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1100  U.S. National Government (3) Fulfills American Institutions.
   Required of all majors; should be taken during first year. Constitutional basis of American government; public opinion, political participation, media, parties, interest groups; governmental decision makers (Congress, presidency, bureaucracy, courts)

1220  Asian Civilizations: Modern History and Societies (3) Cross listed as HIST 1220, UGS 1220. Fulfills Social Science Foundation, Humanities Foundation.
   Although faculty teaching this course focus on modern and contemporary Asian history, society, politics, and economics, they may vary the content matter and emphases according to their disciplinary interests. All instructors share in common an interest in fostering basic oral and written communication skills and developing analytical, methodological, and conceptual understanding and skills. Fulfills humanities or social science intellectual explorations requirement. Consult semester Class Schedule for the intellectual explorations area being offered.

2100  Introduction to International Relations (3) Fulfills Social Science Foundation.
   Introduces students to the analysis of international relations. Topics include the determinants of state power and the conditions that foster conflict and cooperation in international politics. Designed for students with no previous background in the study of international relations.

2200  Introduction to Comparative Politics (3) Fulfills Social Science Foundation.
   Political institutions and practices in various countries. Basic introduction to upper-division courses in comparative politics.

3000  Liberalism and Its Critics (3)
   An investigation of theories regarding the individual and society from the 17th century to the present. Nature and limits of contemporary views of individuals, their freedoms and rights.

3001  Political Analysis (3) Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS Course, Quantitative Reasoning B Course.
   Introduction of research techniques for the empirical study of politics including elements of research design and statistics.

3010  Democratic Theory (3) Fulfills Upper-division Communication/Writing.
   Theories devoted to explaining how and why the sovereign power of the state ought to belong to the people. Nature and importance of representation, equality, liberty, and community.

3030  State and Local Government (3)
   Politics, structure and activities of state and local governments, intergovernmental relations, legal and theoretical concerns, political processes, and administrative issues.

3110  Legislative Process (3)
   Nature of representation, role of political parties, rules and procedures, committee system, and impact of Congressional policies. Simulation of U. S. Congress as learning tool.

3120  Political Parties (3)
   History of American political parties; roles and functions of parties; current problems of parties.

3140  Gender and Politics (3) Cross listed as WM ST 3140. Fulfills Diversity.
   Impact of gender in the political system; law and public policy, electoral behavior and professions.

3150  Political Executives (3)
   Structure, function, powers, and politics of the American presidency and governorship. Examines both intra-executive branch and legislative relations.

3160  Practical Politics (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 1100 and 3110.
   Normally offered Fall Semester of even-numbered election years. Ends shortly after November elections. Two hours instruction and 15 to 18 hours of campaigning weekly. Students participate in a partisan campaign of their choice. Open to all students and students in all political parties.

3170  Interest Groups (3)
   Political finance, interest group resources and leadership; lobbying, grassroots activities; media campaigns.

3180  Voting, Elections, and Public Opinion (3)
   Introduction to the study of public opinion, political participation, vote choice, campaigns, and electoral change.

3190  Racial and Ethnic Politics (3) Cross listed as ETHNC 3190. Fulfills Diversity.
   Role of Blacks, Latinos, American Indians, and Asian Pacific Americans in American politics. Topics include constitutional status, citizenship, equality, identity, adaptation, suffrage, participation, representation, coalition, and conflict.

3200  Introduction to Law and Politics (3) Fulfills Social Science Integration.
   Introduction to law as a means of social ordering, social and political functions of civil and criminal law, organization and functions of courts and the legal profession.

3201  Introduction to Law: Service-Learning (1) Co-requisite: POL S 3200.
   May only be taken with POL S 3200, Introduction to Law and Courts. This course allows for experiential learning by accomplishing a community service project in conjunction with the Lowell Bennion Center.

3250  Gender, Ethics and Public Policy (3) Cross listed as WM ST 3250.
   This course explores ethical issues in public policy, focusing on policies that affect gender relations. It examines the role policy can play in eliminating sexual discrimination and inequality.

3300  Introduction to Public Administration (3) Prerequisite: POL S 1100.
   Prereq.: POL S 1100 or equivalent. Introductory public administration course broadly focused to introduce concepts of administrative theory, practice, political aspects of administration, policy making, fiscal management, public human resource management, etc. The service learning component (POL S 3301) may be added for one additional semester hour of credit.

3301  Public Administration Service-Learning (1) Co-requisite: POL S 3300.
   May only be taken with POL S 3300, Introduction to Public Administration. This allows for experiential learning by accomplishing a community service project.

3320  Introduction to Public Policy and Analysis (3)
   Introduction to models used in public policy analysis; explores key issues from such areas as environment, health, welfare, criminal justice, and civil rights.

3340  Diversity in the Workplace (3) Fulfills Diversity.
   This course provides an historical overview of diversity in American society, addresses the opportunities and challenges presented by an increasingly diverse workforce, and offers practical tools and techniques for affirming diversity in the workplace.

3380  Politics and Budgets (3)
   Organization, techniques, and politics of administrative planning, budget preparation and legislative appropriations, and control systems in public organizations. Program budgeting, benefit-cost, and other analytic techniques of public planning and budgeting.

3390  Introduction to Environmental Politics (3) Fulfills Social Science Integration.
   How the government makes policies that affect our natural environment. Substantive issues include air and water pollution, hazardous and toxic waste, energy policy, public lands, water development, and wildlife policy.

3410  European Politics (3)
   Politics, institutions, and public policy making in selected European States and the European Union.

