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2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin [Archived Bulletin]
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MUS 5600 - Performance Studies Violin
Goals: To develop individual musicianship and performance skills; recommended for music majors and all students preparing recital programs.
Content: 12 one-hour lessons, one meeting per week through the semester.
Prerequisites: A minimum of one semester of 3000-level Performance Studies. Prior training in music and advanced performing ability; participation in a departmental ensemble. Audition required. May be waived by the permission of Ensemble Director.
Note: Music Majors in piano, guitar, percussion, composition are required to participate in a large or small ensemble.
Lesson Fee: See Course Listings in Piperline for additional lesson fees. Fees are reduced for declared music majors and minors.
Students may not register for private lessons at other ACTC schools.
Credits: 4
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MUS 5610 - Performance Studies Viola
Goals: To develop individual musicianship and performance skills; recommended for music majors and all students preparing recital programs.
Content: 12 one-hour lessons, one meeting per week through the semester.
Prerequisites: A minimum of one semester of 3000-level Performance Studies. Prior training in music and advanced performing ability; participation in a departmental ensemble. Audition required. May be waived by the permission of Ensemble Director.
Note: Music Majors in piano, guitar, percussion, composition are required to participate in a large or small ensemble.
Lesson Fee: See Course Listings in Piperline for additional lesson fees. Fees are reduced for declared music majors and minors.
Students may not register for private lessons at other ACTC schools.
Credits: 4
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MUS 5620 - Performance Studies Cello
Goals: To develop individual musicianship and performance skills; recommended for music majors and all students preparing recital programs.
Content: 12 one-hour lessons, one meeting per week through the semester.
Prerequisites: A minimum of one semester of 3000-level Performance Studies. Prior training in music and advanced performing ability; participation in a departmental ensemble. Audition required. May be waived by the permission of Ensemble Director.
Note: Music Majors in piano, guitar, percussion, composition are required to participate in a large or small ensemble.
Lesson Fee: See Course Listings in Piperline for additional lesson fees. Fees are reduced for declared music majors and minors.
Students may not register for private lessons at other ACTC schools.
Credits: 4
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MUS 5630 - Performance Studies Jazz Guitar/Electric Bass
Goals: To develop individual musicianship and performance skills; recommended for music majors and all students preparing recital programs.
Content: 12 one-hour lessons, one meeting per week through the semester.
Prerequisites: A minimum of one semester of 3000-level Performance Studies. Prior training in music and advanced performing ability; participation in a departmental ensemble. Audition required. May be waived by the permission of Ensemble Director.
Note: Music Majors in piano, guitar, percussion, composition are required to participate in a large or small ensemble.
Lesson Fee: See Course Listings in Piperline for additional lesson fees. Fees are reduced for declared music majors and minors.
Students may not register for private lessons at other ACTC schools.
Credits: 4
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MUS 5635 - Performance Studies Double Bass
Goals: To develop individual musicianship and performance skills; recommended for music majors and all students preparing recital programs.
Content: 12 one-hour lessons, one meeting per week through the semester.
Prerequisites: A minimum of one semester of 3000-level Performance Studies. Prior training in music and advanced performing ability; participation in a departmental ensemble. Audition required. May be waived by the permission of Ensemble Director.
Note: Music Majors in piano, guitar, percussion, composition are required to participate in a large or small ensemble.
Lesson Fee: See Course Listings in Piperline for additional lesson fees. Fees are reduced for declared music majors and minors.
Students may not register for private lessons at other ACTC schools.
Credits: 4
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MUS 5640 - Performance Studies Trumpet
Goals: To develop individual musicianship and performance skills; recommended for music majors and all students preparing recital programs.
Content: 12 one-hour lessons, one meeting per week through the semester.
Prerequisites: A minimum of one semester of 3000-level Performance Studies. Prior training in music and advanced performing ability; participation in a departmental ensemble. Audition required. May be waived by the permission of Ensemble Director.
Note: Music Majors in piano, guitar, percussion, composition are required to participate in a large or small ensemble.
Lesson Fee: See Course Listings in Piperline for additional lesson fees. Fees are reduced for declared music majors and minors.
Students may not register for private lessons at other ACTC schools.
Credits: 4
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MUS 5650 - Performance Studies French Horn
Goals: To develop individual musicianship and performance skills; recommended for music majors and all students preparing recital programs.
Content: 12 one-hour lessons, one meeting per week through the semester.
Prerequisites: A minimum of one semester of 3000-level Performance Studies. Prior training in music and advanced performing ability; participation in a departmental ensemble. Audition required. May be waived by the permission of Ensemble Director.
Note: Music Majors in piano, guitar, percussion, composition are required to participate in a large or small ensemble.
Lesson Fee: See Course Listings in Piperline for additional lesson fees. Fees are reduced for declared music majors and minors.
Students may not register for private lessons at other ACTC schools.
Credits: 4
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MUS 5660 - Performance Studies Trombone
Goals: To develop individual musicianship and performance skills; recommended for music majors and all students preparing recital programs.
Content: 12 one-hour lessons, one meeting per week through the semester.
Prerequisites: A minimum of one semester of 3000-level Performance Studies. Prior training in music and advanced performing ability; participation in a departmental ensemble. Audition required. May be waived by the permission of Ensemble Director.
Note: Music Majors in piano, guitar, percussion, composition are required to participate in a large or small ensemble.
Lesson Fee: See Course Listings in Piperline for additional lesson fees. Fees are reduced for declared music majors and minors.
Students may not register for private lessons at other ACTC schools.
Credits: 4
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MUS 5670 - Performance Studies Tuba
Goals: To develop individual musicianship and performance skills; recommended for music majors and all students preparing recital programs.
Content: 12 one-hour lessons, one meeting per week through the semester.
Prerequisites: A minimum of one semester of 3000-level Performance Studies. Prior training in music and advanced performing ability; participation in a departmental ensemble. Audition required. May be waived by the permission of Ensemble Director.
Note: Music Majors in piano, guitar, percussion, composition are required to participate in a large or small ensemble.
