Study Abroad courses offered at Wroxton College in England
Study Abroad courses offered at the Sorbonne in France
Study Abroad course offered at the Irish College for the Humanities
in Ireland
- ICHPS201 - The Political System of Ireland
Study Abroad courses offered at Wroxton College in England
POLS3450 - British Government and Politics
- The purpose of this course is to give a broad introduction
to the origins, development, structure and workings of the British
system of government and British politics. The office of prime minister,
the Cabinet, the Civil Service, Parliament, political parties, and
pressure groups are among the topics covered. Students may receive
credit for either this course or for PSCI 331 but not for both.
This course counts as part of Group III on the major. Three hours.
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POLS3454 - Descent from Power - This
course examines the foreign policy process in Britain and the movement
of Britain from a perceived position of Great Power status to one
of accepted Middle Power status against a background of changing
domestic and international environments during the 20th century.
This course counts as part of Group III on the major. Three hours.
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POLS3456 - The Power and Personality
of the British Prime Minister - The course focuses on
the developing role of the British Prime Minister from Walpole to
the present day, placing it within the context of the British Political
System and British Politics. The powers of the office are looked
at, with the analysis being directed towards the extent to which
an individual's personality is important in determining the scope
of that power. This course counts as part of Group III on the major.
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Study Abroad courses offered at the Sorbonne in France
FRN/PSCI338 - The Government and Politics
of the Fifth Republic - This course treats the following:
the antecedents of the present constitutional structure; the characteristics
and politics of the parliamentary-presidential system; the nature
of contemporary political parties and constitutional order; and
the nature of economic, social, cultural, industrial, and technological
planning and policy making. Three hours. Prerequisites: FREN 232.
It is strongly recommended that students have completed one upper-level
comparative government course. May be counted toward a major or
minor in political science. This course counts as part of Group
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FRN/PSCI360 - European Economic Community
Law - This course will entail an in-depth review of the
establishment of the European Economic Community and of its organizational
structure. A major portion of the course will be devoted to a study
of the powers, roles, and policies of the European Economic Community.
Efforts will be undertaken in the final section of the course to
present some of the major problems facing the EEC, and the proposals
that have been made by the EEC, and by some of its individual members,
to solve these problems. Prerequisite: FREN 232. Three hours. May
be counted toward a major or minor in political science. This course
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FRN/PSCI421 - Constitutional Law
- This course is a study of the theory of constitutional law
and of some of its applications. Articles to be studied include
the sources of the Fifth Constitution, French political life, the
nature of the executive power, the Parliament, and a comparison
between the French system and those of other countries. Prerequisite:
PSCI 331 or equivalent. This course is entirely different from PSCI
421 or 422 at Randolph-Macon. May be counted toward a major or minor
in political science. This course counts as part of Group III on
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Study Abroad course offered at the Irish College for the Humanities
in Ireland
ICHPS201 - The Political System of Ireland
- This course is a survey of the political history of modern
Ireland and how the multiparty system evolved in response to the
division of loyalties after Independence and during the ensuing
Civil War. Issues of Republicanism, Nationalism, Church and State,
Northern Ireland, the Women's Movement, and the European Community
will all be examined in relation to Ireland's rapid growth from
rural isolationism to becoming one of the major small power brokers
in the EU. This course counts as part of Group III on the major
or as a foreign/comparative government for international relations.
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