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POLS 3701 American Institutions

Prerequisite: POLS 1101

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This upper-level course focuses upon one of the following - the American Presidency, the U.S. Congress, or the judicial branch- and provides an in-depth study of one of these major branches in the federal government. The course begins by considering the origins of the branch, examining thereafter the various forces that have served to mold it over time.

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      • POLS 1101 American Government
      • POLS 2100 Basic Quantitative Research Methods for International Studies and Political Science
      • POLS 2401 Global Issues
      • POLS 3001 Comparative Politics
      • POLS 2903 Special Topics in Political Science
      • POLS 3100 Intermediate Quantitative Research Methods
      • POLS 4301 International Political Economy
      • POLS 3209 U. S. Constitutional Law
      • POLS 3301 Modern Political Theory
      • POLS 3401 Regulatory and Environmental Law
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      • POLS 3601 Contemporary World Politics
      • POLS 3701 American Institutions
      • POLS 3801 Political Behavior
      • POLS 4063 Political Issues in Electronic Government
      • POLS 4100 Advanced Multivariate Statistical Analysis
      • POLS 4101 Political Economy of Post-Communist Transformation
      • POLS 4201 International Relations in the Americas
      • POLS 4801 Capstone: Political Science Practicum
      • POLS 4903 Special Topics in Political Science
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