• POLS 3150: US Presidency

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005) and University Advanced Standing. Studies the executive branch of American national government. Examines the basic functions, tenets, and institutions of the federal executive branch. Special attention given to the powers, roles, and structure of the presidency. Analyzes the various complexities of executive politics and policies.
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• POLS 3160: Campaigns and Elections

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Examines the role of elections in the democratic process. Analyzes the effects of campaigns on voter behavior at the national, state, and local levels.
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• POLS 3170: Political Psychology WE

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): POLS 1000 or POLS 1100 or HIST 1700 and University Advanced Standing. Examines the integration of political science and psychology to better understand the political world. Analyzes the theories and methods that have been developed to explain political behavior. Studies how dynamic conscious and unconscious processes collectively shape political outcomes.
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• POLS 3180: Public Opinion and Political Behavior

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Explores the formation and role of public opinion in politics and its impact on political behavior. Topics covered are: how, and to what extent, individuals form their attitudes about politics; how researchers go about attempting to measure public opinion; the distribution and determinants of public opinion regarding a broad range of political issues; and how political attitudes affect political participation.
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• POLS 3200: US Congress

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005) and University Advanced Standing. Examines the legislative branch of American national government. Explores concepts of legislative theory, examining basic structure, functions, powers and roles of Congress. Gives special attention to the legislative process, constitutional structure, and modern development of federal legislature.
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• POLS 3210: World Diplomacy

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): POLS 2100 and University Advanced Standing. Examines diplomacy as the conduct of relations between sovereign states through the medium of officials based at home or abroad. Explores processes and procedures of the diplomatic art that focuses chiefly on the recent past but is rooted in history. Emphasizes negotiation (the most important function of diplomats), as well as unconventional diplomatic methods.
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• POLS 3220: Interest Groups

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Provides an introduction to interest groups and their role in American politics. Examines the ways that citizens, firms, and institutions struggle to gain representation through organized interest groups in the United States. Includes the reasons why interest groups are formed, the reasons why people join organized interests groups, and the importance of leaders and leadership in attracting members and maintaining the stature of the group.
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• POLS 3250: Introduction to Law and Politics

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): POLS 1100 and University Advanced Standing. Examines the relationship between law and politics. Addresses the impact politics have on the judiciary and the strengths and weaknesses of law as a means of social order. Focuses on general issues of legal and political theory and the social and political function of law.
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• POLS 3260: American Federalism

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Examines the origin and development of the American federal system of government. Explores the historical phases and changing conceptions of federalism in the United States. Applies theoretical debates to the study of public policy, including education policy, marijuana regulation, civil rights and civil liberties, and economic development. Analyzes the ways in which decentralized government promote or inhibit other public goods like equality, diversity, and unity.
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• POLS 3300: Introduction to Public Administration

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Introduces basic concepts and principles in the implementation of public policy, as opposed to the formation of public policy. Includes concepts such as chain of command, hierarchy, and span of control.
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