3430  Politics of Revolution in Latin America (3)
   Case studies of political revolution in Latin America, up through contemporary events. Examples include Mexico, Castro Cuba, Allende Chile, Sandinista Nicaragua.

3440  Comparative Politics of the Middle East (3) Cross listed as MID E 3644. Fulfills Social Science Integration.
   Comparative study of Middle East political systems including state-society relations, prospects for pluralism and democratization, consequences of structural adjustments and current obstacles to government reform.

3450  Politics in China (3)
   Functional analysis of politics in China with major emphasis on post-1976 period.

3460  Government and Politics of Japan (3)
   Japanese political culture and history; Japanese political parties and elections; governmental structure and political leadership on national and local levels; Japanese domestic, economic and foreign policies.

3470  Russian/Post-Soviet Politics (3)
   The Soviet political system, 1917-1991 and transformations leading to the break-up of the USSR in 1991; emerging forms of government and politics in Russia.

3480  East European Politics (3)
   Examines the politics of Eastern Europe, focusing on the problems of economic and political transformation.

3490  Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective (3) Cross listed as MID E 3649.
   Examines the patterns of interaction between religion and politics in different societies.

3500  Democracy in Latin America (3)
   An examination of the new cases of democracy in Latin America in terms of their causes and their consequences.

3510  Politics and Governments of the Pacific Rim Nations (3)
   Survey of current politics, governments and policies of the nations of Northeast, Southeast and South Asia. Focus on political parties and elections; international relations and security issues; economic development and international trade patterns.

3620  United Nations (3)
   Examination of the structure and principal functions of the United Nations. Particular emphasis is placed on the maintenance of peace and security and U.N. economic and social activities concerning human rights, economic development, and environmental protection.

3650  Media and Foreign Policy (3)
   Focuses on the role of the media in the formulation and implementation of foreign policy in the United States.

3670  Russian Foreign Policy (3)
   An examination of the sources, motivations, and strategies of Russian foreign policy with emphasis on Russian relations with the near abroad, Europe, the United States, China, and the former Communist states of East Europe.

3740  The Politics of U.S. Foreign Economic Policies (3)
   Provides the student with an overview of U.S. foreign economic policies: trade policy, exchange rate policy, competition with Japan, and economic sanctions. Our goal will be to identify the factors that have shaped the selection of U.S. policies since the 1930s and to understand why U.S. policies have varied over time.

3800  Issues in International Politics (3) Fulfills Social Science Integration.
   Expands the concepts and perspectives introduced in POL S 2100; discusses the nature of international actors and issues within the international system; examines competing frameworks in understanding the international system. Designed for students with some background in the study of international politics.

3900  Legislative Intern Preparation (2) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 1100 and ENGL 1010.
   Second-term course during fall semester provides preparation for internship service at the Utah State Legislature during the first term of spring semester. Legislature behavior and organization; bill and act process; staff agencies at the legislature; research techniques; press release and constituent letter writing; and intern protocol.

3960  Special Topics (1 to 3)
   Topic to be specified when course is offered.

4790  The United States Constitution (3)
   Examination of historic legal conflicts involving the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, constitutional amendments and articles. Contemporary events and U. S. Supreme Court decisions are highlighted. (Telecourse plus review sessions.)

4844  Utah's Health Editorial Board (2 to 3)
   Utah's Health: An Annual Review is a student edited annual journal concerned with health policy and administration. Student editors are nominated by faculty and appointed by the executive committee of the editorial board. Student editors may register for up to two hours of credit per year. Students who are members of the executive committee may register for up to 3 hours of credit per year.

4950  Undergraduate Research (1 to 4)
   Research project or directed readings as agreed upon by supervising professor.

4960  Special Topics (1 to 3)
   Some sections taught as Writing Emphasis; for explanation, see Writing Program in this section of the catalog. Topic to be specified when course is offered.

4999  Honors Thesis/Project (3) Fulfills Upper-division Communication/Writing.
   Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on their Honors degree.

5000  Foundations of Political Thought: Ancient and Judeo-Christian (3)
   Graduate students should register for POL S 6000 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Historical origins and foundations of western political thought in Greek and Roman antiquity, ancient Judaism and early Christianity. Works of Plato and Aristotle.

5001  Quantitative Analysis in Political Science (3) Prerequisite: POL S 3001 or instructor's consent. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS Course.
   Meets with POL S 6001. Graduate students should register for POL S 6001 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Application of statistical techniques for the analysis of political data including inferential statistics, contingency tables, and regression analysis.

5010  Political Thought from Machiavelli (3)
   Meets with POL S 6010. Graduate students should register for POL S 6010 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Principal works in western political thought since the Renaissance, including Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, and Mill.

5025  American Political Thought: 1620-Present (3)
   Meets with POL S 6025. Graduate students should register for POL S 6025 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Elements and historical foundations of American political thought from the Puritan Era to the present.

5035  Contemporary Political Thought (3)
   Meets with POL S 6035. Graduate students should register for POL S 6035 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Recent political theory.

5080  Islamic Law (3) Cross listed as ARAB 4080, MID E 4108.
   Meets with POL S 6080, ARAB 6080, MID E 6108. The Islamic legal tradition as formulated by the classical Muslim jurists together with the theoretical and methodological principles underlying it.

5090  Political Thought in Islam (3) Cross listed as ARAB 4090, MID E 4109.
   Meets with ARAB 6090, MID E 6109, and POL S 6090. Islam as a way of life, concept of sovereignty and foundation of political organization in the Islamic state. Political theories advanced by major jurists and philosophers.

