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focusing on the major themes, personalities, and events that shaped the nation’s status as a world power. D HIST 4803 PUBLIC HISTORY INTERNSHIP Readings, essays, and an internship in a public history setting. Permission required. D HIST 4901-4 DIRECTED READINGS IN HISTORY (TOPIC) Scope of project determined by instructor. Credit from one to four hours. May be repeated for a total of six hours. Permission required. D Political Science POLSC 1103 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS Survey of origin, structure, and functions of national government with emphasis on Constitution and the American political process. F, S, SU POLSC 2103 CONCEPTS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE This course introduces students to a wide range of topics and theories in Political Science including Political Theory, American Politics, International Relations, and Comparative Politics. Prerequisite: POLSC 1103 Amer Govt & Politics POLSC 2303 COMPARATIVE POLITICS Introduction to the systematic study of comparative government and politics. Analytical topics include political change, political communication, political culture, and political socialization. Prerequisite: POLSC 1103. F POLSC 2623 CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE An introduction to the elements of criminal law and procedural rights of defendants. Prerequisite: POLSC 1103. F POLSC 2803 THE JUDICIAL PROCESS Introduction to the legal system with emphasis on organization and jurisdiction of federal and state courts, judicial process, and basic principles of American jurisprudence. Prerequisite: POLSC 1103. S POLSC 3003 FEDERAL CONSTITUTION Decisions through which the Supreme Court has developed judicial review and defined the scope of federal power. Prerequisite: POLSC 1103. F POLSC 3033 POLITICAL PARTIES Survey of the origin and development of the parties of the United States including an analysis of contemporary policies and issues. Prerequisite: POLSC 1103. S POLSC 3113 POLITICAL THEORY Examines classic and current views on the nature of authority, liberty, and justice. Prerequisite: POLSC 1103. F POLSC 3163 PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Basic survey of international relations, including a consideration of the basis of national power and the fundamentals of international politics, law, and organization. Prerequisite: POLSC 1103. D POLSC 3323 LEGISLATIVE-EXECUTIVE RELATIONS The study of the organization and functioning of Congress and the Executive Branch. Prerequisite: POLSC 1103. F POLSC 3343 CREATING ONE AMERICAN NATION Examines the historical development of legal changes undertaken by the US government to achieve a shared American identity among all citizens, mainly through Congressional acts and Supreme Court decisions. Themes
reform movements, the rise and decline of the second party system and developing tensions between nationalism and sectionalism. D HIST 4053 CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION: 1850- 1877 Causes of Civil War, forming of Southern Confederacy, major events of war, political, economic, and social problems associated with restoration of the union. S HIST 4063 GILDED AGE/PROGRESSIVE ERA Study of the transformation of America from rural society “isolated” from world affairs into highly industrialized power. Social change will be stressed. D HIST 4073 20th CENTURY AMERICA: 1915-1950 The 1920’s, Depression and New Deal, WWII, Cold War, Korea, and McCarthyism. D HIST 4083 AMERICA SINCE 1970 Study of Vietnam, Counterculture, Nixon, Watergate, “me generation”, and Ronald Reagan’s America through 9/11. D HIST 4093 HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND WRITING The process of historical research, including methods of locating materials, criticizing sources, analyzing and organizing notes, and writing results and presenting findings. Prerequisite: HIST 2603. S HIST 4103 AMERICAN INDIANS Emphasis is on Native American cultures and societies in the United States and federal Indian policy from 1830 to the present. F HIST 4123 AMERICA IN THE 1950s AND 1960s The study of the “liberal decade” including the administrations of Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, as well as King, Civil Rights, Vietnam, 1968, and the counterculture. D HIST 4133 WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY The changing role of women in American society from colonial times to the present. Emphasis on cultural values and attitudes, the suffrage movement, feminism and antifeminism in the 20 th century as well as the contemporary economic, legal, political, social, and intellectual issues facing women today. D HIST 4203 OLD SOUTH Study of antebellum South. Emphasis on role which South and Southerners played in national affairs and development of southern societal characteristics. S, D HIST 4213 NEW SOUTH Survey of postbellum South with emphasis on economic, political, and social forces which have changed culture of this region. D HIST 4313 AMERICAN WEST Study of the Trans-Mississippi West with emphasis on the impact of the frontier on American life, environmental issues, and the 20 th Century West. D HIST 4353 HISTORY OF OKLAHOMA Oklahoma history from its beginning to present, including Indian background, formation into territories, achievement of statehood, and general cultural, economic, and political development. S, SU HIST 4503 AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC HISTORY This course covers the history of foreign relations of the United States from the colonial period to the present. This course takes a thematic view with emphasis on the Cold War and policy towards the Middle East. It emphasizes the complexities involved in making foreign policy by
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