Lesson Fee: See Course Listings in Piperline for additional lesson fees. Fees are reduced for declared music majors and minors.
Students may not register for private lessons at other ACTC schools.
Credits: 4
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MUS 5680 - Performance Studies Baritone Horn
Goals: To develop individual musicianship and performance skills; recommended for music majors and all students preparing recital programs.
Content: 12 one-hour lessons, one meeting per week through the semester.
Prerequisites: A minimum of one semester of 3000-level Performance Studies. Prior training in music and advanced performing ability; participation in a departmental ensemble. Audition required. May be waived by the permission of Ensemble Director.
Note: Music Majors in piano, guitar, percussion, composition are required to participate in a large or small ensemble.
Lesson Fee: See Course Listings in Piperline for additional lesson fees. Fees are reduced for declared music majors and minors.
Students may not register for private lessons at other ACTC schools.
Credits: 4
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MUS 5690 - Performance Studies Harp
Goals: To develop individual musicianship and performance skills; recommended for music majors and all students preparing recital programs.
Content: 12 one-hour lessons, one meeting per week through the semester.
Prerequisites: A minimum of one semester of 3000-level Performance Studies. Prior training in music and advanced performing ability; participation in a departmental ensemble. Audition required. May be waived by the permission of Ensemble Director.
Note: Music Majors in piano, guitar, percussion, composition are required to participate in a large or small ensemble.
Lesson Fee: See Course Listings in Piperline for additional lesson fees. Fees are reduced for declared music majors and minors.
Students may not register for private lessons at other ACTC schools.
Credits: 4
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MUS 5700 - Performance Studies Percussion
Goals: To develop individual musicianship and performance skills; recommended for music majors and all students preparing recital programs.
Content: 12 one-hour lessons, one meeting per week through the semester.
Prerequisites: A minimum of one semester of 3000-level Performance Studies. Prior training in music and advanced performing ability; participation in a departmental ensemble. Audition required. May be waived by the permission of Ensemble Director.
Note: Music Majors in piano, guitar, percussion, composition are required to participate in a large or small ensemble.
Lesson Fee: See Course Listings in Piperline for additional lesson fees. Fees are reduced for declared music majors and minors.
Students may not register for private lessons at other ACTC schools.
Credits: 4
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MUS 5710 - Composition-Popular Music
Goals: To develop individual musicianship and performance skills; recommended for music majors and all students preparing recital programs.
Content: 12 one-hour lessons, one meeting per week through the semester.
Prerequisites: A minimum of one semester of 3000-level Performance Studies. Prior training in music and advanced performing ability; participation in a departmental ensemble. Audition required. May be waived by the permission of Ensemble Director.
Note: Music Majors in piano, guitar, percussion, composition are required to participate in a large or small ensemble.
Lesson Fee: See Course Listings in Piperline for additional lesson fees. Fees are reduced for declared music majors and minors.
Students may not register for private lessons at other ACTC schools.
Credits: 4
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MUS 5720 - Composition: Sound Design and Classical
Goals: To develop individual musicianship and performance skills; recommended for music majors and all students preparing recital programs.
Content: 12 one-hour lessons, one meeting per week through the semester.
Prerequisites: A minimum of one semester of 3000-level Performance Studies. Prior training in music and advanced performing ability; participation in a departmental ensemble. Audition required. May be waived by the permission of Ensemble Director.
Note: Music Majors in piano, guitar, percussion, composition are required to participate in a large or small ensemble.
Lesson Fee: See Course Listings in Piperline for additional lesson fees. Fees are reduced for declared music majors and minors.
Students may not register for private lessons at other ACTC schools.
Credits: 4
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MUS 5730 - Composition-Jazz
Goals: To develop individual musicianship and performance skills; recommended for music majors and all students preparing recital programs.
Content: 12 one-hour lessons, one meeting per week through the semester.
Prerequisites: A minimum of one semester of 3000-level Performance Studies. Prior training in music and advanced performing ability; participation in a departmental ensemble. Audition required. May be waived by the permission of Ensemble Director.
Note: Music Majors in piano, guitar, percussion, composition are required to participate in a large or small ensemble.
Lesson Fee: See Course Listings in Piperline for additional lesson fees. Fees are reduced for declared music majors and minors.
Students may not register for private lessons at other ACTC schools.
Credits: 4
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MUS 5930 - Senior Project
Goals: Develop a substantial research paper, recital program, recording, lecture-recital or other project appropriate to the discipline of music.
Content: Student works closely with instructor to develop, research, or otherwise prepare an interdisciplinary capstone project. The project proposal must be submitted to the music faculty and approved prior to senior year.
Taught: Every semester
Prerequisites: Senior music major status
Credits: 4
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NPFT 1010 - Introduction to Nonprofit Management and Leadership
Goals: To provide an introduction to the history and development of the nonprofit sector in the United States, with particular focus on the impact and approaches of nonprofits. While there are some core similarities among what are called nonprofit organizations, the range, purpose, and intention of nonprofits is extremely diverse. We will look at this array of organizations, the then dive into some key areas in running a successful nonprofit.
Content: The course will introduce students to some of the core skills and ingredients of successful nonprofit organizations—governance, strategic planning, fundraising, financial management and advocacy. Guest speakers, who are leaders in the nonprofit sector, will share their career paths and glimpses into their nonprofit organizations.
Credits: 4
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NPFT 3000 - Civic Engagement and Volunteer Management
Goals: Fundamental to our democracy is the active involvement and public work of citizens. The nonprofit sector helps create and build our communities. At the center of public work is furthering the common good. Students explore how they and other citizens can be co-creators of their community and harness the skills and power of citizens through volunteerism.
Content: This course also explores how citizens can be at the center of solving problems and building community. How is it that ordinary people develop the skills, identities and confidence to be co-creators shaping the world in a democratic way?
Prerequisite: NPFT 1010 (grade of C- or better), or consent of the instructor
Credits: 4
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NPFT 3010 - Nonprofit Impact and Budgeting
Goals: To help students develop knowledge and skills in tracking and reporting organizational impact, crafting budgets and analyzing financial statements, and developing a positive, performance driven work culture.
