Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

214 / POLITICAL SCIENCE
Group 6: International and World Politics
POLS 360
World Politics
3 Semester Hours
An analysis of how nations behave and why. International
conflict and cooperation, with an emphasis on nation-state
interaction.
Prerequisite: Political Science majors and minors only.
POLS 361
International Cooperation
3 Semester Hours
A study of the patterns of formal institution building and
informal regime definition that underlie and define the
development of cooperative relationships among the nations
of the world.
POLS 362
International Security
3 Semester Hours
A survey of challenges to security and peace in modern
international relations, such as war, the nuclear peril,
terrorism, revolution, ecological dangers, economic
pressures, and sociodemographic crises.
POLS 365
United States Foreign Policy
3 Semester Hours
Analysis of recent United States foreign policy with a focus
on the policy making and implementation process.
POLS 396
Special Studies in International and World Politics
1-3 Semester Hours
POLS 461
United States and Latin America
3 Semester Hours
A survey of the international relations between the United
States and the countries of Latin America.
POLS 465
World Political Economy
3 Semester Hours
A study of international political economy with an emphasis
on North-South relations.
POLS 496
Special Studies in World Politics
1-3 Semester Hours
POLS 560
Global Agenda
3 Semester Hours
A senior seminar focusing on global political dynamics,
transformations, and issues.
Prerequisites: POLS 210 and senior standing.
POLS 596
Special Studies in World Politics
1-3 Semester Hours
Prerequisites: POLS 210 and senior standing.
Group 7: Public Law
POLS 397
Special Studies in Public Law
1-3 Semester Hours
POLS 471
United States Constitutional Law: Case Method I
3 Semester Hours
Judicial, executive, and legislative power; individual rights.
POLS 472
United States Constitutional Law: Case Method II
3 Semester Hours
Freedom of Speech and Equal Protection.
POLS 475
International Law
3 Semester Hours
Focus on some of the major doctrines of international law
and the processes of making and implementing law in the
contemporary international system.
POLS 497
Special Studies in Public Law
1-3 Semester Hours
POLS 570
Child Advocacy Seminar
3 Semester Hours
Internship and seminar exploring family and juvenile law
with an emphasis on Los Angeles.
Prerequisites: POLS 210, senior standing, and consent of
instructor.