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PHED 2100 - Beginning Tap Dance Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours Description: Provides instruction in knowledge and basic skills for Beginning Tap Dance. |
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PHED 2150 - Introduction to To-Shin Do: Ninja Self-Defense Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours Description: A martial art class that is the beginning level of To Shin Do equivalent of earning a white belt. Also included is discussion of the history and philosophy that brought To Shin Do to life. Fundamental mechanics required to perform the self-defense techniques are the focus of the physical training. Students will emulate and memorize the fundamental katas to build a foundation for their training. |
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PHED 2151 - To Shin Do-Earth Intermediate Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours Prerequisite: PHED 2150 ;
Description: Shin Do-Earth Intermediate focuses on the mechanics of movement and how to use them. This course builds on the mechanics and concepts of PHED 2150. |
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PHED 2152 - To Shin Do-Earth Advanced Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours Prerequisite: PHED 2151 ; Description: Advanced To Shin Do students begin internalizing not just the physical mechanics but also the philosophical concepts that are the true lessons of the kata. Understanding of the mechanics and concepts will be tested in
their ability to perform the kata against an aggressor without knowing what the aggressor is going to do ahead of time. |
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PHED 2200 - Introduction to Rock Climbing Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours Description: Physical activity |
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PHED 2210 - Intermediate Rock Climbing Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours Description: Physical activity |
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PHED 2300 - Self Defense for Women Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours |
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PHED 2410 - Introduction to Flat-water Canoeing Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours Description: This course provices an introduction to the foundational skills and knowledge pertinent to flat-water canoeing. Students will spend class time developing cognitive, motor and affective skills related to this life-long leisure pursuit. Field trips required. |
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PHED 2500 - Under Water SCUBA Diving Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours Description: Physical activity |
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PHED 2700 - Physical Activity: Walking Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours Description: Physical activity. |
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PHYS 440I - Physics Internship Credit Hours: 1 to 6 Credit Hours Prerequisite: Approval of advisor and chair and prior arrangement with employer; Description: One-term learning experience acquired through supervised employment with a national research laboratory, a research institution, university or related industrial partner. Satisfactory employer evaluation and detailed written documentation of the work performed is required. Pass/Fall only. May be repeated up to a total of 12 credit hours. |
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PHYS 440R - Research in Physics Credit Hours: 1 to 3 Credit Hours Prerequisite: Six hours of upper division physics or engineering with grades of “C” or higher; and permission of instructor Description: Research activities agreed on by the student and instructor which may emphasize lab techniques or data acquisition and analysis. Written and oral reports are required. May be repeated for a total of up to 9 credit hours. |
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PHYS 1010/1011 - Understanding Physical World (and lab) Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours Corequisite: PHYS 1011 Description: Motion, energy, properties of matter, heat, and sound. The approach is conceptual and non-mathematical. The role of physics in the understanding of everyday experiences in our technological society. Laboratory 1011 is to be taken concurrently. |
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PHYS 1020/1021 - Understanding Physical World (and lab) Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours Corequisite: PHYS 1021 Description: Electricity and magnetism, light, atomic and nuclear physics, and relativity. Physics 1010 is NOT a prerequisite. The approach is conceptual and non-mathematical. The role of physics in the understanding of everyday experiences in our technological society. Laboratory 1021 is to be taken concurrently. |
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PHYS 1234 - Introductory Seminar in Physics Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours Description: Research presentations by students, faculty and visiting scientists. Discussions of major area of physics and intersection of physics with student’s objectives. |
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PHYS 1710 - Introduction to Chemistry and Physics Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours Cross Listed CHEM 1710 Description: Introductory integrated lab/lecture course in chemistry and physics. Included are hands-on and computer based activities in the scientific method, astronomy, motion, energy, kinetic theory, waves and sound, atomic structure, electricity and magnetism, elements and periodic properties, chemical bonding, electrochemistry, environmental issues, and linkage to NASA via the Internet. (Physics 1710 may not be combined with either CHEM 1010 [Inactive] or PHYS 1010 [Inactive] to satisfy the General Education Core.) |
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PHYS 2010/2011 - College Physics I (and lab) Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours Prerequisite: MATH 1720 or MATH 1730 or ENGT 1200 ; Corequisite: PHYS 2011 Description: The elements of mechanics, including physical measurement, linear and circular motion, simple harmonic motion, fluids and heat. Applications of conservation laws to technological and biological systems are considered. Algebra is used extensively. Trigonometry and vectors are developed and used as needed. |
