Political Science

The federal system, constitution, executive, legislative, judicial and administrative organization. This course is designed to satisfy Missouri State Law requirement, RSMO, Section 170.011 regarding instruction and testing of the Constitution of the United States and the State of Missouri. Cross listed as HS 100.

Reading, research, field study and writing on special problems.

Origin, people and structure and process of public governmental agencies in the United States. Explanation of the nature of bureaucratic power and the attendant examination of the political aspect of public administration. Definition and interpretation of the roles of the public administration.

This course examines social scientific inquiry and summarizes political theories and philosophies from which present-day political ideologies, institutions, and systems have evolved. Examination of the formal and informal ways citizens participate in the political process. Review of the institutional structures of governments and the resultant public policies and political economies. Discussion of the operations of politics between nations and the character of politics in the developing nations.

Study of current issues in international politics from both the historical and analytical points of view. Examination of relevant conceptual schemes and frameworks in international politics and discussion of the nature of political choices and decisions and their impact in the international system. This course will count as a sociology major elective.

Organization and administration of state and local government in the U.S. Growth of centralized power and its effect on local control.

Reading, research, field study and writing on special problems.

This course deals with dimensions of public organization and administration: the effects of social change on bureaucracy, the political environment as it affects administration, and policy and problems connected with science and planning as they in turn affect social and political life.

This course covers contemporary social and political thought and examines social and political ideas in the context of the historical situations in which issues and problems arise. Discussion includes clarification and justification of man's social and political beliefs, such as individual rights, freedom, equality, liberty, justice, natural rights, etc.

Development of the two-party system, minor parties, party organization, the electoral process and party influence on public policy.

Evolution, structure and functions of leading governmental systems; study of the different politics, policies and problems of democratic, Communist, and post-Communist and developing nations. Analysis of recent changes in the European Community, Central, and Eastern Europe.

Reading, research, field study and writing on special problems.

An examination of the structure and process of Third World politics and governments with emphasis on the international political economy. Themes include the nature of capitalist and socialist perspectives of development and underdevelopment. This course will count as a sociology major elective.

Reading or research at a greater depth than in a normal class.

Internship under supervision of College personnel and cooperating facility.

Contributions of modern political sociology in the analysis of the American sociopolitical system in the context of the prominent theoretical models in the area. This course will count as a sociology major elective.

Reading, research, field study and writing on special problems.

Reading or research at a greater depth than in a normal class.

This course requires completion of a directed research paper. Required course for graduating senior political science/public administration majors. Graded pass/fail.