• PS 3340: Political Campaign Management

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  An analysis of applied politics; how to plan and manage a modern political campaign. Readings, discussions, and hands-on projects; students will learn the strategies, tactics, and varied techniques of political campaigning.
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• PS 3350: Interest Groups Social Change

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite: Upper-level standing required. Examines role of interest groups in American politics and the policy-making process, including the role of lobbyists, money, and politics, and case studies of several specific interest groups.
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• PS 3360: Law & Policy

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Addresses the relationship between courts, policy, and society through the lens of different actors and state institutions. Utilizes legal, policy, and sociolegal scholarship that touches on issues such as bureaucracy, criminal justice, education, environmental regulation, injury litigation, and more.
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• PS 3370: American Constitutional Law I

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite: PS 1005 or permission of instructor. Analysis of theories of judicial decision making as well as the establishment of judicial review itself, followed by case studies of major Supreme Court decisions in federalism. Issues covered include commerce, contracts, police, and war powers as well as restrictions placed on state governments after the ratification of the Civil War Amendments. Offered fall only.
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• PS 3380: American Constitutional Law II

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: PS 1005 and PS 3370 or permission of instructor. The Supreme Court as a policy-making body in the governmental system. Focuses on case studies of major Supreme Court decisions dealing with civil liberties. Issues covered include racial and gender discrimination, freedom of speech and religion, as well as rights of the criminally accused and the right to privacy. Offered spring only.
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• PS 3400: Municipal Policy and Politics

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Powers, functions, and politics of municipal governments from the standpoint of city management. Attention is given to problems related to the execution of municipal policy. Offered infrequently.
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• PS 3420: African American Politics

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite: P S 2010 or permission of instructor. The unique history, content, and form of African American political participation; examines the nature of consequences of African American influence within, or exclusion from, the workings of various American political institutions; the nature and types of issues that influence contemporary discussions in American and African American politics related to the socioeconomic conditions of African Americans. Students who have taken P S 4390 Special Topics (Black Politics in America) may not take P S 3420 for credit.
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• PS 3425: African American Pol Thought

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Survey of a variety of primarily black thinkers who examine important topics related to race, equality, slavery, black nationalism, integration, affirmative action, and racial harmony. Thinkers include Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, William Du Bois, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and President Obama.
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• PS 3440: Public Budgeting

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite: PS 1005 or permission of instructor. Analysis of the legal and social nature of government budgets emphasizing the procedures and administrative methods of fiscal control. Budget documents at state and local levels. Offered infrequently.
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• PS 3490: Alternative Dispute Resolution

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite: PS 2440 or permission of the department chair. Theory, methods, and ethical components of alternative dispute resolution (ADR); emphasis on various forms of mediation, but including other ADR formats such as arbitration, negotiation, and summary jury trial.
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