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Fall 2013
Dec 26,2024 |
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| POLI 405 - POLITICAL SCIENCE SEMINAR |
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This course is designed for and required of all graduating Seniors in Political Science. The purpose of the seminar is to provide a format for assessing and evaluating the study of politics. The seminar will be structured around the different specialties in political science -- American Government, International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Political Theory -- and students will be involved in projects and group activities in these areas. This course is designed as a capstone experience for Political Science majors, i.e., to help students understand and assess what it means to be a student/observer of political life and how this affects their lives in general. POLI 405 Political Science Seminar: Revolutionary Change
Revolutionary changes--both violent and nonviolent-have altered social institutions, nation states and the world as a whole. This seminar will revolve around the study of the causes and uniformities of revolutions that result in political changes from the local to the international. Leadership, followers, values and ideology, external support, tactics and strategies, and outcomes will be the common framework for a student-selected and organized research project around a revolution. Basic readings, research paper and seminar discussions. This Revolutionary Change Seminar fulfills the Writing Intensive Requirement.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar Political Science Department Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Undergraduate |
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