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PED 499 - Independent Study
2013-2014 Catalog Year
PREREQ: Upper division standing and instructor permission.
credit: 1 to 3
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PHL 100 - Introduction to Problems of Philosophy
2013-2014 Catalog Year
A beginning study of a selected number of problems in philosophy such as the nature of reality, freedom versus determinism, the nature of matter, the nature of mind, the mind-body problem, the nature of space and time, the question of how we can know and by what means, the question of the existence of God, the problem of death and the possibility of immortality.
credit: 3
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PHL 101 - Introduction to Critical Thinking
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Good thinking and reasoning can be learned and developed consciously. This course will develop skills such as the ability to assess reasons and the ability to see the structures in reasoning. In particular, the course develops the distinction between truth and validity, vital not only for all academic work but even for a successful life.
credit: 3
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PHL 111 - Valid Reasoning I
2013-2014 Catalog Year
An introduction to formal techniques for determining the validity of deductive arguments. Students will learn to complete proofs in symbolic propositional logic, and to complete proofs in symbolic quantified logic with sentences having at least one quantifier.
credit: 3
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PHL 205 - Ethics I: Introduction to Classical Ethics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
How should human beings lead their lives? How does Right differ from Wrong? Good from Bad? What is Virtue? In this course we introduce and critically evaluate the attempts of several major Western philosophers to answer these and related questions. The goal is to uncover the strengths and weaknesses of their views in order to help the student to understand better the nature of morality, and to develop the skills and background necessary for independent thought on these matters.
credit: 3
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PHL 220 - Theory of Knowledge
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course consists of an introductory critical study of the nature and the possibility of knowledge. During the course we will examine differing philosophical views about issues such as: the relationship between opinion, belief and knowledge; the difference between objectivity and subjectivity; and alternative answers to questions such as “Can we know any- thing and, if so, how can we know it?”
credit: 3
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PHL 235 - History of Ancient Philosophy
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course is designed to provide a student with broad familiarity with the most important figures in Ancient Western philosophy. Some themes which are found throughout the course are: What is the nature of Reality? What is the nature of Human Beings and how do they fit unto the larger scheme of Things? What Things are of genuine value? How should one live? Concentration is greatest on Plato and Aristotle. Some attention is also given to the philosophers before Socrates, to the Neoplatonists, the Roman Stoics and some early Medieval thinkers.
credit: 3
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PHL 236 - History of Modern Philosophy
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course covers major developments in European philosophy from the end of the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment. Attention is given to problems concerning the nature of Knowledge and Reality which had emerged near the end of the Middle Ages, were sharpened by the birth of modern science and the Protestant Reformation, and which posed major challenges to long-standing traditional views. Responses to these challenges were made by such major thinkers as Descartes, Locke, and Kant. These responses are studied in this course.
credit: 3
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PHL 295 - His Western Sci & Tech
2013-2014 Catalog Year
A study of the central developments in Western science from the earliest written traditions to Copernicus’ theoretical innovations together with an examination of the mutual influence of theory and technology.
credit: 3
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PHL 296 - History of Western Science and Technology II: From the Scientific Revolution to the Present
2013-2014 Catalog Year
A study of the central transitions in Western Science from the disintegration of the Medieval world view to the present theoretical systems, together with an examination of the role of instrumentation and technology in those transitions.
credit: 3
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PHL 305 - Ethics II: Contemporary Ethics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course investigates selected topics in ethics of special interest to contemporary philosophers. For example: How are we to evaluate the morality of abortion, war, reverse discrimination, technological advancement, and our treatment of the environment and future generations? Is moral responsibility possible in a deterministic world? Is universal truth about right and wrong consistent with the observed personal and social relativity of moral belief? How can we improve on the classical accounts of right, wrong and Justice? What, precisely, do “right”, “wrong”, “good”, “bad” and other moral terms mean?
PREREQ: PHL 205 or instructor permission.
NOTE: Topics will vary.
credit: 3
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PHL 306 - Business Ethics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course investigates moral dilemmas which arise for business persons, and critically evaluates attempts to resolve these dilemmas. The responsibilities of business and persons in business vis a vis such things as: employee health and welfare, profitability, company loyalty, product safety and reliability, marketing techniques, the environment, and self-regulation will be illustrated and investigated through the examination of real cases which have arisen in business contexts. More general ethical issues relevant to the resolution of these dilemmas will also be investigated, for example, the nature of right, wrong and justice, and the moral foundations of capitalism.
