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North Carolina Wesleyan University · Courses
POL
48 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.
POL 112American Political System3
Semester Hours This is an introductory course in American national government and politics. It is designed to give the student a basic understanding of the American political system from the framing of the Constitution to the present. This course is particularly concerned with the struggle for democracy in America. Wesleyan Core SLO: Information Literacy
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 112American Political System3
This is an introductory course in American national government and politics. It i Wesleyan Core SLO: Information Literacy
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- Semester Hours
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 191Research Topics1-6
Semester Hours An area of study of interest to the student and usually taught on a one-on-one basis between a faculty member and the student.
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 1
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- 6
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- 2026-2027
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 191Research Topics1-6
An area of study of interest to the student and us
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 1
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- 6
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 195Special Topics1-6
Semester Hours A study of Selected topics.
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 1
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- 6
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- 2026-2027
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 195Special Topics1-6
A study of Selected topics.
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 1
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- 6
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 200Introduction to Political Science3
Semester Hours This course is designed to provide the student with a general understanding of how political scientists study the phenomena of politics and deepen the student’s understanding of their role as both a critical thinker and participant within the political system. This course will focus on the basic principles important to the field of political science, as well as political behavior, systems, processes and interaction. Wesleyan Core SLO: Critical Thinking
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 200Introduction to Political Science3
This course is designed to provide the student with a general understanding of how political scientists s Wesleyan Core SLO: Critical Thinking
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 201Introduction to International Relations3
Semester Hours This course is designed to introduce students to the concepts and theories of international relations and provide an interactive forum for analysis of the international system and the forces that produce cooperation and conflict. Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
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- Semester Hours
- Type
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- 2026-2027
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 201Introduction to International Relations3
This course is designed to introduce students to the concepts and theori Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- Semester Hours
- Type
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 211American State and Local Government3
Semester Hours This course examines the relationship between state and local governments and the federal system. Particular attention will be given to the role of the states with respect to civil rights, welfare, education, regulation and the environment.
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 211American State and Local Government3
This course examines the relationship between state and local governmen
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- Semester Hours
- Type
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 212Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation3
Semester Hours This course examines the history, nature, and influence of conspiracy theories and misinformation within American political discourse. The course will emphasize the social and cognitive factors which predict acceptance of misinformation and conspiracy theories, strategies for information literacy, and the exploitation of misinformation by political actors. Wesleyan Core SLO: Information Literacy Writing Intensive
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
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- 2026-2027
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 212Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation3
This course examines the history, nature, and influence of conspiracy theories and misinformatio Wesleyan Core SLO: Information Literacy
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 215Politics, Ethics and Justice3
Semester Hours This course offers a survey of the several of the most influential works of political and ethical philosophy in a manner of reading that encourages students to apply these works to their own political and ethical actions. The works surveyed in this course include wntings of Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau. Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
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- 2026-2027
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 215Politics, Ethics and Justice3
This course offers a survey of the several of the most influential works of political and et Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 220
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- POL
- Type
- alias
- Source
- ncwu.edu
POL 300The United States Congress3
Semester Hours This is an introductory course on The United States Congress. It is designed to give students a basic understanding of how Congress works and why from the framing of the Constitution to the present. The course is particularly concerned with the development of Congress, its representational role, structure and process and congressional policy and performance.
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
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- Semester Hours
- Type
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- 2026-2027
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 300The United States Congress3
Component 2: Social Issues Complete two of the following courses, including at least one upper-level course:
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- Semester Hours
- Type
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 301Judicial Politics3
Semester Hours This is an introductory course on judicial politics in the United States. It is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the organization of courts (federal and state), judicial process in civil and criminal law, judicial decision-making, and judicial policy making. Particular attention will be given to the role of judges as political actors as well as racial disparities within the criminal justice system.
