(Same as PAL3223. Credit cannot be earned for both PAL3223 and POL3223.) Department of Political Science and Geography. Independent reading, research, discussion, and/or writing under the direction of a faculty member. Bloomberg Law. POL4163. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. Americas leading civil rights organizations condemned the conservative-dominated Supreme Court for ending affirmative action programs at Harvard and the An organized course offering the opportunity for specialized study not normally or not often available as part of the regular course offerings. It introduces students to basic theoretical frameworks and concepts including but not limited to discussions of levels of analysis, order, governance, and international organization. Contracts. PAL4123. Seminar in Political Science. (Same as GLA3453. Credit cannot be earned for both POL3453 and GLA3453.) Organizations examined may include the United Nations system, regional organizations, development banks, security alliance systems, and common markets. (Same as PAL3013. Credit cannot be earned for both PAL3013 and POL3013.) Prerequisite: POL1013. Course Fees: LRLF $10.27; STLF $18.48. This course examines the origins, mobilizing tactics, and goals of political movements. How can we properly decide on the laws we put into practice? (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. Emphasizes judicial opinions and other primary sources. Generally offered: Summer. Class will emphasize applied learning, so students willpractice how to obtain, prepare, visualize, and analyze data using Rprogramming language. This course provides an introduction to American politics. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. This course examines federal, state, and local administrative and regulatory engagement with Texan, American, and international enterprise. Students are expected to learn about the law in a particular subject area through the study of cases. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. Considerable time is devoted to thinking about how these components fit together, and how they shape the nature and importance of citizenship and civic engagement in Texas. Compares and contrasts analytical methods employed by public and private organizations. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. East European Politics. Supervised experience relevant to political science within selected community organizations. (Same as GLA2633. Credit cannot be earned for both GLA2633 and POL2633.) Course Fees: LRLF $10.27; MST1 $30; STLF $18.48. POL3363. (Same as GLA3483. Credit cannot be earned for both POL3483 and GLA3483.) Course Fees: LRLF $10.27; STLF $18.48. Comparative Politics. A constitutional analysis of judicial authority will be studied, including the courts powers and limitations. (0-0) 3 Credit Hours. (0-0) 2 Credit Hours. May be repeated for credit, but not more than 6 semester credit hours of independent study, regardless of discipline, will apply to a bachelors degree. POL4953. This course examines theories of democratic transition and focuses on the problematics of democratic change throughout the world. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. PAL3843. Prerequisite: POL1013. Topics include the constitutional and legal issues arising from campaign finance regulations, political party organization, election administration, and redistricting as well as the constitutional and statutory protection of voting rights. (0-0) 1 Credit Hour. Senior Seminar in Politics and Law. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. POL3633. Prerequisite: POL1013. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. The political, legal, and ethical context of modern commercial society is explored through the evolution of conceptions of the economy, the individual, and the state. Course fees: DL01 $75; LRLF $10.27; STLF $18.48. POL3493. Topics may include armed conflict, trauma and suffering, laws of war, representation of war in media, peace movements, and the technologies of peace making. Prerequisites: A minimum grade point average of 3.0 at UTSA, a 3.5 grade point average in the major, and recommendation by a member of the Political Science and Geography faculty. (Formerly LGS 3323 and PAL 3323. Credit can only be earned for one course: PAL3343, PAL 3323 or LGS 3323.) POL3783. UTSA Students: Once you have signed in, please complete the General Application. PAL4323. WebThe University is committed to the Affirmative Action Program in compliance with all government requirements to ensure nondiscrimination. Prerequisite: POL1013. Prerequisite: POL1013. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. WebMain Office: MS 4.03.62. Prerequisite: POL1013. This course provides students with the opportunity to develop and master techniques of focused reading, analytical reasoning, logic, argumentation, and the drawing of reasoned conclusions, placed in the context and modes of questioning appropriate to law school admission and education. May include the works of Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. An introduction to how the United States legal system is organized and functions. Course fees: LRLF $10.27; STLF $18.48. Topics may include political behavior of the major participants in the judicial process; the development of judicial institutions and processes; the political and administrative context of the judicial process; judicial-executive and judicial-legislative relations; and the impact of judicial decisions. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. Course Fees: LRLF $10.27; STLF $18.48. Internship in Political Science. Dante, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Flannery OConnor, Robert Penn Warren, Walker Percy, Saul Bellow, and others. Politics of Federal Justice Policy. POL2533. