Political Science

Courses

PSC 100: Government & Politics In America

Credits 3

This course is an introduction to the United States system of federal and constitutional government. A special emphasis is placed on the means by which citizens actively participate in public policy decisions, and the relationship between the branches of national government, and of the states to the central (Federal) system. 

PSC 120: Intro To Political Science Comparative Politics

Credits 3
An introductory level course in Political Science with a specific focus on Comparative Politics. While students will gain some familiarity with the major areas of the discipline (Political Thought, International Relations & Domestic Politics), the primary focus of this course will be on how governments, political groups, and political procedures vary across countries of a democratic, nondemocratic, developed and developing nature. Specifically, the course will provide a comparative political analysis of a number of countries including the United States, Great Britain, India and China.

PSC 200: Constitutional Law

Credits 3
This course is a study of the relationship between the Supreme Court and the political elements of the United States system of national and state government, with emphasis on civil liberties and civil rights.

PSC 220: World Politics

Credits 3
This course examines the major developments in the field of International Relations over the past two hundred years. Specific areas addressed will include key theoretical approaches to the study of International Relations (e.g., Realism, Liberalism, etc.), system, state and individual levels of analysis, nationalism and transnationalism, diplomacy, international law and morality, national and international security, international trade, investment and monetary relations, the north/south debate and human rights. The structures and functions of various intergovernmental (IGOs) and nongovernmental (NGOs) organizations on both a regional and global scale will also be examined.

PSC 231: History of Political Ideas

Credits 3

This course surveys a number of key figures in the History of Political Thought. In this regard, particular, yet not exclusive, attention will be paid to the political thought of Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Marx. Specific themes under consideration will include reflections on the character of justice, authority, obligation and freedom with a view to the appropriate political order for man and the proper relationship of the individual to the state.