20 courses with the subject POLS, 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.
3 sem. hrs. Offered annually, fall semester. Introduction to concepts and tools for the analysis of international and global issues. Course develops understanding of sociocultural, political, and economic differences and similarities. CO UR S E S 197
3 sem. hrs. Offered every semester. An introduction to the institutional and behavioral foundations of American politics.
3 sem. hrs. This course examines the role of media in American politics by assessing the relationships between and among the media, public officials and the public in the context of democratic norms and expectations. What should the media do in our democracy? Why? What does the media do? What are the implications?
3 sem. hrs. This course assesses the critical characteristics of successful political leaders in modern American democracy. What do Americans want from leaders? How do good leaders succeed? Why do poor leaders fail? What are the results of successful and unsuccessful leadership for
1 sem. hr. Offered as needed, spring semester. May be repeated for credit. Students who participate actively in Model U.N. Club may receive credit for work done in conjunction with the club’s activities.
3 sem. hrs. Offered alternate years. This course will introduce major concepts in the national and global environmental policy discourse such as sustainability, development and climate change. It will examine intellectually and politically the nature of relationship between them. It will deal with the evolution of sustainability with the United Nations system and analyze how governments are pursuing sustainability as an urgent recommended goal in articulation of their environmental policies. To achieve this assessment objective, it will compare selected national environmental policies and their various implementation processes.
3 sem. hrs. Offered alternate years. Liberalism as a central tradition of the West. From its mid-17th century origins, liberalism has encountered a series of problems of the individual, exchange, the public, limits, power, welfare, and the self. Response by critics of liberalism.
3 sem. hrs. Offered alternate years. Explores the central themes of democratic thought in political theory, including classical 198 CO URSES
3 sem. hrs. Offered annually, spring semester. Introduces students to the development of public policy in the United States by focusing on Congress as an institution, congressional policy roles, and relations between the legislative and executive branches.
3 sem. hrs. Offered alternate years. This course will examine and compare governmental institutions, their functions, their decision- making processes and their policy formulations and implementations among selected countries located in Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East and South America. It will analyze the nature of the division of powers among the institutions of government, their relationship to civil society and society at large, how contemporary political leadership has emerged, how it has been maintaining itself in power, and how it has been managing the systems of governance in relationship to popular demands for liberal democracy.
3 sem. hrs. Offered alternate years. More and more we perceive and define the world as a global system. It is also called the world system. What does it mean in relationship to the functioning of the world of a nation-state and its borders and the world political economy and its imperative? The course introduces students to various concepts, approaches and intellectual perspectives which are articulated in the discipline of political science in order to analyze and understand the globalization phenomenon, which is produced as a result of the interactions, interdependence and interconnection between economic, political, cultural and geographical borders within nation- states and beyond.
3 sem. hrs. Offered as needed. May be repeated for credit. In-depth study of a selected topic in political science. Study of participation, public policy and policy making in industrial societies. Topics may include: poverty, housing, education, job training, health care, unemployment, welfare, conservation, political participation, elections, and campaigns. Past topics have included: U.S. Social Welfare Policy; Race, Public Policy and Democracy in the U.S.; The Politics of Terrorism; and Politics and Whiteness in the U.S.
2-4 sem. hrs. Offered as needed. May be repeated for credit. Graded: S/U. Students may submit proposals for internships in any governmental, political, or legal office.
1-3 sem. hrs. Offered as needed. May be repeated for credit. These courses are available for students who have demonstrated an ability to work without close supervision. Student(s) and faculty members develop the course together on a relevant topic.
3 sem. hrs. Offered alternate years. This course will compare contemporary political institutions, the role of civil society, the national ideologies, and economic policies of the emerging and non-emerging countries in Asia.
3 sem. hrs. Offered alternate years, fall semesters. An investigation of the substance and structure of public opinion in the United States. Students will assess the current literature and conduct independent research.
3 sem. hrs. Offered alternate years, fall semesters. Survey of the main theories and approaches to international relations, such as systems analysis, idealism, realism, environmental and psychological theories, functionalism, imperialism, conflict and decision-making theories.
3 sem. hrs. Offered alternate years. Examines the role of the U.S. judiciary and public policy with an emphasis on judicial review, civil rights and liberties, and the Supreme Court.
3 sem. hrs. Offered alternate years, spring semesters. Analysis of the government and politics in major industrialized countries with particular emphasis on political culture, political institutions, policies, and electoral process and behavior.
4 sem. hrs. Offered annually, fall semester. This seminar is about the examination of individual research issues and topics that seniors in political science are working on in their theses. Besides specific sessions on methodological and theoretical issues, seniors will regularly meet to exchange ideas related to their common experience.
Source: Wells College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
