• POLS 5545: Pub & Non-profit Media

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Public and media relations specific to nonprofit and government settings. Analysis and exploration of mediums, audience identification, message effectiveness, and internal and external relations. Social media and message distribution will be discussed.
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• POLS 5550: Nonprofit & NGOs

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Graduate students should register for 6550. This course examines the history, values, theories, and philosophies of the nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations. Differences and relationships among the nonprofit, public and private sectors will be discussed.
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• POLS 5570: Mgt of Nonprofit Orgs

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Management functions, issues, and skills that are distinctively nonprofit, such as board-staff relations, accountability to internal and external constituencies, managing volunteers, balancing professional and political interests, and ethics. Effects of the legal context and regulatory environment on the managing in nonprofit organizations.
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• POLS 5595: NP Strategy & Outcome

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Focus on how to design nonprofit organizational strategy and to link strategy to outcome measures. Primarily qualitative assessments related to mission.
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• POLS 5600: Democracy Latin America

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Before 1980 nearly all countries in Latin America were governed by authoritarian regimes; today the vast majority of them are stable democracies. This course examines the causes and consequences of democratization in Latin America, with a focus on comparing democratic systems in the region.
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• POLS 5610: International Law

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Graduate students should register for POL S 6610 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Study of the historical and theoretical foundations of the law of nations. Includes discussion of recognition, treaties, territorial and personal jurisdiction, as well as such topics as dispute settlement, human rights, and environmental protection. Recommended Prerequisites: POLS 2100 OR POLS 2200.
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• POLS 5625: International Ethics

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course approaches international ethics by examining how views of the 'ethical' impact the behaviors of international actors. The course examines just war theory, humanitarian intervention, and certain case studies of genocide. It also examines some emerging issues in international politics: torture, accountability, forgiveness, and apologies. Prerequisites: POLS 2100.
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• POLS 5630: Global Governance

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Graduate students should register for POL S 6630 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Concentrates on the history and functions of public (IGO) and private (NGO) international organizations. Special efforts will be devoted to examining the changing roles of both IGOs and NGOs with relations to both member and non-member states. Recommended Prerequisites: POLS 2100 OR POLS 2200.
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• POLS 5640: Erosion of Democracy

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Since the 2000s, countries across the world, have seen the rise of potential autocrats. Executives with hegemonic aspirations like Hugo Ch'avez in Venezuela, Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey or Viktor Orb'an in Hungary, have used their popularity to hinder free and fair elections, political rights, and civil liberties e'ectively eroding democracy. What circum-stances bring these politicians to power? What factors allow them to undermine democratic regimes? What, if anything, can be done to stop them? In this course we will answer these questions. We will some of the causes of democratic backsliding, covering topics like weak institutions, polarization, populism, corruption, false or fake news, and opposition strategies using examples of di'erent countries like Venezuela, Turkey, Hungary, Poland, Bolivia, Brazil, and the United States.
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• POLS 5660: American Foreign Policy

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Graduate students should register for POL S 6660 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. U. S. government machinery for formulation and conduct of foreign policy. Appraisal of U.S. policy in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. Recommended Prerequisites: POLS 2100 OR POLS 2200.
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