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POLT 801 - Courts and Public Policy
Credits:
4.00
Impact of judicial decisions on public policy and influences
on judicial decision making at the federal, state, and
local levels.
POLT 802 - Public Planning and Budgeting
Credits:
4.00
Analysis, goal setting, and strategic planning in a
governmental setting, with particular emphasis on budgetary
processes as a means for controlling policy effectiveness.
POLT 803 - Urban and Metropolitan Politics
Credits:
4.00
An eclectic approach to the study of urban and metropolitan
politics. Topics include: urban politics, forms of local
government; migrations, urban development, intergovernmental
relations; community power structure, urban policy making,
urban service delivery, crime and law enforcement, urban
bureaucracy, urban decay, and revitalization.
POLT 804 - Policy and Program Evaluation
Credits:
4.00
Policy and program evaluation of federal, state, and local
governmental enterprise; focuses on the politics, practices,
and methods of evaluative investigation. Evaluation as a
technique for providing rational information for budgetary
and policy-making decisions.
POLT 805 - American Public Policy
Credits:
4.00
Examination of public policy formation, agenda-setting,
decision-making, implementation. Focuses on theories,
models, concepts, actors, and case study examples.
POLT 807 - Criminal Justice Administration
Credits:
4.00
Examines the administration and politics of police
organizations, the courts, and correctional institutions.
POLT 808 - Administrative Law
Credits:
4.00
Examines the legal rules governing regulatory agencies, in
the U.S. Topics include regulatory adjudication and
rulemaking, legislative and executive control over
administrative agencies, judicial review and public
participation. Course examines federal and state levels of
government.
POLT 810 - Public Human Resource Management
Credits:
4.00
Examination of the administration, politics, and strategies
of effective public human resource management.
POLT 821 - Feminist Political Theory
Credits:
4.00
Exploration of various strands of feminist political theory;
taking a specifically political view of the challenges of
feminist activism and philosophy. Issues of public space,
power, social transformation and democracy addressed.
POLT 843 - Comparative Political Economy
Credits:
4.00
Exploration of the origins, development, and functions of
the modern state in the West, its links with markets and
capitalism, and its role in contemporary political economy.
Examples from various advanced industrial societies.
POLT 851 - Comparative Environmental Politics and Policy
Credits:
4.00
Environmental politics and policy across national boundaries
and at different levels of governance. Comparisons of the
U.S. and European Union environmental policies to build a
foundation for comparisons across national boundaries and
sub-national authorities. Students improve their
understanding of how and why comparative methods are
used to gain insight into politics and policymaking. Central
concepts and debates addressed include the roles of
expertise, sustainability, precautionary principle, the use
of market mechanisms in policy, environmental justice,
policy devolution and flexibility, environmental performance
assessment, NGO roles, activism, and social movements.
A range of theoretical approaches and historical and
contemporary events and case studies, evaluating the claims
and explanatory power of various concepts and theories.
Includes ethical issues emerging from the theory and
practice of environmental politics.
POLT 860 - Theories of International Relations
Credits:
4.00
Theoretical approaches of international politics,
international organization, and international political
economy with particular emphasis on systems theories,
domestic determinants of foreign policy, and theories of
decision making.
POLT 862 - International Political Economy
Credits:
4.00
Evolution of international economic regimes (monetary,
trade, development). Particular emphasis on theoretical
approaches to explain current economic problems: systematic
theories (interdependence, hegemonic stability); domestic
determinants (bureaucratic, interest group); and decision
making theories (rational choice).
POLT 878 - International Organization
Credits:
4.00
Various forms of cooperation among nations on security,
economic, environmental and social issues through
international organizations such as the United Nations,
NATO, the World Trade Organization and other global and
regional bodies. Includes examination of the role and
influence of non-governmental international organizations.
POLT 880 - International Environmental Politics, Policy and Law
Credits:
4.00
Explores international/global environmental politics and
policymaking, multilateral negotiations, the role of science
and technology in policymaking, state capacity, the making
of international law, implementation, and compliance. Other
issues include climate control, marine pollution, long-range
air pollution, United States leadership in the global
political arena, North-South divisions in global politics,
environmental justice, sustainable development, and the role
of the United Nations and other international organizations.
POLT 897B - Seminar in American Politics
Credits:
4.00
Advanced analysis and individual research.
POLT 897C - Seminar in Comparative Politics
Credits:
4.00
Advanced analysis focusing on government and politics in
foreign nations or regions. Areas of interest may include:
constitutional structures, political parties and interest
groups, legislatures, bureaucracy and public policy. Topics
address such concerns as: religion and politics, patterns of
economic development, ethnic strife, political leadership.
POLT 897E - Seminar in International Politics
Credits:
4.00
Advanced analysis focusing on problems of theory and
contemporary issues in international politics. Areas of
interest may include: democratic norms in international
relations; NATO expansion and European security; the peace
process in the Middle East, etc. See department listings for
semester offerings.
POLT 897F - Seminar in Public Administration
Credits:
4.00
Advanced analysis and individual research, including
opportunities for direct observation of governmental
administration.
POLT 897I - Seminar in Political Thought
Credits:
4.00
Advanced treatment and individual research.
POLT 898B - Seminar in American Politics
Credits:
4.00
Advanced analysis and individual research.
POLT 898C - Seminar in Comparative Politics
Credits:
4.00
See description for POLT 897C.
POLT 898E - Seminar in International Politics
Credits:
4.00
See description for POLT 897E.
POLT 898F - Seminar in Public Administration
Credits:
4.00
Advanced analysis and individual research, including
opportunties for direct observation of governmental
administration.
POLT 898I - Seminar in Political Thought
Credits:
4.00
Advanced treatment and individual research.
POLT 899 - Master's Thesis
Credits:
4.00 or 8.00
Each student carries out original research that culminates
in a master's thesis. Must be taken 4 credits per semester
in each of two semesters or 8 credits in one semester.
Required. Cr/F.
POLT 905 - Methods of Policy Analysis
Credits:
4.00
Research design, survey methods, experimental techniques,
and aggregate data analysis applied to public policy
settings.
POLT 906 - Theories and Processes of Public Administration
Credits:
4.00
Theories of organization and bureaucracy, the implications
of bureaucratization, and the major processes of public
administration including budgeting, personnel, policy
making, as well as attention to contemporary policy issues
including collective bargaining, affirmative action, citizen
participation.
POLT 907 - Cases in Public Management
Credits:
4.00
Policy case studies emphasizing politics, organizational
structure, and inter-organizational behavior; management
case studies emphasizing behavior, human relations,
personality, and intraorganizational dynamics; and
simulation and role-playing exercises.
POLT 910 - Pro-seminar
Credits:
4.00
Familiarizes students with political science as a
profession. Briefly surveys the scope of the discipline in
terms of the substantive fields and methodological
approaches. Examines the logic of research design and
explores diverse methods of inquiry (i.e., archival,
experimental, case study, comparative analysis, field study,
survey, etc.), including the process of generating a
presentable research paper.
POLT 970 - Administrative Internship
Credits:
4.00
Practical administrative experience in an area of
professional interest. Prereq: M.P.A. candidate.
POLT 995 - Reading and Research
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
A) American Politics; B) Comparative Politics;
C) International Politics; D) Political Thought; E) Public
Administration; F) Public Policy. The graduate student
engages in independent study under the direction of one of
the members of the department. Requires approval of the
graduate committee. MPA candidates who have been exempted
from the administrative internship are required to complete
a 4 credit independent research project in lieu of POLT 970.
POLT 996 - Reading and Research
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
See description for POLT 995.