• PSCI 3310: Covert Action

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  State-sanctioned covert actions are secret operations that may become known to an adversary or to the world at large but the responsible parties cannot always be traced or conclusively proven. This mid-level course examines selected case studies of covert actions and assesses their strategic and political impact as well as their value as a policy option for governments.
  SharePSCI 3310 - Covert Action

• PSCI 3350: Advanced Intelligence Analysis

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This upper-level course requires participants to use the technical knowledge they acquire in Introduction to Intelligence Analysis in order to perfect their analytical tradecraft. Emphasis is given to analytical forecasting and analytical reasoning exercised through group work and peer review.
  SharePSCI 3350 - Advanced Intelligence Analysis

• PSCI 3380: Counterterrorism

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  An introductory course that outlines the strategies tactics and techniques that government agencies adopt in response to unconvential security threats in the post-9/11 period. Particular attention is given to tactical partnerships between intelligence and security agencies and multinational organizations non-state actors as well as the private sector in order to advance counterterrorist objectives.
  SharePSCI 3380 - Counterterrorism

• PSCI 3390: Intelligence Ethics

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This multi-disciplinary course explores the normative aspects that inform both clandestine operations and intelligence collection. Students are prompted to examine a variety of real-life case studies that illustrate the theoretical empirical or historical aspects of intelligence ethics. Known intelligence controversies serve as the basis for a series of broader discussions on the beliefs and values that inform American national security.
  SharePSCI 3390 - Intelligence Ethics

• PSCI 3500: Comparative Politics

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course engages in the comparative analysis of the various forms of government in the world and analyses how different governments are disposed to serve different types of societies. Their political and social systems are examined to answer questions such as: How do nation states differ? How are they similar? How are nation-states developing? What is the impact of tradition? This course moves from the theoretical and general to the specific study of various countries including The United States Great Britain Russia China India Iran and others.
  SharePSCI 3500 - Comparative Politics

• PSCI 3710: Ancient Political Thought

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  Political thought and its development from the Greek city-state to the political philosophers of the twentieth century is examined in this two course sequence. While students should preferably take the courses in sequence there is no absolute rule that they do so. Plato Aristotle and subsequent thinkers through the Middle Ages are considered in this course.
  SharePSCI 3710 - Ancient Political Thought

• PSCI 3720: Modern Political Thought

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  Political thought and its development from the Greek city-state to the political philosophers of the twentieth century is examined in this two course sequence. While students should preferably take the courses in sequence there is no absolute rule that they do so. Prominent political thinkers from Machiavelli through the contemporary era are studied in this course.
  SharePSCI 3720 - Modern Political Thought

• PSCI 3730: American Foreign Policy

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course is designed to familiarize the student with American Foreign Policy (AFP) with an emphasis on contemporary issues. The primary goal is to equip students with the conceptual and analytical tools to understand and interrupt connections between contemporary U.S. foreign policies and international relations theory. The course examines the role of power and specific foreign policy issues in the international system. We begin with an overview international relations theory that underlies U.S. foreign policy move on to investigate the influence of domestic politics and ultimately students will utilize the knowledge gained to critically analyze a major foreign policy area.
  SharePSCI 3730 - American Foreign Policy

• PSCI 3800: Internship/Cooperative Education

  0.00 - 8.00 Credits

  King University

  
  Integrate faculty-led opportunity into education through participation in planned supervised experiential-learning. Students will apply related skills by following a set of objectives reflecting on activities and obtaining feedback from their supervisors. For a complete description of Internships and Cooperative Education see the Internship/Cooperative section under the Academic Policies section.
  SharePSCI 3800 - Internship/Cooperative Education

• PSCI 3900: Special Topics

  2.00 - 4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  Advanced readings and research for Juniors and Seniors majoring in Political Science/History.
  SharePSCI 3900 - Special Topics