268 (COMMUN 268) Practicum in Mock Trial I. 1-3 cr. U.
Introduction to the issues, concepts, and practice of mock trial. Retakable to 6 cr max. Students may not earn more than a total of 9 cr in Commun/Pol Sci 268/468 combined. Prereq: cons instr.
299 Ad Hoc: (Subtitled). 1-6 cr. U.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem. Retakable w/chg in topic. Prereq: none; add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.
468 (COMMUN 468) Practicum in Mock Trial II. 1-3 cr. U.
Continuation of the study of the issues, concepts, and practice of mock trial. Retakable to 6 cr max. Students may not earn more than a total of 9 cr in Commun/Pol Sci 268/468 combined. Prereq: jr st: Commun/Pol Sci 268(P); satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req; cons instr.
499 Ad Hoc: (Subtitled). 1-6 cr. U.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem. Retakable w/chg in topic. Prereq: jr st; add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.
American Politics
210 American Public Policy. 3 cr. U.
Introduction to substantive policy issues and forces which influence their progress. Emphasis upon major values within political conflicts and the gap between policy goals and program implementation. American politics course. Prereq: none.
213 Urban Government and Politics. 3 cr. U.
The management, politics, and problems of city government. American politics course. Prereq: none.
215 Ethnicity, Religion and Race in American Politics. 3 cr. U.
Nationality, racial and religion-based groups in American domestic and foreign policy-making; significance of cultural pluralism as a factor in the American political experience. American politics course. Prereq: none.
243 Public Administration. 3 cr. U.
The means used to implement political values with emphasis on problems of administration in modern government. American politics course. Prereq: none.
250 Law and Society. 3 cr. U.
The law and the operation of the legal system as they relate to contemporary social issues. American politics course. Prereq: none.
387 Seminar in American Politics: (Subtitled). 3 cr. U/G.
Intensive study in selected aspects of American politics. Retakable w/chg in topic to 6 cr max. Enrollment limited to 15 students. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
405 State Government: (Subtitled). 3 cr. U/G.
Selected topics in state government and politics with special emphasis on Wisconsin. Retakable w/chg in topic to 6 cr max. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
408 The American Presidency. 3 cr. U/G.
Study of the office and powers of the president, with an analysis of his major roles as chief administrator, legislative leader, political leader, initiator of foreign policies, Commander-in-Chief and head of state. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
411 Constitutional Law: Government Powers and Federalism. 3 cr. U/G.
Constitutional interpretation, with emphasis on separation of powers, federalism, and property. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
412 Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties. 3 cr. U/G.
Cases in civil rights and liberties in such areas as equal protection, due process, and First Amendment freedoms. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
413 Governing Metropolitan Areas. 3 cr. U/G.
Issues in governing cities and suburbs, including finances and intergovernmental relations. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
416 Trial Courts in the Judicial Process. 3 cr. U/G.
Study of trial courts and the interaction of trial judges with lawyers, police, litigants, jurors, politicians, and the public, with emphasis on large urban courts. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
417 The Supreme Court. 3 cr. U/G.
Behavior of U.S. Supreme Court justices and other appellate judges and courts within the judicial and political systems. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
419 Constitutional Interpretation. 3 cr. U/G.
Analysis of contemporary interpretive themes, including judicial activism, the living Constitution, and critical theories of law. American politics course. Prereq: Pol Sci 411(P) or 412(P).
421 Party Politics in America. 3 cr. U/G.
The role of political parties in the nominating process, campaigns, fund raising, voter choice, and the governing processes of Congress and the presidency. American politics course. Prereq: jr st; Pol Sci 103(P) or 104(P).
425 (225) Women in Politics. 3 cr. U.
Political attitudes and behavior of women; socialization and selection of women for political offices; and women's issues in politics. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
426 Congressional Politics. 3 cr. U/G.
The role of Congress in shaping public policy, with emphasis on the impact of elections, lawmaking procedures, congressional committees, political parties, interest groups, and presidents. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
444 Politics and the Bureaucracy. 3 cr. U/G.
The role of the bureaucracy in policymaking. Political resources of bureaucracy, its ability to influence policy outcomes. Political controls on bureaucracy, and proposals for reform. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
450 Urban Political Problems. 3 cr. U/G.
Reading and analysis of specific urban problems and governmental responses. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
452 Administrative Law. 3 cr. U/G.
An examination of due process, privacy, and other constitutional and legal issues as they arise in the regulatory, investigatory, and enforcement activities of administrative agencies. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
464 (220) Women and the Law. 3 cr. U/G.
