2003-2005 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

200 The University of AlabamaPSC 634 Politics of Advanced Industrialized Democracies. Three hours.An ex am i na tion of the government and politics of the advanced industrialized democracies,including Western Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Precisecontent varies.International RelationsPSC 513 American Foreign Policy. Three hours.(See “American Politics” above.) May be taken for international relations credit.PSC 514 American Defense Policy. Three hours.(See “American Politics” above.) May be taken for international relations credit.PSC 534 International Political Economy. Three hours.Deals with the international trade and fi nance regimes, foreign economic policy, transnationalcor po ra tions in the world economy, North-South and East-West relations, andthe implications of economic interdependence.PSC 541 Comparative Foreign Policy. Three hours.A comparative analytical treat ment of how foreign policy is developed by major powers.Attention is given to its determinants, formulation, and execution.PSC 542 International Conflict. Three hours.An examination of the various kinds of violent confl ict in which nation-states becomeinvolved.PSC 544 International Or ga ni za tion. Three hours.This course de tails the essential struc tures, ac tors, land processes in international organi za tions, by ex am in ing both gov ern men tal and non-gov ern men tal organizations andtheir roles in the areas of global security, econ o my, and social welfare.PSC 545 Nationalism and Eth nic Conflict. Three hours.This course examines theoretical as pects of ethnicity, inter-ethnic con fl ict, con fl ict managementpolicies, and spe cifi c examples of ethnic cri ses. It prepares students to analyzeinter-ethnic confl ict and to examine crit i cal ly proposed solutions to eth nic strife.PSC 641 Issues in International Relations. Three hours.An examination of major prob lem areas in the international system and their effects.Content varies.PSC 642 Concepts and Theories of International Relations. Three hours.A survey of contemporary theoretical approaches to the study of international relations,providing an overview of traditional and behavioral orientations.MethodologyPSC 521 Research Design. Three hours.Includes but is not limited to the role of theory, development of hypotheses, modes ofob ser va tion and analysis, and testing of hypotheses.PSC 522 Quantitative Methods in Political Science I. Three hours.Introduction to sta tis ti cal techniques, including univariate and bivariate descriptive statisticsand their ap pli ca tion within the fi eld of political science.PSC 523 Survey Research Methods. Three hours.Examination of the theory and practice of various types of surveys and different partsof the survey research process (e.g., sampling, questionnaire design, interviewing, anddata reduction).PSC 621 Quantitative Methods in Political Science II. Three hours.Prerequisites: PSC 521 and PSC 522, or equivalents.Data analysis and statistical applications in political research, including data processing,inferential statistics, cor re la tion and re gres sion, multivariate analysis, and othermul ti di men sion al techniques.PSC 622 Seminar in Political Science Methodology. Three hours.May be repeated for up to 6 hours of credit. Topics vary and may range from case studiesand historical analysis to mathematical modeling and computer simulation.