The national and Texas constitutions; federalism;
political socialization and participation; public opinion and interest
groups; parties; voting and elections.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
2302 Introduction to American
Government II
The legislative, executive, and judicial branches and the
bureaucracy; policy formulation and implementation including civil
rights and civil liberties, domestic and foreign policies.
Prerequisite: POLS 2301.
2304 Introduction to Political
Science
An introductory survey of the concepts, techniques, and
methods for analyzing the political behavior of individuals, groups, and
nations.
3210 Legal Internship I
Practical experience in law office procedure and
operation with career related assignments and projects under the
guidance of a faculty member.
Prerequisite: Approval of department chair.
3220 Legal Internship II
Practical experience in law office procedures and
operation with career related assignments and projects under the
guidance of a faculty member.
Prerequisite: Approval of department chair, POLS 3210.
3230 Legal Internship III
Practical experience in law office procedure and
operation with career related assignments and projects under the
guidance of a faculty member.
Prerequisite: Approval of department chair, POLS 3220.
3301 Legislative Process
The structure, functioning and political control of
legislative bodies.
3310 Government and Politics of
Europe
Political institutions, processes and public policies of
the European countries, including Russia and other former Communist
states.
3313 Judicial Process
The theory and structure of the American court system;
its personal and decision-making process; the judicial process in the
setting of the American criminal justice system.
3316 Introduction the Public
Administration
American public administration, with emphasis upon modern
problems and trends.
3317 Politics of Developing Nations
Political systems of Latin America, Africa, the Middle
East and Asia, focusing on ideologies, interest groups, political
parties, elites and problems in political development.
3319 Statistics for Social
Scientists
Basic concepts and techniques of statistics employed in
social science research including descriptive statistics, measures of
central tendency and dispersion; correlation and regression analysis;
inductive statistics; fundamentals of probability and tests of
significance.
3320 International Politics
The concepts underlying the Western State system;
nationalism and imperialism; the techniques and instruments of power
politics and the foreign policies of selected states.
3340 American Political Parties and
Interest Groups
Political parties in terms of their theory, their history
and their place in contemporary American politics; analysis of the role
of economic and other groups in American politics; group organization
and techniques of political influence.
3350 American Presidency
The operation of the office in foreign and
domestic decision-making, including political, social, and economic
policy areas.
3370 Politics of American Foreign
Policy
United States foreign policy; its domestic
sources; the instruments of American diplomacy; United States
involvement in world politics and the limitations and potentials of
American foreign policy.
3390 Urban Politics
Organization and development of urban
governments in the United States. Interrelationships among urban
problems, political behavior and policy will be examined.
4300 Organization Theory and Behavior
Structural and management aspects of public
administration, theory and practice; policy formation processes and
techniques.
4310 Directed Study
Students may study individually with an
instructor in an area of mutual interest to the student and the
instructor.
Prerequisite: Approval of chair of Department of Political Science.
4319 Advanced Research Methods
Special problems, topics, cases, models and
theories in political science research.
4320 Political Thought I
Western political thought from the Greeks to
the 17th Century.
4330 Political Thought II
Political philosophy from the 18th Century to
the present with emphasis on contemporary theorists.
4340 Formulation of Public Policy
The demands for public action on policy
issues; organization and nature of political support; processes and
problems of decision making in the formulation of public policy in the
United States. The issues studied will vary.
4350 International Law and
Institutions
Political, legal and institutional foundations
of the modern international system, including the United Nations.
Emphases include peaceful settlement of international disputes and the
developing global system.
4370 American Constitutional Law and
Development
Development of the American Constitution
through judicial interpretations. Particular emphasis on cases dealing
with federalism, commerce, the three branches of government, due
process, civil rights, and civil liberties.
4381 Government and Politics of Asia
Political institutions, processes and public
policies of the Asian countries, with special emphasis on China, India
and Japan.
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