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Political Science| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| B-057 | Introduction to the Humanities | 6 Credits | View Details |
| AAS-085 | Social and Cultural Geography | 6 Credits | View Details |
| B-158 | English Composition | 6 Credits | View Details |
| B-200 | College Algebra | 6 Credits | View Details |
| B-336 | World Religions | 6 Credits | View Details |
| AAS-370 | Ethics | 6 Credits | View Details |
| B-460 | Art Appreciation | 6 Credits | View Details |
| AAS-584 | Pre-Calculus | 6 Credits | View Details |
| B-825 | Human Biology | 6 Credits | View Details |
| AAS-902 | World History | 6 Credits | View Details |
| Courses Code | Courses Name | Credit Hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSAPA-004 | Essentials of public administration | 6 Credits | View Details |
| PSAPA-133 | Essentials of economics | 6 Credits | View Details |
| PSAPA-295 | Basics of Urban Sociology | 6 Credits | View Details |
| PSAPA-520 | Public Budgeting and Finance | 6 Credits | View Details |
| PSAPA-604 | Foundations of State and Local Government | 6 Credits | View Details |
| PSAPA-689 | Fundamentals of political science | 6 Credits | View Details |
| PSAPA-806 | Political Ideologies | 6 Credits | View Details |
| PSAPA-844 | Foundations of Public Relations | 6 Credits | View Details |
| Courses Code | Courses Name | Credit Hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSC-014 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | 6 Credits | View Details |
| SS-080 | Introduction to political science | 6 Credits | View Details |
| PSC-342 | Research Methods in Political Science | 6 Credits | View Details |
| PSC-514 | Introduction to International Relations | 6 Credits | View Details |
| PSC-700 | Fundamentals of Urban Politics | 6 Credits | View Details |
| PUB-794 | Introduction to Public Relations | 6 Credits | View Details |
Introduction to the Humanities
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- The art of thinking critically.
- Apollonian reason, dionysian intuition.
- Myth.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Literature.
- Art.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Music.
- The theater.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- The musical stage.
- Television.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- The cinema.
- Religion.
- Happiness.
- Morality.
- Life and death.
Social and Cultural Geography
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Mash-ups using google maps hand-held navigation devices
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Mexican perspectives on undocumented immigration
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Building barriers in the middle east
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Using air photos to make the case for war applying the concept of scale to war in iraq
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Wal-mart in china
- Locating car parts plants
- Market segmentation
English Composition
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Writing to learn
- Critical thinking, reading, and viewing.
- Preparing.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Composing.
- Rewriting.
- Formulating arguments.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Using the internet for research
- Evaluating electronic and print sources.
- Apa documentation format.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Cms and cse formats.
- Writing in the disciplines
- Writing in the humanities
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Writing in the natural sciences.
- Writing in the social sciences
- Design principles
College Algebra
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Review of the real number system
- Linear equations, inequalities, and applications
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Graphs, linear equations, and functions
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Systems of linear equations
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Exponents, polynomials, and polynomial functions
- Factoring
- Rational expressions and functions
- Roots, radicals, and root functions
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Quadratic equations and inequalities
- Additional graphs of functions and relations
- Inverse, exponential, and logarithmic functions
- Polynomial and rational functions
- Conic sections and systems of inequalities
- Further topics in algebra
World Religions
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Characteristics of basic religions
- Native american religions
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- African religions
- Hinduism
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Jainism
- Buddhism
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Sikhism
- Chinese religions
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Zoroastrianism
- Judaism
- Christianity
- Islam
Ethics
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- What is morality?
- Consequentialist -teleological- theories of morality
- Nonconsequentialist -deontological- theories of morality
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Virtue ethics
- Absolutism versus relativism
- Freedom versus determinism
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Reward and punishment
- Setting up a moral system: basic assumptions and basic principles
- The taking of human life
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Allowing someone to die, mercy death, and mercy killing.
