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GOVT 145 SCOPE AND METHODS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE (FALL ONLY) 3 CREDITS
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the basic concepts, principles, and research methods employed in social
science.
GOVT 150 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC POLICY (FALL ONLY) 3 CREDITS
This course is an introduction to the study of public policy and the models political scientists use to describe and explain political life.
GOVT 215 POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY (SPRING EVERY TWO YEARS) 3 CREDITS
This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of political geography and, specifically, how geography/location affects the struggle for
power at the national and international levels.
GOVT 231 US NATIONAL GOVERNMENT (FALL ONLY) 3 CREDITS
This course is a study of both the structure of the national government and the process of power and influence in the political system.
GOVT 232 US STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SPRING ONLY) 3 CREDITS
This course is an examination of the constitutional basis, organization, and functions of state and local governments, including their political
processes and intergovernmental relations.
GOVT 235 LEGAL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
This course explores the broad legal rights and responsibilities of individuals and raises questions about the nature of remedy as a judicial concept
in the United States.
GOVT 240 BLACK POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES (SPRING ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130 or Permission of Instructor. This course provides an overview of Black leadership, as well as a comprehensive analysis of
the socio-economic factors that shape Black politics in the United States.

GOVT 250 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF AFRICA (SPRING ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130 or Permission of Instructor. This course is a study of the government and politics of selected nations of
Africa. Though emphasis will be placed on sub-Saharan Africa, the dominant themes will include pre- and post-colonial economic and political
organization, political participation and ideologies, and nationalism.
GOVT 251 AFRICA IN WORLD POLITICS (SPRING ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130 or Permission of Instructor. This course is an analysis of Africa’s international relations, with a particular focus on
interactions with Europe, Asia, and the United States in the post-Cold War years.
GOVT 283 URBAN POLITICS AND POLICY ANALYSIS (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
This course is an analysis of the politics and governments of urban areas with a focus on how those governments generate and allocate
resources in an attempt to cope with human problems in their polities.
GOVT 300 WOMEN AND POLITICS 3 CREDITS
This course is an exploration of historical and contemporary women’s political issues and the ways in which women have sought to address
those issues within the political arena. The course examines different theoretical and methodological frameworks used to explain women’s socio-
political status, their issues, as well as their mobilization and empowerment through the political process.

GOVT 301 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (SPRING ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 342 or Permission of Instructor. This course is a study of those global institutions that keep order in an otherwise
anarchic community of nations. The functions and operation of the United Nations and its subsidiary bodies are given great significance.
GOVT 315 EARLY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY(FALL ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130 and Permission of Instructor. This course is a study of classical political philosophy from antiquity to the eighteenth
century, with emphasis on ideas of justice, equality, freedom, government, and governing in the human polity.
GOVT 316 MODERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (SPRING ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 315 and Permission of Instructor. This course provides directed reading of the recurring and dominant themes in political
thought, with stress on modern political ideologies, feminism, exploitation, and leadership.

GOVT 317 US CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND HISTORY I (FALL ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing or Permission of Instructor. This course is an examination of selected US Supreme Court decisions to discover the
general principles of the US constitutional system. Special reference will be made to the role of the judiciary with topics such as judicial review,
federalism, separation
of powers, and the development and exercise of national powers.
GOVT 318 US CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND HISTORY II (SPRING ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 317. This course is a study of the development of political and civil liberties in contemporary American society, including
first amendment freedoms of speech, press, association, and religion; aspects of the right to privacy; administration of criminal justice; and the
fifth and fourteenth amendments’ prohibitions of race and sex discrimination.
GOVT 319 LAW AND POLITICS (FALL Every Two Years) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 317, GOVT 318, or Permission of Instructor. This course is an examination of the relationship between law and the
political order, with a focus on the use of the legal procedure for political ends in different countries.
GOVT 320 INTERNATIONAL LAW (FALL ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130 or Permission of Instructor. This course is a study of the development, sources, and role of law in the community of
nations, with an emphasis on the interplay of international politics and law among nations.

GOVT 321 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF WESTERN EUROPE 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130, GOVT 140 or Permission of Instructor. This course focuses on the government and politics of Western Europe since WW
II. Emphasis will be on a comparative analysis of types of governments, political ideologies, leadership, and common concerns.

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