PS 101

Tools and techniques for conducting Internet research and electronic literature reviews. Documentation and ethics of using and citing information sources.

PS 102

Data Analysis

Statistical Analysis of governmental and survey data. Introduction to data sets and collecting, computerizing and analyzing political and social data.

PS 103

Designing Political Web Pages

Principles of effective Internet communication in political professions, for constituency contact and grassroots mobilization, and use of Web documents by politicians and political organizations.

PHI 250

Practical Reasoning

Analysis and criticism of both deductive and inductive argument. Deduction validity and soundness in deductive arguments; definition and the clarification of meaning; disproof by counter-example; common fallacies. Inductive arguments: polls and samples; correlations and causal connection.

PER 201

Persian

Offers an online Persian course focusing on main aspects of Iranian culture. Since a great number of LPS students will be military personnel, they will be interested in taking elementary and intermediate level Persian courses in sequence.

PER 202

Persian

Offers an online Persian course focusing on main aspects of Iranian culture. Since a great number of LPS students will be military personnel, they will be interested in taking elementary and intermediate level Persian courses in sequence.

IDS 201

Environmental Ethics

Interdisciplinary consideration of ways in which field of study coupled with personal/cultural values contribute towards either solving or compounding environmental problems; provides framework for process of making ethical decisions.

PHI 221

Contemporary Moral Issues

Philosophical analysis and theory applied to a broad range of contemporary moral issues, including euthanasia, suicide, capital punishment, abortion, war, famine relief, and environmental concerns.

PS 202

State and Local Government

State and local governments within the context of the American federal system. Special emphasis on federalism, the constitutional/legal relationships between state and local governments, and the institutions, organizational forms, and political processes in American state and local government.

PS 310

Public Policy

Introduction to public policy formulation and analysis, including agenda-setting strategies, problems of legitimation, the appropriations process, implementation, evaluation, resolution, and termination.

PS 312

Introduction to Public Administration

Administration in city, state and national governments: effectiveness and responsiveness, involvement in policy areas, and issues of ethics and responsibilities.

PS 314

Science Technology and Public Policy

Societal impacts of science and technology. Structures and processes for formulation, implementation, evaluation of United States science and technology policy. Political implications of selected issues in science and technology policy studies.

PS 315

Public Leadership

Nature and varieties of political leadership by elected and appointed officials in government, officials and volunteers in nonprofit organizations, and leaders of political movements and community groups drawing on literature in political science, self-assessment of student's leadership characteristics and examination of outlets for political leadership activity.

PS 331

U.S. Foreign Policy

The content, formulation, and execution of U.S. foreign policy during the postwar period, with concentration on major issues and trends, the instruments for implementing foreign policy, and analysis of the policy-making process.

STS 302

Contemporary Science, Technology and Human Values (Kreisberg)

Interdisciplinary evaluation of recent and potential influences of current scientific and technological developments on society. Emerging social, ethical, and intellectual issues include: The adequacy of contemporary scientific frameworks; the relations among science, technology, and society; the social consequences of scientific and technological applications, and human prospects and possibilities.

PSY 307

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Surveys the application of psychological theories and methods to problems involving people in working settings. Topics include: organizational and management theory; work motivation and job satisfaction; job and organizational analysis; performance evaluation; personnel recruitment, selection, and placement; and personnel training and development.

STS 322

Technological Catastrophes

Interdisciplinary examination of the human, organizational and technical factors contributing to the causes and impacts of recent technological accidents such as the Bhopal chemical leak, the space shuttle Challenger explosion, the Chernobyl nuclearaccident, and the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Evaluation of risk assessment, risk perception and risk communication strategies. Consideration of options for living with complex technological systems.

HI 453

United States-Latin American Relations

Analysis of periods, issues, and events in U.S.-Latin American relations since 1823 such as Monroe Doctrine, Mexican and Spanish-American Wars, anti-Communist crusade since 1945, Alliance for Progress, U.S. responses to revolution. Historical perspective on contemporary inter-American problems on drugs, environment, debt crisis, and human rights abuses.

PS 471

Public Opinion Research Methodology

Survey research methodology in public opinion polling, campaign management, media and market research, needs assessment and program evaluation. Topics include questionnaire design, survey sampling, computer applications, and data analysis.

STS 402

Peace and War in the Nuclear Age

An interdisciplinary examination of contemporary wars and international conflict, arms, races, nuclear strategy and defense policy, arms control, theories and strategies of peace.

PA 525

Organizational Design

An examination of contemporary approaches to organization design, including organization development, sociotechnical systems analysis and various forms of organizational participation ranging from human relations to self-management models. Emphasis on issues in personnel administration in relation to public management and government structure.