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Lehigh University 2021-22 1 Political Science (POLS) Courses POLS 108 Global Citizenship and its Discontents 4 Credits POLS 001 American Political System 4 Credits The purpose of the course is to consider the nature-and desirability- Constitutional principles; organization and operation of the national of citizenship, both as an ideal and as applied (if possible) in the government; and dynamics of power within the U.S. political system. global context. What exactly does it mean to be a “citizen?” Does Attribute/Distribution: SS citizenship require particular actions, thoughts, or values? What are the legal, political, and moral obligations of this designation? What POLS 003 (GS 003) Comparative Politics 4 Credits exactly do you owe to your neighbor, or to someone on the other side The political systems of foreign countries; approaches to the study of of the world? Readings range from Socrates to the Manefesto of the comparative politics. Unabomber. Attribute/Distribution: SS Attribute/Distribution: SS POLS 100 (GS 100, PHIL 100) Introduction to Political Thought 4 POLS 109 Introduction to Public Policy 4 Credits Credits Introduces students to the basic theories, principles, institutions, and A critical examination of political ideologies: Liberalism, Marxism, processes of public policy in the U.S. The objectives are to provide Fascism, and Islamism. students with an understanding of how social problems are defined, POLS 101 Ancient Political Heritage 4 Credits how potential solutions to those problems move through the policy Important political thinkers from the pre-Socratics to early, modern process, and gain an empirical perspective on the consequences, as political theorists like Machiavelli. well as insight regarding the normative dimensions of policy making. Attribute/Distribution: SS Students will develop knowledge of the framework for understanding POLS 102 Modern Political Heritage 4 Credits policy and engage in critical thinking regarding the nature of policy. Begins where POLS 101 ends: from early, modern theorists (e.g., Attribute/Distribution: SS Hobbes) up to contemporary thinkers (e.g., Marcuse). POLS 110 (ES 110, HMS 110) Environmental Planning for Healthy Attribute/Distribution: SS Cities 4 Credits POLS 103 Introduction to Public Administration 4 Credits An introduction to the topic of environmental planning, the course This course presents the intellectual history of the study of public will review the roles of citizens, other stakeholders, political interests, administration in a manner that is intended to inform career choices and local governments in determining the use of land; unpack for those who might consider public service and provide a broad the meaning of "sustainability;" and grapple with the challenge of introduction to the field of public administration. Students will gain a balancing communities' demand for development with the need to comprehensive perspective on the public administration discipline protect valuable natural resources. Students will be introduced to by exploring the pervasive puzzles, ethical dilemmas, and the critical examples of successful and unsuccessful instances of environmental issues in governance to date. planning both at home and abroad. Attribute/Distribution: SS Attribute/Distribution: SS POLS 104 (SOC 104) Political Sociology 4 Credits POLS 115 Technology As Politics 4 Credits An introduction to political sociology through an examination of the Relationship of technology and technological change with politics and major sociological questions concerning power, politics, and the state. public policy. Review of theories of political significance of technology, Covers questions concerning state formation, nationalism, social including technological determinism, technology assessment, movements, globalization, political culture and participation, and civil technological progress and appropriate technology. Specific issues in society. technology with emphasis on U.S. Attribute/Distribution: SS Attribute/Distribution: SS POLS 105 (ES 105) US Environmental Policy and Law 4 Credits POLS 126 (REL 126) Religion, Law and Constitution 4 Credits Analysis of the framework that has been established to protect the An examination of the relationship of religion to American law and environment and promote sustainable growth. Focus on the roles the United States Constitution. Course will focus on Supreme Court of the different branches of the U.S. government and the relative decisions involving the "establishment" and "free exercise" clauses of responsibilities of state and local governments within this framework. the First Amendment. Attention will also be given to the intellectual, Consideration of the political nature of environmental issues and the historical, religious and theological background behind the American social forces influencing environmental protection in different areas of experiment in "church-state" separation, including the thought of domestic environmental policy, such as climate change, toxic waste Roger Williams, the Founders (Washington, Jefferson, Madison), and disposal, and natural resources conservation. contemporary analysts (e.g., M. Nussbaum). Attribute/Distribution: SS Attribute/Distribution: HU POLS 106 (ES 106) Environmental Values and Ethics 4 Credits POLS 133 (AAS 133, FREN 133, HIST 133, LAS 133, MLL 133) An introduction to the ethical perspectives and values that shape Lehigh in Martinique: Globalization and Local Identity 3-4 Credits human relationships to the natural environment in contemporary History, culture, and politics of the French Caribbean island of society. What are the moral implications of these relationships for Martinique, from its position as a key site of the 18th century Atlantic justice and human collective action? Given these implications, what World economy to becoming an official French department and policy responses to environmental problems are morally or politically outpost of the European Union. Interdisciplinary perspectives on the justifiable? In answering these questions, the course explores ethical complex nature of social identity, historical memory and impact of ideas developed in different schools of environmental thought, globalization. No French is required. Offered during winter inter-term such as deep ecology and ecofeminism, in addition to ideas that through Lehigh Study Abroad. emerge from social movements, such as environmental justice and POLS 179 (WGSS 179) Politics of Women 4 Credits bioregionalism. Selected social and political issues relating to the role of women in Attribute/Distribution: SS American society. Focuses on such questions as economic equality, POLS 107 The Politics of the Environment 4 Credits poverty, and work roles, the older woman, gender gap, political A survey of the major environmental, resource, energy and population leadership, reproduction technology, and sexual violence. problems of modern society, focusing on the United States. The Attribute/Distribution: SS politics of man’s relationship with nature, the political problems of ecological scarcity and public goods, and the response of the American political system to environmental issues. Attribute/Distribution: SS 2 Political Science (POLS) POLS 201 (ASIA 201, GS 201) South Asian Politics 4 Credits POLS 274 Political Parties and Elections 4 Credits Examines the politics of countries in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Study of the organization, functions and behavior of political parties in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives). Some of the United States. Includes voting behavior, campaigns and elections, the key themes are 1) the lasting legacy of colonialism, 2) ways in polling, interest groups, public opinion and the role of the media. which ethnic and religious diversity is managed, 3) distinctiveness of Attribute/Distribution: SS political institutions like parliament and constitutions in South Asia, POLS 300 Apprentice Teaching 1-4 Credits and 4) how politics, economics, and culture relate to one another. Repeat Status: Course may be repeated. The focus of the course changes each year in order to reflect current developments and student interest. POLS 301 Current Political Controversies 4 Credits Attribute/Distribution: SS Selected topical policy issues and alternative approaches to understanding them. Includes the major domestic questions facing the POLS 202 Mock Trial 1 Credit U.S. Emphasis is on debating the current issues of the day. This class interacts closely with Lehigh Mock Trial. Students will Attribute/Distribution: SS begin the year by learning the structure of a typical trial, rules of evidence and methods of persuasive argumentation. As the course POLS 302 Comparative State Politics 4 Credits develops, students will work to craft a case based on evidence, Analysis of major questions relating to the role of the states in the depositions, and case materials provided by AMTA (The American American federal system and their relationship with the national Mock Trial Association). At the conclusion of the semester, students government. will, optionally, compete with Lehigh Mock Trial at local tournaments Attribute/Distribution: SS and, eventually, the AMTA regional tournaments. POLS 305 (AAS 305, ES 305) Residential Segregation: Policies POLS 205 (AAS 205) The Political Development of American Race and Practices 4 Credits Relations 4 Credits This course is an introductory planning course, with an emphasis This course examines the distinctive role race has played in shaping on housing and community