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Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2000
Political Science (POLI)

Rice Course Schedule as of 03/24/2000. This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar (reg@rice.edu).

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POLI   209 INTRO TO CONSTITUTIONALISM & MODERN POLI Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Constitutionalism and authoritarianism from Machiavelli to Marx;
introduction to contemporary ideologies.  Together with Poli 210 meets
state professional requirements for teachers.
A FOUNDATION COURSE.
001 MWF     09:00AM-09:50AM CL*LEC   Cuthbertson, Gilbert           *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   210 AMERICAN GOVT AND POLITICS               Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Major topics in American politics:  public opinion, group politics,
political parties, elections, congressional-presidential-bureaucratic
politics, and judicial politics.  Together with Poli 209 meets state
professional requirements for teachers.
Enrollment limited to 75.
A FOUNDATION COURSE.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM PL*212   Black, Earl                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   306 DIRECTED READING II                      Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
See Poli 305.
001 TBA     TBA                      Stoll, Richard                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
002                                  TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   308 POLITICAL SCI INTERNSHIP II              Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
This course is the work component of the political science internship
program. Students will be required to submit weekly progress reports and
a final portfolio.  Prereq- permission of instructor.
001 TBA     TBA                      Ostdiek, Donald                *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   317 CONGRESS                                 Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Examines the role of Congress in the American political system.
Attention is given to the historical development of Congress, the
current status of the Congress, and the functions of Congress in the
American political system.
Enrollment limited to 40.
001 MW      02:00PM-03:15PM          Carman, Christopher            *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   334 PARTIES & INTEREST GROUPS                Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Examines the organization and behavior of political parties and interest
groups within the American political system.
Enrollment limited to 25.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM BB*114   Hamm, Keith                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   337 BUREAUCRACY & PUB POLICY                 Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
The role public bureaucracy plays in national policy-making process.
Sources of agency power are examined and then linked to different policy
outcomes.
Enrollment limited to 50.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM SH*207B  Carman, Christopher            *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   338 POLICY ANALYSIS                          Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
This class familiarizes students with the analytical tools necessary for
evaluating and analyzing public policies.
Also offered as Sosc 301.
Enrollment limited to 30.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:15PM BB*102   Ostdiek, Donald                *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   356 THE POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIC  Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
This course examines the evolution of economic development in Latin
America, focusing on its political foundations.  Special attention will
be given to the interaction between economic growth and the construction
of democratic political institutions in Latin America.
Enrollment limited to 40.
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM BB*102   Brown, David                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   360 WESTERN EUROPEAN DEMOCRACIES             Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
A survey of government and politics in Western European democracies,
with primary emphasis on Great Britain, France, and Germany.O
Enrollment limited to 40.
001 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM BB*102   Ambler, John                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   378 POLITICS OF AMER NATL SECURITY           Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Major issues of national security policy, including strategic doctrines,
policy-making processes on defense issues, arms control, and defense
of Europe.  Not a Managerial Studies elective.
Enrollment limited to 75.
001 MWF     01:00PM-01:50PM SH*301   Stoll, Richard                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   379 PROBLEMS IN  INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS     Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
This course examines one or more current problems in the field of
International Relations.  The content varies year to year.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM BB*283   Jungblutt, B                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   395 INTRO TO STATISTICS                      Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Introduction to research design and quantitative methods used in
contemporary political science research.  Students will apply the tools
of social science inquiry in a series of projects designed to examine
political attitudes and behavior.
Enrollment is limited to 13.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM BB*102   Engstrom, Richard              *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   406 SENIOR THESIS                            Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
See Poli 405.
001                                  Stoll, Richard                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   425 POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY                      Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Examination of ethnic, economic, gender, and religious conflict, the
tension between individualism and a quest for community, the influence
of money on policy, the "culture wars", the social bases of political
parties, and other topics of current interest.
Also offered as Soci 425.
