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Programs of Study 263
306-PARTIES AND INTEREST GROUPS. Prerequisite: PoSc 200 or PoSc 201.
Examines the development, role, and influence of interest groups and political
parties in American political system.
Three hours a week. Credit, three semester hours. Offered spring semester.
404-CASES IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. Prerequisite: PoSc 201. Understanding
American politics through the Supreme Court’s interpretations of the Constitution.
Three hours a week. Credit, three semester hours. Offered spring semester.
406-INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLITICS. Prerequisites: Minimum GPA of
3.0 or permission of instructor. An inquiry into the fundamental principles of
international law and politics, and an objective synthesis of the broad sweep of
international history of the last fifty years. (Cross-listed as Legal Studies 406)
Three hours per week. Credit, three semester hours. Offered as needed.
407-CONTEMPORARY TERRORISM. The genesis of modern terrorism, its threat,
and possible responses.
Three hours a week. Credit, three semester hours. Offered fall semester.
408-POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. Prerequisites: PoSc 200; PoSc 304. A study of the
origin and development of political thought. Students are introduced to the
writings of Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and other political philosophers.
Three hours per week. Credit, three semester hours. Offered spring semester.
409-INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. Prerequisites: PoSc 200; PoSc 304; PoSc 406.
An overview of theoretical perspectives on war, power, security, cooperation,
human rights, and foreign policy, with an emphasis on current global issues.
Three hours per week. Credit, three semester hours. Offered spring semester.
424-INTERNSHIP. Prerequisites: To be determined by the instructor. A combination
seminar and practice course which will provide the student with direct work
experience in a political agency or government institution.
Credit, one to three semester hours. Offered as needed.
471-THESIS I. Prerequisite: Senior status. The thesis is an independent research
project designed by students and their advisers, with an oral presentation and
defense before a faculty committee. PoSc 471 entails the development of the
thesis, literature review, and first draft. Independent study.
Credit, one semester hour. Offered as needed.
473-THESIS II. A continuation of PoSc 471, PoSc 473 requires the perfection of
the student’s thesis and culminates with an oral presentation and defense before
a faculty committee.
Independent study. Credit, two semester hours. Offered as needed.
Virginia Intermont College 2012–2013 College Catalog