5100  Advanced American National Government (3) Prerequisite: POL S 1100 or equivalent or instructor consent.
   Topics are chosen from Congress and the President, and state and local governments in the federal system. Meets with POL S 6100. Requirements and assessment for students enrolled in POL S 6100 will be at the graduate level.

5120  Judicial Process (3) Prerequisite: POL S 1100 or equivalent or instructor consent.
   Structure, functions, and powers of courts in the political process. Interaction of law, judges and politics. Meets with POL S 6120. Requirements and assessment for students enrolled in POL S 6120 will be at the graduate level.

5140  Feminist Political Theory (3)
   Meets with POL S 6140. Graduate students should register for POL S 6140 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Exploration of the bases of feminist political theory and the influences and effects of feminist thought on various public political debates.

5170  Politics and the American Economy (3) Prerequisite: ECON 1010 or equivalent.
   Nature of capitalism and the mixed economy; political and economic models of decision making; fiscal and monetary policy; regulation and deregulation. Meets with POL S 6170. Requirements and assessment for students enrolled in POL S 6170 will be at the graduate level.

5210  Constitutional Law (4) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 1100.
   Constitutional principles of the U.S. political system: judicial review, separation of powers, federalism, civil rights and liberties.

5240  Local Government Law (3)
   Meets with POL S 6240. Graduate students should register for POL S 6240 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Topics range from: local powers, governmental structure, judicial control, law making; services distribution, voting, citizen participation, personnel, finance, records, planning, eminent domain, tort liability, ethics, intergovernmental relations.

5250  Corrections Administration (3)
   Meets with POL S 6250. Graduate students should register for POL S 6250 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Approaches to administration requiring coordination of numerous elements in a diverse system of offender management. Effect on administration of approaches to corrections facilities design, management of offenders in the community, and master planning. Constitutional and legal issues that affect programs and systems, including due process, role of the courts, rights of inmates, impact of law on jail and prison, and issues of inmate access and protection .

5300  Administrative Theory (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 1100 and 3300.
   Meets with POL S 6300. Graduate students should register for POL S 6300 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Administrative history, scientific management, human relations movement, bureaucracy, formal/informal organization, comparative administration, decision making, motivation, leadership, participative management, organization development, innovation.

5320  Public Policy Theories and Applications (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 1100.
   Meets with POL S 6320. Graduate students should register for POL S 6320 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Introduction to policy process in United States; needs and demands for public action; organization and nature of political support; process and problems of decision making in major policy areas.

5321  Health Policy (3)
   Meets with POL S 6321. Graduate students should register for POL S 6321 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Introduction to health policy issues in the United States; needs and demands for public action; organization and nature of political support; process and problems of decision making in health policy areas.

5322  Environmental Policy (3)
   Graduate students should register for POL S 6322 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Ways government action or inaction affects problems of resource scarcity, environmental health and safety, natural aesthetics, and economic growth.

5323  System Dynamics and Environmental Policy (3) Cross listed as GEOGR 5370, URBPL 5370, GEO 5340.
   Environmental policy design requires an understanding of human interactions with environmental systems. It requires an accounting of the complexities of behavior, context and policy. These complexities often produce indirect and unanticipated consequences. They yield unexpected patterns and counter-intuitive results. Students from many academic fields learn user-friendly software (STELLA) to do environmental policy simulation without proficiency in advanced mathematics. Students use computer simulations to sort out environmental complexities; transform group perceptions into simulation models; apply principles of environmental management; test policy effects and define possible pathways for future policy change.

5324  Practicum in Environmental Systems Sustainability (3) Cross listed as GEO 5341, URBPL 5371, GEOGR 5371.
   Using actual clients and a systems thinking approach, multi-disciplinary student teams resolve real world problems in environmental sustainability. Student teams define system structures, feedback loops, counter-intuitive relationships and the unintended consequences of policy decisions. Students having completed 'System Dynamics and Environmental Policy' get to apply their experience in systems modeling in support of team efforts in full-scale, practical problem solving. Possible topics include: urban growth, drinking water, energy resources, air/water quality and environmental justice. Meets with GEO 6341, CVEEN 6661, GEOGR 6371, POL S 6324.

5380  Public Budgeting and Finance (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ECON 1010 and POL S 1100 and 3300.
   Meets with POL S 6380. Graduate students should register for POL S 6380 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Organization, techniques, and politics of administrative planning, budget preparation and legislative appropriations, and control systems in public administration. Program budgeting, benefit-cost, and other analytic techniques of public planning and budgeting. Fiscal and monetary policy, nature of capitalism in a mixed economy, problems of labor, agriculture, and the poor.

5390  Administration in Local Government (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 1100 and 3300.
   Meets with POL S 6390. Graduate students should register for POL S 6390 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. This course is designed to focus specifically on local government administration through the exploration of local government in general, problems and resolution approaches of local administrators, and particular behavior patterns of local administrations.

5420  The European Union (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Meets with POL S 6420. Graduate students should register for POL S 6420 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. This course is an analysis of the European Union with emphasis upon the organization's historical development, its acquisition of member states' governmental functions, and the prospects for the organization's future as an economic and political international actor.

5425  Atlantic Rim Politics (3)
   Meets with POL S 6425. Graduate students should register for POL S 6425 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Selected countries and topics from the North Atlantic political region.

5430  Asian Pacific American Politics (3) Cross listed as ETHNC 5430. Fulfills Diversity.
   Survey of the historical and contemporary political experiences of Asian Americans and their pursuits of equal rights and opportunities in the U.S. political system.