Content: Nonprofit organizations use three groups of metrics to track their overall health and benefits to society. Healthy nonprofits are able to demonstrate clear impacts on the clients and communities they serve; they maintain solid financial health through sustainable growth, asset management, and attention to cash flow; and they develop an organizational culture with strong employee engagement and commitment. The common theme for the class is the holistic and interdependent nature of impact, finances and people.
Prerequisite: NPFT 1010 (grade of C- or better) or consent of the instructor
Credits: 4
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NPFT 3020 - Nonprofit Resource Development
Goals: To ensure long term health and sustainability, nonprofit organizations need ongoing efforts to cultivate organizational resources. These resources include earned revenue streams, charitable funding (grants and contributions), strategic financing (loans and impact investments) and community partnerships.
Content: This course will provide students with a comprehensive overview and framework for resource development. Students will develop specific knowledge and skills in crafting development plans, managing individual donor programs, writing grant proposals, and fostering mutually beneficial partnerships / collaborations. Students will also be introduced to social ventures and other forms of earned revenues for nonprofits.
Prerequisite: NPFT 1010 (grade of C- or better), or consent of the instructor
Credits: 4
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NPFT 3960 - Internship with Seminar
Goals: This course is intended to be the cumulative application of all the competencies developed in the program.
Content: Internship selection and placement will be finalized during the prior semester to ensure an engaging and productive work experience emphasizing hands-on learning with weekly attendance in a classroom seminar. The internship incorporates education and professional development into a service-learning work experience, including the production of a senior portfolio.
Prerequisite: NPFT 1010 (grade of C- or better), or consent of the instructor
Credits: 2
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PBHL 1100 - Introduction to Public Health
Goals: To provide students with a broad overview of the interdisciplinary field of public health, health systems and health policy.
Content: History of public health, the scientific basis of public health practices, mechanisms of disease and disease spread, disease control, disease surveillance, public health policy.
Taught: Fall and Spring
Credits: 4
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PBHL 3100 - Epidemiology
Goals: Epidemiology is the study of the determinants and distribution of health-related states or events in populations. This course will introduce students to the principle methods and approaches of epidemiology, and how epidemiology contributes to the understanding and improvement of population health.
Content: Etiology and pathophysiology of infectious and chronic diseases and conditions, patterns of disease, models of disease spread, risk factors and prevention methods, outbreak investigation, surveillance and monitoring, screening, design of investigations and interventions. Current epidemiological research will be analyzed using published literature.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisite: PBHL 1100
Credits: 4
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PBHL 3400 - Health Research Methods
Goals: This course acquaints students with various methodological approaches used in the fields of public health and health sciences. Students will gain experience in research design and methodology, data collection methods, and analytical techniques through the development of a research proposal.
Content: Data collection and analysis methods, study design, qualitative methods, methods of monitoring, evidence-based decision making.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisites: PBHL 1100 and a statistics course (MATH 1200, QMBE 1310, or an equivalent)
Credits: 4
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PBHL 5020 - Global Health
Goals: To introduce students to the dynamic field of global health and cultivate an appreciation for the pursuit of health equity for all people.
Content: This interdisciplinary course is designed to introduce students to the field of global health and should be viewed as a culmination of the public health major and an opportunity to apply all you have learned in a global context. This course aims to frame global health’s collection of problems and actions with a particular biosocial perspective. It first develops a toolkit of analytical approaches and then uses them to examine historical and contemporary global health initiatives with careful attention to a critical sociology of knowledge. We will investigate what the field of global health may include, how global health problems are defined and constructed, and how global health interventions play out in expected and unexpected ways.
Prerequisites: PBHL 1100, PBHL 3100, and Junior or Senior standing
Credits: 4
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PBHL 5400 - Special Topics in Health Sciences
Goals: Examine a current topic in public health by reading and discussing current research literature.
Content: Critical discussion and analysis of a current topic in Public Health.
Prerequisites: PBHL 3400 and Junior or Senior standing.
Credits: 4
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PBHL 5950 - Senior Seminar
Goals: To synthesize the concepts and approaches from the broad field of Public Health Sciences that have been learned through prior coursework and the internship or research experience; to prepare for the next steps in the academic or career path; and to formally present one’s internship or research experience through a poster as well as an oral presentation.
Content: The first half of the course focuses on professional development and preparing to apply to graduate school or for jobs in the field. This includes resume, statement of purpose and interview preparation. The second half focuses on synthesizing what has been learned in coursework at Hamline with what the student has experienced and learned in the field during the internship or research experience. Students present their work during a poster presentation, and in an oral presentation.
Taught: Fall and Spring
Prerequisites: Senior standing. The internship or research experience should either be completed prior to enrolling in this course, or significantly underway.
Credits: 4
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PHED 1800 - Fitness
Goals: To acquire enough mastery of the skills, strategies, and rules to be able to enjoy participation for a lifetime. To understand the principles of physical fitness.
Outdoor Activity
This course is not repeatable for credit.
Credits: 1
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PHIL 1120 - General Philosophy
Content: Selected important philosophic works; the main problems of philosophy, the natures of reality, valuing, and knowing.
Credits: 4
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PHIL 1130 - Logic
Content: Formal and informal reasoning, deductive and inductive; traditional and symbolic techniques for distinguishing correct from incorrect reasoning.
Credits: 4
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PHIL 1140 - Ethics
Content: The concepts of goodness, right, duty, obligation, responsibility, and freedom; important moral theories of the Western tradition; contemporary moral issues in light of these theories.
Credits: 4
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PHIL 1145 - Development Ethics in Jamaica
Goals: This course examines ethical issues related to “third world” or “developing” nations.
Content: After a week of study on campus, we will travel to rural Jamaica on an Operation Classroom work team, living and working with locals on a school construction project. Students will study and directly experience ethical issues connected to development, combining service learning with academic reflection. We return to campus for the last week of the term to complete independent research, writing, and presentation of work.
