• POLS 5085: Islam & Democracy

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course will be guided by the research question: when and under what conditions are Islamic movements likely to promote civil society and democracy.
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• POLS 5100: Adv Amer Natl Govt

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Topics are chosen from Congress and the President, and state and local governments in the federal system. Requirements and assessment for students enrolled in POL S 6100 will be at the graduate level. Prerequisite: POLS 1100 or equivalent or instructor consent.
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• POLS 5120: Judicial Process

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Structure, functions, and powers of courts in the political process. Interaction of law, judges and politics. Meets with POL S 6120. Requirements and assessment for students enrolled in POL S 6120 will be at the graduate level. Prerequisite: POLS 1100 or equivalent or instructor consent.
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• POLS 5130: Black Political Thought

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This is an upper-division course focusing on Black Political Thought in the U.S. context. The course focuses on a distinctive intellectual tradition developed in relation to institutionalized slavery ' a regime of 'propertized human life' ' and its 'afterlife.' We will closely read and reflect on work by thinkers including David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, James Baldwin, Angela Davis, and Saidiya Hartman, among others. We will tend to both the critical and visionary dimensions of these theories, recognizing that African- American political philosophy is not only forged in response to domination but also constructively reimagines the terms of American public life. Our engagement will probe how different thinkers understand struggles for freedom and equality in the Antebellum, post-Emancipation and post-Civil Rights eras, paying special attention to whether and how these struggles are seen as connected to other emancipatory projects, particularly concerning class and gender. The course treats U.S. Black Political Thought not as a specialized or niche enterprise but as a theoretical canon that rethinks the foundations of contemporary democracy.
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• POLS 5140: Feminist Pol Theory

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Graduate students should register for POL S 6140 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Exploration of the bases of feminist political theory and the influences and effects of feminist thought on various public political debates.
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• POLS 5160: Political Psychology

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  The class will examine political psychology as both a subject in and of itself and as a family of approaches used in every other field of political science. At its core, political psychology is concerned with the causes, dynamics, and consequences of human thinking and action in the context of politics. Students will learn how thinking about politics through a psychological frame illuminates a wide variety of political action.
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• POLS 5170: Politics & Amer Economy

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Nature of capitalism and the mixed economy; political and economic models of decision making; fiscal and monetary policy; regulation and deregulation. Requirements and assessment for students enrolled in POL S 6170 will be at the graduate level. Prerequisite: ECON 1010 or equivalent.
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• POLS 5211: Constitutional Law

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Examination of the U.S. Constitution as interpreted by the Supreme Court. Constitutional principles governing war, foreign relations, commerce, judicial review, congressional and presidential powers, economic liberties, and federal-state relations. Recommended Prerequisite: POLS 1100.
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• POLS 5212: Civil Rights&Liberties

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Examination of the U.S. Constitution as interpreted by the Supreme Court. Constitutional principles governing discrimination of the basis of race, gender, other protected statuses, privacy rights, voting rights, and freedom of speech, press, religion, and association. Prerequisite: POLS 1100.
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• POLS 5245: Utah Politics

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Politics in Utah is both the same as in every American state, and yet also quite different from every other American state. Its differences are rooted in history, the culture of those who settled here and whose descendants still represent a large majority, and the demographic trends that influence politics today and tomorrow. This course will explore these historical, cultural, and demographic currents, and consider the organization and operation of Utah state and local governments. Students will gain a deep understanding of the functioning of Utah governments now and the prospects for change.
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