
May be repeated only once when topic
changes.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6143 - SEMINAR
IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
An examination of selected aspects of
American governmental institutions and
processes. May be repeated only once
when topic changes.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6153 - THE SUPREME
COURT, POLITICS AND LAW
An analysis of the role of the Supreme
Court as a political institution and
its impact on public policy and the Constitution.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6173 - ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY PROCESSES
Analysis of attitudes, values, processes
and institutions that affect environmental
policy and the environmental issues currently
being faced at local, state, national
and international levels.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6213 - MAJOR
ASIAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS
An examination of the political institutions
of selected Asian countries.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6223 - SEMINAR
IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS
A review of the theory and method of
comparative political study with an analysis
of governmental institutions in Western
and non-Western countries.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6313 - CONTEMPORARY
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
A study of contemporary international
problems and issues as they are related
to the foreign policies of major powers.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6323 - REVOLUTIONS
AND FOREIGN POLICY
A study of the revolutionary process
in selected countries and its implications
for foreign policy.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6333 - INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS THEORY
An in-depth examination of theories of
international relations, such as realism,
balance-of-power, pluralism, and globalism.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6343 - THE ENVIRONMENT
AND WORLD POLITICS
A study of the politics of the global
environment, including disputes between
industrialized countries and the Third
World over population policies, deforestation,
global warming, and use of the oceans.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6413 - SEMINAR
IN POLITICAL THEORY
An examination of selected works of one
or more major political philosophers.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Other hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Seminar
POSC 6503 - MANAGING
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
An analysis of how public administrators
manage municipal government, with special
reference to such topics as community
and economic development, housing, recreation,
public safety, waste disposal, etc.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6513 - ADMINISTRATIVE
LAW
A study of the rules and procedures of
bureaucratic organizations and their
applications.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6523 - DECISION
MAKING
An examination of decision-making models
for individuals, small groups, and large
organizations in the public sector.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6533 - PUBLIC
POLICY ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION
Provides a theoretical and technical
framework for understanding the fundamentals
of policy analysis and evaluation.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6543 - ADMINISTRATIVE
BEHAVIOR
An examination of administrative structures
and patterns of behavior in public sector
organizations.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6553 - PUBLIC
BUDGETING AND FINANCE
A study of political processes and administrative
methods associated with governmental
revenues, expenditures, and fiscal control
of public organizations.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6563 - SEMINAR
IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
An examination of the development of
public administration as a profession;
its history, political environment, ethics,
and its method.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6573 - GRANT
WRITING AND ADMINISTRATION
Emphasis is placed on a step-by-step
process through all stages of writing
successful proposals and on providing
technical expertise and knowledge through
campus outreach efforts of faculty and
students to strengthen the nonprofit
and nongovernmental organizations that
serve the local communities.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6583 - COMPUTER
APPLICATIONS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
An introduction to programming, office
automation systems design and acquisition,
and the application of computerized information
systems in the management of governmental
agencies and programs. Prerequisite:
CS 1043, or an equivalent course, or
the permission of the professor.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 6593 - SEMINAR
IN HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
An examination of policies, procedures,
strategies, laws and regulations implemented
in human resources management for public
and nonprofit organizations.
3.000 Credit Hours
3.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture
POSC 660V - INTERNSHIP
IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
3.000 TO 6.000
Credit Hours
3.000 TO 6.000 Lecture hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Internship
POSC 665V - THESIS
1.000 TO 6.000 Credit
Hours
1.000 TO 6.000 Other hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Thesis
POSC 680V - INDEPENDENT
STUDY
1.000 TO 3.000 Credit Hours
1.000 TO 3.000 Other hours
Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Independent Study
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