6 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 101INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE
This class provides an introduction to the discipline of political science and its varied fields of study (American, Comparative, International, Public Policy, and Political Theory). This course is a study of political systems, institutions, processes, and behaviors as they relate to diverse political cultures and socioeconomic demographics throughout the world. The purpose of the course is to expose students to global political, economic, and institutional issues as they relate to the discipline of political science.
This course will introduce students to a concrete study of American political institutions, the political process, and major areas of American public policy. This class will examine how race, class, gender and religion influence policy actors and the policy-making process. A discussion of the key elements of the U.S. Constitution-bicameralism, checks and balances, federal supremacy, and judicial review - is included in the course. The course also analyzes and studies mass media, interest groups, and political parties-all of which play a large role in shaping and influencing Congress, the presidency, the federal bureaucracy and the judiciary. Finally, the course examines American public policy, specifically in the areas of social and domestic policy, fiscal and monetary policy, foreign policy, and national security.
This is a course in the comparative analysis of various contemporary political systems. It focuses on the examination of their political cultures, constitutional foundations, governmental structures, policy-making processes, and capacity to adapt to change. 134
This course focuses on the study of contemporary relations between states and other international actors. It places special emphasis on the analysis of foreign policy decision-making, diplomatic practices, international systems, international law and organizations, alliance behavior, conflict and conflict resolution as well as current international problems.
Terrorism in the 21st century is a global phenomenon. This course is designed to provide a comprehensive and interdisciplinary survey of the history, theory, and modern-day political manifestations of terrorism and counter-terrorism. Terrorism will be evaluated in terms of its underlying cultural, economic, political, and psychological root causes. Effective counteraction and profiling requires empathetic explorations and analyses by students into causes and mind-sets. Counter-terrorism strategies and tactics will also be examined specifically in light of the legal and procedural safeguards that are fundamental to the maintenance of liberal democratic social and political values. Prerequisites: A passing grade in at least one introductory level course in any of the following: Anthropology, Criminal Justice Studies, Economics, Geography, History, Political Scie
