POL and INTS Courses
SUMMER 2008 COURSES
MAY SESSION
POL 3001: American Public Policy, 3 credits
Time, days and room: 10 a.m.-1:20 p.m., MTuWTh, TBA
Description: Approaches to policy study, context of policy progress, and discussion of policy issues.
Instructor: Garrick Percival
POL 3097: Government Internship, 1-12 credits [max 12 credits]
Description: Scheduled work assignments with direct supervision in performance of governmental functions; full- or part-time employment.
Instructor: Arranged
POL 3197: Nongovernmental Internship
Description: Supervised, scheduled work assignments in performance of political functions in nongovernmental organizations; full- or part-time employment. Not all outside work is eligible; see department head for requirements.
Instructor: Arranged
POL 4191: Independent Study, 1-4 credits
Description: Advanced study and research under supervision of a staff member; student must consult with instructor before registration.
Instructor: Arranged
SUMMER
POL 3025: Popular Culture and Politics, 4 credits
Time, days and room: 10 a.m.-1:20 p.m., MTuWTh, TBA
Description: Evaluation of the presentation of American political institutions, officials, and policy issues in mass entertainment. How accurate are the portrayals? How influential is Hollywood's view of American government? How do Americans know what they think they know about politics?
Instructor: Mary Currin-Percival
POL 3097: Government Internship, 1-12 credits [max 12 credits]
Description: Scheduled work assignments with direct supervision in performance of governmental functions; full- or part-time employment.
Instructor: Arranged
POL 3197: Nongovernmental Internship, 1-12 credits
Description: Supervised, scheduled work assignments in performance of political functions in nongovernmental organizations; full- or part-time employment. Not all outside work is eligible; see department head for requirements.
Instructor: Arranged
POL 4191: Independent Study, 1-4 credits
Description: Advanced study and research under supervision of a staff member; student must consult with instructor before registration.
Instructor: Arranged
FALL 2008 COURSES
POL 1011: American Government and Politics, 3 credits
Time, days and room:
Description: Principles of American national government. Survey of American governmental system, structure, operations, and services; constitutionalism, federalism, civil liberties, parties, pressure groups, and elections.Sect. 001: 2-2:50 p.m., MWF, LSci 185
(Instructor: Garrick Percival)
Sect. 002: 2:30-3:15 p.m., TuTh, MonH 70
(Instructor: Mary Currin-Percival)
Sect. 003: 10-10:50 a.m., MWF, MonH 80
(Instructor: TBA)
POL 1050: International Relations, 3 credits
Time, days and room:Sect. 001: 12-12:50 p.m., MWF, SCC 120
Description: Introduction to contemporary international politics: levels of analysis; the international system; nation-state behavior; foreign policy decision making; economic and defense policy issues.
Instructor: Paul Sharp
POL 1500: Introduction to Comparative Politics, 3 credits
Time, days and room:
Sect. 001: 3:30-4:45 p.m., TuTh, MonH 70Description: Survey of the politics of countries selected to reflect alternative styles of politics and forms of government; examples of Western liberal democratic, Communist and post-Communist, and Third World systems.
(Instructor: Runa Das)
Sect. 002 : 9:00-9:50 a.m., MWF, Cina 102
(Instructor: Jeremy Youde)
POL 1610: Introduction to Political Theory, 3 credits
Time, days and room: Sect. 001: 8-8:50 a.m., MWF, Cina 102
(Instructor: Joseph Staats)
Sect. 002: 1-1:50 p.m., MWF, MonH 208
(Instructor: Amy Shuster)
Description: Survey of major contemporary political ideologies: liberalism, conservatism, socialism, Marxism, fascism, feminism, anarchism, ecologism, and liberation ideologies.
POL 3080: Environment and Politics, 3 credits
Time, days and room: 3-3:50 p.m., MWF, Cina 308
Description: American natural resource problems with special attention to conservation activities on national, state, and local levels; development of conservation agencies in Minnesota.
Instructor: Garrick Percival
POL 3097: Government Internship, 1-12 credits [max 12 credits]
Description: Scheduled work assignments with direct supervision in performance of governmental functions; full- or part-time employment.
Instructor: Arranged
POL 3109: Intern Teaching in Political Science, 1-2 credits
Description: Practical experience teaching in Department of Political Science. Application deadline one week before beginning of registration for the following semester. Before interning in a course, students must obtain a grade of at least B+ in the course.
Instructor: Arranged
POL 3120: Congress and the Presidency, 4 credits
Time, days and room: 10-11:50 a.m., MW, Cina 202
Description: Functioning and structure of the United States Congress and Presidency. Members of Congress and the Presidency: their characteristics, their selection, roles they play, how they interact with each other as well as with others in the policy-making process.