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- Type
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- 2026-2027
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 301Judicial Politics3
This is an introductory course on judicial politics in the United States. It is designed to provide the st
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
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- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 302American Presidency3
Semester Hours An examination of the modern presidency from Franklin D. Roosevelt to the present with emphasis on policies, decision-making, party-politics, personality and the powers of the contemporary president. Writing Intensive
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
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- Semester Hours
- Type
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- 2026-2027
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 302American Presidency3
An examination of the modern presidency from Franklin D. Roose
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 308Social Research Methods3
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
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- 2026-2027
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
- Prerequisite
- MAT 213 and POL 112 or SOC 101 or permission of the instructor A study of the logic and methods of social science research and its application including: project design; measurement, collection, analysis and interpretation of data; and ethical implications of social research. Identical To: SOC 308
POL 308Social Research Methods3
A study of the logic and methods of social science research and its appli Identical To: SOC 308
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
- Prerequisite
- MAT 213 and POL 112 or SOC 101 or permission of the instruc
POL 310Political Economy3
Semester Hours This course is designed to investigate political, economic, philosophical, social, historical and legal aspects of the structure and operation of America’s macro- and micro-economic systems. Focus is given to how these United States systems compare internally over time and externally across nations, with an extended introduction to international political economy. Students should develop the knowledge and skills necessary to analyze United States political economy in global context, from contemporary history to expected future trends. Writing Intensive
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- Semester Hours
- Type
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- 2026-2027
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 310Political Economy3
This course is designed to investigate political, economic, philosophical, social, historical and legal aspects of the structure and o
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 311Political Parties and Public Opinion3
Semester Hours This is a writing intensive course designed to introduce students to the citizen’s role within the democratic process. More specifically, this course focuses on citizen’s patterns of participation, values, ideological orientations, political parties, party support bases, elections and voting behavior. In addition, the course will ask whether citizen’s participation overall is in decline and what effects it may have on democracy, if it is. Writing Intensive
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 311Political Parties and Public Opinion3
This is a writing intensive course designed to introduce students to the citizen’s role within the democratic p
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 313Comparative Politics3
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
- Prerequisite
- Must be junior standing or have instructor approval. This course will provide an introduction to comparative politics and comparative methods. The first part of the course will be more theoretical in nature providing an introduction to basic political concepts and practices. The second part of the course will be dedicated to understanding the practice of comparative politics through both case studies and cross-national comparisons. Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
POL 313Comparative Politics3
This course will provide an introduction to comparative politics and comparative methods. The first part Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
- Prerequisite
- Must be junior standing or have instructor approval.
POL 315East Asian Politics3
Semester Hours This is an undergraduate course designed to provide students with an understanding of government and politics in three East Asian countries (Japan, South Korea and Taiwan) from a comparative perspective. There will be occasional discussions on other East Asian countries such as China and North Korea. However, they are not the main focus of this course. Writing Intensive
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 315East Asian Politics3
This is an undergraduate course designed to provide students with an understanding of govern
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 400American Political Thought3
Semester Hours This course surveys American political thought from the colonial era to the present. Required readings are drawn mainly from primary sources including the writings of politicians, activists and theorists. Topics include the relationship between religion and politics, rights, federalism, national identity, republicanism versus liberalism, the relationship of subordinated groups to mainstream political discourse and the role of ideas in politics. We will analyze the simultaneous radicalism and weakness of American liberalism and how the revolutionary ideas of freedom and equality run up against persistent patterns of inequality. Writing Intensive
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 400American Political Thought3
This course surveys American political thought from the colonial era to the present. Required readings are drawn mainly from primary sources including the wri
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 401Ideals and Ideology3
Semester Hours This course offers a survey of the main schools of thought in political theory and the way they are expressed in contemporary political ideologies. The ideologies surveyed in this course are liberalism, conservatism, socialism, fascism and feminism. Writing Intensive
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 401Ideals and Ideology3
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- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
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- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 408Big Business and American Politics3
Semester Hours This course explores the relationship between big business and the American political system. It examines specific dimensions of corporate power such as PACs, lobbying and disinvestment. The corporate influence on policy-making is the principal focus. Writing Intensive
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 408Big Business and American Politics3
This course explores the relationship between big business and the Ameri
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 410Constitutional Law3
Semester Hours This course is planned as a unit in the study of American Constitutional Law. The organization will be partly chronological and partly topical. It will not attempt to cover every field of our constitutional law, nor even every important field, but will concentrate on those issues which best indicate the importance of the Supreme Court in the development of American politics.
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 410Constitutional Law3
This course is planned as a unit in the study of American Constitutional Law. The organization w Identical To: JUS 410
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 411Political Psychology3
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
- Prerequisite
- POL 112 , POL 308 or PSY 226 This course provides a broad introduction to the interdisciplinary field of political psychology. The course emphasizes the application of psychological theory to political science topics and areas of interest. Topics that may be examined include, but are not limited to: experimental methods, social cognition, political attitudes, ideology, partisanship, emotion, identity, stereotyping and prejudice. Some background knowledge of social psychology is helpful, but not required.
POL 411Political Psychology3
This course provides a broad introduction to the interdisciplinary field of political psychology. The course emphasizes
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
- Prerequisite
- POL 112 , POL 308 or PSY 226
POL 491Research Topics1-6
Semester Hours An area of study of interest to the student and usually taught on a one-on-one basis between a faculty member and the student.
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 6
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 491Research Topics1-6
An area of study of interest to the student and us
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 6
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 495Special Topics1-6
Semester Hours A study of selected topics.
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 6
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
POL 495Special Topics1-6
a
- Subject
- POL
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 6
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
- Source
- catalog.ncwc.edu
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