Topics in federal and state law pertaining to women, gender, and feminism, such as reproductive rights, domestic violence, and pay equity. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
467 Elections and Voting Behavior. 3 cr. U/G.
Psychological and social components of voting behavior, current electoral trends, and role of voters in the governing process. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
470 Public Personnel Administration. 3 cr. U/G.
Analysis of the problems encountered in personnel administration in the public sector, including recruitment, testing, merit, affirmative action, promotion, and discipline. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
471 Problems in Law Studies: (Subtitled). 3 cr. U/G.
Discussion of selected problems in contemporary law and politics, such as civil rights movements or law and sexuality. Retakable w/chg in topic to 6 cr max. American politics course. Prereq: jr st.
630 Budgeting and Finance in the Public Sector. 3 cr. U/G.
Examination of the budgeting process in the public sector; development of skills in budgeting and financial management. Topics include capital budgeting, debt management, revenue forecasting, and auditing. Jointly-offered w/& counts as repeat of UrbPlan 630. American politics course. Prereq: sr st or cons instr.
Comparative Politics
300 Western European Politics. 3 cr. U/G.
Survey of Western European nations emphasizing governing structures and processes, socio-cultural integrative and disintegrative processes, and national responses to problems of economic and political unity. Comparative politics course. Prereq: jr st.
302 Politics of Eastern Europe. 3 cr. U/G.
Evolution of modern nation-state systems in Eastern Europe; interactions among nationalism, communism, and democracy in the countries of the region since 1945. Comparative politics course. Prereq: jr st.
310 Politics of the Soviet Union and Its Successor States. 3 cr. U/G.
Changing Russian and Soviet political and governmental institutions in the 20th century; autocracy, centralization and conformity versus democracy; autonomy and pluralism as issues confronting the system. Comparative politics course. Prereq: jr st.
311 Russian Foreign Policy. 3 cr. U/G.
Russian foreign relations, concerns, policies, capabilities, objectives, ambitions, and their consequences before 1945, during the Cold War era, and after 1985. Comparative politics course. Prereq: jr st.
313 Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy. 3 cr. U/G.
Domestic politics in Japan and its relations with Asian neighbors and the U.S. Comparative politics course. Prereq: jr st.
314 Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy. 3 cr. U/G.
Political developments in mainland China, stressing the period since 1949, with analysis of historical trends and foreign policy of the People's Republic of China. Comparative politics course. Prereq: jr st.
320 Politics of Developing Countries. 3 cr. U/G.
Comparative analysis of political problems confronting developing countries. Comparative politics course. Prereq: jr st.
325 Latin American Politics. 3 cr. U/G.
Analysis of contemporary governments in Latin America, with particular emphasis on the social way of life, the politics of economic organization and government in action. Comparative politics course. Prereq: jr st.
327 Politics of the Middle East and North Africa. 3 cr. U/G.
Analysis of political processes in Middle East and Arabic-speaking North Africa, with reference to problems of nationalism, nation-building, modernization and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Comparative politics course. Prereq: jr st.
328 The Arab-Israeli Conflict. 3 cr. U/G.
Competing views about the Arab-Israeli conflict, especially its Palestinian dimension. History and evolution of the conflict; current issues and possible solutions. Comparative politics course. Prereq: jr st.
329 African Politics. 3 cr. U/G.
The process of political change in contemporary Africa, with emphasis on the problems of nationalism and nation-building. Comparative politics course. Prereq: jr st; Pol Sci 106(R).
333 Seminar in Comparative Politics: (Subtitled). 3 cr. U/G.
Intensive study in selected aspects of comparative politics. Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Comparative politics course. Prereq: jr st.
334 German Politics and the New Europe. 3 cr. U/G.
Development of the two German republics after 1945; domestic and European issues of a unified Germany. Comparative politics course. Prereq: jr st.
335 Comparative Political Systems. 3 cr. U/G.
Government and politics in various Western and developing countries, stressing common experience as well as differences conditioned by diverse circumstances. Comparative politics course. Prereq: jr st.
341 Politics and Markets in Pacific-Rim Countries: (Subtitled). 3 cr. U/G.
Introduction to the political-economic relationships among Pacific-Rim countries. Retakable w/chg in topic to 6 cr max. Comparative politics course. Prereq: jr st.
371 Nationalism & Ethnic Conflict. 3 cr. U.
Development of nations and nationalism. Origins and methods of violent ethnic conflict. International intervention in such conflicts. Comparative or international politics course. Prereq: jr st.
