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POLI 510 (3-3-0) American Constitutional Law.
This course will provide students with the ability to examine and analyze the role of the United States Supreme Court in the development of the American constitutional system. Particular attention will be paid to the development of the relative legal status of the branches of the federal government to deal with major domestic and foreign issues as well as the legal relationship between the national government and the states, and the development of legal guidelines and principles as precedents for future courts. |
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POLI 530 (3-3-0) Black Politics In The United States. This course is an examination of the ideology, interest group organizations and electoral arrangements affecting black involvement in the political system. Both traditional and nontraditional strategies are treated, and assessments are made of the positive and negative aspects resulting from each. The present status of blacks and their continued quest for political empowerment will be analyzed. |
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POLI 531 (3-3-0) Public Policy and Administration.
This course is a study of public policy processes. It examines what policies governments pursue and also why governments pursue such policies and the consequences of such policies. Several models including rational planning, group competition, political processes, institutional influences, etc., are used to describe and explain public policy. Case studies are also used to illustrate the realities of policy-making and policy implementation. |
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POLI 535 (3-3-0) Public Personnel Administration. This course examines modern theory and practice of personnel administration. The application of these theories and practices in the areas of recruitment, placement, career development, and in other phases of human resources management is covered. Recent issues arising from notions of comparable worth; implementation of affirmative action initiatives and from collective bargaining in the public sector represents topics for close analysis. |
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POLI 610 (3-3-0) Problems in Political Behavior.
This course will provide the students with the ability to survey and analyze some of the major problems that citizens and political leaders encounter as they engage in the political process. Emphasis is placed on the process and role of political socialization, group dynamics, the activities and role of parties, the significance of movements, the frequency and importance of elections, the creation of public opinion and polling and the prevalence of the media. |
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POLI 612 (3-3-0) Seminar in American
National Government.
This course will provide students with the ability to examine critically major and recurring problems in American national government. Special attention will be placed on government plans and reactions in dealing with domestic and international problems, such as wars, other international crises and plans, depression and other economic aberrations, labor disputes, unemployment, budgetary crises, and official abuse of power. |
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POLI 613 (3-3-0) The Judicial Process.
This course will provide students with the ability to examine and analyze the procedures and politics involved in the judicial process. Emphasis will be placed on all levels of the federal judiciary with special emphasis on the judicial process involving the Supreme Court. The process involving judicial selection, group litigation, internal procedure, precedent development, enforcement, and impact will be utilized as the means for examining the judicial process. |
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POLI 620 (3-3-0) Government and Politics of Europe.
This course will examine the political and governmental structures, decision-making processes, cultural backgrounds, and ideological differences of some European nations. Special emphasis will be placed on comparisons of different political regions.. |
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POLI 621 (3-3-0) Government and Politics of the
Far East. This course is designed to examine political and governmental structure, decision-making process, cultural background, and ideological difference of some nations in the Far East selected for study. Special attention will be paid to the roles played by the ruling elite of these nations in promoting economic development and prosperity. Concepts such as socialist guided market economy in China and North Korea and capitalist guided market economy in Taiwan and South Korea will also be examined in contrast to the free market economy in Japan. |
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POLI 622 (3-3-0) Government and Politics of. Developing Nations. This course will examine the political and governmental structures, decision-making processes, cultural backgrounds and ideological differences of some developing nations selected for study. The course will also take into account such considerations as political, social and cultural underdevelopment, various types of economic dependency, and crisis of political and economic decay, with emphasis on problems and difficulties in developing democratic institutions in these developing nations. |
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POLI 623 (3-3-0) International Politics.
