PSCI 5301 Proseminar in Democratization,
Globalization, and International Relations (3 semester hours) Studies major
theories of democracy, democratization and globalization, relationships between
democratization and globalization, and their implications for citizen politics,
government performance, and regime legitimacy.(3-0) Y
PSCI 5302 Law and The Policy Process (3 semester hours) Provides the
legal perspective on public policy and emphasizes the role of the judicial
system in the recent evolution of public policy in selected problem areas. Same
as PA 5302 and POEC 5302 (3-0) T
PSCI 5303 Proseminar in Public Policymaking and
Institutions (3 semester hours) Surveys the major institutions associated
with policymaking, including Congress, the Presidency, the bureaucracy, and
interest groups. These institutions are studied by linking them to the
decision-making theories or organizations, social choice and incrementalism. Same as PA 5303 and POEC
5303. (3-0) Y
PSCI 5304 Policy Processes, Implementation and Evaluation (3 semester
hours) Applies models of the policy system to the analysis of legislative,
administrative and judicial processes at different points in the policy cycle. Uses case studies, empirical analysis, direct observation, and
group projects. Prerequisite: PSCI 5303 or consent of instructor. Same as PA 5304. (3-0) Y
PSCI 5305 Proseminar in Decision Making and Public
Management (3 semester hours) Examines current scholarship on decisions
made by public managers and associated efforts to calculate and examine the
relative risks involved with the outcomes of management decisions. Considers management decisions that are internal to organizations,
such as human resource decisions, and external decisions such as environmental
management. Examines the mathematics and science of
risk management. (3-0) Y
PSCI 5310 Administrative Law (3 semester hours) Course uses case study
approach and examines the activities of Congress, the courts, and federal
administrative agencies in the creation and implementation of laws that govern
the behavior of these agencies. (3-0) T
PSCI 5315 Public Management (3 semester hours) The
application of ideas and techniques of public management and decision making to
examine the various roles of the general manager in public organizations. Uses the case method. Same as PA 5315.
(3-0) Y
PSCI 5350 Logic, Methodology, and Scope of Political Science (3 semester
hours) Promotes understanding of how and why research projects are conducted,
and when and why research programs cease to contribute to knowledge production.
Attention also is paid to major modes of analysis in Political Science, the
state of the discipline, and future directions in field-specific, cross-field,
and cross-disciplinary research. (3-0) T
PSCI 5352 Empirical Democratic Theory (3 semester hours) Encourages
critical and constructive thinking about complex and simple, as well as stable
and variable, developments in citizenship, government, and politics. Additional
consideration is given to formal, game-theoretic, and other approaches to
individual action, institutional design, and individual-institutional
interactions. (3-0) T
PSCI 5360 Data Collection and Analysis in Political and Social Science
(3 semester hours) Provides students with basic understanding of methodological
issues in doing systematic empirical research. Covers the
collection of survey and aggregate data, measurement, descriptive and
inferential statistics, and introductory regression analysis. Uses statistical software, such as SPSS and STATA, together with
individual- and aggregate-level data on government, politics, and public
opinion. (3-0) Y
PSCI 5362 Multivariate Models for Analyzing Political and Social Science
Data (3 semester hours) Focuses on the
specification and analysis of multivariate models of individual- and
aggregate-level data in the political and Economic, Political and Policy Sciences. Topics covered
include the analysis of continuous and limited dependent variables, model
diagnostics, model comparison, and exogeneity
testing. Introduces structural equation modeling, with
emphasis on the confirmatory factor analysis of multivariate measurement
models. Prerequisite: PSCI 5360 or consent of instructor. (3-0) Y
PSCI 5363 Mathematical Models in
Political and Social Science (3 semester hours)� Introduces students to a variety of
models in the Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, including primarily rational choice approaches
but also some computational work. The course will allow students to understand
and compose rudimentary models, including prisoner�s dilemma, assurance games,
and strategic voting. (3-0) T
PSCI 5364 Public Opinion and Survey Research (3 semester hours)
Introduces students to the principles and practices of survey research.
Topics include the selection of an appropriate survey method, questionnaire
design and testing, response problems, interviews and surveys, and the analysis
of survey data, including those on political attitudes
and public opinion dynamics. Also examines how these data are used in
developing successful political campaign strategies. (3-0) T
PSCI 5366 Statistics in Law (3 semester hours) Course
reviews topics in elementary statistics and data analysis, and examines the use
of statistics in the legal profession, particularly in trials in appellate
decisions, as well as in models of judicial decision making. (3-0) T
PSCI 6309 International Political
Economy and Organizations (3 semester hours) An
overview of important developments in the study of conflict and cooperation
among countries, especially in the economic arena. (3-0) T
PSCI 6320 Organizational Theory (3 semester hours) Focuses
on bureaucracy and rationality, formal and informal structures, and the role of
the environment. Organizational factors such as technology, power, information
and culture, as well as the implications of organizational theory for public
policy are examined. Same as POEC 6320, PA 6320 and SOC 6320.
