POS 223 Principles of Management
(This course is cross-listed with JUS 223 and POS 223) A comprehensive study of management in public and private sectors. The influence of human, social and political factors is integrated with treatment of managers structural and technical processes. Analyses focus on such theories as planning, controlling, decision making, organizational design, administrative skills, communications and information systems. It is recommended that ENG 101 be taken prior to or concurrently with this course.
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10820 Principles of Management Boone 3
POS 358 Public Opinion and Survey Research
The role of public opinion in American democracy; definition and measurement; sociological and psychological influences; mass communication-press, radio, TV, motion pictures; propaganda techniques and public relations. Prerequisite: POS 101 or permission of the instructor. 3 CR
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13526 Public Opinion and Survey Research Lahti 3
POS 234 American State and Local Government
An examination of political practices and policies of the American states and their local governments -- towns, cities, special districts, counties, and metropolitan government. Studies in such areas as national-state-local relations; public participation including elections, parties, interest groups, and the role of the initiative and referendum; the state and local legislative bodies and legislative process; the role of the executive and the administration; the nature of the judiciary and the criminal justice system; and selected state and local policies such as education, welfare, the environment, housing, transportation, planning, crime and corrections, taxation, budget, and finance. Students who take this course are advised not to take either POS 103 or POS 233 as half the material covered in each course is provided in POS 234.
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(This class is a video stream of the live class. Students do not need to obtain the instructor's permission to participate in this delayed viewing section.)
13320 American State & Local Government Bridgeo 3
POS 383 Survey of Constitutional Law
The political, social and economic development of the Constitution through Supreme Court decisions. Court procedures. Decisions on the nature of the federal system, commerce, taxation and war powers.
Decisions in civil liberties, the Bill of Rights and Fourteenth Amendment. Prerequisite: POS 101 or permission of the instructor
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(This class is a video stream of the live class. Students do not need to obtain the instructor's permission to participate in this delayed viewing section.)
13319 Survey of Constitutional Law Wathen 3
POS 488 Public Program Evaluation
A critical examination of the use of formal social science methods to illuminate and improve the public policy process, with particular attention to quantitative-empirical research and cost-benefit analysis. A balanced look at the arguments of advocates (what they want to do and how they expect to accomplish it) and critics (why they think it is impossible, misleading, or unnecessary). Prerequisite: POS 487
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(This class is a video stream of the live class. Students do not need to obtain the instructor's permission to participate in this delayed viewing section.)
13321 Public Program Evaluation Butler 3
