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Bulletins

PSC - Political Science

PSC 514 American Public Policy Making

This course introduces the various models, theories, and concepts commonly employed in the study of public policy. Prerequisite: Completion of 56 credit hours at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.

Credits
3(3-0)

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. Prerequisite: Completion of 56 credit hours at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.

Credits
3(3-0)

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

This course is about the work of administrative agencies, the politics of regulation, and the role of administrative law in shaping policy. Prerequisite: 56 credit hours of undergraduate coursework or graduate standing.

Credits
3(3-0)

Prerequisites

56 credit hours of undergraduate coursework 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 590 Independent Study

Explorations of special problems in Political Science agreed upon by student and instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of six hours. Prerequisite: At least 12 hours of undergraduate PSC coursework and instructor approval.

Credits
1-6(Spec)

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 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 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 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.