POLS 1101 Students develop general concepts and models which serve to explain, compare, and contrast political life in the diverse nation-states of the world. Countries other than the United States are studied. Students study and compare the structures of first, second, and third world countries by considering interest groups, political parties, legislatures, and election systems. The political systems of countries such as Great Britain, Japan, China, and Nigeria are studied in detail. POLS 1101 Students examine the states in the international arena focusing on such topics as state and non-state actors, political and economic geography, power and diplomacy, conflict resolution, war and national security.
Students develop the foundation required for advanced study in international politics.
POLS 1101 Students explore systematic efforts to explain and interpret political phenomena. Important works from the western tradition and works of non-western thinkers are considered. Students investigate questions of political obligation, political consent, justice, freedom, and equality. POLS 1101 Students analyze international economic and financial systems. They focus on the creation, maintenance and decay of monetary, financial and trading institutions in the global economy, as well as on monetary and financial relations between the United States and other industrial nations.