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Undergraduate Political Science
Undergraduate Political Science
2020 Summer Term
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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
POLISCI 141
An introductory course covering the history, structure and functioning of American national government and its relation to state and local government.
AMERICAN MINORITY POLITICS
POLISCI 217
The central concern of this course is to provide the student an awareness of the political development of racial and ethnic minorities in today's political arena. It will compare and contrast the development of the white ethnic communities of the 19th and 20th centuries with our modern day racial and ethnic minorities.
POLITICS OF URBAN INEQUALITY IN THE U.S.
POLISCI 280
The course offers a sophisticated depiction of systemic urban inequality that constrains the lives of the urban poor. The readings will feature academic books and research articles that describe and analyze the politics and life experiences in inner-city neighborhoods.
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THOUGHT: GREEK, ROMAN, CHRISTIAN
POLISCI 410
This course will examine the political thought of the ancient and medieval worlds, focusing on the Greek, Roman and early Christian periods. Through study of texts by Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, and others, this course will highlight how these texts both reflect their own times, and inform political thinking today.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE CONSTITUTION
POLISCI 415
This course examines the role of the major participants in the criminal justice system-defendants, police, prosecutions, courts, and corrections-and the development of constitutional law regulating their behavior.
AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
POLISCI 420
A study of the fundamental political ideas of America and the political philosophers who espoused them from colonial times to the present.
INTERNSHIP IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLISCI 493
Study and work with a government unit or in some area of public affairs under the direction of a faculty supervisor. Students will have the opportunity to combine academic learning with practical experience in government and politics. Repeatable for a maximum of 12 credits in major/degree.
INDEPENDENT STUDY
POLISCI 498
Study of a selected topic or topics under the direction of a faculty member. Repeatable for a maximum of 4 credits in major/degree. Department Consent required.