- Abortion
- Lying, cheating, breaking promises, and stealing
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Morality, marriage, and human sexuality
- Bioethicsethical issues in medicine
- Business and media ethics
- Environmental ethics
Art Appreciation
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Understanding art
- Visual elements
- Organizing principles of design
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Drawing
- Painting
- Printmaking
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Graphic design
- Photography and filmmaking
- Digital art
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Sculpture
- Crafts
- Product and clothing design
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Architecture
- Designed settings
- Historical styles in western art
- Understanding art on all levels
Pre-Calculus
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Graphs
- Function and models
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Polynomial and rational functions
- Exponential and logarithmic function
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Trigonomatic function
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Analytic trigonometry
- Polar coordinates; vectors
- Analytic geometry
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Systems of equations and inequalities
- Sequences; induction; the bionomial theorem
Human Biology
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Why study biology?
- Basics of biology, anatomy, and physiology.
- Determinism, biology, culture, and the ecological perspective.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Biological development and the human lifespan.
- Genetics, evolution, and human behavior.
- Human biology and intellect.
- The human genome project
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- The biology of disability, health, illness, and treatment.
- Biology and mental illness
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Biological elements of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco
- Human sexuality and sexual orientation.
- The biology of aging.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Public health and biology.
- Critical thinking and human biology
World History
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- From human prehistory to the rise of agriculture
- Early civilization
- Nomadic societies
- Classical civilization: china
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Classical civilization: india
- Classical civilization in the mediterranean: persia, greece and rome
- The classical period: directions, diversities, and declines by 500 c.e.
- The rise of islam: civilization in the middle east
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- India and southeast asia under the impact of islam
- Africa and islam
- East european civilization: byzantium and russia
- Western civilization: the middle ages
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- The spread of east asian civilization
- Centers of civilization in the americas
- The mongol interlude and the end of the postclassical period
- The west and the world: discovery, colonization, and trade
- Western civilization changes shape in the early modern centuries
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- The rise of eastern europe
- The ottoman and mughal empires
- East asia: vital trends in politics and trade
- The first industrial revolution: western society, 17801914
- World economy and western imperialism: africa and south asia
- The settler societies: the west on frontiers
- The development of latin american civilization
- The middle east and china in the imperialist century
- Russia and japan: industrialization outside the west
- World war i and the end of an era
- The west in the contemporary period
- Eastern european civilization
- East asia in the 20th- 22nd centuries
- India and southeast asia
Essentials of public administration
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Big democracy, big bureaucracy
- Public administration and rsquo;s century in a quandary
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- The threads of organization: theories
- The fabric of organizations: forces
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- The fibers of organizations: people
- Clarifying complexity: the public and rsquo;s information resource
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Corruption and rsquo;s consequence: public productivity
- The public trough: financing and budgeting governments
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Managing human resources in the public sector
- Understanding and improving public policy
- Intersectoral administration
- Intergovernmental administration
- Toward a bureaucratic ethic
Essentials of economics
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Scarcity, choice, and opportunity costs.
- How a market economy works: the price system.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Market demand, supply, and elasticity.
- Information, internet, e-commerce, and financial markets.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Costs and productivity.
- Competitive markets.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Monopoly, oligopoly, and strategy.
- The labor market: wages, employment, and unemployment.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Saving, investment, and interest rates.
- Government spending, taxation, and deficits.
- Macroeconomic issues: economic growth and the business cycle.
- Aggregate supply and aggregate demand.
- Money and banking.
- Inflation.
- Macro stabilization policy.
- International trade and globalization.
- The international monetary system.
Basics of Urban Sociology
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Why study the city?
- Globalization and urbanization in the more-developed world.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Globalization and urbanization in the less-developed world.
- The city in everyday life.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- The community in the modern world.
- The community in the postmodern world.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Reading the city.
- Choosing a place to live.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- A home-buying primer: when theory meets the road.
- Suburbanization.
- Segregation and location of groups in cities.
- Urban problems in the global era.
- Urban planning in the twenty-first century.
Public Budgeting and Finance
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Government and not-for-profit accounting environment and characteristics.
- The use of funds in governmental accounting.
- The budgetary process.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- General and special revenue fundsan introduction.
- General and special revenue fundsspecial problems.
- Debt service funds and capital projects funds.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Proprietary funds.
- Fiduciary funds.
- Reporting principles and preparation of fund financial statements.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Government-wide financial statements.
- Federal government accounting and reporting.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Accounting for not-for-profit organizations.
- Accounting for health care organizations.
- Analysis of financial statements and financial condition.
- Fundamentals of accounting.
Foundations of State and Local Government
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- State and local politics: who governs?
