31 courses with the subject PSC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Provides a thorough grounding in the U.S. Constitution, which is America's founding document, and serves as the basis for its governmental system.
An introduction to American politics including political socialization, public opinion and ideologies, political participation in electoral systems and mass movements, political parties and interest groups.
Development of Western political tradition from Machiavelli to present, emphasizing development of liberal, conservative and socialist traditions.
Introduces basic concepts and paradigms of world politics. International security, political economy, and globalization. Power politics, international organizations, transnational politics, and human rights.
Comparative analysis of foreign countries. Governments, ideologies, parties, elections, political culture, civil society and democracy in industrialized and developing countries.
This course offers a deep examination of America's legacy of white supremacy and explores constitutional, political, and cultural efforts to overcome that legacy with a specific focus on the evolution of citizenship and naturalization. We also examine the complex interplay between race and the law in public art, education, incarceration, due process, religion, and immigration.
Selected policy issues and their relationship to the political process including health care, homeland security, welfare and housing.
Overview of the current political science methodological techniques broken into three parts: qualitative methods, quantitative methods, and experimental design.
Survey of Congressional procedures and practices. Emphasis on recent changes within Congress, and the position of Congress in the U.S. political and governmental system.
Survey of the U.S. executive branch of government, including President, Vice President, White House staff, Executive office and the bureaucracy.
Development of the notions of opinion and interest, their transmission and their influence on decision-making.
This course aims at providing a deeper understanding of the complex role of religion in American politics and history by exploring the relationship between race, gender, American identity, and religion. Students will explore key theories including pluralism; establishment clause; jeremiads; civil religion; moral panics; religious freedom; and religious nationalism.
Campaigning resources, techniques, strategies and goals. Practical and theoretical treatment. Field research.
The institutions and policies of state and local governments, with focus on New York State. State and local elections, gubernatorial politics, state legislatures, community politics.
History and evolution of international human rights laws. Explores human rights violations, challenges for enforcing human rights and prosecuting abuses. Analysis of human rights conditions in different world regions.
International and transnational. Intergovernmental and non- governmental. Regional and global. Content areas: political, economic and humanitarian.
US foreign relations in political perspective, including diplomatic history since 1945, as well as government structure, decision-making processes, and controversial foreign policy issues.
Examines contentious politics in global perspective, with a focus on nonviolent protest and social movements. Foreign, domestic, and transnational protests and their relationship with the state (U.S. and many others).
Development of constitutional law in the U.S. from the founding to present. Use of case-study method with focus on judicial review, the separation of powers and federalism. The growth of executive authority and the emergence of the administrative state.
The historical origin and development of the Bill of Rights.Close examination of Supreme Court decisions interpreting and expanding rights. Freedom of speech and religion, due process and equal protection. Current controversies over the right to privacy, affirmative action and gender equality.
The Federal Bureaucracy: its relationship to the executive and the public. Elements and issues of public-sector management.
Development and present conditions of political parties. What they do and why they do it. Parties' past and present roles, as well as their future prospects.
Structure, function, operation and politics of local government. Machine and reform models, power and participation. Significant policy issues to be addressed include schools, finances, land use, planning and crime.
This is a seminar focused on exploring, appreciating, and unpacking refugee resettlement through scholarship and the voices of (former) refugees. This seminar provides a comprehensive understanding of displacement, trauma, forced migration, the Holocaust, international law, and American immigration and refugee policy.
Reviews the main theories on development. Explores the relationship between international and domestic factor in fostering development.
Focuses on professional development and career planning related to the major, including law, government, politics, lobbying, security, teaching, and other careers. Online assignments and content to prepare students for post-graduate success.
Civil liberties issues in the war on terrorism. Treatment and rights of detainees, enhanced interrogation, ethnic and racial profiling, use of the war power including drone strikes, data collection, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; U.S. citizens as enemy combatants. Military detention and trial of terrorist suspects.
Theoretically informed perspectives on global affairs explored through selected topics and issues unified by a central theme, such as leaders and leadership in international politics.
Nationalism, separatism and European identities. Immigrant communities and responses by Europe's governments and political parties. Islam in Europe and challenges for identity and security. Lessons for U.S. public policy.
A variety of opportunities are available locally, as well as in Washington, DC and Albany. Internships arranged by faculty members in government, law offices and non-profit organizations. Prior to seeking approval, a student must work with a faculty member to develop a syllabus of learning goals, written outputs and deadlines. Pass-Fail. Does not apply as a major elective.
Research and/or directed reading under direction of faculty members associated with the Political Science department. Prior to seeking approval, a student must work with a faculty member and his/her on-site supervisor to develop a syllabus of learning goals, written outputs and deadlines. Independent studies require an application and approval by the associate dean.
Source: Canisius University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
