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PHYS 223 - Physics Laboratory for Elementary Science Teachers
1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.
Course designed to enhance an individual’s understanding of basic physics principles and their relationship to the experiences of the elementary science education student.
Coreq: PHYS 213 .
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PHYS 291 - Seminar I
0 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.
311-312.
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PHYS 292 - Seminar II
0 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.
311-312.
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PHYS 301 - General Physics III
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Modern Physics, Schroedinger theory, one-dimensional wells and barriers.
Prereq: PHYS 202 .
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PHYS 311 - General Physics Laboratory III
1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.
Prereq: PHYS 216 .
Coreq: PHYS 301 .
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PHYS 312 - General Physics Laboratory IV
1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.
Prereq: PHYS 216 .
Coreq: PHYS 301 .
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PHYS 315 - Laboratory Circuits and Instruments
3 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.
Physics of electronic circuit components and their application in laboratory circuits of interest to scientists. Laboratory work emphasizes construction and evaluation of circuits and the use of test instruments.
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PHYS 320 - Physics for Elementary School Teachers
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Designed for and limited to the practicing elementary or middle school teacher. Emphasis in this lecture/demonstration course is to offer hands-on experience with apparatus and techniques designed for teaching physics concepts to elementary (6-8 grades) students.
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PHYS 323 - Mechanics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Application of scalar and vector fields to problems in classical mechanics and mechanical waves
Prereq: PHYS 202 ; MATH 302
Coreq: MATH 350 .
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PHYS 324 - Electromagnetic Theory
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Application of scalar and vector fields to problems in electrostatics, magnetostatics and electromagnetic waves.
Prereq: PHYS 323 .
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PHYS 352 - Optics
3 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.
Interference, diffraction, polarization, lasers.
Prereq: PHYS 202 ; MATH 350 .
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PHYS 391 - Seminar I
0 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.
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PHYS 392 - Seminar II
0 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.
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PHYS 397 - Experimental Physics I
1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.
Emphasis on laboratory techniques and equipment. Includes simple research problems.
Prereq: PHYS 216 .
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PHYS 398 - Experimental Physics II
1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.
Emphasis on laboratory techniques and equipment. Includes simple research problems.
Prereq: PHYS 216 .
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PHYS 405G - Thermodynamics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Development of the laws of classical thermodynamics from the statistical mechanics of atomic systems. Applications of classical thermodynamics and quantum statistical mechanics.
Prereq: PHYS 202 .
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PHYS 411G - Computational Physics Laboratory
3 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.
Exploration of advanced problems in physics using multimedia software and utilization of Internet resources.
Prereq: PHYS 301 , PHYS 323 .
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PHYS 420G - Physical Acoustics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Introduction to physical phenomena related to the propagation of acoustic waves through matter. Topics include vibrational motion, plane waves, reflection and refraction at interfaces, spherical waves, absorption of sound, and applications of acoustics.
Prereq: PHYS 202 or PHYS 208 ; MATH 302 or permission of instructor required.
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PHYS 423G - Advanced Mechanics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics of mechanical systems.
Prereq: PHYS 323 .
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PHYS 424G - Advanced Electromagnetic Theory
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic waves, and the Special Theory of Relativity.
Prereq: PHYS 324 .
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PHYS 437G - Quantum Mechanics I
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Modern approach to quantum mechanics via Dirac’s formalism. Stern-Gerlach experiments and spin statistics. Angular momentum. The harmonic oscillator. Central potentials. Schroedinger and Heisenberg pictures.
Prereq: PHYS 301 ; MATH 350
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PHYS 438G - Quantum Mechanics II
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Multiparticle systems. Elements of quantum computing and spin systems. Perturbation theories applied to the hydrogen atom and quantum transitions. Quantum scattering. Quantization of the electromagnetic field.
Prereq: PHYS 437G
Rstr: If prerequisite not met permission of instructor required.
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PHYS 440G - Nuclear Physics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Nuclear properties, models, reactions and instrumentation. Nucleon-nucleon forces, radioactive decay, radiation safety, high energy physics.
Prereq: PHYS 202 , MATH 350 .
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PHYS 450G - Solid State Physics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Crystal structure, crystal diffraction, lattice vibrations, electrons in metals and semiconductors, other physical phenomena in solids.
Prereq: PHYS 202 , MATH 350 .
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PHYS 460G - Topics in Advanced Physics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Content varies. Alternate subtitles will appear on transcripts.
Rstr: Permission of instructor required.
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PHYS 471G - Physics for Secondary Teachers
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Limited to and designed for the practicing secondary science teacher. Emphasis on the further development of the teacher’s understanding of physical phenomena and the demonstration techniques of presenting such phenomena.
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PHYS 472G - Physics for Secondary Teachers II
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Limited to and designed for the practicing secondary science teacher. Emphasis on the further development of the teacher’s understanding of physical phenomena and the demonstration techniques of presenting such phenomena.
Prereq: PHYS 471G .
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PHYS 473G - Physics for Elementary Teachers
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Limited to and designed for the practicing elementary teacher. Emphasis in this lecture/demonstration course is on the enhancement of the teacher’s understanding of basic physical principles and their relationship to the experiences of typical elementary physics students.