Taught: Alternate years, winter term.
Credits: 4
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PHIL 1250 - Introduction to African Philosophy
Content: Definitions of African Philosophy, discussions of ethnophilosophy, problems of language in Africa, and connections with African American and feminist philosophies.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4
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PHIL 3100 - Introduction to African-American Studies
Crosslisted
Also listed as ENG 3100.
Goals: To develop an understanding of several key issues in African American Studies emphasizing close textual reading and analysis. Additionally, students participate in academic service learning to synthesize textual and experiential learning.
Content: The course materials will focus on critical readings about construction of race as a concept; intersections of race, class and gender; afrocentrism; pan-africanism; diasporic connections; nationalism; religious dimension; literary theory and popular culture.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 3150 - Ancient Greek Philosophy
Content: The main problems of philosophy, the natures of reality, valuing and knowing, through the works of important ancient Greek philosophers, especially the pre-Socratics, Plato, and Aristotle.
Credits: 4
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PHIL 3160 - Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant
Content: The main problems of philosophy, the natures of reality, valuing, and knowing, through the works of influential European philosophers of the 17th and 18th centuries, especially Descartes, Hobbes, Hume, and Kant.
Credits: 4
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PHIL 3250 - Feminist Philosophy
Content: An examination of major areas of contemporary feminist philosophy, with special attention to the interaction between multiple forms of oppression, including racism, homophobia, and class-based oppression.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisites: WSTD 1010 or PHIL 1120 or PHIL 1140.
Credits: 4
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PHIL 3320 - Philosophy of Religion
Content: The nature and problems of religious thought including the existence of God, religious experience, faith, and reason.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4
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PHIL 3330 - Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy
Content: Philosophical issues in social, political, and legal systems, including problems such as the justification of power and the development of the concept of human rights.
Credits: 4
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PHIL 3340 - Philosophy of Art
Content: Aesthetic issues from the point of view of the creator as well as appreciator, including questions of artistic truth, meaning, beauty, value, criticism, and judgment applied to the range of art media.
Credits: 4
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PHIL 3360 - Philosophy of Nonviolence
Goals: To understand the concepts, principles, and practices of nonviolence.
Content: Focus on understanding the concepts, principles, and practices of nonviolence emphasizing theorists and practitioners of nonviolent direct action including Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Tich Nhat Hanh, and others, attentive to the contexts in which they emerge. Course participants will pursue independent research on nonviolence for presentation to the seminar.
Credits: 4
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PHIL 3370 - Philosophy of Science
Content: Philosophical issues of the sciences, including questions of scientific progress and rationality, our understanding of the physical world, and values and objectivity in the sciences.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4
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PHIL 3380 - Concepts of Nature
Content: An examination of some of the different ways people have thought about the natural world and our relationship to it. Some of the views discussed will be: nature as a mechanism, a divine creation, and a source of values. We will consider multicultural, feminist, and postmodern challenges to the modern scientific conception of nature.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4
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PHIL 5550 - Knowledge, Truth, and Language
Content: Questions of epistemology, including the nature of knowledge, the role of experience in knowing, the role of reason, the limits of knowledge, and the concept of meaning.
Prerequisite: PHIL 3160 or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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PHIL 5560 - Metaphysics
Content: The concepts of being, reality, existence, essence, nature, causation, and reason together with their implications for knowledge and values.
Prerequisites: PHIL 3150 and PHIL 5550, or, PHIL 3160 and PHIL 5550, or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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PHIL 5750 - Contemporary Ethical Theory: Justice and the Good Life
Content: Advanced value theory, broadly conceived, studied through selected classical and contemporary sources.
Prerequisite: Philosophy major or minor, or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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PHYS 1110 - Energy, Environment, and the Economy (with Lab)
Goals: To investigate, for nonscience students, availability of energy in the world and environmental concerns and the supply-demand aspects of our nation’s economy.
Content: Conceptual understanding and measurement of relevant physical quantities; the impact of fossil fuels, nuclear power, solar and other “alternative” forms of energy on air and water quality; the economy and lifestyles; the fragile world energy balance; research in energy and various models for extrapolation into the future.
Prerequisite: High school algebra
NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
Credits: 4
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PHYS 1120 - Astronomy (with Lab)
Goals: To develop scientific observation and investigation skills that will help us make sense of the night sky, and in the process share amazing discoveries about the universe.
Content: Ancient astronomy with the naked eye, motion of the planets, the invention of the telescope, stars and their life cycles, black holes, star clusters, galaxies and their evolution, large-scale structure, and the beginning of the universe.
Prerequisite: High school algebra
NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
Credits: 4
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PHYS 1130 - Physics for Poets (with Lab)
Goals: To introduce non-science students to the conceptual development and philosophical implications of some aspects of physics, allow students to gain insights into the practice of science, and give students experience with problem solving
Content: Topics will vary with instructor but may include motion, energy, solids, heat, sound, light, electricity, magnetism, atoms, the nucleus, particles, and astronomy. The laboratory will include a variety of experiences designed to allow students to practice investigative science and gain hands-on experience.
Prerequisite: High school algebra
NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
Credits: 4
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PHYS 1140 - Physics of Sound and Music
Goals: To introduce non-science majors to the physical description of the oscillations and resonances involved in the production and detection of sound and music.
Content: Wave phenomena including propagation and interference, frequency analysis of sounds including music, theory of instruments, biological generation, and detection of sound.
Prerequisite: High school algebra
Credits: 4
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PHYS 1160 - Algebra-based Physics II (with Lab)
This course is primarily intended for students intending to pursue careers in biology or other health-related fields.
Goals: To introduce students to the basic concepts of physics to develop skills in formulating and solving both theoretical and experimental physics problems in the areas of waves, electricity and magnetism, electronics and optics.
Content: Topics include waves and sound, electricity and magnetism, DC and AC circuits, and optics.
Taught: Spring term
Prerequisite: PHYS 1150
NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
Credits: 4
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PHYS 1230 - General Physics I (with Lab)
This course is primarily intended for students intending to pursue careers in physics, engineering, chemistry, biochemistry or mathematics.