5440  Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict (3) Cross listed as MID E 5644.
   Meets with POL S 6440 and MID E 6644. This course seeks to address one of the crucial issues of our age: the cultural pluralism embedded in most civil societies and the integrative impulses and the forces of disintegration - nationalism and ethnicity. Credit granted toward a MES degree only when the course is taught by Middle East faculty/instructor.

5450  Political Violence/Terrorism (3) Cross listed as MID E 5645.
   Meets with POL S 6450 and MID E 6645. Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Discussion of theories of violence from psychological, socioeconomic, religious, and other perspectives with a Middle East emphasis. It will also focus on the role of the media and state-sponsored violence.

5460  International Relations of Africa (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Graduate students should register for POL S 6460 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Examines political and economic relations among African states and between African states and the rest of the world. Topics include Africa's colonial history, rise of nationalism, and Africa's position in the world economy. Emphasis is placed on several African countries.

5470  International Relations of the Middle East (3) Cross listed as MID E 5647. Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Meets with POL S 6470 and MID E 6647. Graduate students should register for POL S 6470/MID E 6647 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Explores various international relations theories, such as realism, dependency, identity theory, and alliance formation to the behavior of Middle East states, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the post-Cold War Middle East.

5480  International Relations of East Asia (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Meets with POL S 6480. Graduate students should register for POL S 6480 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Examines historical and cultural overview of the international relations of East Asia; focuses primarily on the post-Cold War era. Also examines the roles and policies of the major actors (China, Japan, and the U. S., etc.) and the patterns of conflict and cooperation concerning regional economic and security issues.

5490  International Relations of Latin America (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Meets with POL S 6490. Graduate students should register for POL S 6490 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Relationship between traditional forms of contact between United States and Latin America. Recent forms of nationalism in Latin America, their effects on resulting economic development, and economic integration.

5520  Law Enforcement Administration (3)
   Meets with POL S 6520. Graduate students should register for POL S 6520 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Application of public administration to unique environment of police agencies. Social/political context of law enforcement; organization of police agencies; measuring productivity of police work; personnel administration in police agencies; and professional ethics in law enforcement. Quantitative measures of recidivism, risk assessment, program effectiveness, demographic variables, and measures of validity of prevailing theories.

5550  Nonprofit Sector & Organizations (3)
   The scope, history, values, theories, and philosophies of the nonprofit sector; and the implications for governance of nonprofit organizations. Theories of the sector's existence, roles and functions, theories of philanthropy. Differences among organizations in the three sectors. The legal and ethical responsibility of trustees to act in the public interest.

5560  Developing Revenue in Nonprofit Organizations (3)
   Selecting and designing revenue sources and strategies to serve the mission and programs of an organization. Alternative revenue sources such as grants, fees, contracts, cause-based marketing, special events, and donations. Related issues such as Unrelated Business Income, and charitable trusts.

5563  Program Evaluation (3) Prerequisite: Pol S 5001 or Pol S 6001or Pol S 6290.
   Systematic introduction to program evaluation as a basis for accountability. Introduces alternative approaches to evaluation and emphasizes design and measurement issues that evaluators must address; application of experimental , quasi-experimental, and other techniques; and management of political and ethical problems associated with performing evaluations and using the results.

5570  Management of Nonprofit Organizations (3)
   Management functions, issues, and skills that are distinctively nonprofit, such as board-staff relations, accountability to internal and external constituencies, managing volunteers, balancing professional and political interests, and ethics. Effects of the legal context and regulatory environment on the managing in nonprofit organizations.

5610  International Law (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Graduate students should register for POL S 6610 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Study of the historical and theoretical foundations of the law of nations. Includes discussion of recognition, treaties, territorial and personal jurisdiction, as well as such topics as dispute settlement, human rights, and environmental protection.

5630  Foundations of International Organization (3) Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Meets with POL S 6630. Graduate students should register for POL S 6630 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Concentrates on the history and functions of public (IGO) and private (NGO) international organizations. Special efforts will be devoted to examining the changing roles of both IGOs and NGOs with relations to both member and non-member states.

5660  American Foreign Policy (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Graduate students should register for POL S 6660 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. U. S. government machinery for formulation and conduct of foreign policy. Appraisal of U.S. policy in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.

5670  U.S. National Security Policy (3) Fulfills Upper-division Communication/Writing.
   Study and analysis of the challenges of formulating and implementing U.S. national security policies since World War II. The course considers the meaning of national security, the institutions and actors (roles and powers) involved in policy making, and key national security decisions.

5680  Chinese Foreign Policy (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Meets with POL S 6680. Graduate students should register for POL S 6680 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Sources, motivations, and strategies of contemporary Chinese foreign policy. Focuses on post-Mao era.

5690  Foundations of International Security (3) Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Graduate students should register for POL S 6690 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Focuses on the evolution of international security from the Cold War to the post-Cold War era. Topics include concepts and approaches in understanding international security; differing interpretations of security including economic, human rights, military, and political dimensions.

5710  Foundations of the Politics of International Economic Relations (3) Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Graduate students should register for POL S 6710 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Explores the relationship between politics and economics in international relations. Its fundamental objective is to enable the student to understand the ways in which politics and economics interact in the international arena.

5720  The Politics of North-South Economic Relations (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Meets with POL S 6720. Graduate students should register for POL S 6720 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Examines ways in which international economic processes are affected by the politics of developing countries. Focuses on political-economic interactions between developed and developing countries and their participation in international regimes.