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PHYS 2020/2021 - College Physics II (and lab) Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours Prerequisite: PHYS 2010/2011 ; Corequisite: PHYS 2021; Description: Optics, electricity and magnetism, the atom, and the nucleus. |
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PHYS 2110/2111 - University Physics I (and lab) Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours Corequisite: PHYS 2111; Pre/Corequisite: MATH 1910 ; Description: The elements of mechanics, including measurement, motion, conservation laws, gravitation, oscillations, fluids and thermodynamics. Algebra, trigonometry and vectors are used freely and extensively. Differential calculus is used extensively; the concepts and techniques of integral calculus are developed and used as needed. Prior completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 1910 is required. |
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PHYS 2120/2121 - University Physics II (and lab) Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours Prerequisite: PHYS 2110/2111 Corequisite: PHYS 2121; Pre/Corequisite: MATH 1920 ; Description: The elements of mechanics, including measurement, motion, conservation laws, gravitation, oscillations, fluids and thermodynamics. Algebra, trigonometry and vectors are used freely and extensively. Differential calculus is used extensively; the concepts and techniques of integral calculus are developed and used as needed. Prior completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 1910 is required. |
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PHYS 2468 - Introductory Research Experience Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; Description: Individual research of a level and complexity appropriate to lower level students, mentored by a faculty member. Primarily aimed at helping well qualified students become involved in research early in their careers. |
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PHYS 2500/2501 - Introduction to Computational Science & Engineering and Lab Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours Prerequisite: Admission to the Governor’s School for Computational Physics;
Corequisite: PHYS 2501;
Description: An introduction to the application of computational solutions to problems in physics and engineering. Includes an introduction to topics in first-year physics, algorithm development, and basic scientific programming skills.
Focus is on computational solutions to differential equations (initial and boundary value problems) and their application to physical problems. Physical models will be developed and experimentally tested. |
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PHYS 3005 - Theoretical Methods Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours Cross Listed ENGR 3005 ; Prerequisite: PHYS 2120/2121 , MATH 2110 with grades of “C” or higher Corequisite: ENGL 2700 Description: The theoretical techniques used for problem solving in physics. Vector calculus, complex numbers, ordinary differential equations, and matrix methods. The theoretical techniques will be applied to physical systems. |
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PHYS 3010 - Intermediate Mechanics Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Prerequisite: PHYS 3005 , MATH 3120 with grades of “C” or higher Description: Kinematics and dynamics of particles in three dimensions. The mathematical level involves vector notation and equations written in differential form with the solutions to be obtained by integration and other methods. |
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PHYS 3030 - Electricity and Magnetism Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Cross Listed ENGR 3030 ; Prerequisite: PHYS 3005 , MATH 3120 with grades of “C” or higher Description: Electric and magnetic field theory: Coulomb’s Law, Gauss’ Law, Ampere’s Law, Faraday’s Law, Maxwell’s equations for electrostatics and magnetostatics, Maxwell’s equations for the dynamic case, radiating systems and guided waves. Integral calculus and vectors are used extensively. |
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PHYS 3100/3101 - Optics (and lab) Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours Prerequisite: PHYS 2120/2121 with a grade of “C” or higher Corequisite: PHYS 3101 Description: Reflection and refraction, the eye, telescopes and microscopes, lasers, interference, diffraction, and polarization. |
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PHYS 3250 - Topics in Relativity Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours Prerequisite: MATH 1920 with a grade of “C” or higher Description: The study of Einstein’s Special and General Relativity. Topics may include: galilean and lorentz transformations, length contraction, time dilation, simultaneity, four vectors, metrics, and experimental verifications of special and general relativity. |
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PHYS 3550/3551 - Experimental Methods (and lab) Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours Cross Listed ENGR 3550/3551 ; Prerequisite: PHYS 2120/2121 with a grade of “C” or higher; Corequisite: PHYS 3551 Description: Experimental techniques used in physics and engineering including data acquisition and control, vacuum technology, thermometry, light sources, optical components and techniques, materials and machining. |
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PHYS 3600 - Materials Science Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Cross Listed ENGR 3600 ; Prerequisite: CHEM 1110/1111 , PHYS 2120/2121 with grades of “C” or higher; Description: Classification of materials based on atomic bonding and properties. Application of knowledge of material properties to the selection for design, production, and end use. Dependence of material properties on composition and structure with emphasis on mechanical and electrical properties. Understanding of cost, environmental and safety factors in engineering design with materials.