Goals: To introduce students to the basic concepts of physics to develop skills in formulating and solving both theoretical and experimental physics problems in the areas of mechanics and thermodynamics using calculus.
Content: The topics of kinematics, Newton’s second law, energy, and momentum will be covered both in translation and rotation, simple harmonic motion and elasticity, fluids, gravitation, and thermodynamics.
Taught: Spring term
Prerequisite: MATH 1170
NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
Credits: 4
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PHYS 1240 - General Physics II (with Lab)
This course is primarily intended for students intending to pursue careers in physics, engineering, chemistry, biochemistry or mathematics.
Goals: To introduce students to the basic concepts of physics to develop skills in formulating and solving both theoretical and experimental physics problems in the areas of waves, electricity and magnetism, electronics and optics using calculus.
Content: Topics include waves and sound, electricity and magnetism, DC and AC circuits, and optics.
Taught: Fall term
Prerequisites: PHYS 1150 or PHYS 1230, and MATH 1180.
NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
Credits: 4
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PHYS 1610 - Engineering Mechanics: Statics
Goals: To develop the conceptual and mathematical skills to solve real-world statics problems in three dimensions that are representative of what engineers regularly experience.
Content: Vector analysis, forces and moments in equilibrium, rigid body constraints, shear and bending moments, friction, moments of inertia, concentrated and distributed loads, trusses, frames and beams.
Taught: Alternate years, fall term
Prerequisites: PHYS 1150 or PHYS 1230, and MATH 1180, or instructor permission
Credits: 4
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PHYS 1620 - Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics
Goals: To develop the conceptual and mathematical skills to solve real-world dynamics problems in three dimensions that are representative of what engineers regularly experience.
Content: Rectilinear and curvilinear kinematics, forces and moments, work and energy, impulse and momentum, general and relative motion, and kinetics of rigid bodies in two and three dimensions.
Taught: Alternate years, spring term
Prerequisite: PHYS 1610 or instructor permission
Credits: 4
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PHYS 3520 - Physical Optics (with Lab)
Goals: To introduce students to the study of optical phenomena interpreted in terms of a wave theory of light.
Content: Mathematical description of waves and how these waves interact with matter. Theories are developed to explain interference, diffraction, and polarization and are used as a basis for measurements in the laboratory.
Taught: Alternate years, spring term
Prerequisite: PHYS 3540 or instructor permission
NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
Credits: 4
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PHYS 3540 - Modern Physics (with Lab)
Goals: To understand the developments of the late 19th and early 20th century in the field of physics.
Content: Relativity, the discovery of the electron, the quantum nature of light, the wave nature of particles, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, and Schrödinger wave mechanics. The lab will introduce the computer control of instrumentation, computer data acquisition, and computer modeling of data. Students will perform several famous Modern Physics experiments and will do a semester-long project to plan a modernized version of one of the seminal experiments in Modern Physics.
Taught: Spring term
Prerequisites: PHYS 1240 and MATH 3720 or co-registration
NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
Credits: 4
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PHYS 3600 - Mathematical and Computational Methods in Physics and Engineering (with Lab)
Goals: To introduce and demonstrate the use of mathematical and computational methods important in physics and engineering.
Content: Physics and engineering applications associated with ordinary and partial differential equations, Laplace transforms, linear algebra, vector calculus, Fourier analysis, complex analysis, numeric analysis, probability & statistics.
Taught: Fall term
Prerequisites: MATH 3720 and PHYS 3540 or instructor permission
NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
Credits: 4
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PHYS 3700 - Condensed Matter Physics
Goals: To introduce students to the concepts of condensed matter physics.
Content: The study of crystalline and noncrystalline structures; the free electron gas; Fermi surfaces; energy bands; semiconductors; superconductors; magnetism; dielectrics; surfaces and nanostructures.
Taught: Alternate years, fall term
Prerequisite: PHYS 3540 or instructor permission
Credits: 4
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PHYS 3750 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Goals: To develop a fundamental understanding of the principles of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics that allows a variety of applications to be surveyed in the latter part of the course.
Content: The laws of thermodynamics and other conventional thermodynamic concepts such as heat, work, entropy, enthalpy, heat capacity, and the equipartition theorem are introduced. Adiabatic, isothermal, isobaric, and nonequilibrium processes are studied. Topics include the equations of state for non-ideal gases, Maxwell’s relations, kinetic theory, the Maxwell distribution of molecular velocities, magnetic materials, blackbody radiation, phase transitions, phase diagrams, ensembles, and the partition function. Classical and quantum statistics are studied; the Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, and Fermi-Dirac distributions are examined.
Taught: Alternate years, fall term
Prerequisite: PHYS 3540 or instructor permission
Credits: 4
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PHYS 3800 - Electronics and Instrumentation (with Lab)
Goals: To explore the fundamentals of analog and digital electronics, to explore their applications in designs used in interfacing and controlling experiments, and to gain experience with common and advanced instrumentation.
Content: Design, predict behavior, and build analog and digital control circuits. Circuit elements will include passive and active components including transistors; op-amps; digital logic and interfacial components such as temperature, ADC, and DAC circuits. Emphasis will be placed on building practical circuits needed to control and measure experimental parameters.
Taught: Alternate years, spring term
Prerequisite: PHYS 3540 or instructor permission
NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
Credits: 4
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PHYS 5900 - Junior Seminar
Goals: To introduce current topics in physics and related fields. To develop communications skills including writing, reading, listening, and speaking.
Content: Reviews of current research by junior and senior physics majors, guest lecturers, and department members.
Taught: Fall and spring, full year sequence
Prerequisite: PHYS 1240 or co-registration
Credits: 0.5 per term
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PHYS 5910 - Senior Seminar
Goals: To introduce current topics in physics and related fields. To develop communications skills including writing, reading, listening, and speaking.
Content: Reviews of current research by junior and senior physics majors, guest lecturers, and department members.