Enrollment is limited to 15.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM SH*560   Davidson, Chandler             *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   430 SEMINAR IN TEXAS POLITICS                Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Research seminar in the history of Texas politics.
Prereq- written permission of instructor.
Enrollment is limited to 15.
001 TH      07:00PM-10:00PM BB*283   Cuthbertson, Gilbert           *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   435 POLITICAL PARTICIPATION                  Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
This course will consider normative issues, theories and empirical
evidence relating to the value, meaning and consequences of political
participation, with readings taken from American and comparative
politics.
Enrollment is limited to 13.
001 M       01:30PM-04:30PM BB*283   Alford, John                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   462 COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY                Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Seminar examining the process and substance of public policy across
nations, with emphasis on social policy in industralized democracies.
Prereq- permission of instructor. Enrollment  limited to 13.
001 T       07:00PM-10:00PM BB*283   Ambler, John                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   464 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEV                 Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
A central priority developing nations face today concerns establishing
economic growth.  How best to achieve strong economic performance has
both an economic and political dimension.  This course seeks a
rudimentary understanding of economic growth, concentrating on its
political determinants.
Enrollment is limited to 13.
001 W       01:30PM-04:30PM BB*114   Brown, David                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   470 TOPICS-INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS           Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Topic varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit. Prereq-
permisssion of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 13.
001 TH      01:30PM-04:30PM BB*283   Morgan, Cliff                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   503 TOPICS IN METH & DATA ANALYSIS           Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Applications of least squares and general linear model.
Also offered as Stat 503.
Enrollment limited to 13.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM BB*283   Brace, Paul                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   520 APPROACHES TO COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT     Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Core graduate course analyzing basic approaches to the study of
comparative government.  Open to qualified undergraduates with
permission of instructor.
Enrollment limited to 13.
001 F       01:30PM-04:30PM BB*283   Stevenson, Randolph            *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   527 INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN        Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Examination of applications of organization theory to the study of
American political institutions.
Limited enrollment to 15.
001 W       01:30PM-04:30PM BB*283   Wilson, Rick                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   532 COMPARATIVE LEGISLATURES                 Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Provides the student with the basic concepts and theories necessary to
understand the functions and orgaization of
legislatures/parliaments/assemblies in democratic societies. This course
takes a broad-based perspective, including research that focuses on
national parliments and U.S. state legislatures. Prereq-permission of
the instructor. Enrollment limited to 13.
001 T       01:30PM-04:30PM BB*283   Hamm, Keith                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   533 ADVANCED TOPICS IN  POLITICAL BEHAVIOR   Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Graduate research seminar in the subfield of political behavior. Content
varies from year to year. Prereq- permission of instructor. Enrollment
to 13
001 TH      02:00PM-05:00PM TBA      Alford, John                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   570 SEMINAR IN INTER-NATIONAL CONFLICT       Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Graduate oriented seminar that reviews literature in international
conflict; emphasis on formal theories and quantitative analysis of the
causes of international conflict. Students without a background in
mathematics and/or statistics will be at a serious disadvantage.
Enrollment limited to 15. Prereq-: at least on course using quantitative
analysis and permission of instructor.
001 T       01:30PM-04:30PM          Stoll, Richard                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   592 DIRECTED READING METHODOLOGY             Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      Brace, Paul                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   594 DIRECTED READING-AMER POLITICS           Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      Hamm, Keith                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   596 DIR READ-INTERN'L RELATIONS              Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      Stoll, Richard                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   598 DIR READ-COMPARATIVE POLITICS            Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      Ambler, John                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   599 TEACHING POLITICAL SCIENCE               Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
This course prepares graduate students to design and teach classes at
the college level.
Prereq- Approval of instructor.
001 TBA     TBA                      Stoll, Richard                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   600 M A RESEARCH AND THESIS                  Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
Research and thesis for resident students.
001 TBA     TBA                      Stoll, Richard                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

POLI   800 PHD RESEARCH AND THESIS                  Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001                                  TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0



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