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Political Science (POLS)
POLS 5363 Public Sector Dispute Resolution Prerequisites: Senior or graduate standing.
POLS 5513 Seminar in Political Psychology Description: Examination of psychological theories as they pertain to political behavior, including attitude change, political cognition, public opinion and decision-making. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science POLS 5613 Public Policy Analysis Description: Analytical methods for evaluating public policies and examination of the public processes including policy design, implementation and evaluation. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science POLS 5620 Seminar in Natural Resource Policy, Law and Administration Description: Analysis of the legal and public policy aspects of environmental regulation, including special emphasis on one of three components: environmental law, administrative law, and national resource law and policy. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science POLS 5633 Practical Environmental Compliance Description: Environmental decision-making, reading and understanding environmental statutes and regulations, and effectively dealing with the EPA. Environmental permitting and enforcement, policies and procedures. Review of hazardous waste regulations with emphasis on ground water problems. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture
Description: Labor relations and employment issues in the public sector, and the various methods for resolving government personnel conflicts without resort to violence or litigation. Focus on labor law, employment law and Alternative Dispute Resolution as they apply to government employment. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science POLS 5383 Disaster Recovery Prerequisites: POLS 5683. Description: Processes, conditions and components of recovery in disaster contexts. Topics include environmental, economic, housing, infrastructure, and policy. Roles of voluntary organizations; securing and managing resources. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science POLS 5393 Politics of Disaster Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science POLS 5403 ProSeminar in Comparative Politics Prerequisites: Graduate standing and 5303 or consent of instructor. Description: Situates disaster phases in the political context at the local, national, and international levels. Examines research on specific events and their interactive effects between the political system and various phases of disaster. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science POLS 5410 Topics Seminar in Comparative Politics Description: In-depth examination of critical topics and issues in Comparative Politics. May be repeated up to 6 hours with different topics. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Other: 3 Levels: Graduate
Department/School: Political Science POLS 5643 Regulatory Risk Analysis
Description: Risk-based decision making, government's risk analysis paradigm, risk analysis policy, and social aspects of risk assessment. Review of the RCRA corrective action, CERCLA (Superfund) remedial action, and NEPA environmental impact study programs. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Political Science
Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Political Science POLS 5510 Seminar in Political Behavior
Description: Examination of contemporary theories of political behavior with emphasis on empirical studies. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: Other: 3 Levels: Graduate
Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Political Science
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