PREREQ: PHL 205 or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 307 - Philosophy, Public Policy and Public Affairs
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course is devoted to a critical examination of issues and assumptions that are pertinent to the understanding of decision making in the case of public policy and affairs. Among the questions that form the foci of the course are questions such as: How should decisions about public policy or affairs be made? Could public policy be rational but unethical? Could ruthlessness be ethical if it is displayed by a public official? Must one blow the whistle on wrong doing? What is a public interest or public good? To what degree are citizens responsible for the decisions of public officials?
PREREQ: Three hours of philosophy or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 308 - Medical Ethics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
In this course, we will discuss some of the philosophical questions encountered with respect to medicine and medical technology. We will examine arguments concerning the ethical dimensions of some of the following issues: (e.g.) reproductive technology, abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide, genetic engineering and the use of genetic information, HIV, AIDS, and the physician-patient relationship, research on human subjects, allocation of medical resources, and medical errors.
PREREQ: PHL 205 or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 309 - Logic, Language, and Thought
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This class explores the limits of reason, and what these limits mean for a range of human endeavors. The class brings together material from the philosophy of logic, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind, focusing upon the historical quest to formally understand the nature of reason. To achieve this goal, the class explores: the dream of a logically perfect language, the nature of infinity, paradoxes, the limits of computation, and difference between determinism and predictability. Once some of the limits of reason have been identified and clarified, students explore a range of practical problems where such limits may have significant real-world implications. The course should be of interest to majors in philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, or to anyone curious about the nature and limits of knowledge.
PREREQ: PHL 111 OR MAT 215 OR CSC 221 OR CSC 212 OR COG 166 and upper division standing, or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 310 - Valid Reasoning II
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Explores quantified logic with sentences having more than one quantifier; additional and alternative applications of logic, such as set theory or modal logic; and metalogic. Students will be introduced to principles such as axioms systems, completeness, models, and mathematical induction.
PREREQ: PHL 111 or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 313 - Philosophy of Language
2013-2014 Catalog Year
In this course we investigate the nature of natural language and some of its basic concepts. We shall consider questions such as; What is the relation between language and the world it describes? How did that relationship emerge? How is language related to the way we perceive the world? Are humans the only creatures on this planet with language? What criteria could be used to answer these questions?
PREREQ: Three hours of philosophy or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 314 - Existentialism
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course pursues the idea that the existential account of authentic existence may provide the clues needed for an entirely new, individually centered, existential way of rethinking traditional philosophical problems such as of personal knowledge, ethics and value, the body, feeling, the senses and human sexuality, as well as the theory of ultimate reality.
PREREQ: PHL 220 OR 236, or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 317 - Philosophy of Religion
2013-2014 Catalog Year
An introductory, philosophical examination of the nature of religion and religious belief and such problems as those of religious knowledge, faith versus reason, God, immortality and evil.
PREREQ: Three hours of philosophy or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 321 - Philosophy of Science
2013-2014 Catalog Year
In a scientifically and technologically based culture can one afford to be ignorant of the structure of science? Do the last three centuries of scientific work suggest that science has a unique grip on the way to gain knowledge? What is the rationality of science? This course addresses the need to understand the claims to knowledge that scientists make and examines the structure and function of scientific laws and theories and the way they are related to experiments.
PREREQ: Upper division standing and one of the following PHL 111 OR 220 OR 236 OR 296, or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 322 - Philosophy of Social Sciences
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course offers a specialized critical study of the concepts, theories, and methodologies of the social sciences. Among the issues to be addressed in the course are the very possibility of a scientific study of human action and the existence of a model of science to which the social sciences have to conform.
PREREQ: PHL 111 OR 220 OR 236, or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 323 - Philosophy of Biology
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Investigates philosophical questions that arise concerning findings and assumptions of modern biology. Topics may include: the nature of life; explaining teleological discourse; implications of different choices for the unit of selection; organism and species identity; and whether evolution has a direction.