This course is designed for students to explore some fundamental and persistent forces which mold the foreign policies of a nation state and institutions and manners of a nation state in which such foreign policies are carried out in terms of its relations with other nation states in the international community. The course will also assist students to examine various approaches to the study of international relations and the utilities of each approach. |
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POLI 630 (3-3-0) Administrative Law. This course is specifically designed to introduce students to important issues in Administrative Law. Through the use of the case method, the course is aimed at making the administrator more aware of the kinds of legal problems he or she is likely to confront. The emphasis will be on legislative, adjuratory and general policy-making process of administrative agencies. The nature of bureaucracy and procedural requirements for administrative policy-making and administrative regulation and deregulation are also examined. |
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POLI 631 (3-3-0) Financial Administration.
This course is designed to introduce the student to financial management. Government exists to provide valuable goods and service that individuals or businesses are not willing to provide. As the government operates with limited resources, whether or not the commitment of governmental resources really improves the conditions of the community is subject to speculation and evaluation. Nevertheless, financial management impacts on all segments of community including acquisition and allocation of resources. Focus will be on governmental financial resources and management, budgetary theories and intergovernmental financial relations, and debt
financing. |
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POLI 632 (3-3-0) Comparative Administration.
This course focuses on exposing students to various types of governments, their structures, processes and policies, using a comparative analysis approach. Such studies provide intellectual excitement in the study of foreign systems and in the discovery of different political factors in the management and administration of governmental functions and operations. |
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POLI 633 (3-3-0) Problems in State and Intergovernmental Relations.
This course examines some of the problems involved in the development, change and status of the powers, organization, functions, and interrelationships of federal,. state, and local governments. The concept of "new federalism" and the impact of these new ideas on governmental relationship will be explored. |
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POLI 634 (3-3-0) Politics of the Budgetary Process. This course is a study of the political, economic and social influence on the budgetary process. The role of politics and of various actors and institutions involved in the process, historical changes in the concept of budgeting will be analyzed. Focus will also be on how and why individuals or groups respond in budgeting and financial settings as well as the impact of the budget on the economy and how budgetary decisions, in general, become an instrument for setting governmental priorities. |
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POLI 641 (3-3-0) Research Methods in
Political Science.
This course covers basic procedures for conducting research in political science. Special emphasis is placed upon research design, research strategies, approaches, and techniques. The selection and utilization of appropriate techniques for collecting, reporting, and analyzing data will be covered. |
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POLI 643 (3-3-0) Currents of American
Political Thought.
This course is an examination and evaluation of major currents of American political thought, their different viewpoints on the significant issues and problems at different times, their various interpretations of the Constitution, revolution, civil and natural rights. Emphasis will be on the contemporary liberal, conservative, radical debate on selected issues. While the respective historical, sociological and philosophical background and justification of the different schools of thought will be examined, the practical impact of these schools of thought upon politics and public policies in general at different times will also be analyzed. |
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POLI 644 (3-3-0) Contemporary Political Ideologies. This course is intended to examine the theory and practice of capitalism, socialism, democracy, anarchism, elitism, fascism, and communism. The welfare state will be examined also. Focus will be on comparison and contrast of significant philosophical and theoretical differences among different political ideologies as well as upon various schools of theory within any given ideology. The practical influence and impact of various ideologies as well as their historical and philosophical justifications will also be analyzed. |
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POLI 646 (3-3-0) Advanced Reading Seminar.
Under the supervision of a designated professor, this course will provide students with the ability to select readings and conduct research in areas of special interest. Reading materials appropriate to each student's interest will be selected by the students. Selected bibliography outlining criteria for analysis of political literature and political research materials will also be required for examination and analysis. |
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POLI 647 (3-3-0) Thesis I.
An original investigation in a subject approved by the student's Advisor and Thesis Committee. Detailed information on the preparation, form, organization and the defense of the thesis is presented in the Guide for the Preparation and Submission of Theses. |
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POLI 648 (3-3-0) Thesis II. Continued preparation of thesis under the direction of the advisor and Thesis Committee. |
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POLI 899 (0-0-0) Thesis Non-Credit. This course is required for students that have completed their course work and the number of thesis hours for credit required in their graduate degree program. Students who will continue to use University resources in completing their thesis must enroll in this course. |