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PHYS 491 - Seminar I
1 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.
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PHYS 492 - Seminar II
1 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.
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PHYS 497 - Senior Research I
3 Credit(s). 9 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.
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PHYS 498 - Senior Research II
3 Credit(s). 9 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.
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PHYS 502 - Quantum Theory
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Schroedinger theory, angular momenta, identical particles and atoms, time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory, interaction of radiation with atoms and collision theory.
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PHYS 503 - Statistical Mechanics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Survey of ensembles with applications to physical problems with emphasis on the gaseous state.
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PHYS 504 - Electromagnetic Theory
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Introduction to advanced electromagnetic theory with special emphasis on static and stationary charge systems, Maxwell’s equations.
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PHYS 521 - Topics in Applied Physics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Subtitles with the specific topic taken will appear on students’ transcripts.
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PHYS 523 - Topics in Computational Physics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Subtitles with the specific topic taken will appear on students’ transcripts.
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PHYS 571 - Physics for Secondary Teachers III
1-6 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1-6 Hour(s) Lecture.
Pre-service and in-service secondary school physics teachers. Includes the presentation of innovations for teaching physics in a high school setting. Cannot be taken for more than 6 credits.
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PHYS 591 - Seminar I
1 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.
Research presentations by outside speakers and physics faculty members. Required for all graduate students.
Grading Option: S / U
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PHYS 592 - Seminar II
1 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.
Research presentations by outside speakers and physics faculty members. Required for all graduate students.
Grading Option: S / U
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PHYS 594 - Research
3-6 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3-6 Hour(s) Lecture.
Required for the non-thesis option master students only.
Grading Option: S / U
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PHYS 595 - Capstone Seminar III
1 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.
Research presentations by outside speakers, physics faculty members, and physics graduate students. Required of all graduate students.
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PHYS 596 - Capstone Seminar IV
1 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.
Research presentations by outside speakers, physics faculty members, and physics graduate students. Required of all graduate students.
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PHYS 597 - Directed Individual Study I
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.
Credit towards the degree requirements is 3 hours unless a written justification requesting 6 hours is accepted by the Graduate School.
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PHYS 598 - Directed Individual Study II
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.
Credit towards the degree requirements is 3 hours unless a written justification requesting 6 hours is accepted by the Graduate School.
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PHYS 599 - Thesis Research and Thesis
3-9 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3-9 Hour(s) Lecture.
Grading Option: Grades: S, U, W.
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PHYS 899 - Examinations Only
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Course required for all graduate non-thesis students who are taking examinations, oral and/or written, and are not registered for any other course.
Grading Option: S, U, W.
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POLS 101 - Introduction to Political Science
1 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.
Political Science as a discipline. Overview of subfields, careers, and research and writing in the discipline.
Rstr: Political Science majors only.
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POLS 110 - American National Government
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Intensive study of the beginnings, structure, and functions of the United States Government.
LCCN: CPOL 2013
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POLS 111 - Honors American National Government
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Intensive study of the beginnings, structure, and functions of the United States Government.
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POLS 210 - American Politics and Policy
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Study of institutions, political actors, and levels of government in the United States and its policy processes, decisions, and outcomes they produce.
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POLS 220 - World Politics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Selected political systems from among the Democratic states, the Communist (and former Communist) bloc, and the Third World.
LCCN: CPOL 2213
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POLS 221 - Honors World Politics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Selected political systems from among the Democratic states, the Communist (and former Communist) bloc, and the Third World.
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POLS 305 - Issues in Politics
1 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.
Content varies. May be repeated. Subtitles will appear on transcript. No limitations on repeating if content is different. Designed to acquaint students with a wide-range of short topics.
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POLS 313 - Louisiana Politics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Louisiana politics with focus on elections, institutions, personalities, and political cultures that distinguish Louisiana from other southern states.
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POLS 317 - State and Local Government
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Governmental forms and problems of states, counties, and municipalities. Special reference to state, parish, and municipal problems of Louisiana. Formerly POLS 217.
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POLS 318 - Honors State and Local Government
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Governmental forms and problems of states, counties, and municipalities. Special reference to Louisiana.
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POLS 330 - Political Parties
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Study of the nature, functions, development and operations of political parties in the United States.
Formerly POLS 308.
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POLS 333 - Politics and Media
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Role of mass media as an institution of United States democracy.
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POLS 335 - Campaigns and Elections
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Examination of the nomination of candidates, election campaigns, and voting patterns in elections.
Formerly POLS 309.
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POLS 340 - Public Administration
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Structure, functions, and organization of administrative bodies, dynamics of administration, fiscal and personnel management, federal-state administrative relations, and the control of administration.
Formerly POLS 386.
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POLS 360 - International Politics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Introduction to the study of international relations by providing a framework for the comprehensive theoretical study of international relations including such areas as actors in the political system, power, alliances, use of force and war, and conflict resolution and arms control. Formerly POLS 260
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POLS 361 - Honors International Relations
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Political system, power, alliances, use of force and war, and conflict resolution and arms control.