PREREQ: Either PHL 111 and an upper division philosophy course, or PHL 321, or six hours in the biological sciences.
credit: 3
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PHL 337 - History of Recent Philosophy
2013-2014 Catalog Year
A critical study of Western philosophical thinkers from the mid-nineteenth century to the first half of the twentieth. Including movements such as Post-Kantian Idealism, Positivism, Pragmatism, Marxism, Existentialism, Phenomenology, Neorealism, Process Philosophy, and Analytic Philosophy.
PREREQ: PHL 236 or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 348 - Philosophy and Feminism
2013-2014 Catalog Year
In this course the philosophical underpinnings of feminist theorizing, specifically as they are revealed in feminist critiques of philosophical positions, issues, concepts and theories or their absence, will be critically examined.
PREREQ: PHL 100 OR PHL 205 OR WST 200, or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 360 - Philosophy of the Middle Ages
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Exposition, analysis and criticism of the principle philosophical writings of the middle ages including such figures as Augustine, Anselm, Abelard, Aquinas, Avincenna, Maimonides, Scotus and Ockham.
PREREQ: PHL 235 or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 364 - American Philosophy
2013-2014 Catalog Year
A study of the ideas and movements in American philosophical thought as exemplified in Peirce, James, Royce, Santayana, Dewey and Whitehead.
PREREQ: PHL 220 OR PHL 236.
credit: 3
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PHL 370 - Metaphysics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course investigates the nature and being of the Self, the Universe and Ultimate Reality. The course will focus on such questions as: What constitutes personal identity? What is the nature of space and time? Is there anything permanent?
PREREQ: PHL 111 and one of the following: PHL 220 OR 235 OR PHL 236 or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 442 - Social Philosophy
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Some conception of society is presupposed by every political philosophy and ethical theory. In this course alternative conceptions of society and their relations to political philosophy and ethical theory will be critically examined. Special attention will be given to the ideas and theoretical placement of individuality, community, work and family.
PREREQ: Six hours in philosophy or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 443 - Philosophy of Law
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course is a critical philosophical examination of the nature and function of law, legal practices and institutions, and legal reasoning. Some of the following questions will be addressed in the course: What is law? What is its proper function? How are our own legal practices and institutions related to this function? Are there better alternatives? How is legality related to morality? Special attention will be given to the conceptual and moral foundations of alternative accounts of the nature, justification, interpretation, and limits of law.
PREREQ: Three hours in philosophy or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 450 - Current Topics in Philosophy Seminar
2013-2014 Catalog Year
An advanced study of a selected topic in contemporary philosophy. Topics will vary from year to year.
PREREQ: Six hours in philosophy or instructors permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 460 - History of Philosophy Seminar
2013-2014 Catalog Year
An advanced study of the writings of one of the major philosophers or philosophical schools in Western philosophy, such as Plato, Kant, Hegel, Rationalism or Empiricism.
PREREQ: PHL 236 or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 471 - Philosophy of Mind
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Without thinking much about it, we rely on some sort of contrast between physical things and mental things. What is the basis of this contrast? Are mental things like believing, hoping, perceiving, and feeling just various sorts of physical things? Or is the contrast so strong that mental things are entirely different in nature from any kinds of physical things or physical events? Or is our habit of relying on a contrast between them simply based on confusion or on worn-out, indefensible assumptions? We address these questions and others in this course.
PREREQ: PHL 220 Or PHL 236 Or COG 166, or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 496 - Joint Seminar in Philosophy-Psychology
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Conceptual and epistemological problems associated with the nature of psychology, such as the following: the scientific status of certain psychological theories, e.g., the Freudian theory of personality; the issue of mind versus brain; the reduction of psychological concepts to those of physics; parapsychology.
PREREQ: Twelve hours of philosophy or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 497 - Capstone Seminar in Philosophy
2013-2014 Catalog Year
The capstone is a culminating experience for philosophy majors. One of the seminar’s main components is the completion of a student learning portfolio. The examples of written work in the portfolio will be used as one source of evidence for assessing learning outcomes in the philosophy major. It will provide important indicators of students’ progress toward mastering the main concepts and skills of philosophy.