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. PAL4223. Students who are approved will enroll in the appropriate honors thesis courses during their final two semesters at UTSA. Topics may include the institutional foundations of market societies, ethical and legal impact of business practices, comparisons of national economic policies, the interaction of modern government and economic activity, and the impact of markets on concepts of public and private life. Course Fees: LRLF $10.27; STLF $18.48; DL01 $75. A comparative examination of the political systems of selected Southeast Asian countries and their efforts to deal with political, economic, and social change. Prerequisite: POL1013. The Supreme Court. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. This course examines the U.S. Supreme Court as a political and legal institution. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. PAL3223. (Same as POL3223. Credit cannot be earned for both PAL3223 and POL3223.) Examples may include Slavery, Abolition, and Reconstruction; Framing and Ratification of the Constitution; Religious Free Exercise; Civil Rights and Civil Disobedience; Presidential War Powers and Congress. Prerequisite: POL1013. The Intelligence Community in World Affairs. The course focuses on identifying the key players and institutions involved in Mexican politics, and will evaluate the nature of Mexicos recent democratic transition/consolidation process. Remembrance, Sexual The study of urbanization as a general process from multi-disciplinary perspectives - political, economic, geographic, and social. (Same as GLA4123. Credit cannot be earned for both POL4023 and GLA4123.) Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson criticize each other The American Legal Process. Prerequisite: POL1013. Course Fees: LRLF $10.27; STLF $18.48. Students should be prepared to read, brief, and discuss case law. The Institute for Law and Public Affairs | The Institute for Law Prerequisite: POL1013. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. (Same as GLA3493. Credit cannot be earned for both POL3493 and GLA3493.) (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. Department of Public Administration < The University of Texas at UTSA prepares you for future careers that are in demand. Prerequisite: POL1013. (Formerly POL 3023. Credit cannot be earned for both POL 3023 and POL3333.) Elites, participation, governmental structures, party systems, interest groups, and public policy will be examined in several selected polities and the European Union. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. Reporting, Roadrunner Civil Rights in Texas and America. Learn more about each Enrollment limited to candidates during the last two semesters. An examination of the issues that divide the people of the world. WebDegree Plan: Keyword One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249 | Information 210-458-4011. The structure of contemporary world problems will be studied and possible strategies for the reduction of international conflict will be assessed. In this program, youll explore how individuals exercise power in group settings and the institutions, rules and processes that are put in place to promote civilian cooperation. Topics examined may include justice, ethics, freedom, agency, leadership, political regimes, and the origins of political communities. POL3203. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. On top of the resources your college will provide, the University Career Center offers several resources to help students identify and develop the global skills necessary to successfully pursue and achieve lifelong career goals. PAL3013. Course Fees: LRLF $10.27; STLF $18.48. UTSA offers an automatic merit-based scholarship to incoming new freshman and transfer students who display exceptional scholastic achievement in high school by the priority deadline. May be repeated once with advisors approval. The course also makes connections between politics at the federal level of government and the political institutions and processes of the state of Texas. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. Political Movements. San Antonio, TX 78249, The University of Texas at San Antonio | One UTSA Circle, San Antonio TX 78249 | Information: 210-458-4011 | UTSA Police: 210-458-4242. POL3383. Economics Undergraduate Degree - UTSA Business (3-0) 3 Credit Hours. Political Parties and Interest Groups. Prerequisite: POL1013. Both the geography and the politics of this area will be analyzed. Attention will be given to the interaction of these factors within different political environments. Theories and systems of law examined may include natural, constitutional, common, civil, customary, socialist, and theocratic law. PAL3213. Generally offered: Fall. An examination of the nature of law, its role in sociopolitical systems, and the institutional components of legal systems. POL3293. Course Fees: LRLF $10.27; STLF $18.48. (Same as PAL3843. Credit cannot be earned for both PAL3843 and POL3843.) (Same as GLA3783. Credit cannot be earned for both POL3783 and GLA3783.) POL2623. Independent reading, research, discussion, and/or writing under the direction of a faculty member. The Supreme Courts landmark decision on Thursday to gut affirmative action has made it unlawful for colleges to take race into consideration as a specific factor in Justice and Social Policy. Course Fees: LRLF $10.27; STLF $18.48. Prerequisites: POL1013 and one of the following: POL3393, POL3453, HIS2533; or consent of instructor. Course Fees: LRLF $10.27; STLF $18.48. Coupled with the School of Musics celebrated performing arts programs, this makes UTSA an industry leader in the fine arts. UTSA Law and Society. POL3373. (Formerly LGS 4933. Credit cannot be earned for both LGS 4933 and PAL4933.)