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  • POLS 3220: Juris of Criminal Law

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Examination of the central doctrines of American criminal law focusing on the theories of punishment, responsibility, intentionality, and rationality which underline such doctrines. Special emphasis on how the criminal law draws on, and contributes to, moral theory and the state's role in regulating personal conduct.
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  • POLS 3320: Intr Pub Polcy Analysis

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Introduction to models used in public policy analysis; explores key issues from such areas as environment, health, welfare, criminal justice, and civil rights.
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  • POLS 3390: Intro Enviro/Sustain

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    How the government makes policies that affect issues of sustainability, resource scarcity, environmental health and safety, natural aesthetics, and economic growth.
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    General Education Course

  • POLS 3410: European Politics

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Politics, institutions, and public policy making in selected European States and the European Union.
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  • POLS 3420: Islam and Politics

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    The course examines the attempts by Islamic groups, movements, and networks to influence political processes in terms of agenda setting, demonstrations, and electoral activities. The task of this course will be to assess how social and political factors produce diverse forms of Islam and how Islam, in turn, impacts upon politics and state and society relations.
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  • POLS 3440: Comp Pol-Mid East

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Comparative study of Middle East political systems including state-society relations, prospects for pluralism and democratization, consequences of structural adjustments and current obstacles to government reform.
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  • POLS 3520: Gov& Politics of Mexico

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course is designed to provide students with an in-depth introduction to current political, economic, and social issues affecting Mexico and its citizens. Topics considered include economic and political development, social movements and popular politics, parties and elections, state-society relations, migration, poverty and politics, U.S.-Mexico relations.
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  • POLS 3530: Peace & Conflict Asia

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course seeks to provide an overview of regional cooperation and competition among Northeast Asian states with a focus on Korea. As East Asian economies become increasingly integrated, the linkages between these societies are deepening and broadening. However, this region faces considerable challenges as well. Security issues are dominant, examples being North Korean nuclear weapons and territorial disputes around the Korean peninsula. Issues concerning nationalism and unresolved historical debates provide other key challenges. How can we understand these challenges and how do we evaluate the responses of South Korea and its neighbor states? This course will begin by outlining prominent theories of global politics, which will then become the tools we use to analyze the important issues and challenges facing East Asian countries and the U.S. We will select from a number of case studies in contemporary East Asia and investigate them from the perspective of Korea's international relations. Students are expected to become familiar with historical and current affairs in the East Asian region and to exercise their understanding of basic theories of international relations for the analysis of events occurring there. The course will end with a discussion of identity and globalization and their relation to peace and trust in Asia.
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  • POLS 3540: Identity and Inequality

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    What is identity and how does it shape social and political behavior? When, where, and why do identities become politicized? And how does this occur? The notion that individuals possess multiple and overlapping social memberships is a ubiquitous fact of social and political life. This course will focus on what is often called 'identity politics,' aiming to understand: where identities come from and how they come into formation in the first place; 2) how identities become salient and politicized; and 3) the myriad consequences identities and identity politics carry for important outcomes like development, representation, and inequality. We will interrogate these questions by taking a comparative approach, immersing ourselves in such diverse contexts as Latin America, Africa, South Asia, Western Europe and the United States across a range of historical time periods.
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  • POLS 3550: Pol. of Latin America

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course is designed to be a survey of the government and politics of Latin America countries, highlighting important issues common to countries in the region such as transition from authoritarianism, economic reforms and change, environmental politics, human rights, quality of democracy, revolts and revolutions, poverty and protest, etc.
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