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PHYS 3700 - Introduction to Modern Physics Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Prerequisite: PHYS 2120/2121 with a grade of “C” or higher or permission of instructor; Description: Quantization of radiation, matter waves, early atomic models, Schroedinger’s wave mechanics, Photoelectric effect, Compton effect, Planck’s constant, black body radiation, Franck-Hertz experiment, electron diffraction, atomic emission spectra, Millikan oil drop experiment, Bragg scattering, e/m ratio for the electron, and/or other modern physics topics. |
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PHYS 3701 - Advanced Lab Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours Prerequisite: PHYS 3550/3551 or ENGR 3550/3551 with a grade of “C” or higher Description: Applications of advanced experimental techniques in physics and astronomy in the laboratory. Topical areas will vary. May be repeated for a total of up to 4 credit hours. |
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PHYS 3740 - Thermal and Statistical Physics Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Cross Listed ENGR 3740 ; Prerequisite: MATH 2110 with a grade of “C” or higher Description: Basic concepts of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics with emphasis on quantum statistics. The laws of thermodynamics, entropy, Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics. |
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PHYS 3750/3751 - Laser Physics (and lab) Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours Prerequisite: PHYS 3700 with a grade of “C” or higher; Corequisite: PHYS 3751 Description: The study of lasers and nonlinear optics. Subjects may include: Classical optics, radioactive transitions and line widths, light absorption and stimulated emission, laser amplifiers, resonators, laser oscillators, and frequency multiplication. |
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PHYS 3800 - Quantum Mechanics Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Prerequisite: MATH 3120 , PHYS 3005 with grades of “C” or higher; Description: Solution of quantum mechanical problems in one dimension, quantum harmonic oscillator eigenvectors and eigenvalues, Hilbert spaces, the hydrogen atom, spin, and an introduction to matrix mechanics. |
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PHYS 3900/3901 - Nuclear and Radiation Physics (and lab) Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours Cross Listed ENGR 3900/3901 ; Prerequisite: PHYS 3700 with a grade of “C” or higher Corequisite: PHYS 3901 Description: The study of nuclear structure models, nuclear reactions, elementary particles and their interactions with matter. Experiments studying the characteristics of radioactivity, radioisotopes and detection devices. |
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PHYS 4000/4001 - Computational Methods (and lab) Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours Cross Listed ENGR 4000/4001 ; Prerequisite: CSCI 2000 or equivalent programming course, MATH 3120 , PHYS 3005 with grades of “C” or higher; Corequisite: PHYS 4001 Description: Computational techniques used for problem solving in physics. Numerical techniques for solving ordinary differential and partial differential equations, and systems of equations; analysis of data; curve fitting and spectral methods; and numerical solutions of systems of equations. Applications of these techniques to physical problems. |
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PHYS 4110 - Cooperative Educational Experience in Physics Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours Prerequisite: Approval of advisor and chair and prior arrangement with employer; Description: Multi-term learning experience acquired through supervised full-time salaried employment at a national research laboratory, a research institution or university or related industrial partner. Co-op terms typically alternate with full-time enrollment terms. Pass/Fail only. May be repeated up to a total of 4 credit hours. Participation in a co-op may increase time to graduation by the number of semesters of participation. |
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PHYS 4150 - Special Topics in Physics Credit Hours: 1 to 3 Credit Hours Prerequisite: Six hours of upper division physics or engineering with grades of “C” or higher; and permission of instructor Description: Selected topics of interest in advanced physics. Topics to be chosen by the instructor and student. May be repeated for different topics for a total of up to 9 credit hours. |
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PHYS 4200/4201 - Introduction to Solid State Physics (and lab) Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours Cross Listed ENGR 4200/4201 ; Prerequisite: CHEM 1120/1121 , PHYS 3800 with grades of “C” or higher or permission of instructor Corequisite: PHYS 4201 Description: Crystal structure; x-ray diffraction; energy band theory; electric, magnetic, and thermal properties of materials; and recent developments in nanotechnology. |
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PHYS 4810 - Theoretical Mechanics Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Prerequisite: PHYS 3010 with a grade of “C” or higher Description: Mechanics for those who expect to do graduate studies. Vector calculus, matrices, and differential equations are freely used. |
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PHYS 4830 - Theoretical Electricity and Magnetism Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Cross Listed ENGR 4830 ; Prerequisite: PHYS 3030 with a grade of “C” or higher Description: Electromagnetic fields for those planning to continue study at the graduate level. The mathematical level is similar to that of 4810. |
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PHYS 4850 - Advanced Quantum Mechanics Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Prerequisite: PHYS 3800 with a grade of “C” or higher Description: Quantum mechanics for those planning to continue study at the graduate level including wave and matrix mechanics. |
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PHYS 4950 - Independent Study in Physics Credit Hours: 1 to 3 Credit Hours Prerequisite: Six hours of upper division physics or engineering with grades of “C” or higher; and permission of instructor Description: Current topics in physics. Topics to be chosen by student. Subject to be approved by instructor. May be repeated with permission of instructor up to 9 credit hours. |