5750  Industries and State Power: The Advanced Industrial Countries (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Meets with POL S 6750. Graduate students should register for POL S 6750 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Explores the factors and conditions that lead countries to decide whether and how to promote the development of their industries and economies. Emphasis is placed on the similar and different ways political forces influence the structure and process of industrial development in the countries studied.

5800  Theories of International Relations (3) Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Graduate students should register for POL S 6800 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Analysis of theories of international relations, such as Realism, Liberalism, Constructivism; using major works and current theoretical research. Recommended introduction to upper-division students.

5810  Senior Seminar (4) Fulfills Upper-division Communication/Writing.
   Writing-emphasis research course. Completion of major research paper. Topics vary with instructor.

5900  Political Internship (2 to 12)
   Supervised on-the-job experience in a political office (party chair, legislator, governor, etc.), dealing with research, speech writing, campaign planning, etc. Paper required. May be taken with service-learning add-on, POL S 5901.

5901  Political Internship: Service-Learning (2 to 12)

5910  Public Administration Internship (1 to 6)
   Supervised on-the-job experience in an administrative office. Paper required. POL S 5910 is for Undergraduate Public Administration Certificate students. POL S 6910 is for Master of Public Administration students

5962  Topics in American Public Policy (3)
   Analysis of needs and demands for public action; process and problems of decision making in a major policy area. May be repeated with different topics. Meets with POL S 6962. Requirements and assessment for students enrolled in POL S 6962 will be at the graduate level.

5964  Topics in Middle East Politics (3) Cross listed as MID E 5696.
   Meets with POL S 6964 and MID E 6696. Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Topics on cross-national political comparisons in the Middle East.

5965  Special Topics in Public Administration (3)
   Meets with POL S 6965. Graduate students should register for POL S 6965 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Advanced development of particular administrative skills. Topics vary.

5967  Topics in Comparative Politics (3)
   Graduate students should register for POL S 6967 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Topics on cross-national political comparisons.

6000  Foundations of Political Thought: Ancient and Judeo-Christian (3)
   Graduate students should register for POL S 6000 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Historical origins and foundations of western political thought in Greek and Roman antiquity, ancient Judaism, and early Christianity. Works of Plato and Aristotle.

6001  Quantitative Analysis in Political Science (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 3001 or instructor consent.
   Meets with POL S 5001. Graduate students should register for POL S 6001 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Application of statistical techniques for the analysis of political data including inferential statistics, contingency tables, and regression analysis.

6002  Advanced Quantitative Analysis (3) Prerequisite: POL S 5001 or 6001 or equivalent or instructor consent.
   Use of advanced quantitative techniques in Political Science.

6010  Political Thought from Machiavelli (3)
   Meets with POL S 5010. Graduate students should register for POL S 6010 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Principal works in western political thought since the Renaissance, including Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, and Mill.

6025  American Political Thought: 1620-Present (3)
   Meets with POL S 5025. Graduate students should register for POL S 6025 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Elements and historical foundations of American political thought from the Puritan Era to the present.

6030  Proseminar in Political Theory (3)
   Required course for all master's and doctoral students in political theory. Intensive introduction to modern political theory.

6035  Contemporary Political Thought (3)
   Meets with POL S 5035. Graduate students should register for POL S 6035 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Recent political theory.

6040  Theories of Political Inquiry (3)
   Required course for all graduate students. Exploration of epistemological and normative issues involved in the study of politics.

6050  Proseminar: Survey of Public Administration (3)
   Required of all MA/MS and Ph.D. students with Public Administration examination fields. Intensive review of theoretical foundation of public administration scholarship, exploration of principal literature in the field, and introduction to advanced research.

6070  Research Design for American Politics and Public Administration (3)
   Survey of elements of research design and methods used in political science research, especially American politics and public administration (e.g., archival, experimental, case study, field study, survey).

6080  Islamic Law (3) Cross listed as ARAB 6080, MID E 6108.
   Meet with ARAB 4080 MID E 4108, and POL S 5080. Graduate students should register for ARAB 6080, MID E 6108, or POL S 6080 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. The Islamic legal tradition as formulated by the classical Muslim jurists together with the theoretical and methodological principles underlying it.

6090  Political Thought in Islam (3) Cross listed as ARAB 6090, MID E 6109.
   Meet with ARAB 4090, MID E 4109, and POL S 5090. Graduate students should register for ARAB 6090, MID E 6109, or POL S 6090 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Islam as a way of life, concept of sovereignty and foundation of political organization in the Islamic state. Political theories advanced by major jurists and philosophers.

6100  Advanced American National Government (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 1100 or instructor consent.
   Topics are chosen from Congress and the President, and state and local governments in the federal system. POL S 5100 and POL S 6100 meet together. Requirements and assessment for students enrolled in POL S 6100 will be at the graduate level.

6120  Judicial Process (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 1100 or instructor consent.
   Structure, functions, and powers of courts in the political process. Interaction of law, judges and politics. Meets with POL S 5120. Requirements and assessment for students enrolled in POL S 6120 will be at the graduate level.

6140  Feminist Political Theory (3)
   Meets with POL S 5140. Graduate students should register for POL S 6140 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Exploration of the bases of feminist political theory and the influences and effects of feminist thought on various public political debates.

6170  Politics and the American Economy (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ECON 1010 or equivalent.
   Nature of capitalism and the mixed economy; political and economic models of decision making; fiscal and monetary policy; regulation and deregulation. Meets with POL S 5170. Requirements and assessment for students enrolled in POL S 6170 will be at the graduate level.

6200  Workshop in Political Theory (3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   Research design workshop for political theory graduate students, to assist in the preparation of thesis or dissertation proposals.

