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POLT 801 - Courts and Public Policy
Credits:
3.00
Impact of judicial decisions on public policy and
influences on judicial decision making at the federal,
state, and local levels.
POLT 803 - Urban and Metropolitan Politics
Credits:
3.00
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:
3.00
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:
3.00
Examination of public policy formation, agenda-setting,
decision-making, implementation. Focuses on theories,
models, concepts, actors, and case study examples.
POLT 806 - State and Local Government
Credits:
3.00
Advanced study of powers, politics, political cultures,
and constitutional settings of American state and local
government.
POLT 807 - Criminal Justice Administration
Credits:
3.00
Examines the administration and politics of police
organizations, the courts, and correctional institutions.
POLT 808 - Administrative Law
Credits:
3.00
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 811 - Public Opinion and Survey Research
Credits:
3.00
Examination of the role of public opinion in democracy.
Research, design, implementation and analysis of a public
opinion survey.
POLT 812 - Leadership Theory and Practice
Credits:
3.00
Exploration of the major theoretical approaches to
leadership, including students' and others' leadership
skills, styles, roles, and practices. Students will refine
their own conceptual and practical approaches to leadership
in a variety of settings.
POLT 815 - Art of Negotiation
Credits:
3.00
Identification, analysis, evaluation and application of
effective communication and negotiation skills. Course
will include case studies, and simulation/role-playing
exercises.
POLT 818 - Special Topics - Public Administration
Credits:
1.00
Selected topics in public administration, emphasis on
specific aspects of management in public and non-profit
sectors.
POLT 821 - Feminist Political Theory
Credits:
3.00
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 825 - Politics and Literature
Credits:
3.00
Seminar: Advanced work in exploring classical and
contemporary works of literature to illustrate perennial
issues in political philosophy.
POLT 843 - Comparative Political Economy
Credits:
3.00
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 850 - Politics of Poverty
Credits:
3.00
Examination of economic development to understand causes
of inequality in the distribution of wealth.
POLT 851 - Comparative Environmental Politics and Policy
Credits:
3.00
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:
3.00
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:
3.00
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:
3.00
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:
3.00
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:
3.00
Advanced analysis and individual research.
POLT 897C - Seminar in Comparative Politics
Credits:
3.00
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:
3.00
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:
3.00
Advanced analysis and individual research, including
opportunities for direct observation of governmental
administration.
POLT 897I - Seminar in Political Thought
Credits:
3.00
Advanced treatment and individual research.
POLT 898B - Seminar in American Politics
Credits:
3.00
Advanced analysis and individual research.
POLT 898C - Seminar in Comparative Politics
Credits:
3.00
See description for POLT 897C.
POLT 898E - Seminar in International Politics
Credits:
3.00
See description for POLT 897E.
POLT 898F - Seminar in Public Administration
Credits:
3.00
Advanced analysis and individual research, including
opportunties for direct observation of governmental
administration.
POLT 898I - Seminar in Political Thought
Credits:
3.00
Advanced treatment and individual research.
POLT 899 - Master's Thesis
Credits:
3.00 to 6.00
Each student carries out original research that culminates
in a master's thesis. Required. Cr/F.
POLT 900 - Political Science Pro-Seminar
Credits:
3.00
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 905 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis
Credits:
3.00
Quantitative research, design and analysis methodology and
techniques for political science and public policy and
administration.
POLT 906 - Foundations and Theories of Public Administration
Credits:
3.00
Introduction to essential aspects of public and non-profit
administration. Critical concepts and theoretical bases;
operational nature of public and non-profit administration;
contributions of key scholars and practitioners to the
study and understanding of public and non-profit
administration.
POLT 907 - Legal and Policy-Making Environment on Public and Non-profit Sectors
Credits:
3.00
Though the use of case studies, analysis and assessment of
legal, institutional, social, political and economic
settings within public and non-profit sectors.
POLT 908A - Capstone in Public Administration/In-Service
Credits:
3.00
In-Service.
POLT 908B - Capstone in Public Administration/Pre-Service
Credits:
6.00
Pre-Service.
POLT 909 - Organization and Management in Public and Non-profit Sectors
Credits:
3.00
Introduction to key actors, theories and concepts in the
fields of organizational theory and behavior.
POLT 911 - Public Management Techniques
Credits:
3.00
Introduction to analytic decision-making and planning
techniques applicable to public sector management.
POLT 912 - Human Resource Management in Public and Non-profit Sectors
Credits:
3.00
Examination of the administration, politics, and
strategies of effective public human resource management.
POLT 914 - Financial Management and Budgeting in Public and Non-profit Sectors
Credits:
3.00
Analysis, goal setting, and strategic planning in a
governmental setting, with particular emphasis on
budgetary processes as a means for controlling policy
effectiveness.
POLT 915 - Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations
Credits:
3.00
Introduction to theory and practice of labor relations and
collective bargaining. Emphasis is on the public sector,
although elements of private sector bargaining are included.
POLT 918 - Non-Profit Management
Credits:
3.00
Introduction to governance and management in the
non-profit sector: finance, development, personnel
management, strategic planning, and risk management.
POLT 995 - Reading and Research
Credits:
1.00 to 3.00
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 3.00
See description for POLT 995.