Instructor: Garrick Percival
POL 3141: American Political Parties, 3credits
Time, days, and room: 10-10:50 a.m., MWF, Cina 102
Description: History of political parties in the U.S.; the role of parties in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government and their effect on public policy; party organization; parties at the state and local level; party competition and third parties.
Instructor: Joseph Staats
POL 3142: Voting Campaigning, and Elections, 3 credits
Time, days and room: 9:30-10:45 a.m., TuTh, Cina 308
Description: Covers theories of voting, including how they explain who votes and vote choice. Examines how campaign money, policy issues, the media, and campaign advertising play a role in presidential and congressional elections
Instructor: Mary Currin-Percival
POL 3170: Political Interest Groups and Individuals, 3 credits
Time, days and room: 12-12:50 a.m., MWF, Cina 308
Description: Role of interest groups and individuals who lobby government to influence public policy. Internal dynamics of groups; strategies of lobbying and its regulation.
Instructor: TBA
POL 3197: Nongovernmental Internship, 1-12 credits
Description: Supervised, scheduled work assignments in performance of political functions in nongovernmental organizations; full- or part-time employment. Not all outside work is eligible; see department head for requirements.
Instructor: Arranged
POL 3456: International Security: Theory and Policy, 4 credits
Time, days, and room: 12-1:50 p.m., TuTh, Cina 308
Description: Introduces undergraduates to the principal theories used in international security studies and to the major security issues faced by the United States in the post-Cold War world.
Instructor: Mary Caprioli
POL 3517: Western European Political Systems, 4 credits
Time, days, and room: 10-11:50 a.m., TuTh, VKH 221
Description: Comparative analysis of development and operation of political-governmental institutions and processes in selected Western European countries; political and ideological patterns and trends; problems of democratic politics; policy issues in advanced industrial societies and the future of the "welfare state."
Instructor: Runa Das
POL 3570: Politics of Developing Nations, 3 credits
Time, days, and room: 1-1:50 p.m., MWF, Cina 308
Description: Nature of political development; individual and institutional causes and consequences of development; political economy of Third World.
Instructor: Jeremy Youde
POL 3610: Political Economy: An Introduction, 4 credits
Time, days, and room: 4-5:50 p.m. Tu Th, Cina 102
Description: Relationship between politics and economics and ways they affect each other, focusing on political and economic values/goals and their role in shaping public policy; policies and policy making in selected national systems; the international economy.
Instructor: William Henderson
POL 4190: The Senior Seminar, 4 credits
Time, days and room: Sect. 001: 3-4:50 p.m., TuTh, Cina 308
(Instructor: Mary Caprioli)
Sect. 002: 9-10:50 a.m., MW, Cina 308
Instructor: Amy Shuster
Description: Supervised research and writing in current areas or issues of politics and political science, subject matter varying with instructor.
POL 4191: Independent Study, 1-4 credits
Description: Advanced study and research under supervision of a staff member; student must consult with instructor before registration.
Instructor: arranged
INTS 4100: Seminar in International Studies, 4 credits
Time, days and room: Sect. 001: 8-9:50 a.m., TuTh, MonH 30
Instructor: Mary Caprioli
Description: Analysis of and supervised research and writing on selected topics.
SPRING 2009 COURSES
POL 1011: American Government and Politics, 3 credits
Time, days and room: Sect. 001: 9-9:50 a.m., MWF, MonH 80
(Instructor: Mary Currin-Percival)
Sect. 002: 2-3:15 p.m., TuTh, MonH 70
(Instructor: Garrick Percival)
Sect. 003: 1-1:50 p.m., MWF, MonH 203
(Instructor: TBA)
Description: Principles of American national government. Survey of American governmental system, structure, operations, and services; constitutionalism, federalism, civil liberties, parties, pressure groups, and elections.
POL 1050: International Relations, 3 credits
Time, days and room: Sect. 001: 10-10:50 a.m., MWF, SCC 120
(Instructor: Mary Caprioli)
Sect. 002: 8-9:15 a.m., TuTh, TBA
(Instructor: Paul Sharp)
Description: Introduction to contemporary international politics: levels of analysis; the international system; nation-state behavior; foreign policy decision making; economic and defense policy issues.
POL 1500: Introduction to Comparative Politics, 3 credits
Time, days and room: Sect. 001: 3-3:50 p.m., MWF, Cina 102
(Instructor: Runa Das)
Sect. 002 3:30-4:45 p.m. TuTh MonH 70
(Instructor: Jeremy Youde)
Description: Survey of the politics of countries selected to reflect alternative styles of politics and forms of government; examples of Western liberal democratic, Communist and post-Communist, and Third World systems.
POL 1610: Introduction to Political Theory, 3 credits
Time, days and room: Sect. 001: 11-11:50 p.m., MWF, TBA
Description: Survey of major contemporary political ideologies: liberalism, conservatism, socialism, Marxism, fascism, feminism, anarchism, ecologism, and liberation ideologies.
