| CSD
1710: | | Phonetics | | A study of articulatory
phonetics, broad and narrow transcription of American English
(using the International Phonetic Alphabet); elements of dialects
and accents. |
| GOV 1350: | | The American Experience | | |
| GOV 2160/ESP
2160: | | American Environmental Politics
and Policies | | An analysis of the evolution of
the United States environmental policy and the influence of
politics on those policies with particular emphasis on the late
20th century. |
GOV 2240:
| | Federalist Papers | | Explores the evolution of the American Presidency;
the roles played by the chief executive; the various concepts of
the office; the president’s position in the Congress; the
president’s relationship with Congress. |
| GOV
2510: | | American Political Parties and
Interest Groups | | The nature and operation of the
political process in the United States; organization and function
of the political parties; nominations and elections; voting
behavior, the nature of the two-party system; effects of social,
economic and cultural forces upon party government; the dynamics of
political power. |
GOV 2640:
| | Foreign Policy of the United States | | The origin, development and application of the
major principles controlling American foreign relations. |
GOV
3330:
| | American Political Thought of
the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries | | The nature and purpose of the
state as expressed by selected writers from colonial times to the
Populist Era. |
GOV 3590:
| | American Government and Business Relations | | The relationship of government and business
emphasizing industries with seller concentration and their market
conduct. Consideration of selected activities and industries:
agriculture, inventions and patents, banking and finance, public
utilities, and the shaping of public policy. |
GOV
3800:
| | American Econopolitics | | The role of economics in domestic and foreign
politics, with special attention to recent developments; political
consequences of economic growth; public and government policy in
prosperity and recession. |
SOC 1170:
| | Inequality: Race, Class and Gender | | Analysis of the social factors determining class,
power and prestige in American society; poverty and the
effectiveness of welfare policies; interclass conflicts; the impact
of changes in the labor market and in sex roles. |
| SOC
1190: | | Sociology of Poverty in
America | | An examination of the everyday
life of poor people in the U.S. Critical analysis of the
development of social policy, social movements and the conditions
that would have to be changed if poverty is to be ended. |
SOC 2410:
| | Race and Ethnicity in America | | American ethnicity in comparative cultural
context. Majorities and minorities in terms of stereotyping,
prejudice, unequal distribution of goods and services,
discrimination and conflict. Major contributions of ethnic
groups to American life.
|
SOC
2440:
| | Gender Identity in Popular
Culture | | Exploration of the social
construction of gender in popular culture and the interaction
between the individual and these images in the formation of the
self. Special attention is given to the construction of gender
identity in films, television and music. |
SOC 2450:
| | Sociology of the Black Experience | | This course examines the content and nature of
African-American experience and how it has changed over time.
Economic, cultural, religious, political and sociological aspects
of the black and African-American experience will be examined. The
struggle for equal rights, social justice and empowerment will be
central. |
| SOC
2420: | | Immigration and Inequality | | |
| SOC/ANT 2750: | | The North American Indian | | The history and nature of American-Indian
cultures: pre-history and archaeology; contemporary problems of the
American Indian as a subculture in modern USA; world industrial
expansion and the plight of the American Indian. |
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