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GOVT 325 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF EASTERN EUROPE 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130, GOVT 140, or Permission of Instructor. This course is a comparative study of the government and politics of Eastern
European states since 1917. Though the Russian Republic will be a primary focus, its relations with other states in the region will be examined,
particularly since the collapse of communism.
GOVT 327 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130, GOVT 140, or Permission of Instructor. This course is a comparative study of the major governments and political
issues in selected Middle Eastern states. Emphasis will be on the region’s peoples, political conflicts, and leadership patterns.
GOVT 330 THEORIES OF COMPARATIVE POLITICS 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130 and GOVT 140. This course is a study of the major approaches to the field of comparative politics. Specifically, it will be
an analysis of the major political issues in a comparative perspective through a review of the major schools of thought and concepts of political
change, evolution, or revolution.
GOVT 338 US FOREIGN POLICY (SPRING EVERY TWO YEARS) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130 or Permission of Instructor. This course is an analysis of the individuals, institutions, and factors that have affected
the conduct of US foreign policy since the founding of the Republic. The focus will be on historical trends and future issues of concern.
GOVT 342 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (FALL ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130 and GOVT 140 or Permission of Instructor. This course is an examination of the concepts and themes of international
politics as well as the basic factors that motivate and guide interactions in international society.

GOVT 348 US LEGISLATIVE PROCESS (SPRING EVERY TWO YEARS) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130, GOVT 231, or Permission of Instructor. This course is a comparative analysis of legislatures in national and state
governments with an emphasis on rules and procedures, party leadership, relationship to the executive, interest groups, and legislative
behavior.
GOVT 351 US POLITICAL PARTIES (FALL EVERY TWO YEARS) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 231 or Permission of Instructor. This course is a study of the growth, structure, and function of political organizations in the
US. However, the focus will be on the place of the dominant party system in the US polity.

GOVT 355 POLITICAL BEHAVIOR (FALL EVERY TWO YEARS) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing or Permission of Instructor. This course is an overview of factors that influence political participation in a polity.
An application of the scientific method to the study of public opinion and attitudes as well as voting behavior in the US will be stressed.
GOVT 360 FIELDWORK IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (FALL, SPRING) 6 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior Only. This course explores internships in legislative and administrative agencies or projects utilizing the political
process to bring about social change. This course requires a field placement and a weekly evaluative seminar.
GOVT 391 RESEARCH METHODS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (SPRING ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 145; PSYC 204 or SOCI 309. This course is an analysis of the nature and problems of research in political science with
consideration given to the acquisition of skills in qualitative and quantitative analysis.

GOVT 400 BLACK POLITICAL THOUGHT (SPRING ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior Only. This course is a review of the major Black thinkers who have made significant contributions to political
thought. The focus will be on how they address the enduring problems of race and class, equality and justice, and unity and conflict in the
human polity.
GOVT 460 ADVANCED FIELDWORK IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (SPRING ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 360. This course is essentially a continuation of GOVT 360.
GOVT 462 CAPSTONE SEMINAR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE I (FALL ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130, GOVT 140, GOVT 231, GOVT 315, GOVT 342, or the Instructor’s Permission. This course is a review of the major concepts,
themes, and methods of the discipline so as to be better prepared for the departmental comprehensive examination.

GOVT 463 CAPSTONE SEMINAR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE II (SPRING ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 145, GOVT 391 or the Instructors Permission. This course is a review of some of the major philosophical and political
questions to enable the successful completion of a senior thesis paper.
GOVT 482 HONORS SEMINAR IN POLITICS (SPRING ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): Senior Standing and Permission of Instructor. This course is an intensive study of selected issues in political science, such as
government and governance, war, cooperation and interdependence, the environment, poverty, and hunger.
GOVT 483 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior Standing. This course is an advanced research project, guided readings, and/or paper undertaken with the
approval of the department.

HEED: HEALTH EDUCATION COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

HEED 102 LIFE AND HEALTH (FALL, SPRING, SUMMER, MINISEMESTER) 3 CREDITS
This course explores scientific and philosophical applications of knowledge related to various health practices which affect student lives in
society today. Emphasis is placed on areas of nutrition, mental and emotional health, human sexuality, drugs, diseases, physical fitness, and
consumer health. It is designed to help students live healthy. Opportunity will be provided for students to improve their knowledge of basic health
and fitness concepts and principles in order to develop a personal health and fitness model to be utilized for their entire lives. This course
is an institutional requirement for all students. (NOTE: May be taken for honors credit.)
HEED 200 FUNDAMENTALS OF SEX EDUCATION (FALL, ODD YEAR) 3 CREDITS
Emphasis is placed on the biological and psychosocial aspects of human sexuality and the understanding of human sexual behavior at various
growth stages and the principles and values which enable humans to function in today’s society.

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