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Bulletins

PSC - Political Science

PSC 501 Bullets not Ballots: Revolution, Insurgency and Civil War

This course examines the theory and literature on the causes of violent conflicts such as revolution, insurgency and civil war.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None.

PSC 514 American Public Policy Making

This course serves to integrate political institutions and levels of government in terms of policy development and implementation. Prerequisites: PSC 105 or graduate standing.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

PSC 105 or graduate standing

Corequisites

None.

PSC 515 Comparative Public Policy

Techniques of cross-national and other comparative policy analysis applied to social and economic policies of industrialized nations, especially Western Europe. May be offered as Writing Intensive.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None.

PSC 516 Environmental Politics and Policy

Analysis of relationships between politics and public policy in the environmental arena. Emphasis upon policy making process, political strategies, and alternative decision modes. Prerequisite: Completion of 56 credit hours or graduate standing.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

Completion of 56 credit hours or graduate standing

Corequisites

None.

PSC 520 American National Government and Politics

This course will examine the major theoretical frameworks used in the study of American national government and politics and survey current research in the area. Prerequisite: PSC 105 and a minimum of 12 hours of political science coursework at the 200-level or above, or graduate standing.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

a minimum of 9 hours of political science coursework, including PSC 105

Corequisites

None.

PSC 522 Regulatory Processes and Administrative Law

Survey of the principles of administrative law and the politics of the U.S. regulatory processes. 

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None.

PSC 536 Refugees and Forced Migration Studies

Major causes of forced migration and their implications for international security. Prerequisites: Completion of 56 credit hours or graduate standing.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

Completion of 56 credit hours or graduate standing.

Corequisites

None.

PSC 551 Seminar in International Relations

Significant aspects of international relations on the basis of timeliness and importance.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None.

PSC 555 International Law I

Processes of international law; role in international relations and organizations; effects on individual rights in peacetime through cases, treaties, customs, and legal rules. 

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None.

PSC 557 War and Peace Studies

This course examines the theory and literature on the causes and consequences of violent conflicts and the uses of non-violent means to conflict resolution.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None.

PSC 563 Politics and Policy in Urban Communities

Examination of large and small city governments. Their political process, behavior and citizen participation. Emerging public policies and intergovernmental cooperation.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None.

PSC 590 Independent Study

Explorations of special problems in subject areas found within Political Science individually agreed upon by student and instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of six hours. Prerequisite: Undergraduates must have a major or minor in PSC and/or PAD and at least 12 hours completed in PSC and/or PAD, as well as approval by instructor and department chair before registration. Graduate students must have approval by instructor and department chair before registration.

Credits
1-6(Spec)

Prerequisites

Undergraduates must have a major or minor in PSC and/or PAD and at least 12 hours completed in PSC and/or PAD, as well as approval by instructor and department chair before registrationGraduate students must have approval by instructor and department chair before registration

Corequisites

None.

PSC 598 Special Topics in Political Science

Subject matter not included in courses currently listed in Bulletin.

Credits
1-12(Spec)

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None.

PSC 615 Politics and Regulation of Health Care Policy

Explore external environments in which health care systems operate, political determinants of health care policy, politics of bureaucracy, social and economic demands placed upon the system.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None.

PSC 619 Continuing Registration for Final Research Project

A non-credit course intended for students who have completed all program credits but still need to use university resources to complete their degree requirements.

Credits
1(1-0)

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None.

PSC 640 Seminar in Comparative Politics

Examination of the specific approaches and methods of studying comparative politics. Focus is on democratization, political culture, and political conflict.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None.

PSC 642 Problems and Processes of International Development I

Impact of modernization and industrialization upon emergent countries and nation-building processes.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None.

PSC 651 Comparative Political & Economic Systems

An introduction to comparative political and economic systems. How politics and economics interact in theory, as well as in concrete political-economic interactions of nations. Prerequisite: PSC 351.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

PSC 351

Corequisites

None.

PSC 675 Public Sector Emergency and Crisis Organizational Theory

Analysis of organizational theory as applied to public sector emergency and crisis management. Emphasis on structure, behavior, networks, and leadership. Prerequisites: Admission to the MPA program.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

Admission to the MPA program

Corequisites

None.

PSC 676 Emergency and Crisis Prevention, Preparedness and Response

Analysis of public sector capacity in the four operational phases of emergency and crisis management; prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. Prerequisites: Admission to the MPA program.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

Admission to the MPA program

Corequisites

None.

PSC 677 The Public Sector Role in Post-Disaster Recovery

Analysis of the emergency and crisis management considerations necessary to restoration of public services following a disaster. Prerequisites: Admission to the MPA program.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

Admission to the MPA program

Corequisites

None.

PSC 790 Advanced Readings I

Explorations of special problems in subject areas found within Political Science individually agreed upon by student and instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of six hours. Prerequisites: Approval by instructor and program director required before registration.

Credits
1-6(Spec)

Prerequisites

Approval by instructor and program director required before registration

Corequisites

None.

PSC 798 Thesis

CR/NC only. Prerequisite: written permission of advisor and department chairperson.

Credits
1-6(Spec)

Prerequisites

written permission of advisor and department chairperson

Corequisites

None.