Topics covered include the policymaking process, especially the ongoing struggle between the President and the Congress over the power to make foreign policy, the evolution of American foreign policy since World War II, and the principal issues confronting the nation since the end of the Cold War. American Constitutional Law I. Constitutional law and interpretation and the powers of government. Topics include judicial review, national supremacy, private property, contracts, commerce powers, equal rights, and civil liberties. PSC 111 and 112 strongly recommended. Constitutional law and interpretation and the Bill of Rights.
Emphasis is given to civil liberties, equal rights, and rights of the accused.
PSC 111 and PSC 112 strongly recommended. This course examines the dynamics of the electoral process, with emphasis on presidential and congressional elections and the role of parties, public opinion, and interest groups. State and Local Government. This course examines governmental institutions, characteristics of state and local political systems and the major inter-governmental problems in state and local relations with the federal goverment. Seminar in Politics.