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Oklahoma State University
POLS 4593 Natural Resources and Environmental Policy Description: Current issues in the law, politics and administration of energy, land, water, mineral and other natural resources policy with particular emphasis on relations to environmental policies and law. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science POLS 4623 Oklahoma Politics (S) Prerequisites: POLS 1113. Description: Introduction to Oklahoma Politics. Topics include the evolution of Oklahoma political institutions; the struggle to shape the Oklahoma political culture with special attention to the role of race and woman suffrage; political issues; the structure of Oklahoma political institutions at the state and local levels; and elections. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science General Education and other Course Attributes: Social & Behavioral Sciences POLS 4653 Contemporary Political Thought Description: An analysis of 19th and 20th century political ideas, with emphasis on the rise and fall of ideologies along side controversies over relativism, positivism, pragmatism, and resurgent religious faiths. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
POLS 4903 Senior Capstone Seminar Prerequisites: Political Science major with 85 hours and POLS 3103. Description: This class, open only to Political Science majors in their final year of study, is intended to be the culmination of a student’s undergraduate study of Political Science. Class sessions during the first half of the semester involve a review of the discipline, in which students educate their peers about some of the essential things they have learned in their coursework. During the second half of the semester, students engage in a practicum connected to the area of work/study they intend to pursue, and they complete a significant research project. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science
POLS 4963 U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Prerequisites: POLS 2023 or POLS 3983 recommended.
Description: Development of principles of constitutional law by the Supreme Court concerning individual and group rights, with particular emphasis on equal protection of the laws concepts in matters of race, gender, wealth, citizenship, legislative reapportionment and voting rights, government employment and affirmative action programs. Legal research techniques. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science POLS 4973 U.S. Constitution: Civil Liberties Prerequisites: POLS 2023 or POLS 3983 recommended.
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science POLS 4670 Advanced Topics in Political Theory
Description: Development of principles of constitutional law by the Supreme Court concerning freedom of speech expression, religious liberty, property rights, 5th and 14th amendments due process concepts and procedure requirements at national and state level. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science POLS 4980 Advanced Topics in Public Law Prerequisites: POLS 2023 and (POLS 3983 or POLS 3993) or consent of instructor. Description: In-depth examination of critical topics and issues in Public Law. May be repeated with different topics. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science POLS 4990 Independent Study Description: Application of major relevant theoretical perspectives to selected case studies of political problems and issue areas. Theories and attendant case studies selected by visiting faculty members. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: Other: 1
Description: In-depth examination of critical topics and issues in classic, modern, or American political theory. May be repeated with different topics. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science POLS 4693 Gender and Politics Description: Changing role of women in government and politics. Voting behavior, public opinion, women in government, and the women’s movement. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Political Science
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