6201  Teaching Political Science I (2)
   Required seminar for all first-year teaching assistants. Theory and practice of teaching undergraduates political science.

6202  Teaching Political Science II (1)
   Required seminar for all first-year teaching assistants. Theory and practice of teaching undergraduates political science.

6220  Constitutional Law-Public Administration (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 1100.
   Constitutional principles of the U.S. political system: judicial review, separation of powers, federalism, civil rights and liberties.

6230  Administrative Law (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 1100.
   Delegation of power, judicial review, tort liability, investigating, rule making, adjudication, hearings, informal procedure, bias, evidence, constitutional rights of public employees, disclosing information, regulatory reform. Major tort law changes, dysfunctional fear of litigation, liability of governments and individuals under the Constitution. Federal Civil Rights Act of 1871, Federal Tort Claims Act and state law, immunity categories, Utah law and policy issues. Risk management, preventing liability, insurance aspects, and reform controversies.

6240  Local Government Law (3)
   Meets with POL S 5240. Graduate students should register for POL S 6240 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Topics from: local powers, governmental structure, judicial control, law making; services distribution, voting, citizen participation, personnel, finance, records, planning, eminent domain, tort liability, ethics, intergovernmental relations.

6250  Corrections Administration (3)
   Meets with POL S 5250. Graduate students should register for POL S 6250 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Approaches to administration requiring coordination of numerous elements in a diverse system of offender management. Effect on administration of approaches to corrections facilities design, management of offenders in the community, and master planning. Constitutional and legal issues that affect programs and systems, including due process, role of the courts, rights of inmates, impact of law on jail and prison, and issues of inmate access and protection .

6260  Foundations of Public Administration (3)
   Introduces the systematic study of public administration for Executive Master of Public Administration students. Surveys major sub-areas such as public human resource management, organization theory, public budgets and financial management, constitutional and administrative law, public policy making, and ethics for public administrators.

6281  American Political Institutions (3)
   Survey of theory and methods in the study of American political institutions.

6282  American Political Behavior (3)
   Survey of theories and methods in the study of American political behavior.

6283  American Policy Processes (3)
   Survey of theories and methods in the study of American public policy analysis.

6289  Research Design for Public Administrators (3)
   Introduces scholarly approches to research and problem solving: assessing relevant literature, formulating research questions, generating relevant evidence, and constructing reasoned arguments. Focuses on design issues of experimental, quasi-experimental, non-experimental and interpretive methodologies as well as standards for evaluating research.

6290  Quantitative Methods in Public Administration (3)
   Introduction to statistics and quantitative methods and their application within public administration. Topics include elementary research design, measurement and data collection, descriptive statistics, sampling, statistical significance, and hypothesis testing. Other analytical techniques (e.g. regression) with an emphasis on interpretation.

6300  Administrative Theory (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 1100.
   Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Administrative history, scientific management, human relations movement, bureaucracy, formal/informal organization, comparative administration, decision making, motivation, leadership, participative management, organization development, innovation.

6320  Public Policy Theories and Applications (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 1100.
   Meets with POL S 5320. Graduate students should register for POL S 6320 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Introduction to policy process in U.S.; needs and demands for public action; organization and nature of political support; process and problems of decision making in major policy areas.

6321  Health Policy (3)
   Meets with POL S 5321. Graduate students should register for POL S 6321 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Introduction to health policy issues in U.S.; needs and demands for public action; organization and nature of political support; process and problems of decision making in health policy areas.

6322  Environmental Policy (3)
   Meets with POL S 5322. Graduate students should register for POL S 6322 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Ways government action or inaction affects problems of resource scarcity, environmental health and safety, natural aesthetics, and economic growth.

6323  System Dynamics and Environmental Policy (3) Cross listed as CVEEN 6660, GEOGR 6370, GEO 6340.
   Environmental policy design requires an understanding of human interactions with environmental systems. It requires an accounting of the complexities of behavior, context and policy. These complexities often produce indirect and unanticipated consequences. They yield unexpected patterns and counter-intuitive results. Students from many academic fields learn user-friendly software (STELLA) to do environmental policy simulation without proficiency in advanced mathematics. Students use computer simulations to sort out environmental complexities; transform group perceptions into simulation models; apply principles of environmental management; test policy effects and define possible pathways for future policy change.

6324  Practicum in Environmental Systems Sustainability (3) Cross listed as CVEEN 6661, GEO 6341, GEOGR 6371.
   Using actual clients and a systems thinking approach, multi-disciplinary student teams resolve real world problems in environmental sustainability. Student teams define system structures, feedback loops, counter-intuitive relationships and the unintended consequences of policy decisions. Students having completed 'System Dynamics and Environmental Policy' get to apply their experience in systems modeling in support of team efforts in full-scale, practical problem solving. Possible topics include: urban growth, drinking water, energy resources, air/water quality and environmental justice.

6330  Practice of Public Management (3) Prerequisite: POL S 6300.
   Emphasizes the contexts in which public managers manage; how managers of the 'public good' get things done in practice. Contexts include both intra- and inter-organizational systems and settings. Getting things done through influence (without formal authority) and inter-organizational networks are addressed as well as, for example, management skills and/or management survival skills within public bureaucracies. The course addresses aspects of management policy, but not issues of public policy analysis or formation.

6340  Organizational Productivity and Change (3) Prerequisite: POL S 6300 and 6330.
   Application of administrative theory, administrative practice/organizational behavior, organization development, and related social sciences to the complex task of managing change and assessing and improving productivity in public and nonprofit organizations. Includes leadership and employee motivation theories.

