MASTER OF SCIENCE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:		A graduate level program for the career politician or those wishing greater involvement in research related to political science and governmental systems.
REQUIREMENTS:	32 semester/48 quarter credits Critical Analysis, Annotated Bibliography, Proposal and Thesis At least 26 semester/39 quarter credits must be completed 25%-50% from core curriculum
PREREQUISITES:		A bachelor degree or the equivalent in the same, or in a related area, plus some work experience in the field.
INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS:		DISTANCE EDUCATION
CURRICULUM:		(CORE REQUIREMENTS) Research Statistics Criminal Law Develpment and Administration Civil Liberties Under The Constitution The Judicial System and National Security Defense System and National Security Quantitative International Relations State Politics and Public Policy (Your State) Politics and Public Policy Southern Africa in Conflict Comparative Social Policies Comparative Communist Systems Politicis of Authoritarian Regimes Political Economy: The National-State In The World System Political Economy: The Domestic System Public Personnel Administration

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COURSE OUTLINES / SYLLABI

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1. Course Designation: 1.1        School:   Arts and Sciences 1.2         Department:   Political Science 1.3         Course Number:      POL 370               Title:         Research 1.4          Recommended Text List: FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION

Course Objectives: Do sufficient research to be prepared to write a thesis in the field of political science. Course Description: Preliminary research to determine the feasibility of the proposed thesis topic. Giving sufficient data in summary proposal form to convince the faculty the student is aware of his/her findings.

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1. Course Designation: 1.1        School:   Arts and Sciences 1.2         Department:   Political Science 1.3         Course Number:      POL 371               Title:         Statistics 1.4          Recommended Text List: FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION

Course Objectives: The student will have gained a good working knowledge of the fundamentals of statistics. Course Description: Elementary descriptive statistics and basic principles of statistical inference including estimation and tests on hypothesis; other areas to be covered will be analysis of variance, multiple and partial correlation and multiple regression.

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1. Course Designation: 1.1        School:   Arts and Sciences 1.2         Department:   Political Science 1.3         Course Number:      POL 372               Title:         Criminal Law Development and Administration 1.4          Recommended Text List: FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION

Course Objectives: Student will be able to develop major points within the areas of criminal law as he/she needs to do. Course Description: Analysis of problems in defining, invoking and administering criminal law as a governmental process.

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1. Course Designation: 1.1        School:   Arts and Sciences 1.2         Department:   Political Science 1.3         Course Number:      POL 373               Title:         Civil Liberties Under the Constitution 1.4          Recommended Text List: Consitutional Law & Politics, Vol. 2, 1st ed., 1991, Nort, Obrien FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION

Course Objectives: Student will be able to demonstrate a good background in dealing with civil liberties under the Constitution. The student will also understand prison administration. Course Description: An analysis of the complex problems created by the expansion of protections for individual liberties in the United States. Emphasis will be on contemporary problems with some supplement involved in affecting change in correctional administration.

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1. Course Designation: 1.1        School:   Arts and Sciences 1.2         Department:   Political Science 1.3         Course Number:      POL 374               Title:         The Judicial System and National Security 1.4          Recommended Text List: American Courts Process & Policy, 3rd ed., Lawrence Baum FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION

Course Objectives: Student will have developed a thorough background in the American judicial system and can articulate problems within the national security area. Course Description: Analysis of the critical role of the American judicial system in questions of national security with special attention to constraints of the powers of president, congress and security agencies.

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1. Course Designation: 1.1        School:   Arts and Sciences 1.2         Department:   Political Science 1.3         Course Number:      POL 375               Title:         Defense Policy and National Security 1.4          Recommended Text List: FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION

Course Objectives: The student will have developed a thorough knowledge and understanding of defense policy and the national security of the Untied States. Course Description: A study of National Defense policy as affected by the Constitutional and political setting; as well as its relations to foreign policy. Some attention to strategic doctrine.

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1. Course Designation: 1.1        School:   Arts and Sciences 1.2         Department:   Political Science 1.3         Course Number:      POL 376               Title:         Quantitative International Relations 1.4          Recommended Text List: Contending Theory International Relations, 3rd ed., 1990, Harp, Dougherty FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION

Course Objectives: The student will have developed the necessary skills to manipulate data for accurate forecasting. Course Description: The use of quantitiative theory, methods and data in analyzing international relations and forecasting conflict and cooperation.