Instructor: Amy Shuster
POL 3097: Government Internship, 1-12 credits [max 12 credits]
Description: Scheduled work assignments with direct supervision in performance of governmental functions; full- or part-time employment.
Instructor: Arranged
POL 3109: Intern Teaching in Political Science, 1-2 credits
Description: Practical experience teaching in Department of Political Science. Application deadline one week before beginning of registration for the following semester. Before interning in a course, students must obtain a grade of at least B+ in the course.
Instructor: Arranged
POL 3150: American Constitutional Law I, 4 Credits
Time, days, and room: 2-3:50 p.m., TuTh, Cina 102
Description: Institutional powers and civil rights: judicial review; authority of Congress and President; powers in war and foreign affairs; power of national and state governments; property rights; civil rights and equal protection (race, gender, and other groups); anti-discrimination; affirmative action.
Instructor: Joseph Staats
POL 3151: American Constitutional Law II, 4 credits
Time, days and room: 4-5:50 p.m., TuTh, Cina 308
Description: Civil liberties: incorporation of the Bill of Rights; Due Process clause; freedom of religion; freedom of speech; freedom of press; privacy rights; rights of the accused; search and seizure; rights before the Courts; cruel and unusual punishment.
Instructor: Joseph Staats
POL 3195: Special Topics: TBA, 3 credits
Time, days and room: 11-11:50 a.m., MWF, Cina 308
Description: Examines the politics surrounding contemporary crime control policy in the United States. The complicated relationships among media, public opinion, law and politics, and the bearing that these relationships have on crime control policy will be emphasized.
Instructor: TBA
POL 3197: Nongovernmental Internship, 1-12 credits
Description: Supervised, scheduled work assignments in performance of political functions in nongovernmental organizations; full- or part-time employment. Not all outside work is eligible; see department head for requirements.
Instructor: Arranged
POL 3311: Public Opinion and Polling Methods, 4 credits
Time, days and room: 3-4:50 p.m., MW, Cina 308
Description: Role of public opinion and propaganda in the political system; acquisition and measurement of opinion; persuasion and use of propaganda techniques by candidates, pressure groups, and others.
Instructor: Mary Currin-Percival
POL 3403: American Foreign Policy
Time, days, and room: 8-8:50 a.m. MWF, Cina 308
Description: Various influences on the making of American foreign policy; understanding why particular foreign policy choices are made and the effects of a changing international environment on American foreign policy.
Instructor: Mary Caprioli
POL 3511: Politics of South Asia, 4 credits
Time, days, and room: 12-1:50 p.m., MW, Cina 102
Description: Comparative study of five South Asian countries (namely India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal). It analyzes the history and impact of colonialsim in Sourth Asia; state formations in South Asia; and controversies in recent South Asian politics over issues like globalization; democratization; religious fundamentalism; nuclearism; and gender. Policy solutions to these problems will be considered.
Instructor: Runa Das
POL 3518: Transitional Politics of Asia, 3 credits
Time, days and room: 6-6:50 p.m., MWF, Cina 308
Description: A comparative study of transitional societies in Asia (i.e., societies undergoing political, economic, technological, and socio-cultural changes--in varying degrees and forms--as part of their state building projects). Addresses the political economy of transitional states of Asia such as China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and India. Exploration, in the context of their historical experiences, of the rise of their state structures; ideologies; their transition from agrarian to industrialization; and how has this transition impacted their indigenous social cultures and identities.
Instructor: Runa Das
POL 3651: Classical Thought, 4 credits
Time, days and room: 1-2:50 p.m., MW, Cina 308
Description: Justice and the political community; classical Greek thought and medieval thought, concentrating on Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Machiavelli, and More.
Instructor: Amy Shuster
POL 3910: Honors Seminar: Landmarks in Political Science, 4 Credits
Time, days, and room: 12-1:50 p.m., TuTh, Cina 106
Description: Selected books and essays considered to be outstanding contributions to political science. The works' arguments and contribution to political science.
Instructor: Garrick Percival
POL 4190: The Senior Seminar, 4 credits
Time, days and room: Sect. 001: 6-7:50 p.m., TuTh, Cina 316
(Instructor: Jeremy Youde)
Sect. 002: 4-5:50 p.m., MW, Cina 102
(Instructor: TBA)
Description: Supervised research and writing in current areas or issues of politics and political science, subject matter varying with instructor.
POL 4191: Independent Study, 1-4 credits
Description: Advanced study and research under supervision of a staff member; student must consult with instructor before registration.
Instructor: Arranged
INTS 4100: Seminar in International Studies, 4 credits
Time, days and room: Sect. 001: 10-11:50 a.m., TuTh, Cina 106
Instructor: Paul Sharp
Description: Analysis of and supervised research and writing on selected topics.
For more information, contact the Department of Political Science