Taught: Fall and spring, full year sequence
Prerequisite: PHYS 1240 or co-registration
Credits: 0.5 per term
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PHYS 5920 - Research Project-Based Advanced Laboratory
Goals: To allow students to expand and build upon their current laboratory skill set and problem solving ability by planning and executing a year-long research project.
Content: This full year course is the culmination of all the core laboratory experiences within the physics curriculum. Students will choose a project, based on a search of research literature. These projects will require many skills, such as equipment interfacing, computer programming, basic and advanced circuit design and analysis, experience with optics, using the machine shop to build experimental apparatuses, planning, ordering, and scheduling tasks, preparing a professional report and presentation, and applying for external grants. Successful completion of this course should fulfill the Independent Critical Inquiry and Information Literacy (Q) requirement of the Hamline Plan.
Taught: Fall and spring, full year sequence
Prerequisite: PHYS 3540 or instructor permission
Credits: 2 per term
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PHYS 5930 - Theoretical Mechanics
Goals: To develop an understanding of Newtonian mechanics with emphasis on conservation principles.
Content: Particle dynamics, central force problems, the simple harmonic oscillator, kinematics and dynamics of a system of particles, wave motion, generalized coordinates, and the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of mechanics.
Taught: Alternate years, spring term
Prerequisite: PHYS 3600 or co-registration, or instructor permission
Credits: 4
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PHYS 5940 - Advanced Electromagnetic Field Theory
Goals: To develop an understanding of the classical theory of electric and magnetic fields.
Content: Vector analysis, electric and magnetic forces and fields, the equations of Laplace and Poisson, multipole expansion, dielectric and magnetic materials, Maxwell’s equations in vacuum and in matter.
Taught: Alternate years, fall term
Prerequisite: PHYS 3600 or co-registration, or instructor permission
Credits: 4
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PHYS 5950 - Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Goals: To further the understanding of and expand beyond the quantum mechanical wave concepts introduced in Modern Physics from a more mathematically advanced formalism.
Content: Schrödinger’s equation, probability and statistics, wave functions, operators, commutation relations, the square well and other potentials, the harmonic oscillator, scattering, function spaces, the uncertainty principle, the hydrogen atom, angular momentum, perturbation theory, and extensive use of advanced mathematical symbolism.
Taught: Alternate years, fall term
Prerequisite: PHYS 3600 or co-registration, or instructor permission
Credits: 4
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PHYS 5955 - Advanced Topics in Physics
Goals: To explore advanced topics in physics that go beyond our other 5000-level courses and to expose students to new developments in physics.
Content: Topics may include electromagnetic cavities including optical fibers, scattering theory (electromagnetic and quantum), analysis of modern instrumentation, nuclear physics, high energy physics, elementary particles, astrophysics, general relativity.
Taught: Periodically, as interest and resources allow
Prerequisite: PHYS 3600 or co-registration, or instructor permission
Credits: 4
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PHYS 5960 - Senior Experimental Lab
Goals: To provide an opportunity to explore independent research and to develop the skills needed to complete a research program.
Content: Each student will develop an independent research project and timeline for completion, conduct a review of pertinent literature, construct needed equipment, and write an extensive paper summarizing the theory and results of the project.
Taught: Periodically, as interest and resources allow
Prerequisites: PHYS 3600 or co-registration and instructor permission
Credits: 4
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PSCI 1000 - Great Questions of Modern Politics
Goals: Introduce students to the field of Political Science and the most pressing, relevant political questions of our time. Begin developing fundamental skills important for succeeding in the major or minor.
Content: Overview of disciplinary/interdisciplinary subfields, significant research, and major debates with within the field. Department members, as guest speakers, share their interests and areas of expertise.
Taught: Annually
Credits: 4
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PSCI 1110 - American Government and Politics
Goals: To introduce students to analytical concepts and frameworks for the study of American national government and politics, especially as it relates to the question of who gets what, how, and why.
Content: The constitutional framework; political values and public opinion; the role of parties, interest groups and mass media; Congress, the judiciary and the presidency; the policy process in selected substantive areas such as defense, foreign policy, economic management, and civil liberties.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 1430 - World Politics
Goals: To introduce students to major issues in contemporary international relations and varying approaches to studying them, including the role of the state and non-state actors and sources of conflict and cooperation in world politics.
Content: Realism (and its variants), Liberalism (and its variants), Marxism, Social Constructivism, Postmodernism, and Feminism; the nature of war and peace, the challenges the “global south” faces, environmental politics, cultural differences and their impact on global politics, state and human security, nationalism and ethnic conflict, international organizations, and transnational crime, including terrorism.
Taught: Annually
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3010 - Presidential Politics
Goals: To achieve a clear understanding of the role of the presidency in the U.S. Political system. To explore how the presidency has been affected by political, social, and economic developments.
Content: Presidential selection process; White House decision making; the role of presidential personality and style; White House relations with Congress, the bureaucracy, political parties, and pressure groups; role of the presidency in selected policy areas such as national security and economic policy; the impact of public opinion and mass media on the presidency; the problem of presidential power–too much or too little?
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1110 required or by Instructor Permission.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3020 - International Political Economy
Goals: To explore the theory and practice of international political economy and the intersection of political science and economics. To understand the evolution of the international monetary system and international trade policy. To consider the interaction of political authority and markets in the global economy.
Content: Neo-classical growth models; dependency theory; politics of growth and industrialization; comparative perspective of industrialization (e.g., developmental successes and failures); international regimes; financial crises and structural adjustments.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1430 is recommended.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3030 - American Foreign Policy
Goals: To achieve a sound understanding of the pattern and process of American foreign policy in a changing world and to comprehend the analytic perspectives that enhance such understanding.
Content: Patterns of post-1945 foreign policy during the Cold War; social, economic, and ideological sources of U.S. policy; the foreign policy-making process; challenges to American policy in a post-Cold War world; the politics of globalization and counter-terrorism.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1110 required or by Instructor Permission.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3050 - Regional and International Security
Goals: Analyze significant issues, controversies, and debates in the field of contemporary security studies. Examine a variety of security issues across multiple regions.
