American Government, Politics, and Public Administration

1010 National Government: American national government with emphasis on basic concepts, structure, powers, procedures, and problems.

3011 Political Issues: A study of selected foreign and domestic issues facing Ameircan national government during the academic term in which the course is offered.

3033 Voting Behavior and Public Opinion: A study of the factors which affect the development and expression of public opinion, voter turnout, partisanship, and electoral choices.

3035 American Political Parties and Politics: Politics, parties, and pressure groups, taking into account the findings of recent research in many aspects of political behavior.

3039 Black Politics in America: An investigation of the political goals of Black Americans.

3040 Women in Politics: Status and influence of women in American political system. Cross-national comparisons. POLS 1010 is required.

3041 Women and Public Policy: Public policies that affect women in American society. POLS 1010 is required.

3050 Theory and Politics of Social and Protest Movements in the U.S. : A study of American protests, including the woman suffrage movement, the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement, and the religious right movement.

3144 American Foreign Policy: The principles and policies which characterize America's recent and contemporary foreign relations. Prerequisite: POLS 2020.

3202 The American Legislature: The organization, powers, and role of the legislation in the American political process.

3203 The American Executive: The organization, powers, and role of the executive in the American political process.

3204 The American Judiciary: The organization, powers, and role of the judiciary in the American political process.

3223 Constitutional Powers: Analysis of constitutional issues relating to the powers of the Congress, the presidency, the courts, and state governments in the American political system.

3224 Civil Liberties: Analysis of contemporary civil liberties issues confronting the American political system.

3240 State and Local Government: Course will familiarize students with several topics in state and local government in America.

3241 Urban Political Systems: Emphasis is placed on political forces shaping American towns andcities. As there is extensive consideration of how power is exercised in the urban and political setting. Conflicts relating to such matters as social class and environment are examined. The course offers speculation on the question of how urban areas will fit into the America of the future. Special attention will be given to the latest trends as measured by the 1990 census and other reports.

3242 Municipal Policy and Administration: A study of the decision-making process in urban governments and asurvey of selected policy areas.

3243 Comparative State Politics: A comparative analysis of the major state political institutions, the political context within which they function, and the proceses by which they work. The emphasis will be upon comparative analysis rather than a detailed account of aparticular state government.

3244 North Carolina Politics: Forces that shaped NC politics and public policy. Survey of NC government.

3252 Public Administration: An introduction to federal government administration and the roleof administrative agencies in the formulation and implementation of public policy.

3253 Government Fiscal Administration: Deals with government budgeting, fiscal policy, priniciples, and problems of taxation.

3254 Government Personnel Administration: An introduction to public personnel administration, with emphasison modern personnel procedures in federal, state, and local jurisdictions.

3255 Domestic Public Policy: An introduction to the American policy-making process and major issues in several public policy areas.

3256 Politics of Energy and Environment: A study of energy and environmental policies, especially governmental responses to the conflicting goals of a clean environment and energy sufficiency.

4310 Public Policy and Media: The role of the media in the formulation and analysis of public policies primarily in the United States, but also including comparisons with other nations.

4321 Contemporary Southern Politics: A comprehensive study of southern regional politics with anemphasis on the role of mass movements, power structures, political parties, and functionalism. Consideration of underlying cultural and economic factors.

5000 American Government and Politics: An introductory survey of readings in American national government and politics for students interested in graduate work, but who have no undergraduate background in political science or public administration.