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POLS 451A - Selected Topics in Political Science Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: This is a Selected Topics course and the course title and course content may change each semester. This may be repeatable up to 3 times. |
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POLS 451B - Selected Topics in Political Science Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: This is a Selected Topics course and the course title and course content may change each semester. This may be repeatable up to 3 times. |
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POLS 451C - Selected Topics in Political Science Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: This is a Selected Topics course and the course title and course content may change each semester. This may be repeatable up to 3 times. |
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POLS 451D - CCS Britain: Selected Topics Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: An examination of a selected topic by an instructor on a one-time basis. |
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POLS 453A - Problems in Political Science Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: An independent study course with supervised readings and/or research projects in selected areas of political science. Open only to Political Science majors with permission of the department chair. |
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POLS 453B - Problems in Political Science Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: An independent study course with supervised readings and/or research projects in selected areas of political science. Open only to Political Science majors with permission of the department chair. |
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POLS 453C - Problems in Political Science Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: An independent study course with supervised readings and/or research projects in selected areas of political science. Open only to Political Science majors with permission of the department chair. |
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POLS 455A - Government Internship Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: Internship in the governmental process. |
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POLS 455B - Government Internship Credit Hours: 6 Credit Hours Description: Internship in the governmental process. |
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POLS 455C - Government Internship Credit Hours: 9 Credit Hours Description: Internship in the governmental process. |
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POLS 457 A, B - Moot Court and Oral Advocacy Credit Hours: 3 each Credit Hours Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor Description: This course is designed to teach students effective oral advocacy skills, and will prepare students to participate in moot court competitions. Through the case law method, appellate court simulations and lectures, students will be taught how to develop and properly argue cases in an appellate court setting. |
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POLS 1000 - Introduction to Legal Assistance and Ethics Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: An examination of the paralegal/legal assistant profession, including duties, employment settings, skills, standards of conduct, and ethics. |
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POLS 1002 - Introduction to Law Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: An overview of the major principles and functions of the legal system. An introduction to legal fields and the work of the legal assistant in those fields. |
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POLS 1004 - Torts Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: A study of civil wrongs for which the victim may receive compensation and the role of the legal assistant in tort litigation. |
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POLS 1005 - Legal Research Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: Legal bibliography, including codes, administrative regulations, reporters, digests, encyclopedias, citations, law reviews, and treaties. |
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POLS 1006 - Legal Writing Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: Legal writing skills including precision and clarity, legal citation and format, drafting of law office and trial memoranda, trial court briefs, appellate briefs, and abstracting depositions. |
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POLS 1008 - Civil Trial and Appellate Practice Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: Civil court procedures. Preparation and use of documents involved in the trial and appeal of civil action. |
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POLS 1015 - Paralegal Internship Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: An internship working as a paralegal for a local attorney. The student will work 10 hours a week. |
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POLS 2010 - American National Government Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: Institutions and processes of American national government, including the Constitution, federalism, civil rights and liberties, the presidency, Congress, courts, political parties, elections, public opinion, media, interest groups, and the federal administrative process. |
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POLS 2040 - Introduction to Public Policy Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: The policy-making process with an emphasis on selected policy areas. Specific policy areas included are welfare, criminal justice, education, civil rights, energy, the environment, and regulation of the economy. |
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POLS 2070 - International Politics Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: The system of the nation-state, power and ideology, the diplomatic process, colonialism and imperialism, regions and crises, international organization and law, war and peace, the United States in World Affairs. |