Content: Possible topics include civil wars, cyber warfare, transnational crime, refugee crises, and nuclearization.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisite: PSCI 1430 is recommended. Students should have a basic familiarity with what is happening around the world and how issues are linked to each other at the global level, especially concerning human and state security.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3100 - American Constitutional Law
Crosslisted
(Also listed as LGST 3100)
Goals: To study the role of the courts in the development of the American Constitution. To introduce students to the “rule of law” concept in Anglo American judicial history.
Content: Study of the United States Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court cases on separation of powers, federalism, civil liberties and civil rights.
Taught: Annually
Note: This course is applicable to majors and minors in Political Science and Legal Studies, regardless of whether it is taken as PSCI 3100 or LGST 3100. This course will not count as breadth of study for either major. Students may not earn credit for both PSCI 3100 and LGST 3100.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3300 - Public Health Policy
Goals: Introduce students to health care policy, emphasizing the creation of US health care delivery systems with special focus on recent policy changes from the 1990s to the present.
Content: Topics include health care cost and financing, benchmarks for evaluation, factors affecting health and health care policy, the Affordable Care Act, assessing the effectiveness and implementation of health care policy, and examining alternative policy options within a comparative perspective.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisite: PSCI 1110 or PBHL 1100 is recommended
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3430 - Gender Politics
Goals: To analyze the relative power and impact of women in contemporary politics. To examine the most formidable hurdles to, and most promising opportunities for, gender political equality.
Content: Current research and theories about women and gender in domestic and global political contexts. Covers gender politics as it relates to political culture, changes in media, growing regional (urban-rural-suburban) divisions, political institutions and influential public policies.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisite: PSCI 1000 is recommended
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3540 - Political Research and Analysis
Goals: To introduce fundamental concepts of politics and contemporary methods of political analysis and research.
Content: The development of political science as a discipline, various theories and approaches in political analysis, methods of research in political science, and practical experience in empirical analysis.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisite: PSCI 1000 or instructor permission
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3550 - International Organizations
Crosslisted
(Also listed as GLOB 3550)
Goals: To explore the foundations of international governmental and nongovernmental organizations; through case studies and policy issues, to discuss the United Nations and its affiliated groups; to examine how transitional actors have tried to deal with critical world issues such as hunger, environmental dilemmas, human rights, and the disparities of development.
Content: This course includes a discussion of theories of integration, histories of international organizations, and analyses of approaches to policy and politics in the international arena. Students will also have the opportunity to do informal interviews or mentoring projects with local international organizations.
Taught: Annually, in the fall semester
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3570 - Ethnic and Civil Conflict
To examine the competing theories of the causes of civil and ethnic conflicts, to analyze processes that may lead to major human suffering when these conflicts turn into horrific wars, and to discuss possible ways to alleviate short- and long-term human suffering these conflicts create.
Content: Emphasis on theoretical works and selected case studies from the contemporary world. students are expected (1) to define, understand, and use concepts and terms relevant to the study of civil and ethnic conflict; (2) to analyze and think critically about the effects of different forces on these types of conflicts with the appreciation that societies have different cultural, economic, sociological, and historical settings; (3) to suggest ways to reduce, if not totally eliminate, the negative influence of these conflicts on individuals and collectivities, and finally (4) to have a working knowledge of challenges that these types of conflicts hold for the future of world politics. Extensive case studies will be drawn from various parts of the world.
Taught: Annually
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3580 - Connections and Collisions: Middle East in Contemporary Global Politics
Goals: To examine politics and society in the contemporary Middle East, within the context of the region’s historical, cultural, and economic environment. To understand both the major themes and issues in Middle Eastern politics and the diverse experiences of individual countries (e.g., Egypt, Israel, Syria, Saudi Arabia).
Content: Islam, Arab, and Ottoman Empire, the colonial legacy and nationalist movements, Arab nationalism, the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Iranian Revolution, the impact of ethnic and religious diversity on politics, the “Arab Spring” and the like. By the end of the semester, students are expected to be able to think critically about the Middle East, to rigorously examine the ties between the past and the present in analyzing today’s problems in the region; to have a good grasp of the diversity present in the Middle East; and to have a working knowledge of opportunities and challenges that this region holds for the peace and security in the world.
Taught: Annually
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3590 - Government and Politics of Western Europe and the European Union
Goals: To examine and analyze the political systems of Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Scandinavia, and other European states with reference to their social and economic contexts. To understand the development of the European Union and the desire for European integration.
Content: Post-World War II development of European political systems, state institutions, political culture, and policy processes; established parties and alternative social movements; relations with the United States and Eastern Europe; development of EU and implications of European integration.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1430 is recommended.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3600 - Model United Nations
Crosslisted
(Also listed as GLOB 3650)
Goals: Through this course, students will develop research, critical thinking, and team-building skills; students will also gain perspectives on the role of international organizations and nongovernmental organizations in the international community. Students will gain an appreciation for diverse cultures, modes of negotiation and conflict resolution, and the professional nature of diplomacy.
Content: This course is designed to help prepare students to serve as delegates to the National Model United Nations Conference in New York. Students will also have the opportunity to visit other international agencies and NGOs (non-governmental organizations) in New York as well as volunteer with organizations in the Twin Cities. Topics discussed in the class will include: the nature of diplomacy, how nations interact, the operations of the United Nations system, the role of NGOs, and case studies of individual countries which the team will represent at the simulation in New York. Students will engage in mock debates and discussions of UN policy initiatives. By discussing the work of the UN and NGOs, students will also gain an understanding of a variety of transnational issues such as arms control, security, HIV/AIDS, environmental protection, child labor, etc.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisites: permission of instructor; acceptance to Model UN team; PSCI 1430 is recommended.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3610 - Politics and Society in the Asian Pacific Region
Goals: To explore politics, government, and society in Asian Pacific region. To understand both the major themes and issues in Asian Pacific politics and the diverse experiences of individual countries.
