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Fall 2022
Mar 28, 2024
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POLS 303 - International Relations
This course helps students develop the ability to analyze and evaluate the actions of states and non-state actors in current world affairs through comparison of Western and Non-Western societies. The course will focus upon cultural phenomena such as social interaction, religion, and politics to help students develop awareness of the perspectives and ways of life of people in the selected societies. It presents concepts such as political culture, nationalism, ideology, and politicized religion and addresses questions of why nations go to war and how they make peace. Cultural explanations from theories of international relations will be showcased. This course also explores the impact of power differentials in the relationships between states as they relate to practices, beliefs, traditions and histories and examines challenges to the state-centric systems such as terrorism, politicized religion, imperialism, and ideology. Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and any three-hour Behavioral and Social Perspectives general education course. Junior/senior status recommended. (General Education –World Cultures). Three credit hours.
3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Second Degree, Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture

Govt, Criminology, & Sociology Department

Course Attributes:
2020 World Cultures, GNED-World Cultures

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