PREREQ: Eighteen hours of philosophy or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHL 499 - Independent Study
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Advanced study of selected topics.
PREREQ: Three hours of philosophy and instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHY 101 - Introductory Physics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
An introductory quantitative survey of the principles of physics. (High school algebra required.) Newtonian mechanics, electricity and magnetism, light, and modern physics.
credit: 3
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PHY 103 - The Realm of Physics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Introductory course which stresses conceptual considerations in understanding the basic physical principles operating in nature. Newtonian mechanics, electricity and magnetism, light, and modern physics.
credit: 3
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PHY 111 - College Physics I
2013-2014 Catalog Year
A course in mechanics, heat, properties of matter and wave motion (3 lectures and 1 lab). High school algebra and trigonometry required.
credit: 4
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PHY 112 - General University Physics I
2013-2014 Catalog Year
General principles of physics are taught in the areas of Mechanics, Oscillations and Fluids using a calculus-based approach.
PREREQ: Prerequisite: MAT 210 previously or concurrently.
credit: 4
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PHY 195 - Physics Seminar
2013-2014 Catalog Year
A one semester seminar course for all students entering the physics program. This seminar is intended to inform the beginning physics student what the different interests that physicists and engineers have working in a modern technological society and the requirements needed to be successful in these fields.
credit: 1
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PHY 204 - Physics of Sound and Music
2013-2014 Catalog Year
An introductory one semester course covering the fundamentals of acoustics and their application to the sounds we hear and produce through music and musical instruments. The course requires no background in either science(physics) or music. Application will be taken from the fields of physics, engineering, psychology, speech, music, and musical instruments.
NOTE: This course can be repeated.
credit: 3
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PHY 205 - Energy and the Environment: A Global View
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course examines the global energy resources, practical uses of energy, usefulness of different energy resources, and impact of energy uses on the environment. This course also covers the principles underlying energy production and utilization.
PREREQ: Minimum sophomore standing, or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHY 206 - Physics for Elementary Education Majors
2013-2014 Catalog Year
An introductory survey with laboratory, of the principles of physics, including: mechanics, energy and its transformations, sound, electricity and magnetism, and properties of materials.
NOTE: Open to elementary education majors only.
credit: 4
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PHY 212 - College Physics II
2013-2014 Catalog Year
A course in electricity, magnetism, light and nuclear physics.
PREREQ: PHY 111
credit: 4
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PHY 213 - General University Physics II
2013-2014 Catalog Year
General principles of physics are taught in the areas of Electricity, Magnetism, Light, and Modern Physics using a calculus-based approach. (3 lectures and 1 lab.)
PREREQ: PHY 112 and MAT 220 previously or concurrently.
credit: 4
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PHY 303 - Beginnings of Science: World View
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course explores the origins and diffusion of the early scientific ideas and practices that were the necessary foundations of what came to be known as “Modern Science”. Through case studies of several different ancient and medieval cultures and civilizations, we examine the nature of science; the contexts in which it flourished; the cultural exchanges by which it was diffused; the reasons for its occasional decline; and its impact on society.
PREREQ: Upper division standing
credit: 3
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PHY 305 - Energy and the Environment
2013-2014 Catalog Year
A course whose goal is to understand the physical principles behind energy use and its effects on our environment. The course examines different aspects of each energy resource worldwide, including the principles involved and the environmental and economic consequences of its use.
PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHY 313 - General University Physics III
2013-2014 Catalog Year
General principles of physics are taught in the areas of Wave Motion, Light, Optics, Special Relativity, and Elementary Modern Physics using a calculus-based approach.
PREREQ: PHY 213 and MAT 210 and MAT 220.
credit: 3
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PHY 313L - General University Physics III Laboratory
2013-2014 Catalog Year
An intermediate physics laboratory in mechanics, electricity, and optics designed to develop the analytical skills of students in order to prepare them for more specialized physics laboratory courses and undergraduate research.
COREQ: PHY 213 and 313
credit: 1
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PHY 314 - Modern Physics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Elementary quantum mechanics and applications; optical and x-ray spectra, fine structures and Zeeman effects.