6360  Public Human Resource Management (3)
   Merit system, human resource planning, classification, recruitment, testing, selection, training, compensation, EEO, productivity, performance appraisal, promotion, discipline, labor relations, health and safety, and employee rights.

6370  Position Classification and Performance Appraisal (3) Prerequisite: POL S 6360
   Public sector job classification, history of policy analysis of job classification systems, job analysis, desk audit, interviews, validations, job description writing, point ratings, factor analysis. Developing agency support; appraisal purposes and data usage; types of appraisal methods and their strengths and weaknesses; feedback; data collection and building effective appraisal systems.

6380  Public Budgeting and Finance (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ECON 1010 and POL S 1100.
   Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Organization, techniques, and politics of administrative planning, budget preparation and legislative appropriations, and control systems in public administration. Program budgeting, benefit-cost, and other analytic techniques of public planning and budgeting. Fiscal and monetary policy, nature of capitalism in a mixed economy, problems of labor, agriculture, and the poor.

6390  Administration in Local Government (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 1100.
   Meets with POL S 5390. Graduate students should register for POL S 6390 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. This course is designed to focus specifically on local government administration through the exploration of local government in general, problems, and resolution approaches of local administrators, and particular behavior patterns of local administrations.

6400  Proseminar: Comparative Politics (3)
   Critical review of comparative politics literature. Methodology and substantive results.

6420  The European Union (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Meets with POL S 5420. Graduate students should register for POL S 6420 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. This course is an analysis of the European Union with emphasis upon the organization's historical development, its acquisition of member states' governmental functions, and the prospects for the organization's future as an economic and political international actor.

6425  Atlantic Rim Politics (3)
   Meets with POL S 5425. Graduate students should register for POL S 6425 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Selected countries and topics from North Atlantic political region.

6430  Asian American Politics (3)
   Survey of the historical and contemporary political experiences of Asian Americans and their pursuits of equal rights and opportunities in the U.S. political system.

6440  Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict (3)
   Meets with POL S 5440 and MID E 5644. Graduate students should register for POL S 6440/MID E 6644 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. This course seeks to address one of the crucial issues of our age: the cultural pluralism embedded in most civil societies and the integrative impulses and the forces of disintegration-nationalism and ethnicity. Credit granted toward a MES degree only when the course is taught by Middle East faculty/instructor.

6450  Political Violence/Terrorism (3) Cross listed as MID E 6645.
   Meets with Pol S 5450 and MID E 5645. Graduate students should register for POL S 6450/MID E 6645 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Discussion of theories of violence from psychological, socioeconomic, religious, and other perspectives with a Middle East emphasis. It will also focus on the role of the media and state-sponsored violence.

6460  International Relations of Africa (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Graduate students should register for POL S 6460 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Examines political and economic relations among African states and between African states and the rest of the world. Topics include Africa's colonial history, rise of nationalism, and Africa's position in the world economy. Emphasis is placed on several African countries.

6470  International Relations of the Middle East (3) Cross listed as MID E 6647. Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Meets with POL S 5470 and MID E 5647. Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Explores various international relations theories, such as realism, dependency, identity theory, and alliance formation to the behavior of Middle East states, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the post-Cold War Middle East.

6480  International Relations of East Asia (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Meets with POL S 5480. Graduate students should register for POL S 6480 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Examines historical and cultural overview of the international relations of East Asia; focuses primarily on the post-Cold War era. Also examines the roles and policies of the major actors (China, Japan, and the U. S., etc.) and the patterns of conflict and cooperation concerning regional economic and security issues.

6490  International Relations of Latin America (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Meets with POL S 5490. Graduate students should register for POL S 6490 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Relationship between traditional forms of contact between U. S. and Latin America. Recent forms of nationalism in Latin America, their effects on resulting economic development, and economic integration.

6520  Law Enforcement Administration (3)
   Meets with POL S 5520. Graduate students should register for POL S 6520 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Application of public administration to unique environment of police agencies. Social/political context of law enforcement; organization of police agencies; measuring productivity of police work; personnel administration in police agencies; and professional ethics in law enforcement. Quantitative measures of recidivism, risk assessment, program effectiveness, demographic variables, and measures of validity of prevailing theories.

6550  Nonprofit Sectors and Organizations (3)
   The scope, history, values, theories, and philosophies of the nonprofit sector; and the implications for governance of nonprofit organizations. Theories of the sector's existence, roles and functions, theories of philanthropy. Differences among organizations in the three sectors. The legal and ethical responsibility of trustees to act in the public interest.

6560  Developing Revenue in Nonprofit Organizations (3)
   Selecting and designing revenue sources and strategies to serve the mission and programs of an organization. Alternative revenue sources such as grants, fees, contracts, cause-based marketing, special events, and donations. Related issues such as Unrelated Business Income, and charitable trusts.

6563  Program Evaluation (3) Prerequisite: POL S 6001 or 6290 or Instructor Approval.
   Systematic introduction to program evaluation as a basis for accountability. Introduces alternative approaches to evaluation and emphasizes design and measurement issues that evaluators must address; application of experimental , quasi-experimental, and other techniques; and management of political and ethical problems associated with performing evaluations and using the results.

6570  Management of Nonprofit Organizations (3)
   Management functions, issues, and skills that are distinctively nonprofit, such as board-staff relations, accountability to internal and external constituencies, managing volunteers, balancing professional and political interests, and ethics. Effects of the legal context and regulatory environment on the managing in nonprofit organizations.

6610  International Law (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Study of the historical and theoretical foundations of the law of nations. Includes discussion of recognition, treaties, territorial and personal jurisdiction as well as such topics as dispute settlement, human rights, and environmental protection.

