Freshmen may enroll in 300 level courses only with permission of the instructor. Completion of all other requirements for teacher certification. Completion of all other requirements for teacher certification. An examination as to how government decides to address problems. The stages of the policy-making process.
Special attention is paid to the methods of program evaluation.
Substantive policy areas are discussed, with an emphasis on social welfare, health, education, urban, and environmental protection policies. Offered in alternate years. Approaches which draw upon Lockean liberalism, American exceptionalism, pluralism, class analysis, and the role of race and gender in American politics are compared. Students will be introduced to classical and contemporary perspectives of legal and political theorists on social justice and the role of legal institutions. Includes writing and arguing of case briefs.