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Law & Politics Minor

School of Arts and Sciences

Curriculum

法律与政治辅修课程是一门跨学科课程,旨在帮助学生为法律研究生学习做好准备, as well as for careers in law, politics, political consulting, political reporting and commentary, and allied disciplines. 该计划涵盖了各种必要的实践和理论领域,以最大限度地提高学生的准备.

  • Law and Politics Minor
  • 18 Units
  • HST/POL 412: The U.S. Constitution
  • 3

本课程将探讨美国政治制度的起源,从七年战争结束到路易斯安那州购买案和马布里诉林肯案. Madison, 重点关注《正规博彩网站排名亚洲体育博彩平台》下的政府, the Constitutional Convention, ratification controversies, the first political party system, and Jeffersonian vs. Hamiltonian approaches to government. Offered alternate years.

  • ECO 201: Macroeconomics
  • 3

This course will survey the scope and methods of the study of economics; the principles underlying the production, exchange, 财富的分配和消费以及各种经济问题. 对美国资本主义市场结构的系统考察, 包括收入的生产和分配的, welfare economics and current domestic problems.

  • Choose 1 of the following courses:
  • POL 321:政治思想I:古代到近代早期
  • 3

本课程将分析从古典希腊到17世纪北欧的西方政治思想的细微差别和发展轨迹,并关注每一代人所面临的关于政治协会和良好社会的性质的问题. 学生将熟悉每一位主要的政治思想家, the context in which they wrote, and influence upon the history of ideas.

  • POL 322: Political Thought II: The Enlightenment
  • 3

本课程将分析西方政治思想从早期启蒙运动(17世纪)到现在的细微差别和发展轨迹,并关注每一代人所面临的关于政治协会和良好社会的性质的问题. 学生将熟悉每一位主要的政治思想家, the context in which they wrote, and their influence upon the history of ideas.

  • Choose 1 of the following courses:
  • HST 371: Islamic Civilization
  • 3

This introductory course into the lands, peoples, 以及从古代到现代的中东文化, 会包括宗教在塑造社会和政治制度中的作用吗, 伊斯兰思想对阿拉伯世界的影响以及当代中东地区的冲突. Offered alternate years.

  • POL 304: Grand Strategy
  • 3

本课程将从理论和历史的角度探讨国际关系中被称为“大战略”的治国方略. 这门课程追溯了政治家是如何或没有如何组织和协调政治的, diplomatic, military, material, cultural, and moral resources available to a state, to achieve, 或者在战争与和平时期的国际环境中未能实现长期目标.

  • POL 413: Religion and Politics in America
  • 3

本课程将探讨宗教在美国公共生活中的作用,重点是第一修正案的解释和影响,以及“政教分离”概念对美国宗教和政治生活的影响. Offered alternate years.

  • HST/POL 414: The Courts and the Constitution
  • 3

The development of judicial interpretation of the U.S. 从1789年到现在的宪法将在这门课程中以政治为重点进行研究, social, cultural, 以及最高法院关键判决的经济背景. 案例研究法将用于向学生介绍法律推理, 包括有争议的涉及种族的法庭裁决, religion, gender, and limits of government authority.

  • Choose 1 of the following courses:
  • THL 465: Christians and Ethics
  • 3

根据圣经的教导,通过道德和伦理的探索, 本课程将使学生熟悉主要方法, both traditional and contemporary, 当他们学习基督教信仰如何与这些方法相互作用时,非圣经哲学伦理学. 路德教的忏悔区分上帝的左手和右手统治的意义也将探讨. 通常包括学生对当代伦理问题的研究和报告. Prerequisite: (CTHL 101 or CTHL 200) and junior standing, or consent of instructor.

  • PHI 211: Philosophical Ethics
  • 3

这门哲学入门课程通过考察哲学史上主要的伦理反思传统,如苏格拉底, Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Mill.

  • Choose 1 of the following courses:
  • COM 211: Introduction to Argumentation and Debate
  • 3

As a performance-based course, students will learn argument design, use of reason and evidence, 并在竞争激烈的学术辩论环境中练习,重点是批判性思维, research skills, 以及口头表达论点的修辞和表现能力.

  • COM 340: Rhetorical and Persuasive Theories
  • 3

Primarily from a social scientific approach, 本课程将探讨影响的基本理论和技巧, providing students with an awareness of the nature, function, 态度改变的范围以及态度的概念, credibility, resistance to persuasion, ethics, and modern advertising practices.

  • COM 344: Theory and Practice of Interviewing
  • 3

本课程将探讨面试过程中口头沟通的理论和技巧,并结合实际应用, 信息收集(如新闻和调查), 说服性访谈(如销售和法律辩论).

Current students, 请注意:这里列出的要求可能不反映该辅修课程的最新课程,也可能不是您要完成辅修课程的目录年的要求. Please refer to the Academic Catalog for official requirements you must meet to qualify.

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