Content: National legacy, state or nation building, constitution and government structure; policy processes and the relationship between government and society; the impact of external and regional forces on individual countries.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1430 is recommended.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3630 - American Political Thought
Goals: To understand the nature and significance of the main currents of American political thought from the 17th century to the present; to explore the historically developing relationships between liberalism, capitalism, democracy, conservatism, and radicalism in the United States.
Content: Careful study of mainstream thinkers and documents (Jefferson, Lincoln, the Constitution) as well as dissident voices (Frederick Douglass, Emma Goldman, the anti-Federalists). Emphasis on the social and economic context of political thought.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3640 - Contemporary Political Ideologies
Goals: To examine various political ideologies from a comparative and historical perspective. To consider the manner in which ideas are transformed into action.
Content: Examination of the foundation, content, and impact of recognized ideologies such as socialism, communism, anarchism, fascism, feminism, environmentalism, and liberalism.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3650 - Western Political Thought
Goals: To comprehend the nature and significance of the tradition of Western political thought; to develop the skills to critically analyze and evaluate contributions to the field; to explore the relevance of political theory for understanding contemporary politics and clarifying one’s own political perspective.
Content: Analysis of the tradition of political discourse from Plato and Aristotle in ancient Greece to Marx and Mill in the 19th century, including such thinkers as Machiavelli, Locke, and Rousseau. Emphasis on issues related to democratic theory, economy and property, and political change.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3680 - Politics and Society in Developing Areas
Goals: To examine politics in developing countries from a comparative perspective and to study existing approaches to issues of political legitimation and stability, economic development, and the relationship between politics and economics in the non-Western world.
Content: The colonial legacy and the emergence of states in the developing world, approaches to studying the non-Western state, processes of political development, the nature of political leadership and problems of political legitimation, theories of political change and economic development, and the role of developing countries in the world.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3690 - Politics of Urban and Metropolitan America
Goals: To introduce analytical concepts and frameworks for the study of urban and metropolitan problems.
Content: The emergence of metropolitan American and urban political systems. Special focus on ethnic and racial politics; local political engagement; community elites; urban political economies; political problems of metropolitan areas; urban reform and planning.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3700 - Public Policy and Public Administration
Goals: To learn how to think critically and analytically about the formulation and implementation of public policy. To acquaint students with some of the more important concepts, issues, and problems in public administration.
Content: Policy formation and analysis; causes and consequences of policy selection and design; effective leadership; challenges associated with bureaucracy, successful administration and policy implementation; understanding and formulating research on public policy and administration.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3710 - Political, Economic, and Social Development in China
Goals: To examine two distinctive pathways of political, social, and economic development in China (Chinese mainland and Taiwan). To explore political, economic, and social structures in the region. To consider the impact of Chinese development on the region and Sino-U.S. relations.
Content: Post World War II political history of modern China; the similarities and differences of China’s and Taiwan’s political, social, and economic developmental strategies; governmental, social, and economic institutions and patterns; the transformation of relations between state and society; relations with the United States.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1430 is recommended.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3720 - Political Violence: War, Revolution, and Terrorism
Goals: To examine the theory and practice of various types of political violence and their transforming impact on state, society, and the world. To understand what factors drive people to revolt and the relationship between power and violence. To consider the impact of the state’s reaction to political violence.
Content: The causes of political violence; patterns of violent activity; issues of political symbolism, coercion, and legitimacy; state and people’s strategies for dealing with political violence (e.g., revolution and counterrevolution; terrorism and counterterrorism); analyses of global terrorism in the 21st century.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1430 is recommended.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3730 - Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Democratization
Goals: To explore the theory and practice of democracy, authoritarianism, and democratization in various regions and states of the world.
Content: Definitions of democracy; types of authoritarian states and power structures; theory or models of regime change; process of democratic transformation (e.g., liberalization, transition, and consolidation); patterns of regime change (top down or bottom up), “economics first” or “politics first” or dual transition theories.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1430 is recommended.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3740 - Political Psychology
Goals: To explore the intersection of political science and social psychology and analyze how citizens think and feel about politics. To examine thought processes of political leaders, probing to discover why leaders make decisions that they do. To learn about research areas associated with political psychology and ways scholars go about testing their theories about political behavior.
Content: Personality and politics, right and left wing authoritarianism, altruism, stereotyping and prejudice, political culture, social capital and community involvement, influence of mass media, groupthink, interplay of public opinion and elite decision making, methodologies associated with political psychology (experimentation, opinion polls, in-depth interviews, and focus groups).
Taught: Alternate years
Prerequisite: PSCI 1000 is recommended
Credits: 4
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PSCI 5000 - Senior Seminar
Goals: To enable majors to synthesize prior learning in Political Science through a senior capstone experience. To provide opportunities for intensive research and discussion of select topics in contemporary U.S. and global politics.
Content: Topics will rotate annually. Each year the seminar will focus on a specific, substantive area of politics and policy, at international, national, or local levels. Examples of topics include economic globalization, the impact of welfare reform, and advanced topics in democratic theory and social justice. Students will be expected to engage in and present the results of a major research project that integrates the central learning goals of the discipline with the substantive focus of the seminar.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisites: PSCI 3540 and senior status, or instructor permission
Credits: 4
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PSCI 5100 - Senior Practicum
Goals: To enable senior majors to explore connections between theory and practice in Political Science by combining academic analysis and learning with field experience.
Content: Seniors taking this course will be expected to obtain a semester internship in the Twin Cities (120 hours of work) with either a governmental agency, non-profit, international NGO, political organization, or business. The course will be the “academic” portion of the internship. Each week students will be reading current articles in political science and discussing them in light of their internships. Students will engage in applied research on a topic related to their internship and be responsible for completing a substantial research paper by the end of the semester. The writing process will include creating a research proposal, outline, and drafts of the project. Other assignments will include a weekly internship journal and oral presentation of the research project at the end of the semester. Upon successful completion, the * in the course title will include the actual Internship title on the official transcript of the student.
Taught: Annually, in spring term.
Prerequisites: PSCI 3540 and permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
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