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POLI 4900 Intro Political Data Analysis
3 cr.
Prerequisite: POLI 2900 or consent of department. A beginning
course in the analysis of political data. Students will be introduced
to computer-assisted statistical analysis and will perform original
research. Not for graduate credit.
POLI 4910 Political Polling
3 cr.
Prerequisite: POLI 2900 or consent of department. The process of
conducting survey research: research design conceptualization,
operationalization, interview-schedule design, sampling theory,
drawing the sample, interviewer recruitment and training, supervision,
coding, data processing, elaboration, analysis, presentation
of results.
POLI 4910G Political Polling
3 cr.
Prerequisite: POLI 2900 or consent of department. The process of
conducting survey research: research design conceptualization,
operationalization, interview-schedule design, sampling theory,
drawing the sample, interviewer recruitment and training, supervision,
coding, data processing, elaboration, analysis, presentation
of results.
POLI 4990 Special Topics in Poli Science
3 cr.
Topic may vary from semester to semester. Students may register
for this course more than once to a maximum of nine hours. POLI
3995, 3998, 4990, and 4991 may not be taken, either singly or jointly,
for more than a total of 12 credit hours.
POLI 4990G Special Topics in Poli Science
3 cr.
Topic may vary from semester to semester. Students may register
for this course more than once to a maximum of nine hours. POLI
3995, 3998, 4990, and 4991 may not be taken, either singly or jointly,
for more than a total of 12 credit hours.
POLI 4991 Senior Honors Thesis
3 cr.
Prerequisites: consent of department and director of the Honors
Program. Design and execution of an honors thesis. This course
must be repeated once in order to graduate with honors in political
science. Political Science courses 3995, 3998, 4990, and 4991 may not
be taken either singly or jointly for more than a total of 12 credit
hours. Not open to graduate students.
POLI 4999 Political Science Overview
1 cr.
This is the capstone course, required of graduating political science
majors, which provides an overview of the discipline. The course
features weekly lectures by political science faculty along with
class discussion. It is open to political science majors only, and it is
not open to graduate students.
POLI 6001 Intro Political Research
3 cr.
Introduction to the philosophy of science and research design.
(Required of all graduate students.)
POLI 6002 Methods Political Research I
3 cr.
Techniques of data analysis with an emphasis on the general linear
model and an introduction to maximum likelihood estimation.
(Required for all graduate students.)
POLI 6003 Methods Political Research II
3 cr.
Prerequisites: POLI 6001 and POLI 6002. Techniques of data analysis
with an emphasis on maximum likelihood estimation and time
series. (Required of Ph.D. students.)
POLI 6004 Adv Methods Political Research
3 cr.
Prerequisites: POLI 6001 and 6002. Theoretical implications and
practical applications of advanced quantitative approaches to
research. Specific topics will vary.
POLI 6100 Theories of Public Policy
3 cr.
An examination of a variety of models of the public policy making
process from agenda-setting through evaluation and feedback, with
particular attention to explanations of policy stability and policy
dynamics. Examined theories include rational choice, incrementalism,
neo-institutionalism and path dependency, multiple streams,
punctuated equilibrium, advocacy coalition framework, and political
strategy, among others.
POLI 6105 Bureaucr Politics & Pub Policy
3 cr.
Studies the internal operations of the bureaucracy, focusing on
decision making and discretion. Particular attention is given to
external relations and the role of bureaucracy in public policy
making.
POLI 6210 Sem Urban Political Systems
3 cr.
A review of the literature dealing with urban political processes.
Topics will include metropolitan fragmentation and integration,
intra-jurisdictional structural characteristics, urban policy makers,
structures of community power, and the city within the federal
system.
POLI 6211 Sem Urban Political Analysis
3 cr.
Prerequisite: POLI 6210 or consent of department. A research-oriented
seminar in urban political processes and policies. Inferential
techniques employed in the analysis of urban phenomena will
be examined, and students will be required to engage in original
research endeavors. Non-Ph.D students may take either 6211 or 6212.
Ph.D. students may take both 6211 and 6212.
POLI 6212 Sem Urban Political Analysis
3 cr.
Prerequisite: POLI 6210 or consent of department. A research-oriented
seminar in urban political processes and policies. Inferential
techniques employed in the analysis of urban phenomena will
be examined, and students will be required to engage in original
research endeavors. Non-Ph.D students may take either 6211 or 6212.
Ph.D. students may take both 6211 and 6212.
POLI 6230 Sem Public Policy Formation
3 cr.
Emphasizes the policymaking process from agenda setting through
impact and evaluation. It considers the roles of government structure
and the external environment on how public policy is made
and carried out.
POLI 6240 Sem American Public Policy
3 cr.
Offers an in-depth look at substantive issues and issue networks in
public policymaking.
POLI 6245 Sem American Foreign Polcy
3 cr.
This seminar will explore the theoretical concepts relating to the
process of policy-making, the interface between domestic, foreign,
and national security policies and politics, the role of bureaucratic
politics and the thrust and content of American foreign and security
policies.
POLI 6250 Sem Comparative Urban Politics
3 cr.
Methodology in the study of comparative urban political systems,
the new urbanism and traditional society, problems of planning
and processes of communication, urbanism and political structures,
political socialization in urban environments, urbanism and ecology,
minority groups in the urban politics of various systems.
POLI 6310 Sem State & Local Government
3 cr.
A seminar in state and local government with special emphasis on
comparative state politics and political systems.
POLI 6410 Sem Constitutional Law
3 cr.
POLI 6420 Appellate Courts Seminar
3 cr.
This seminar is designed to familiarize students with the literature
on appellate courts (including the US Supreme Court, the US Court
of Appeals, the state courts of last resort, and the Constitutional
Courts of other countries). It will cover decision-making, judicial
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