Faculty Name

Alina Oxendine

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

PSCI

Course Subject

PSCI

Course Number

5000

Course Section

AO1

Course Title

Senior Seminar

Academic Term and Year

Spring 2017

Credits

4.00

Hamline Plan Letter

Q, W

Area of Study

PSCI

Course Description

Goals: To enable majors to synthesize prior learning in Political Science through a senior capstone experience. To provide opportunities for intensive research and discussion of select topics in contemporary U.S. and global politics. Content: Topics will rotate annually. Each year the seminar will focus on a specific, substantive area of politics and policy, at international, national, or local levels. Examples of topics include economic globalization, the impact of welfare reform, and advanced topics in democratic theory and social justice. Students will be expected to engage in and present the results of a major research project that integrates the central learning goals of the discipline with the substantive focus of the seminar. Taught: Annually Prerequisites: PSCI 3540 and senior status, or instructor permission Credits: 4

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