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POLS 3000 - Foundations of Political Theory Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: This course will introduce students to political theory via primary texts, with the main focus being on western political thought since the time of the ancient Greeks. However, some attention will be given to prominent non-western political theorists. |
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POLS 3010 - Comparative Politics Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: A theoretical and empirical comparison of various political processes, structures, and ideologies among selected countries in four continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America) designed to identify and highlight significant causes and effects of different political models and practices. |
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POLS 3020 - American Foreign Policy Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: The making of American foreign policy: institutions, processes, problems, and crises. |
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POLS 3040 - U.S. Defense Policy Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: U.S. National Defense organization, policies, procedures and players, the emergence of the current policy of engagement following the cold war and potential future threats and challenges. |
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POLS 3060 - Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: An examination, in depth, of the contemporary phenomenon and problem of world terrorism. This course will focus on the world reality of terrorism and the war of counter-terrorism. |
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POLS 3070 - Theories of International Relations Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: A systematic and rigorous study of politics among states, including an examination of the principal theories concerning international systems of the past and present. |
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POLS 3090 - The United Nations Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: This course is designed to serve a dual purpose. Students will learn about the history, structure, and workings of the United Nations in a lecture-discussion format. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to see how the politics of the UN works through role playing. |
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POLS 3110 - British Politics and Government Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor Description: An examination of the evolution, traditions, institutions, processes, policies, and politics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The comparative perspective will be emphasized. |
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POLS 3120 - European Politics Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: An examination of the politics, government, and unity of continental European states with an emphasis upon Germany, France, Russia, and Italy. |
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POLS 3140 - Latin American Politics Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: An examination of the politics and government of Central and South America and the Caribbean island states. An emphasis will be placed upon regional political trends along with profiles of the politics and government of certain states such as Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, and Chile. |
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POLS 3160 - African Politics Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: The politics of Sub-Sahara Africa; a comparative analysis of the behavior, participation and structures in the various movements for the liberation of Africa. Problems relative to colonialism, East-West confrontation and internal policies are examined. |
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POLS 3180 - Middle East Politics Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: An examination of the history, culture, and politics of the Middle East. The countries covered are Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Israel, and the Gulf States. The course also discusses Islam, religious fudamentalism in the region and terrorism. |
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POLS 3190 - Russian Politics and Government Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor Description: An examination of the contemporary Russian political institutions, processes and state-society relations. The historical context and comparative analysis will be emphasized. |
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POLS 3200 - Politics and Government in China Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor Description: This course will examine the historical context and current issues of the Chinese political system. Special attention will be devoted to the US-Chinese economic interdependence and comparative analysis of the Communist and post-Communist political systems. |
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POLS 3300 - International Political Economy Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor Description: This course examines a number of theoretical approaches seeking to explain the politics behind the evolution of the global economic system. Main topics include: political economy of American hegemony, politics of economic disparities between global North and South, economic interdependence and politics of cooperation. |
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POLS 3760 - Methods of Research Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: The nature of the scientific method and basic techniques in social science research as applied to the collection, analysis, and interpretation of social and political data. |
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POLS 4010 - Contemporary Political Ideas Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: This course examines current trends in political theory. Topics include ideologies, the liberal communitarian debate, human rights, feminism, and postmodernism. Examples are drawn from both Western and non-Western sources. |
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POLS 4020 - The Politics of Ethnicity Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: This course is an examination of ethnic minority groups in American politics. The focus will be on African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians and how they participate in the American political system. |