373 Societal Change in Contemporary Latin America: (Subtitled). 3 cr. U.
An overview of political and social change in Latin American nations. Retakable w/chg in topic to 6 cr max. Comparative politics course. Prereq: jr st.
International Politics
316 International Law. 3 cr. U/G.
Rules and principles of behavior which govern nations in their relations with one another, as illustrated in texts and cases. International politics course. Prereq: jr st.
330 The Politics of International Economic Relations. 3 cr. U/G.
Introduction to the politics of international trade and investment in industrial, developing, and post-communist countries. International politics course. Prereq: jr st.
337 International Organization and the United Nations. 3 cr. U/G.
Collective security as an approach to international peace. Emphasis on the changing nature of the United Nations, its major problems, and the current national and bloc policies by member states. International politics course. Prereq: jr st.
338 Seminar in International Relations: (Subtitled). 3 cr. U/G.
Intensive study in selected aspects of international relations. Add'l prereqs announced in Schedule of Classes each time course is offered. Retakable w/chg in topic to 6 cr max. Enrollment limited to 15 students. International politics course. Prereq: jr st.
339 European Integration. 3 cr. U/G.
Evolution of the European Union, its institutions, and key policy developments related to the single market, common currency, enlargement, and the democratic deficit. Comparative or international politics course. Prereq: jr st.
340 Politics of Nuclear Weapons. 3 cr. U/G.
Survey of nuclear war issues, including the effects of nuclear weapons, defense against nuclear attack, arms control, nuclear weapons proliferation, and nuclear ethics. International politics course. Prereq: jr st; course in pol sci or related field recom.
343 Asian International Relations. 3 cr. U/G.
Analysis of recent relations of the major powers in East, Southeast, and South Asia, especially the problems of the smaller states and the role of the United States. International politics course. Prereq: jr st.
346 U.S.-Latin American Relations. 3 cr. U/G.
Historic and contemporary inter-American relations, including issues such as U.S.- Cuban relations, drug trafficking, trade integration, international finance, and migration. International politics course. Prereq: jr st.
359 Problems of American Foreign Policy. 3 cr. U/G.
Analysis of problems confronting the United States in principal regions of the world, emphasizing the content and instrumentalities of recent policy, and considering alternative solutions. International politics course. Prereq: jr st.
362 Ethics and International Relations. 3 cr. U/G.
Ethical aspects of international relations, including just and unjust wars, human rights, and international distributive justice. International politics course. Prereq: jr st.
365 Theories and Methods in International Politics. 3 cr. U/G.
Empirical, theoretical, and quantitative analyses of international relations. International politics course. Prereq: jr st.
370 International Conflict. 3 cr. U/G.
Theoretical and quantitative studies of international conflict and war. Includes individual, national, and systemic approaches. International politics course. Prereq: jr st.
423 Conduct of American Foreign Affairs. 3 cr. U/G.
Descriptive analysis of the way American foreign policy is formulated and carried out by federal agencies. International Politics course. Prereq: jr st.
Introductory Courses
103 Introduction to Political Science. 3 cr. U.
An introduction to the systematic study of politics, including voting, parties, interest groups, executives, legislatures, courts, and political ideologies. Prereq: none.
104 Introduction to American Government and Politics. 3 cr. U.
How the American political system works, with emphasis on the Constitution, elections, political parties, interest groups, Congress, the presidency, the courts, and national policy making. Prereq: none.
105 State Politics. 3 cr. U.
Processes and functions of state governments and their relations with the national government and local governments; special emphasis on Wisconsin politics. Prereq: none.
106 Politics of the World's Nations. 3 cr. U.
Introduction to political issues facing the governments of industrialized and developing nations, democratic and authoritarian, considering the similarities and differences between these nations and America. Prereq: none.
175 Introduction to International Relations. 3 cr. U.
Introduction to international relations, including the major subfields. Essential characteristics of the international system and the foreign policy objectives of states are discussed to give the beginning student a clearer view of world politics. Prereq: none.
185 Great Decisions Lecture Series in International Relations. 1 cr. U.
Course based on a series of eight lectures by nationally-recognized experts on current problems in international relations. Retakable to 3 cr max. Prereq: none.
193 Freshman Seminar: (Subtitled). 3 cr. U.
The specific topics are announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the class is offered. Open only to freshmen. Retakable w/chg in topic to 6 cr max. Prereq: none.