(3-0) Y
PSCI 6323 Public Choice (3 semester
hours) This
course covers the application of economic reasoning to non-market decision
making in situations involving collective choice.� Topics include market and government failure,
collective action, properties of different voting rules, design of
constitutions, and the behavior of candidates, elected officials, bureaucrats,
and voters.� Prerequisite:� POEC 5305 Microeconomics� (3-0) R
PSCI 6324 Local and State Government and Politics (3 semester hours)
Examines public policy institutions and processes at the local and state levels
in the
PSCI 6325 Decision Theory (3 semester hours) Explores the development of decision-making models and
theories across organizational and institutional environments. Includes details analysis of decision making under conditions of
certainty, risk and uncertainty. Same as PA 6325 and POEC
6325. (3-0) T
PSCI 6326 Decision Tools for Managers (3 semester hours) Course
introduces students to the variety of analytical and mathematical tools
intended to improve management decision making. Tools range from soft decision
analysis to techniques of management science. Uses available
software for management science studies. Same as PA
6326. (3-0) T
PSCI 6328 Management Process and Analysis (3 semester hours) This course examines rigorous methods for analyzing
management processes and decision-making. Focuses on the
examination, critique and design of management systems. Same as PA 6328. (3-0) Y
PSCI 6331 Executives, Legislatures and Public Policy (3 semester hours) An investigation of the role played by executives and
legislatures in shaping public policy in the
PSCI 6333 Political and Civic Organizations (3 semester hours) An institutional
perspective on political parties, interest groups, and other organizations such
as labor unions and nonprofit organizations that are important actors in
political and civic affairs.� The
emphasis is on internal operations of organizations, their strategic behavior,
and interactions with government, including both regulation by the state and
attempts to influence public decision makers. (3-0) T
PSCI 6335 Institutions and Development (3 semester
hours) An overview of leading theories, institutional perspectives,
issues and policy debates concerning urban, regional, national and global
development. Topics may include economic growth, technology and innovation,
shifts in industrial structure, spatially imbalanced change, and their welfare
consequences. Same as POEC 6335. (3-0) T
PSCI 6336 Bureaucracy and Public Policy (3 semester hours) Examination
of processes involved in arriving at administrative decisions within the
structure of the regime. Reciprocal ties of influence and
control between official organizations and other public and private
organizational actors, as well as organizational dynamics such as
communication, power, and decision making in administrative agencies. Same as POEC 6336. (3-0) T
PSCI 6337 Comparative Institutions (3 semester hours) A comparative
analysis of political and economic institutions in different settings. Includes a consideration of different theoretical approaches to the
comparative study and design of institutions in the
PSCI 6362 Political Development (3 semester hours) This
course surveys different perspectives on and theories of political development.
Topics covered include the role of the state, democratization, political
stability, civil society and environmental concerns. Same as
POEC 6362. (3-0) T
PSCI 7320 International Negotiations (3 semester hours) This course examines both the substance and the process of
international negotiations. Students study the theory and analysis of
negotiations and identify issues, interests and positions of the parties. The
course covers the substantive areas of arms control, trade, and environmental
negotiations. The course moves from the analysis of simple, bilateral
negotiations with only a few issues in contention to complex multilateral
negotiations. Same as POEC 7320. (3-0) T
PSCI 7344 Gender and Public Policy (3 semester hours) Explores issues of
gender and public policy in the U.S. Topics include gender critiques of welfare
state policy, gender and poverty, women in the military, the politics (and
political economy) of sex and sexuality, anti-sexual harassment policies. Same as POEC 7344 and SOC 7344. (3-0) T
PSCI 7350 Institutions and Citizen Behavior (3 semester hours) Examines
the major theories, concepts and models associated with relationships between
public institutions and citizen behavior, particularly how such institutions as
elections, interest groups, political parties and social movements mobilize
behavior and how behavior, in turn, influences institutional processes and
outcomes. (3-0) T
PSCI 7352 Choice and
Decision Making (3 semester hours)� This course integrates theories of
political choice with models of decision making in the fields of social
cognition, economics, and consumer behavior. (3-0) T
PSCI 7370 Decision Making, Complexity and Risk (3 semester hours) Examines the important elements of risk in decision-making
environments typified by increasing complexity. Reviews the
variety of decision-making tools and simulation techniques for contending with
increasing complexity. Examines elements of decision
making such as nonlinear effects and the problem of marginal returns. (3-0) T
PSCI 7375 Applied Studies in Human Decision Making (3 semester hours) Field
research in a public organization/agency. Students examine actual
decision making and decision systems. Students produce detailed academic
analysis of the decision-making environment and the decision-making challenges
faced by a particular public organization/agency. (3-0) R
PSCI 7381 Special Topics in Political Science (3 semester hours) Topics
vary semester to semester and are rotated typically among the three fields of
the program. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 9
hours. (3-0) R
PSCI 7V83 Independent Study (3-9 semester hours) Provides faculty
supervision of student�s individual study of a topic that is directly relevant
to dissertation or practicum research and is agreed on by the student and the
faculty supervisor. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and Political Science
Program Director. (May be repeated for credit.)
([1-9]-0) R
PSCI 8381 Research Seminar in Political Science (3 semester hours)
Promotes faculty-student research collaboration and students� dissertation or
practicum and professional development. (3-0) Y
PSCI 8V99 Dissertation or Practicum (3-9 semester hours) Provides
faculty supervision of a student�s dissertation research. Prerequisite:
Consent of instructor and student�s Advisory Committee. (May
be repeated for credit.) ([3-9]-0) S