Political Science

Department of Political Science
Hill Hall, Room 713
Phone:  973/353-5105
Fax:      973/353-5103
http://politicalscience.newark.rutgers.edu

AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT (3 cr.)
62:790:201:B6:84394
EVE: 5/27-7/3
MW 6:00-9:30
MURRAY       HILL 102

62:790:201:H6:83860
EVE: 7/7-8/13
TTh 6:00-9:30
WALTER      SMITH 245

Concepts and theory regarding the policymaking process in American national government. Topics include political ideas; constitutional development and law; institutions of government; political parties, elections, and voting behavior; the significance of interest groups divided along race, gender, class, or other lines; and the role of the media and public opinion. Comparisons with other political systems and generalizations are applied to several policy issues.

AMERICA & THE WORLD (3 cr.)
21:790:202:B1:81858
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 8:15-10:00
MAFFEI         HILL 210

Basics of international relations (sources of national power, sovereignty, security, international law and organization, international economics), and factors (historical, political, economic, social, governmental) in the formation of American foreign policy. Extensive attention to current problems.

INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS (3 cr.)
62:790:203:B6:83858
EVE: 5/27-7/3
MW 6:00-9:30
SWARTS       HILL 204

Aspects of government and politics of several countries; introduces students to the techniques of comparative analysis; democratic, totalitarian, and developing political systems.

INTRODUCTION TO LAW & LEGAL RESEARCH (3 cr.)
21:790:304:B1:81860
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 1:00-2:45
BREWER       HILL 115

The nature and function of law, the process of legal growth, the roles of judges and lawyers, and the decision-making process; the use and retrieval of law-related materials.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICA (3 cr.)
62:790:311:T6:82576
EVE: 5/27-8/13
W 6:00-9:30
GODEK          BRADLEY 313

The political process in Latin America; emphasis on the role of the political parties, social sectors, and special groups such as the military, labor, and students; specific problems of Latin-American political development and government economic and social policymaking in an era of modernization.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: INDIA & PAKISTAN (3 cr.)
21:790:337:H1:83857
DAY: 7/7-8/13
MTWTh 1:00-2:45
POONIA        HILL 202

Contemporary problems of government, politics, social and economic forces, and foreign relations of the states in Southeast Asia.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (3 cr.)
62:790:341:H6:83859
EVE: 7/7-8/13
TTh 6:00-9:30
ZALKIND       HILL 217

Structure and organization of administration machinery; fiscal and personnel management; methods of law enforcement; responsibility of administrators to voters, legislatures, and the courts.

EARLY POLITICAL THEORY (3 cr.)
21:790:371:H1:83856
DAY: 7/7-8/13
MTWTh 10:15-12:00
MULLAN       ENGELHARD 303

Selected writers and doctrines in the tradition of Western thought on politics and society, from Greece through the Reformation.

WASHINGTON INTERNSHIP (BA cr.)
21:790:397:T1:81496
5/27-8/13
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
HULL

By permission only.

PROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: POLITICS OF AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST (3 cr.)
62:790:417:H6:82575
EVE: 7/7-8/13
MW 6:00-9:30
POBEREZNY    CONKLIN 238

Focus on specific issues in global politics of current interest and importance.

CIVIL LIBERTIES (3 cr.)
62:790:441:B6:82822
EVE: 5/27-7/3
TTh 6:00-9:30
HULL             HILL 217

Ways that the American political system balances individual liberty against the necessity to maintain a stable society; consideration of a few problems (e.g., censorship, racial equality, and church and state); role of the federal courts.

TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE: FOREIGN POLICY OF UKRAINE, RUSSIA, EUROPE,
& THE US (3 cr.)
21:790:460:B1:84389
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 10:15-12:00
KUCHINSKY     HILL 103

The course provides historical perspectives on Ukraine's foreign relations and examines the trajectory of its foreign policy since independence in 1991 till the Orange Revolution and beyond. It focuses on Ukraines's relations with its major partners: Russia, Europe and the US, and Ukraine's role at the United Nations. The format of the course will encourage active dialogue and analytical reflection on the part of the students. It is delivered by a career diplomat and is aimed at both graduate and advanced undergraduate students.

TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE: MASS MEDIA & POLITICS (3 cr.)
21:790:461:H5:81859
7/7-8/13
ONLINE COURSE
SAUNDERS

This course provides a comprehensive survey of mass media's role in politics and the impact of the political environment on the press. It investigates the major media platforms (print, radio, television, and the Internet) and how each shape political culture. While the scope of the course is global, much attention is paid to the American media landscape. Other regions to be covered include the former Soviet Union, the Arab World, East Asia, and Europe. Special topics to be explored include: news management, transnational media empires, the CNN effect, infotainment, "fake news," the mass-mediation of terrorism, and Al-Jazeera.

RESEARCH METHODS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (3 cr.)
21:790:491:B5:83811
5/27-7/3
ONLINE COURSE
NUFRIO

Based on the assumption that the method of observation often creates the phenomena or influences the conclusions, the student uses a number of political science methodologies to study one subject; methodological approaches may include survey analysis of public opinion, including questionnaire construction and validation, use of computer and quantitative methods, content analysis, planning, programming and budgeting (PPB), decision-making theory, game theory, and communications theory.

INTERNSHIP IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (BA cr.)
21:790:498:T1:81497
5/27-8/13
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
SULLIVAN

By permission only.

Placement in an appropriate governmental or other agency of political organization for 8 to 10 hours of work per week; a log on each working day's activities and a paper to be agreed upon by the intern and the academic supervisor are required.

INDIVIDUAL STUDY OF GOVERNMENT (BA cr.)
21:790:499:T1:81498
5/27-8/13
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
HULL

By permission only.

Individual study and research on selected problems in political science.