Content varies. Through exploration of cultural themes, students will build on and advance the thinking, reading, and writing skills learned in English 101 while focusing on rhetoric and research. Satisfies diversity and international requirements.

Content varies. Through exploration of cultural themes, students will build on and advance the thinking, reading, and writing skills learned in English 101 while focusing on rhetoric and research. Satisfies diversity and international requirements.

Content varies. Through exploration of cultural themes, students will build on and advance the thinking, reading, and writing skills learned in English 101 while focusing on rhetoric and research. Satisfies diversity and international requirements.

Emphasis is on the design and principles of construction and the materials and processes involved in commercial and industrial construction, as well as research on materials used in the industry. A study of finishing materials and processes involved in construction and proper methods of combining different materials for best results when building a project. Concentration will be on print reading, techniques in commercial construction as well as materials used in same.

Write a concise and interesting paragraph here that explains what this course is aboutEnvironmental science is a group of sciences that attempt to explain how life on Earth is sustained, the causes of environmental problems, and how these problems can be solved. The study of environmental problems and their solutions have never been more important… A comprehensive survey of critical issues in environmental science focusing on the following topics will be covered in this course: human population; the global chemical cycles; ecosystems and biodiversity; endangered species and biodiversity; sustainable agriculture and the environment; energy systems from fossil fuels to renewable forms; water and soil resources; Earth’s atmosphere and climate change; urban environments; waste managment; and paths to a sustainable future.

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the concepts and theories that scholars use to study international relations. We will examine the various actors that play a role in international politics (e.g. states, leaders, intergovernmental organizations, NGOs, norms), by analyzing how they are defined, their interests, and actions. We will study their interactions with each other in conflict, economic relations, and in building institutions for cooperation. We will also critically examine international relations, evaluating how perspectives deriving from diverse racial, gendered, and indigenous experiences may complicate our understandings of the international system

Why do some countries hold elections while others do not? Why are some states able to provide security and welfare to their citizens while others struggle to do so? Why are some countries plagued by violence while others enjoy internal peace? These questions have long animated the field of comparative politics and are among the several of which we will explore this semester.

This course will provide students with a firm foundation in the sub-field of comparative politics, preparing them for further analysis of politics around the world and across contexts. The course has two main objectives:

1. To familiarize students with the importance of theory and research design for describing, explaining, and understanding political processes. After taking this course, students should be able to distinguish between different theoretical explanations and evaluate the merit of evidence used to support them.

2. To provide students with an overview of key topics and debates in comparative politics. Students should be able to understand the basis of these debates as well as take and support positions on them.

POLS 467 teaches students the fundamental distinction between ethics and law, as well as the applications of that distinction to various political issues in the international arena. This semester, particular (but not exclusive) emphasis falls on climate change and other environmental issues. Class begins on Tue Aug 22nd. Full access to the Moodle site will be available a day or two before then. No advance preparation is required for the first day of class. The Moodle site, when finished, will host all the required readings for the semester, as free downloads, plus the course syllabus and other important documents related to our work.