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POLS 364 - International Security and Conflict
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Security and conflict in international relations covering international and civil wars, coercive diplomacy, international terror, weapons of mass destruction, nuclear proliferations, and international security institutions.
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POLS 366 - United States Foreign Policy
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Forces, processes, and contexts that shape United States foreign policy.
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POLS 370 - Political Philosophy: Major Thinkers
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Examination of a selection of major thinkers in ancient and modern political philosophy.
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POLS 375 - Religion and Politics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Relationship between religion and politics. Political and religious theory, history, law, faiths and practices, individual and group behavior, religious elites and institutions, and public policy issues.
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POLS 382 - Law and the Judicial Process
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Introductory study of the theory and role of law in society and of the participants, institutions and processes of decision-making in the American judicial system.
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POLS 384 - Mock Trial
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Trial court procedures and practices through experimental learning and competitive techniques.
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POLS 385 - Moot Court
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Written and oral legal arguments at the appellate court level. Emphasis on experimental learning and competitive techniques based on the U.S. Supreme Court rulings and practices.
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POLS 387 - Constitutional Law
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Major Supreme Court decisions interpreting constitutional limits on the powers of, and relations between, branches and levels of government in the U. S.
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POLS 390 - Special Topics in Politics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Content varies. May be repeated. Subtitles will appear on transcript. No limitations on repeating if content is different.
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POLS 395 - Research Methods
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Use of scientific methods, research design and quantitative data analysis in political science.
Formerly POLS 301.
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POLS 398 - Internship
1-9 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1-9 Hour(s) Lecture.
Supervised experience in government and government-related agencies under the guidance of agency personnel. Emphasis on principles of administration, operation, and service in government and judicial environments at local, state, and federal levels.
Rstr: Permission of instructor required.
Formerly POLS 395.
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POLS 414G - Congress
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Development, organization and operations of the U.S. Congress in the American political system, election, role and duties of its members.
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POLS 417G - Southern Politics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Politics in the southern U. S. with emphasis on continuity and change.
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POLS 419G - The Presidency
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Development, organization and operations of the U.S. Presidency in the American political system and the election, role and duties of its officeholders.
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POLS 425G - Middle Eastern Politics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Selected general problems in developing areas. Focus on issues in the Middle East and North Africa. Survey of individual political systems.
Formerly POLS 327.
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POLS 442G - Bureaucratic Power Identity and Social Roles
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Examination of how power is exercised through the social creation of an identity. Three primary roles include bureaucratic, gender and race.
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POLS 452G - Environmental Policy
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
U.S. environmental policy focusing on formulation, legitimation, implementation, and evaluation.
Formerly POLS 402(G).
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POLS 457G - Public Policy Analysis
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Formal and informal processes of the development, administration, and evaluation of U.S. public policies.
Formerly POLS 487(G).
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POLS 459 - Race and Politics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Interplay of institutional racism on formal and informal processes of policy formation in the United States.
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POLS 462G - International Political Economy
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Studies the interaction between international political conflict, cooperation, and global economic transactions.
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POLS 467G - Ethics and International Politics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Examination of the various ethical and theoretical foundations of international relations, (e.g., classical, Christian, and/or modern).
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POLS 470G - Political Philosophy: Major Themes
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Enduring issues, such as the theological-political problem, moral virtue, relativism, and natural right and law.
Formerly POLS 371.
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POLS 475G - American Political Thought
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Political philosophy and ideology from colonial times to the beginning of the twentieth century.
Formerly POLS 450(G).
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POLS 483G - Civil Liberties
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Philosophy and development of civil liberties. Concentration on current U.S. Supreme Court interpretation of constitutional guarantees of religious liberty and the freedom of speech.
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POLS 485 - Advanced Moot Court
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Advanced appellate advocacy seminar requiring student participation in national undergraduate writing and speaking competition.
Prereq: POLS 385 or permission of instructor required.
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POLS 487G - Civil Rights Law
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Philosophy and development of civil rights. Concentration on current U.S. Supreme Court interpretation of the 14th Amendment and civil rights legislation.
Prereq: POLS 382 , POLS 387 , or POLS 385 or permission of instructor.
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POLS 490G - Special Topics in Politics
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Content varies. May be repeated. Subtitles will appear on transcript. No limitations on repeating if content is different.
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POLS 497G - Special Projects. I
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Study and research in areas not covered by existing courses.
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POLS 498G - Special Projects. II
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Study and research in areas not covered by existing courses.
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POLS 510 - Seminar in Comparative Government
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
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POLS 520 - Seminar in American Government
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
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POLS 521 - Environmental Law
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Major federal and state environmental statutes, cases, and administrative regulations and their applications. Same as BLAW 521.
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POLS 524 - Telecommunications Policy
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
Evolution and content of U.S. Telecommunications policy and the processes that shape those policies.
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POLS 530 - Seminar in International Relations
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
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POLS 540 - Seminar in Political Philosophy
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
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POLS 550 - Seminar in Public Administration
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
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POLS 560 - Seminar in State and Local Government
3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
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