PREREQ: PHY 313 OR CHE 341, and MAT 240 previously or concurrently.
credit: 3 lecture; 1 laboratory
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PHY 314L - Modern Physics Laboratory
2013-2014 Catalog Year
An intermediate physics laboratory in modern physics designed to demonstrate the quantum nature of matter and prepare students for more advanced physics laboratory courses. Typical experiments carried out by students include x-ray diffraction, excitation and ionization potentials in atoms, optical spectra, and gamma ray scattering.
COREQ: PHY 314 or CHE 341
credit: 1
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PHY 321 - Electronics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Basic physical principles of electronic devices and circuits.
PREREQ: PHY 314 and MAT 240.
credit: 3 lecture; 1 laboratory
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PHY 321L - Electronics Laboratory
2013-2014 Catalog Year
credit: 1
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PHY 322 - Optics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Fourier transforms and matrix theory in optics. Coherence, diffraction, Kirchoff’s integral, hologram, lasers.
PREREQ: PHY 314 and MAT 240.
credit: 3 lecture; 1 laboratory
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PHY 322L - Optics Laboratory
2013-2014 Catalog Year
credit: 1
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PHY 335 - Mathematical Physics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Introduction to mathematics methods in physics. General coordinate systems, vector spaces and matrices. Fourier analysis, linear differential equations, orthogonal functions.
PREREQ: PHY 314 and MAT 240.
credit: 3
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PHY 340 - Thermodynamics and its Applications
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Laws of thermodynamics; heat engines, steam power plants, internal combustion engines, refrigeration; low temperature physics.
PREREQ: PHY 314 and MAT 240.
credit: 3
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PHY 362 - Electrical Circuits and Machines
2013-2014 Catalog Year
A rigorous treatment of the basic principles of electric circuit theory and applications.
PREREQ: PHY 314 and MAT 240
credit: 4
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PHY 363 - Materials Science
2013-2014 Catalog Year
A rigorous treatment of the properties of crystalline and amorphous solids and the effects of impurities and defects on these properties. Metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites will be studied. A good understanding of these materials is needed in modern technology and science.
PREREQ: PHY 314, MAT 240, CHE 111 and CHE 212.
credit: 3
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PHY 423 - Quantum Physics II
2013-2014 Catalog Year
An introduction to the main concepts that have evolved in physics during the last half of the 20th century with particular emphasis on discoveries in the fields of nuclear, quantum, condensed matter, and high energy physics.
PREREQ: PHY 314 and MAT 240
credit: 3
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PHY 423L - Quantum Physics II Laboratory
2013-2014 Catalog Year
An advanced physics laboratory in modern physics designed to demonstrate the quantum nature of matter and particles. Typical experiments carried out by students include optical fine structure, magnetic field effects on electronic states in atoms, pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance, and Coulomb scattering of protons.
COREQ: PHY 423
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PHY 430 - Advanced Laboratory in Low Temperature Physics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
An advanced laboratory project in low temperature solid state physics.
PREREQ: PHY 423 with lab, or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHY 431 - Advanced Laboratory in Nuclear Physics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
An advanced laboratory project in low energy nuclear physics.
PREREQ: PHY 423 with lab, or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHY 432 - Advanced Laboratory in Optics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
A research laboratory experience in optics for physics majors in their senior year.
PREREQ: PHY 322 and 314.
credit: 3
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PHY 435 - Computational Physics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course provides an introduction to standard numerical techniques for problem solving in physics. Programming languages (such as C++ and JAVA) and computer algebra system software (such as Maple) are used to generate the numerical solutions. Representative problems from dynamics, oscillatory motion, and quantum mechanics are featured.
PREREQ: PHY 314 and MAT 240.
credit: 4
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PHY 436 - Advanced Mechanics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation of mechanics; applications to satellite and rigid body motion. Relativistic mechanics.
PREREQ: PHY 314 and MAT 240.
credit: 3
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PHY 437 - Advanced Quantum Mechanics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Basic principles of wave mechanics, theory of angular momentum, applications to physical systems.
PREREQ: MAT 240 and either PHY 314 OR CHE 342.
credit: 3
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PHY 439 - Advanced Electromagnetic Theory
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Maxwell’s equations and their applications in electrodynamics and plasma physics.