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1. Course Designation: 1.1        School:   Arts and Sciences 1.2         Department:   Political Science 1.3         Course Number:      POL 377               Title:         State Politics and Public Policy 1.4          Recommended Text List: FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION

Course Objectives: The student will have demonstrated a capability to effectively handle state politics and public policy. Course Description: The comparison of development and implementation of public policy in the states. Special emphasis if placed on the impact of the political process and intergovernmental relations.

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1. Course Designation: 1.1        School:   Arts and Sciences 1.2         Department:   Political Science 1.3         Course Number:      POL 378               Title:         (Your State) Politics and Public Policy 1.4          Recommended Text List: Public Policymaking, An Introduction, 2nd ed., James Anderson FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION

Course Objectives: The student will be able to articulate the state politics and public policy of his/her particular state. Course Description: An intensive study of politics, government and public policy in your individual state. Emphasis is placed on student research projects with a major paper as a main requirement for this course.

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1. Course Designation: 1.1        School:   Arts and Sciences 1.2         Department:   Political Science 1.3         Course Number:      POL 379               Title:         Southern Africa in Conflict 1.4          Recommended Text List: FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION

Course Objectives: The student will be able to articulate proficiently on the racial problems that have been relevant in South Africa and give a good explanation of apartheid. Course Description: The problems of race, class and ideology are explored in the countries south of the Zambes river along with the political and economic ties that bind these countries.

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1. Course Designation: 1.1        School:   Arts and Sciences 1.2         Department:   Political Science 1.3         Course Number:      POL 380               Title:         Comparative Social Policies 1.4          Recommended Text List: FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION

Course Objectives: The student will have acquired a good working knowledge of comparative social policies. Course Description: An evaluation of such social policies as welfare, social security, health, education and fiscal policies of the United States, England and to a lesser extent, France and Sweden will be examined.

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1. Course Designation: 1.1        School:   Arts and Sciences 1.2         Department:   Political Science 1.3         Course Number:      POL 381               Title:         Comparative Communist Systems 1.4          Recommended Text List: FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION

Course Objectives: Student will have developed a working knowledge of the communist systems. Course Description: Comparative analysis of such issues as revolution, socialization, social control, work in industrialized societies, economic and social inequality. Emphasis is upon short position papers and discussion wherever possible.

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1. Course Designation: 1.1        School:   Arts and Sciences 1.2         Department:   Political Science 1.3         Course Number:      POL 382               Title:         Politics of Authoritarian Regimes 1.4          Recommended Text List: FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION

Course Objectives: Student will have gained adequate knowledge and skills to perform satisfactorily in politics of authoritarian regimes. Course Description: Comparative analysis of basic processed strategies and structural features of contemporary authoritarian regimes. Student has option of selecting the preferred region of country for concentrated study.

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1. Course Designation: 1.1        School:   Arts and Sciences 1.2         Department:   Political Science 1.3         Course Number:      POL 383               Title:         Political Economy: The National-State In The World System 1.4          Recommended Text List: FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION

Course Objectives: Student will demonstrate his/her proficiency in matters affected by political economy of the Nation-State in the World System. Course Description: The Nation-State as manager of a nation's economic role in the world system; problems of vulnerabilities and policy; patterns of conflict and cooperation with other actors.

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1. Course Designation: 1.1        School:   Arts and Sciences 1.2         Department:   Political Science 1.3         Course Number:      POL 384               Title:         Political Economy: The Domestic System 1.4          Recommended Text List: FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION

Course Objectives: The student will have developed proficiency in political economy and the domestic system. Course Description: Problems of the National Government in managing capitalist development and economic growth; political constraints, patterns of conflict among domestic actors, emphasis on underdeveloped countries.

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1. Course Designation: 1.1        School:   Arts and Sciences 1.2         Department:   Political Science 1.3         Course Number:      POL 385               Title:         Public Personnel Administration 1.4          Recommended Text List: FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION

Course Objectives: The student will show proficiency in public personnel administration. Course Description: A review of theory and practice of practice of public personnel administration with an emphasis on the major policy problems.