Political Methodology Courses
203 Introduction to Political Science Research. 3 cr. U.
An overview of quantitative political science research. The role of theory, research design, and measurement. Research methods course. Prereq: one pol sci course.
390 Political Data Analysis. 4 cr. U/G.
Research design, measurement, and techniques of political data analysis. Research methods course. Prereq: jr st.
392 Survey Research. 3 cr. U/G.
Theory and practice of survey techniques. Planning, design, sampling, types of data, questionnaire construction, interviewing, field operation, and coding examples in a variety of fields. Research methods course. Prereq: jr st.
Political Theory
230 Human Bases of Political Life. 3 cr. U.
Contemporary theories of political personality, values, and attitudes; implications for political and social change. Political theory course. Prereq: soph st.
255 (155) Great Issues of Politics. 3 cr. U.
Major problems in political thought, such as war and peace, justice and power, liberty and authority, identity and alienation, and stability and change. Political theory course. Prereq: none.
281 Classics of Political Theory. 3 cr. U.
Power, authority, liberty, justice, law, and other basic ideas of politics and government as treated in the classic works of political thought. Political theory course. Prereq: soph st.
361 History of International Political Thought. 3 cr. U/G.
History of international political thought. Statist and internationalist theories of sovereignty, war, intervention, and international law. Political theory or international politics course. Prereq: jr st.
381 The Development of Western Political Thought. 3 cr. U/G.
Political theory from the Greek era to the present. Political theory course. Prereq: jr st; grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score level 4 on EPT.
382 Modern Political Thought. 3 cr. U/G.
Liberal democracy, traditional conservatism, fascism, communism and socialism, with emphasis on the development and problems of democracy. Political theory course. Prereq: jr st.
384 (560) The Philosophy of Law. 3 cr. U/G.
The idea of law and its relationship to morality. Issues of legal obligation, rights, responsibility, and punishment. Philos 384 & Pol Sci 384 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another. Political theory course. Prereq: jr st; 3 cr in philos or previous course in political theory or law studies recom.
385 American Political Thought. 3 cr. U/G.
Survey of main currents of American political thought from colonial times to the present. Political theory course. Prereq: jr st.
386 Contemporary Political Theory. 3 cr. U/G.
Survey of current work in different branches of political theory, including formal, analytical, and critical theory. Political theory course. Prereq: jr st.
389 Politics and Philosophy: 3 cr. U/G.
Ideas and methods in recent political theory, including the history of political thought, analytical political philosophy, and critical theory. Political theory course. Retakable w/chg in topic to 6 cr max. Prereq: jr st; one course in political theory.
Special Courses
296 UROP Apprenticeship. 1-3 cr. U.
Undergraduate research participation in a project developed with a supervising member of the faculty or staff. One credit for 45 hrs research. Retakable to 9 cr max in any combination of UROP Apprenticeship courses. Not open to jrs & srs. Prereq: acceptance into UROP; prior or conc reg in UROP seminar.
297 Study Abroad: (Subtitled). 1-12 cr. U.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work. Retakable w/topic chg. Prereq: acceptance for Study Abroad Prog.
380 Honors Seminar: (Subtitled). 3H cr. U.
Selective topics in the study of politics. Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max. Political theory course. Prereq: soph st; Honors 200(P); cons Honors College dir.
398 Cyber-Politics: 3 cr. U.
Study of politics using internet sources, especially the Worldwide Web. Not retakable for degree cr. Prereq: jr st; one social sci course.
489 Internship in Political Science. 1-6 cr. U.
Application of advanced principles in political science in a governmental or political setting. One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hrs in the internship. Retakable to 6 cr max. Prereq: jr st; 2.75 gpa; cons supervising faculty member.
497 Study Abroad: (Subtitled). 1-12 cr. U.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work. Retakable w/topic chg. Prereq: jr st; acceptance for Study Abroad Prog.
500 Capstone Course in Political Science. 3 cr. U.
Readings and discussions about fundamental political science problems; directed research project tailored to each student's special interests. Prereq: sr st; declared pol sci major.
699 Independent Reading: (Subtitled). 1-6 cr. U.
Students with superior grade-point averages and special aptitudes may be given permission to earn up to 6 cr toward the major by writing a thesis or doing directed research or reading. See Advanced Independent Study for further information. Consult the Political Science Chair. Retakable w/chg in topic. Prereq: jr st; 2.5 gpa; writ cons instr, dept chair, & assoc dean for SAS.
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