PREREQ: PHY 213 and MAT 240.
credit: 3
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PHY 467 - Special Topics in Physics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Provides junior/senior physics students with in depth knowledge of one branch of physics. The course strengthens undergraduate knowledge of one branch of physics, bridges the gap between undergraduate and graduate level physics and leads in to PHY 496. Different topics will be studied each year, for example Astrophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, Nuclear Physics, etc. Students are expected to take this course only once, dealing with one special topic.
PREREQ: PHY 314 and MAT 240, or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHY 496 - Senior Research Project
2013-2014 Catalog Year
The senior research project provides an opportunity to better understand the role of theoretical and experimental research in physics by carrying out independent research under the close supervision of a faculty member. This research project involves reviewing the physics literature, conferencing with the faculty supervisor, and independent research or laboratory work if the project is experimental.
PREREQ: PHY 423 with lab, or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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PHY 499 - Independent Study
2013-2014 Catalog Year
PREREQ: Instructor permission.
credit: 1 to 3
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POL 115 - Economic and Political Foundations of Sustainability
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course examines the economic and political foundations of decision-making regarding environmental and sustainability issues.
EQUIVALENT COURSE: ECO 115
credit: 3
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POL 201 - Global Politics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course examines approaches to studying global politics and explores a range of contemporary global issues. Specific issues addressed in the course will vary by instructor, but may include conflict, democratization, development, the environment, gender, the global economy, global security, human rights, media/technology, nationalism, religion, and social movements.
credit: 3
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POL 203 - Critical Thinking in Politics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course teaches critical thinking by engaging students in major controversies over the analysis of key concepts in political science. It develops the student’s basic skills in reading complex texts and in recognizing and analyzing assumptions, structuring and organizing arguments, and understanding and analyzing symbolic discourses. Each section of the course will raise competing perspectives and will focus on critical thinking and argument-making skills. The course will combine theoretical readings with discussions of specific political issues.
credit: 3
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POL 205 - American Government and Politics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
An introduction to the American federal system. Examines the Constitution, Congress, the presidency, Supreme Court, bureaucracy, political parties, elections, campaigns, interest groups, and the policy process.
credit: 3
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POL 300 - Topics in Political Science
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Topics will vary with current interest of faculty and students. Specific topics will be announced.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
NOTE: May be repeated for credit.
credit: 3
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POL 303 - Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course studies selected texts of important political theorists from ancient Greece, Rome, and the European middle ages which continue to be important reference points in contemporary political thought. The course focuses especially on the emergence of the concept of sovereignty, the conditions which make citizenship possible, the relation of religious faith to politics, the gendered nature of political theory, and the controversies over authority and power in the rise of modern state.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 305 - State and Local Government
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Forms, functions and services of state governments; intergovernmental relations; representative local governments; State Constitution and Bill of Rights.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 307 - European Politics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Examines European politics from the Atlantic to the Ural Mountains. It discusses the historical evolution of the modern European democratic nation-state; its organization and political practices; the institutions and politics of the European Union; and the endurance and proliferation of the state in Europe.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 309 - International Law
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Surveys the rules, procedures, and practices that regulate the various actors in the international arena. Emphasizes the post World War II era and new perspectives such as the control of the use of force, redistribution of world resources, and international protection of human rights.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 311 - Public Policy Analysis
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Studies the theoretical foundations and alternative models of the policy process. Covers topics such as education, health, welfare, energy, and environmental policy.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 313 - Modern Political Thought
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course studies selected texts of important political theorists from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution. It focuses specifically on the political theory of the enlightenment, the emergence of the modern theory of democracy, rationalizations of the sovereignty of the nation-state, and the development of critical theories of capitalism and modernity in the late nineteenth centuries. Theorists studied will include Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Montwequieu, Burke, Mill, Marx, and Nietzsche.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 315 - United States Congress
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Examines the role of the Congress in the American political system. Emphasizes the internal formal and informal roles and structures of the Congress and the roles of individual members.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 319 - International Organization
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Examines the organization and functioning of such international and regional organizations as the United Nations, the European Community, the Organization of American States, NATO and specialized agencies such as the World Health Organization.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 323 - Postmodern Political and Social Theory
2013-2014 Catalog Year
The course examines the diversity of theories that challenge modernity in political theory and relates them to specific issues in contemporary political theory, such as freedom, sovereignty, the politics of hybridity and diversity, and democracy.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
NOTE: This course is the third of four survey courses in political theory. It may be taken by itself or as part of the sequence of survey courses in political theory (POL 303, 313, and 333).
credit: 3
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POL 325 - The Presidency
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Development and contemporary status of presidential power and of the presidential office. Historical, analytical and critical approach with emphasis on the personal and political aspects of the institution.
