POLS 400-401 MOOT COURT (SPEECH 400X) Development of student skills in legal research, reasoning, argumentation, and writing. Team preparation of an appellate brief on a moot court case and appellate argument before a panel of faculty and visiting attorneys. Political Science 400 prerequisites: 117 and 217. Three semester hours credit for Political Science 400. Political Science 401 prerequisite: 400. One semester hour credit for Political Science 401. POLS 429 INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION (INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 429X) Peaceful settlement of disputes involving application of international law, including disputes between sovereign states, disputes between states and individuals, and disputes between states and corporations. Institutions concerned with dispute settlement such as arbitral tribunals, the International Court of Justice, and more specialized bodies such as the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, the World Trade Organization, and other institutions handling economic, political, and human rights disputes. Three semester hours. POLS 450 SENIOR SEMINAR: PROBLEMS IN POLITICS (WC) Selected political issues associated with the institutions, culture, and politics of the United States; international or comparative politics; or political theory, thought, or philosophy. All students will complete a major research essay on a topic of their choice. Prerequisites: 103; 105; 240; and 225, 235, or 245; senior status or the permission of the department chair. This course satisfies the proficiency requirement for Written Communication in the disciplines. Three semester hours. POLS 460 INDEPENDENT STUDY Advanced independent research in a specific area of political science, under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisites: junior or senior status; departmental permission. One to four semester hours. POLS 470 AND 471 INTERNSHIP I AND II Work experience related to the student’s major, jointly supervised by the instructor and agency personnel. Although the usual internship will carry either three or six hours credit, a student may elect to arrange an internship carrying between two and six hours credit with the permission of the department. Each hour of credit will require forty hours at the internship site. Prerequisite: junior or senior status. Two to six semester hours. Pass-Fail only. POLS 490 AND 491 HONORS THESIS I AND II Independent research in a special topic for honors. Prerequisites: senior status, GPA of 3.5 in the major and 3.3 overall, and permission of all members of the department. Three semester hours.
PSYCHOLOGY Professors A. Celeste Gaia, Chair Kimberly Baranowsky R. Christopher Qualls
Tracks Psychology (B.A. or B.S.)
PSYCHOLOGY (B.A.) Objectives: To provide a general program for students who wish to study a wide range of psychological topics; to prepare students for possible graduate study or employment in human services. Requirements: Required courses are 101; 102; 211; one course selected from 316, 318, and 320; 315; 321; 411; and one course selected from 460, 470 (at least three semester hours credit), 480, and 490. Two additional courses are selected in consultation with the advisor. The mathematics requirement is met by Mathematics 121 (or a more advanced mathematics class, other than Mathematics 161X) and Statistics 163 (Statistics 161 or 162 may be substituted). PSYCHOLOGY (B.S.) Objective: To provide a specialized program for students interested in aspects of psychology that relate to the natural sciences.
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