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  • POLS 3410: Globalization and Sustainable Development

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Examines major measurements of sustainability indicators, approaches and institutions in disaster management, and the roles of environmental assessment, management and policy. Considers the impacts of infrastructure development, economics, and market failures, in addition to major approaches and linkages to poverty reduction. Examines the importance of governance, democratic institutions and civil society for sustainable development (SD). Considers the role of international financial and political institutions; international environmental agreements for SD.
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  • POLS 3420: Islam in World Affairs

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Examines the history, traditions, and pillars of Islam as the latest among monotheistic religions in the world. Studies the role of women in Islam and its roots of diversity, including the historic split to Shia and Sunnis. Examines the influence of Islam in the politics and economies of Muslim nations around the world and examines the challenges presented by radical Islam for the modern world.
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  • POLS 3480: Race in Politics

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Analyzes the role of race and ethnicity in global, national, and local politics. Focuses on the ways race has been socially constructed to promote the power of some and the domination of others.
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  • POLS 3490: Race and Politics in the U.S.

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): POLS 1000 or POLS 1100 or HIST 1700 and University Advanced Standing. Examines the major theories that have attempted to explain the roles of race and ethnicity in American politics. Studies how race, ethnicity, and gender are used as resources for organization in the political development of the United States. Analyzes the political attitudes and behaviors of racial and ethnic populations in order to measure their contemporary political influences.
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  • POLS 3500: International Relations of the Middle East

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): (POLS 2100 or instructor approval) and University Advanced Standing. Covers the impact of the West on the Middle East, the Arab-Israeli wars, the rise of Islamic fundamentalist terrorist groups and regimes, the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), the Iraq-Kuwait-US war (1990-1991), the Impact of 9/11, as well as the foreign policies of several major states in the Middle East.
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  • POLS 3510: Post Soviet Politics WE

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Examines relations of the Russian Federation to its neighbors and other strategic international actors. Focuses on the dynamics of key bilateral relationships by highlighting such key areas as oil and energy, defense policy, economic policy priorities, and the role of international institutions.
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  • POLS 352G: Chinese Politics GI

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Reviews the historical background in which Chinese Communist Party established its governance. Examines the politics of the People's Republic of China since 1949. Analyzes important aspects of Chinese political and economic institutions and governance, such as party-state, political economy, judicial system, military, dissent politics, and foreign policy. Explains Chinese geographic and demographic features and how those features affect Chinese politics and economy. Discusses significant effects and implications which China's political modernization and economic growth might have across its border.
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  • POLS 353G: Asian Politics GI

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Explains the demographic features in India, China, and Japan and how those features affect politics in the three countries. Reviews the historical background in which India, China, and Japan established their national identities. Surveys and compares the state-building efforts and development strategies in India, China, and Japan. Examines and compares domestic political system and government structure in these three countries. Discusses significant effects and implications which Asian politics might have across their borders.
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  • POLS 356G: Comparative Politics of Central Asia GI

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005) and University Advanced Standing. Introduces students to the region of Central Asia with its complex nature and origins of instability. Places regional conflicts to the context of global political developments. Analyzes the historical background of its problems and challenges in combination with studies of its dynamically developing politics.
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  • POLS 3600: International Relations of East Asia WE

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Examines the historical, structural, geopolitical, institutional, and normative dynamics that have shaped the international relations and orders in East Asia. Surveys the geopolitical dynamics for war and peace, and the impact of East Asian culture, civilization, and identity. Studies industrial development and the development of trans-border production networks. Focuses on the dynamics, characteristics and problems of economic regionalism and cooperative security, with special attention to domestic structures and their influence on international relations in the region.
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