• POLS 457A: Moot Court and Oral Advocacy

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor;Description: This course is designed to teach students effective oral advocacy skills, and will prepare students to participate in moot court competitions. Through the case law method, appellate court simulations and lectures, students will be taught how to develop and properly argue cases in an appellate court setting.
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• POLS 457B: Moot Court and Oral Advocacy

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor;Description: This course is designed to teach students effective oral advocacy skills, and will prepare students to participate in moot court competitions. Through the case law method, appellate court simulations and lectures, students will be taught how to develop and properly argue cases in an appellate court setting.
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• POLS 4999: Senior Capstone Seminar

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: POLS 3760;Description: The goal of the Senior Capstone seminar is to provide students with a culminating academic experience organized around the study of a political science topic bridging the different sub-fields of the discipline. The Seminar is premised on the assumption that students will have a working familiarity with the foundational knowledge in the sub-field(s) relevant to a research project they are to engage in, a mastery of the practical skills introduced in foundation courses and further developed in intermediate courses, and a willingness to engage actively in a rigorous, sustained inquiry into an important topic.
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• POLS EL: Elective Lower Division

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  No course description available.
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• POLS EU: Elective Upper Division

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  No course description available.
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• PS 3330: Pol Parties and Electoral Syst

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Recommended prerequisite: A basic working knowledge of American government is very helpful;Description: In this class, you will learn about American political parties, their history, development and role, minor parties, participation in politics and voting behavior, the presidential nomination process, presidential elections, and the role of mass media and campaign finance in elections.
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• PS 4240: American Foreign Policy

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: Check with your campus advisor for requirements specific to your program of study.Description: Foreign policies in the nuclear age from Kennan and Containment to the present with particular emphasis on contemporary problems and policies.
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• PSCI 1010: Survey of Physical Science I

  4.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: Acceptable placement scores or completion of Learning Supportcompetencies.Description: Designed for the non-science major to partially fulfill general education requirements in the laboratory-based physical sciences. This course includes a study of three fundamental components of Newtonian mechanics: linear motion, momentum, energy, gravity, and satellite motion; fluid mechanics thermodynamics including thermal energy and heat transfer; electricity,magnestism; waves, sound and light waves, the properties of light, and atomic structure to establish a base in which the non-science student can view nature more perceptively. It is designed to correct a missing essential in the sciences, the practice of conceptualizing before calculating.
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• PSCI 1020: Survey of Physical Science II

  4.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: Acceptable placement scores or completion of Learning Support competencies.Description: The second course of a two-semester sequence designed for the non-science major to fulfill general education requirements in the laboratory based physical sciences. This course includes a study of three fundamental components of the physical sciences, Chemistry; structure of the atom, the atomic nucleus, periodic table, chemical bonding, chemical reactions, acids, bases, molecular mixing, and organic chemistry. Earth Science; Rocks, minerals, Earth's internal properties, water, surface properties, the atmosphere, oceans, and the weather. Astronomy; Our solar system and the relation to the Universe. This course is designed to correct a missing essential in the sciences: the practice of conceptualizing before calculating.
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• PSY 101: General Psychology I

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: knowing how to navigate the web, using email and word processor;Description: A general introduction to psychology as the scientific study of behavior and mind. Sample topics include the biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, learning and cognition, emotion and motivation, development, abnormal behavior, personality, and social behavior.
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