Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
CIPO 3065. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: CIPO 3011.
The nature of international relations; nationalism,
militarism, armaments, history of international
relations; foreign policies, functions of democracy;
international organizations.
CIPO 3095. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week.
Historical and legal background, organization, and
functions of the municipal system. Emphasis on
the municipal governments of Puerto Rico.
CIPO 3175. INTRODUCTION TO LAW. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Principal theories and rules in Law including those
of the United States and Puerto Rico. History of
Law and the most common research methods in the
field.
CIPO 4005. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: CIPO 3011.
The functions of the Supreme Court of the United
States of America; case studies of constitutional
decisions, including cases involving constitutional
relations between Puerto Rico and the United States
of America.
CIPO 4015. COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT
AND POLITICS. Three credit hours. Three hours
of lecture per week. Prerequisite: CIPO 3011.
A study of various major political systems;
discussion of current theoretical approaches to
comparative political analysis. Designed to give
the student a general picture of the political process
and governmental institutions.
CIPO 4016. GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
OF THE MIDDLE EAST. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Historical and analytical study of the constitutional
and political development of the countries of the
Middle East. Includes Arab and non-Arab states
from Iran and Pakistan in the east, to the countries
of North Africa.
CIPO 4025. PUBLIC OPINION. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: CIPO 3011.
The nature of public opinion and propaganda in
modern society, and the study of its determinants;
such as group membership, mass media, and others.
CIPO 4035. POLITICAL PARTIES. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: CIPO 3011.
The nature and functions of political parties:
origin, development, structure, economics and
composition, internal management and controls; the
relation of political parties and pressure groups to
legislation and administration.
CIPO 4036. GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
OF COMMUNIST STATES. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Development of governmental and political
institutions of communist states; the structure and
processes of these institutions, specially in the
Soviet Union and China.
CIPO 4045. ELEMENTS OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: CIPO 3035
or CIPO 3025.
The role of public administration in modern
society; principles of organization, budgeting,
management techniques, the public service, and the
control of administration.
CIPO 4046. SPECIAL TOPICS IN POLITICAL
SCIENCE. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisite: Authorization of
the Director of the Department.
Research of selected topics in Political Science.
CIPO 4051-4052. POLITICAL THEORY. Three
credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture
per week per semester. Prerequisite: CIPO 3011.
Systematic and critical exposition of political
thought from the beginning of history to modern
times. Political doctrines such as democracy,
liberalism, socialism and communism will be
analyzed. Emphasis will be given to comparison of
different political beliefs, and also to the
relationships between the different theories,
considered as historic heritage which contribute to
contemporary circumstances.
230 Undergraduate Catalogue 2004-2005