PREREQ: POL 205 or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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POL 326 - Presidental NOminations and Elections
2013-2014 Catalog Year
An in-depth examination of the American method of nominating and electing presidents. Topics studied include how candidates get organized, primaries and caucuses, campaign finance, national party conventions, the Electoral College, the role of the media and possible alternatives to the current system.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 327 - African Politics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Analyzes the development of the political systems of sub-Saharan Africa from the interaction of traditional African and modern European social forces. Emphasizes colonialism, nationalism, and political patterns in the post-independence period.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 329 - American Foreign Policy
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Historical roots of United States foreign policy. Examines the development of the U.S. into a global power; involvements in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Covers the individual and institutional actors involved in the foreign policy making process.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 330 - Internet Politics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course surveys the relationships between the Internet and contemporary politics. It teaches students the skills needed for basic Internet literacy, examines the medium’s ongoing development and the political context in which this occurs, and addresses connections between various Internet-related topics and politics.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 333 - Global Political Theory
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course focuses on the interactions among different traditions of political theory, examining points of contact and difference. Students will study both alternative traditions of political thought and issues in political theory that address transnational political formations.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
NOTE: Note: This course is the fourth of four survey courses in political theory. It may be taken by itself or as part of the sequence of survey courses in political theory (POL 303, 313, and 323). It will be taught every other spring semester.
credit: 3
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POL 335 - The Supreme Court
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Examines the structure and functioning of the Supreme Court. Particular attention given to the role of the Court in the American political process.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 337 - Middle East Politics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
Examines contemporary political issues in the Middle East and North Africa, including international relations, the politics of oil, the environment, democratization, gender, religion, and the development of civil society.
PREREQ: Three credits in political science, or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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POL 338 - Politics and Film
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course explores the connections between politics and film, with an emphasis on developing the theoretical foundations and analytical skills needed to understand and interpret popular films in their political context. Topics will vary by instructor. May be taken twice, with different professors, for credit.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or instuctor permission.
credit: 3
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POL 339 - International Relations Theory
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course surveys contending theoretical frameworks used to study contemporary international relations, examining both traditional and newer approaches. Perspectives addressed will vary by instructor but may include liberalism, realism, Marxism, critical theory, constructivism, feminism, postmodernism, and green theory.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 343 - Democratic Theory
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course examines democracy as an ambiguous achievement, both valued and undermined, in modern political thought. It surveys a variety of historical traditions of democratic thought, and investigates current problems of democratic politics in light of recent developments in political economy, the capitalist state, and global politics.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 345 - American Constitutional Law
2013-2014 Catalog Year
The Supreme Court’s contribution to constitutional development as reflected primarily in its decisions in cases on the nature of judicial authority, the commerce clause, the separation of powers, the division of authority between the national and state governments, and others.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 347 - Politics of Development
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course addresses issues of political, economic, and social development. We critically examine the notion and paradigm of development, the ways in which countries and other institutions attempt to bring about development, and successful and unsuccessful cases of development in countries around the world.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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POL 348 - Contentious Politics
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This class examines contentious politics, from strikes and protests to coups and revolutions. We examine both US and international cases of collective action, using comparative analysis to understand demands for social and political change.
PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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POL 353 - Contemporary Political Theory: Democratic and Global
2013-2014 Catalog Year
This course investigates important conceptual issues in contemporary political theory by surveying twentieth century theorists such as Freud, Weber, Habermas, and Foucault, as well as rival theoretical approaches such as utilitarianism, communitarianism, critical theory, feminism, and post-structuralism.
PREREQ: 3 credits in Politcal Science or Instuctor Permission.
credit: 3
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