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• POLI 320: Constitutional Law

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course concentrates on the American Constitution. Topics focus on the power relationships between the executive, legislature, judiciary, and state governments, including the commerce clause, war powers of the executive, legislative powers to tax and spend, judicial review, and the doctrines and principles of American constitutionalism. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• POLI 321: Civil Liberties

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course is largely a study of basic individual liberties found in the American Constitution and interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court. Typically, the rights and liberties discussed include the first amendment (freedom of speech, press and the religion clause) and the 14th amendment (equal protection of the laws - including race, gender, age and privacy). NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• POLI 322: Urban Government and Politics

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  Urban Government and Politics focuses on the impact of an urban society upon the forms, structure, and functions of county and municipal governments, the political problems generated by metropolitan growth, the various approaches to the governing of the metropolis, the political process in urban communities, and community power structure and decision making. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• POLI 323: The Congress

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course analyzes the organization, procedures and behaviors of legislative bodies in America, with emphasis on the United States Congress. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• POLI 324: The Judiciary

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course analyzes the major legal concepts and operations of the American judicial system with an emphasis on the political as well as legal factors involved in judicial decision making. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• POLI 325: The Presidency

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  The Presidency analyzes the structure, behavior, history and roles of the federal executive branch in the American political system. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• POLI 326: American Politics & Mass Media

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  Explores how political discourse and institutions are changing with the current mass communication technology and practice. This course provides a basic introduction to media law, economics and regulation, and pays special attention to the intersection of the media practices and campaigns, the presidency, public opinion, policymaking and war. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• POLI 327: Political Parties

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course examines the nature, functions, organization and activities of political parties in the American political system. Emphasis is placed on parties as democratic organizations as well as their role in government and in the electorate, both historically and in contemporary electoral politics. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• POLI 328: Campaigns and Elections

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course analyzes American elections, campaigns, and voting behavior within the context of political representation and U.S. electoral rules and procedures. Students will be introduced to the principal theories and methods of the voting behavior literature and have the opportunity to examine those theories empirically using recent national election data. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• POLI 329: Public Opinion in Amer Politic

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course covers the formation, expression, and consequences of American public opinion in order to better understand how citizens think about and react to the political world. Special emphasis will be placed on the measurement of American public opinion through the use of polling and survey research methods. Crosslisted with COMM 389. A student may not earn credit for both courses. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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