6630  Foundations of International Organization (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Meets with POL 5630. Graduate students should register for POL S 6630 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Concentrates on the history and functions of public (IGO) and private (NGO) international organizations. Special efforts will be devoted to examining the changing roles of both IGOs and NGOs with relations to both member and non-member states.

6660  American Foreign Policy (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Graduate students should register for POL S 6660 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. U. S. government machinery for formulation and conduct of foreign policy. Appraisal of U.S. policy in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.

6670  U.S. National Security Policy (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Study and analysis of the challenges of formulating and implementing U.S. national security policies since World War II. The course considers the meaning of national security, the institutions and actors (roles and powers) involved in policy making, and key national security decisions.

6680  Chinese Foreign Policy (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Meets with POL S 5680. Graduate students should register for POL S 6680 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Sources, motivations, and strategies of contemporary Chinese foreign policy. Focuses on post-Mao era.

6690  Foundations of International Security (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Focuses on the evolution of international security from the Cold War to the post-Cold War era. Topics include concepts and approaches in understanding international security; differing interpretations of security including economic, human rights, military, and political dimensions.

6700  International Relations Research Design Workshop (3) Prerequisite: POL S 6850
   Focuses on methodological issues associated with the design of research projects. Topics include strategies for selecting research questions and validating theories. Graduate students whose major field is international relations are required to take this course prior to thesis/dissertation proposal stage.

6710  Foundations of the Politics of International Economic Relations (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Explores the relationship between politics and economics in international relations. Its fundamental objective is to enable the student to understand the ways in which politics and economics interact in the international arena.

6720  The Politics of North-South Economic Relations (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Meets with POL S 5720. Graduate students should register for POL S 6720 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Examines ways in which international economic processes are affected by the politics of developing countries. Focuses on political-economic interactions between developed and developing countries and their participation in international regimes.

6750  Industries and State Power: The Advanced Industrial Countries (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Meets with POL S 5750. Graduate students should register for POL S 6750 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Explores the factors and conditions that lead countries to decide whether and how to promote the development of their industries and economies. Emphasis is placed on the similar and different ways political forces influence the structure and process of industrial development in the countries studied.

6800  Theories of International Relations (3) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800.
   Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Analysis of theories of international relations, such as Realism, Liberalism, Constructivism; using major works and current theoretical research. Recommended introduction to upper-division students.

6840  Seminar: Middle East Politics (3) Cross listed as MID E 6684.

6844  Utah's Health-Editorial Board (2 to 3)
   Utah's Health: An Annual Review is a student edited annual journal concerned with health policy and administration. Student editors are nominated by faculty and appointed by the executive committee of the editorial board. Graduate student editors may register for up to two hours of credit per year, and graduate student members of the executive committee may register for up to three hours of credit per year.

6850  Field Seminar in International Relations (3)
   Provides graduate students with a survey of the major approaches and theories of international relations.

6870  Seminar: Public Administration and Ethics (3) Prerequisite: POL S 6220 and 6230 and 6290 and 6300 and 6330 and 6360 and 6380 or instructor's consent.
   Integration of courses and administrative experience; application of ethical theories to public administration practice; required major research paper on ethical issues in government.

6880  Health Services Administration Seminar (2) Cross listed as H EDU 6660. Prerequisite: All other required courses for the HSA Program or instructor approval.
   Capstone seminar designed to integrate HSA Program's diverse course contents. Speakers include health administrators from community agencies.

6900  Independent Research: Master of Public Administration (1 to 6)

6910  Public Administration Internship (1 to 6)
   Supervised on-the-job experience in an administrative office. Paper required. POL S 5910 is for Undergraduate Public Administration Certificate students. POL S 6910 is for Master of Public Administration students.

6960  Special Topics (1 to 3)

6962  Topics in American Public Policy (3)
   Analysis of needs and demands for public action; process and problems of decision making in a major policy area. May be repeated with different topics. Meets with POL S 5962. Requirements and assessment for students enrolled in POL S 6962 will be at the graduate level.

6964  Topics in Middle East Politics (3) Cross listed as MID E 6696.
   Graduate students should register for POL S 6964/MID E 6696 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Topics on cross-national political comparisons in the Middle East.

6965  Special Topics in Public Administration (3)
   Meets with POL S 5965. Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Advanced development of particular administrative skills. Topics vary.

6967  Topics in Comparative Politics (3)
   Meets with POL S 5967. Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Topics on cross-national political comparisons.

6968  International Relations Advanced Seminar (3) Prerequisite: POL S 6850
   Focuses on literature and advanced research in specific areas, including foreign policy, international organizations, international political economy, and international security. Topics vary with instructor.

6970  Thesis Research: Master's (1 to 12)

6971  M.P.A. Research Paper (3)
   M.P.A. students who exercise the M.P.A. research paper option register for three hours with consent of supervisory committee. This requirement is in lieu of a thesis.

6975  Independent Research: Master's (1 to 6)

6980  Faculty Consultation (3)
   Continuing minimum registration for Master of Public Administration students.

6990  Huntsman Seminar in Government (1 to 4)
   The primary focus in the seminar is face to face encounters between visiting politicians and the participating teachers. These sessions will be supplemented with formal classroom teaching.

7965  Seminar: Public Administration (3)
   Doctoral Seminar in Public Administration.

7970  Thesis Research: Ph.D. (1 to 12)

7975  Independent Doctoral Research (1 to 6)

7980  Faculty Consultation (3)

7990  Continuing Registration: Ph.D. (0)