- American federalism.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- State constitutions: charters or straitjackets?
- Parties and elections in the states.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- State legislatures.
- State governors.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Judges and justice in the states.
- Local government and metropolitics.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Making state and local policy.
- Staffing and financing state and local governments.
Fundamentals of political science
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- A science of politics?
- Theories: classic and modern.
- Nations, states, and governments.
- Individuals and constitutions.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Democracy, totalitarianism, and authoritarianism.
- Political ideologies.
- Political culture.
- Public opinion.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Political communication and the media.
- Interest groups.
- Political parties and party systems.
- Elections.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- The basic institutions of government.
- Legislatures.
- Executives.
- Administration and bureaucracy.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Legal systems and the courts.
- Political economy.
- Violence and revolution.
- International relations.
- The global system.
Political Ideologies
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Ideology and ideologies 3
- The democratic ideal 19
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Liberalism 45
- Conservatism 87
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Socialism and communism: more to marx 115
- Socialism and communism after marx 141
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Fascism 177
- Liberation ideologies and the politics of identity 207
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- And ldquo;green and rdquo; politics: ecology as ideology 237
- Islam and radical islam
- Postscript: the future of ideology 253
Foundations of Public Relations
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- What is public relations
- Managing competition and conflict
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Public relations: a historical perspective
- Today's practice: departments and firms
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- The public relations process
- Public opinion and persuasion
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Ethics and the law
- Reaching the audience
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Tech tools and trends
- Public relations tactics
- Global public relations
- Business, entertainment, and tourism
- Nonprofit, education, and government
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- The good society
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Political institutions and the good society
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- States, markets, and the good society
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Rich democracies
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Regimes in rich democracies
- Three case studies of rich democracies
- Less developed countries
- Regimes in less developed countries
- Case studies of south korea, nigeria, chile and brazil
- Russia and china
Introduction to political science
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- A science of politics?
- Theories: classic and modern.
- Nations, states, and governments.
- Individuals and constitutions.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Democracy, totalitarianism, and authoritarianism.
- Political ideologies.
- Political culture.
- Public opinion.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Political communication and the media.
- Interest groups.
- Political parties and party systems.
- Elections.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- The basic institutions of government.
- Legislatures.
- Executives.
- Administration and bureaucracy.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Legal systems and the courts.
- Political economy.
- Violence and revolution.
- International relations.
- The global system.
Research Methods in Political Science
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Research in the behavioral sciences.
- Behavioral variability and research.
- The measurement of behavior.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Approaches to psychological measurement.
- Descriptive research.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Correlational research.
- Advanced correlational strategies.
- Basic issues in experimental research.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Experimental design.
- Analyzing experimental data.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Analyzing complex designs.
- Quasi-experimental designs.
- Single-case research.
- Ethical issues in behavioral research.
- Scientific writing.
Introduction to International Relations
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- The globalization of international relations
- Power politics
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Alternatives to power politics
- Foreign policy
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- International conflict
- Military force and terrorism
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- International organization, law, and human rights
- International trade
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Money and business
- International integration
- Environment and population
- The north-south gap
- International development
Fundamentals of Urban Politics
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Politics in states in communities.
- Democracy and constitutionalism in the states.
- States, communities, and american federalism.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Intergovernmental relations
- Honor, ethics, and accountability
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Governors in state politics.
- Bureaucratic politics in states and communities.
- Courts, crime, and correctional policy.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Governing americas communities.
- Participation in community politics.
- Metropolitics: conflict in the metropolis.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Community power and land use control.
- The politics of taxation and finance
- Politics and civil rights.
- The politics of education
Introduction to Public Relations
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Martha stewarts rise, fall and resurrection
- The tylenol murders
- Wal-marts war to regain its reputation
- Dress for success: the nba cleans up its image
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Exxon corporations bad good friday
- Ketchum captured in pay-for play ethical lapse
- Winning a national venue for eminent domain
- Researching a position for alan louis genera
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Bagging the elusive exclusive
- 60 minutes and the american bankers association
- Employee communication
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- The katrina kalamity
- Tobacco wars
- Karen hughes stumbles selling uncle sam
- The raina, inc. news conference
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Reviving the bryant brand -kobe bryant-
- Wassup jeans
- Wendys finger hoax