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POLS 4040 - Women and Politics Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: The role of women in politics. Women and the political process, political institutions, and public policy. |
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POLS 4050 - Health Care Policy in the U.S. Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: An examination of the development and current status of American health care policy with particular attention to access, cost, health outcomes, and quality. The structures of health care policy and delivery and reform models will be covered. |
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POLS 4070 - Politics in American States Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: Politics at the state level focusing on legal and cultural settings, political behavior, and institutions and public policy. |
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POLS 4080 - Urban Politics Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: Politics in urban areas with special attention to socioeconomic conditions, governmental structures, citizen participation, community power studies, metropolitan governance, and policy problems. |
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POLS 4100 - Democracy Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: This course invites students to think critically about the theory and practice of democracy. What is it? Why is it valuable? What gives it authority: procedure or substance? Who gets to vote and why? How should minorities be protected? Can democracy succeed with apathetic, irrational, and/or uninformed voters? |
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POLS 4130 - Political Parties and Interest Groups Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: Characteristics of the political party system, and the operation of interest groups in American politics. Party organizations, voting behavior, and campaigns are emphasized along with interest group activities and strategies. |
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POLS 4170 - Power, Morality, International Relations Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: This course examines the influences of moral principles on international politics. Among the issues examined are human rights, just and unjust wars, arguments for and against redistributive justice on a global scale, legal and illegal migration, human trafficking, terrorism, environmental degradation, and the impact of different religions on international relations. |
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POLS 4200 - The American Presidency Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: The roles, powers, and institutions of the American Presidency. |
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POLS 4210 - Legislative Process and Behavior Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: Congressional elections, norms, committees, voting behavior, leadership, and legislative-executive interaction. |
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POLS 4220 - Political Leadership Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: This course will examine the evolution and nature of political leadership at various levels, in different branches and among the many institutions of government and politics. |
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POLS 4240 - Political Psychology Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: This course examines the psychological underpinnings of public opinion and political behavior. Topics include an overview of the psychological study of politics, the foundations of ideology and bedrock preferences; and the effects of cognition and emotion on political behavior. |
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POLS 4260 - Campaign Strategy and Management Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: The fundamentals of running a political campaign at the local, state, and federal level, including advertising and public relations strategies, polling, targeted campaigning, and get out the vote operations. |
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POLS 4300 - Judicial Politics and Behavior Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: The American judicial system: structure of the court system, police behavior, lawyers, juries, and judicial decision-making. |
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POLS 4310 - American Constitutional Law I Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: Using the case method, this course examines the development of constitutional law in America, to include the division and placement of national power, the structure and operation of the federal court system, judicial review, the limitations upon the use of judicial power and the growth of federalism. |
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POLS 4320 - American Constitutional Law II Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: Using the case method, this course examines important federal and Supreme Court decisions in the area of civil rights and civil liberties, to include fundamental rights, economic due process, eminent domain, mass media, and criminal law. |
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POLS 4330 - Women and the Law Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: While examining landmark Supreme Court opinions on the constitutional structure of the United States government, this course focuses on the civil rights and civil liberties guaranteed under the federal and Tennessee constitutions. Students who have taken either POLS 4310 or POLS 4320 may not enroll in this course. |
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POLS 4340 - Family Law Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: Examination of the legal issues involved in marriage, divorce, child custody, child support, and adoption. |
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POLS 4360 - Legal Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution- Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours Description: An examination of legal mediation as an alternative to trials for settling civil disputes. There is a consideration of mediation procedures, ethical issues, and mediation as a profession. |
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