ACADEMIC CATALOG - Purdue University Calumet

POL 435 INTERNATIONAL LAW
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: POL 130
A study of international legal theories, principles, and practices
with an emphasis on the role and utility of law in contemporary
international relations.
POL 439 UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY MAKING
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: POL 130
An analysis of the decision-making process in United
States foreign policy.
POL 442 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN RUSSIA
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: POL 141 or POL 303
Analysis of Russian political culture and the Russian political
tradition. History, organization, and functioning of the governmental
apparatus. The role of the social organizations, interest
groups, and elites. Models of the Russian political system.
POL 443 FIELD EXPERIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
(Class 1, Cr. 3)
Requires consent of instructor. May be repeated once for credit
as either POL 443 or SOC 443. Observation and supervised
participation in the criminal justice system. Readings and class
meetings to integrate theory and experience. Intended for students
who plan to become employed in the criminal justice system
upon receiving the bachelor's degree.
POL 454 SELECTED PROBLEMS
IN MATERIALIST POLITICAL THOUGHT
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: POL 101
May be repeated for credit. Discussion and analysis of representative
works and major schools of political theory which
take a materialistic or naturalistic approach to the description
and evaluation of political phenomena, e.g. the thoughts of
Hobbes, or of Marx, or psychoanalytic theories of politics.
Emphasizes textural analysis and logical structure of the
works examined and considers their applicability to contemporary
political life.
POL 460 JUDICIAL POLITICS
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: POL 101
A survey of judicial processes as they operate in America.
Both trial courts and appellate courts will be examined in
light of the procedures with which they operate. The external
social, economic, and political pressures surrounding courts,
and the impact courts have on society will be considered.
POL 461 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: POL 101
A survey of selected areas of constitutional law, considering
the political and social influences as well as the doctrinal
forces which have produced these policies and interpretations.
POL 490 TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: POL 101
Sophomore standing required. May be repeated for credit.
POL 522 ENERGY, POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Examination of current public policy practices and political
questions concerning energy, primarily in the United States.
The course will examine the main issues, actors, and policy
orientations in relation to such energy sources as petroleum,
electricity, and nuclear power.
POL 523 ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
AND PUBLIC POLICY
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
An examination of the political problems of natural resource
use and environmental problems in the United States.
Particular consideration is given to the importance of
resources for American society, to control the environment
by the government, and to the legal aspects of public policy.
POL 562 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND POLICY MAKING
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: POL 101
An examination of policy making procedures in administrative
agencies as established by statute, precedent, and political
considerations. Administrative agencies will be studied
by means of focusing on the political context in which they
must operate. Emphasis will be placed on the political realities
of administrative agency operation.
POL 590 DIRECTED READING IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
(Class 1 to 3, Lab. 0 to 3, Cr. 1 to 3)
May be repeated for credit. A reading course directed by
the instructor in whose particular field of specialization the
content of the reading falls. Approval of each reading project
must be secured from the department.
PSY - Psychology
PSY 120 ELEMENTARY PSYCHOLOGY
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Introduction to the fundamental principles of psychology,
covering particularly the topics of personality, intelligence,
emotion, attention, perception, learning, memory, and thinking.
PSY 203 INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(Class 2, Lab. 2, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: BHS 201 or PSY 500 or STAT 301 and MA 153
The use of scientific methods in psychology. Lecturing
covers principles of collecting and interpreting data, using
examples of research from many areas of psychology. In the
laboratory portion the student uses many different techniques
from various areas of psychology.
PSY 205 TESTING AND MEASUREMENT
(Class 2, Lab. 2, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: BHS 201 or PSY 500 and MA 153
Fundamental concepts of test theory, introduction to applied
psychological testing, the scale of data, and the interpretation
of test results. (NOTE: Not open to students with credit in
PSY 505.)
PSY 310 SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSES
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: PSY 203 and PSY 205
Theory, problems, and research in sensation and perception,
including physiological bases and measurement techniques.
Course Descriptions
POL 491 POLITICAL SCIENCE SENIOR SEMINAR
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: Senior major in Political Science or consent of instructor.
This is a variable title seminar focusing on contemporary
issues on political science at the senior level. It is part of
the capstone experience for seniors in the major.
PSY 311 HUMAN LEARNING AND MEMORY
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: PSY 120
Theory and research in verbal learning, attention, discrimination
learning, thinking, conceptual and organization processes,
memory, and languages.
Course Descriptions
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