For a full list of course descriptions please see section 7 of the University undergraduate catalog.
POL 340 – Political Parties and Interest Groups (3)
An overview of the informal institutions of American government: functions, organization, financing of political parties, interest groups, and their relationship to democracy.
POL 321 – American Foreign Policy (3)
Analysis of the internal processes and external factors which affect U.S. foreign policy, with emphasis on the post-World War II period. Case studies in decision-making.
POL 333 – American State and Local Government (3)
Study of the institutions and processes of government of the fifty states and of cities and counties.
POL 331 – Urban Politics (3)
Political processes of urban areas including comparisons of alternative structures of urban and other local government.
