Second Semester
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 17
- Credits (max)
- 17
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2027
- Source
- www.sunysuffolk.edu
5 courses with the subject POL, 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.
Second Semester
Second Semester
Survey of global politics from historical and contemporary perspectives. Explores theoretical frameworks that provide different perspectives on how the international system operates. Topics include: the behaviors of states, nongovernmental organizations, intergovernmental organizations, and decision makers, contemporary global issues and challenges, regional dynamics across diverse geographic areas and cultures including the Middle East, East Asia, and Africa. Key concepts include, but are not limited to, sovereignty, power, statehood, globalization, conflict, culture, diplomacy, and human rights. Notes: (1) Fulfills SUNY General Education Requirement for (1) Fulfills SUNY-GE World History and Global Awareness, SUNY-GE Social Sciences and SUNY-GE Diversity. No prerequisite. Offered on: A-E-G / 3 cr. hrs.
This course will introduce students to different world regions and nation-states in comparison with one another and with the United States. The course will include l an analysis/comparison of selected government and political institutions, individual and collective actors and processes in the contemporary world, emphasizing the interaction of political structures and processes in a variety of political settings. Historical and geographical factors will be examined to determine their effects on the contemporary political, economic and social patterns that exist in different nation states and regions. Note: Fulfills SUNY-GE Social Sciences and SUNY-GE World History and Global Awareness.
Introduction to major issues in government, politics and society, including ethics, justice, freedom, race, equality, law and use of power. Selections from major political thinkers discussed and related to current political and social issues. Note: Fulfills SUNY-GE Social Sciences. No prerequisite. Offered on: A-G / 3 cr. hrs.
Source: Suffolk County Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61