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LINGUISTICS 300 READING AND CONFERENCE (1-3) Selected readings as determined by consultation with th,, instructor. Prerequisite: Con­ sent of instructor. Either semester. 301 GENERAL LINGUISTICS (3) Descriptive and historical study of language: linguistic analysis, language classifica­ tion, language in its cultural and social settings. 315 PHONETICS (3) The science of the articulate sounds of human speech; the classification, reproduction, and proper recording of speech sounds; principles of phonetic change. 316 PHONOLOGY (3) Properties of phonological systems; feature and component analysis; emphasis on methods of reducing non-Indo-European languages to writing. Prerequisite: 301 or 315.

321, 322 MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX (3, 3) Several forms of grammars; principles of word and sentence formation.

POLITICAL SCIENCE 301 SURVEY OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT (3)

The organization and function of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of the national government; national defense, finance, conservation of resources, busi­ ness, labor, agriculture, foreign relations, civil rights, and other subjects of national interest. Satisfies the state requirements in institutions in American history. 303 GREAT POLITICAL THINKERS (3) Man's attempts to define the issues of politics and to apply reason to the conduct of government; political thought from Classical Greece to the present. Alternate years, offered 1972-73. 304 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (3) State and community systems of government as to structure and function. Alternate years, offered 1971-72. 305 COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT (3) The government systems of England, France, West Germany, and Russia compared to the American system of government. Alternate years, offered 1972-73. 307 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (3) A survey of the national-state system; forces affecting international relations; sources of conflict in world politics, and their solution by power politics and international cooperation. 400 POLITICAL PARTIES (3) Analysis of the history, philosophy, organization, and functioning of America's politi­ cal parties. 401 PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY (3) Analytic case studies of the actual conduct of American policy with foreign nations; the objectives and limitations of American foreign policy. 107

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