2009-2010 Downtown Campus Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Political Science
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Chair: Jana Everett
Program Assistant: Cory Gruebele
Pre-law Advisor: Glenn Morris
Undergraduate Advisor: Lucy McGuffey
Graduate Advisor: Anna Sampaio
Office: King Center, 502
Telephone: 303-556-3556
Fax: 303-556-6041
Web site: www.cudenver.edu/polisci/
Faculty
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| Professors: |
| Mike Cummings, PhD, Stanford University |
| Jana Everett, PhD, University of Michigan |
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| Associate Professors: |
| Glenn T. Morris, JD, Harvard University School of Law |
| Tony Robinson, PhD, University of California, Berkeley |
| Anna Sampaio, PhD, University of California at Riverside |
| Stephen C. Thomas, PhD, Stanford University |
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| Assistant Professors: |
| Michael J. Berry, PhD, University of Colorado |
| Christoph Stefes, PhD, University of Denver |
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| Adjoint Faculty: |
| Kathyrn Cheever, PhD, University of Colorado |
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| Senior Instructors: |
| Karen Breslin, JD, University of Denver |
| Amin Kazak, PhD, University of Denver |
| Lucy McGuffey, PhD, University of Denver |
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| Instructors: |
| Harvey Bishop |
| Thorsten Sphen |
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| Adjunct Faculty: |
| Loring Abeyta |
| Charles Norton |
| Thad Tecza |
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| Emeritus Faculty: |
| Joel Edelstein, PhD, University of California, Riverside |
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Political science is the study of people, power and the public good. Looking at a variety of societies, institutions and interpersonal situations, the discipline asks who has power, where this power comes from, how it is used, how it promotes or impairs the public good and how the public good is defined. Political science draws from other fields, such as psychology, philosophy, economics, sociology and world literature. Finally, it explores the relationship between idealism and realism, between theory and practice, between political thought and personal action.
Opportunities for students with a BA in political science include careers in business, teaching, journalism, community organizing and government service. A political science degree also serves as good preparation for professional training in law and public administration. The students’ internship experiences increase their job opportunities. Students with an MA in political science may find careers in such areas as business, government research and administration and teaching at the community-college level.
Please visit the political science department Web site for detailed information on programs, faculty, students, courses and syllabi, community involvement and service learning, internships and photographs.
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Undergraduate
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR
Departmental Honors
Requirements for honors in political science are an overall GPA (in all courses, not just political science courses) of 3.65 or better and the preparation and defense of an honors paper. Honors graduates with an overall GPA of 3.75 to 3.84 may graduate with high honors, and those with GPAs of 3.85 and higher may graduate with highest honors. Level of honors granted depends upon both the GPA and the quality of the honors paper.
Graduate
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MA DEGREE
Fourth World Center for the Study of Indigenous Law and Politics
Executive Director: Glenn T. Morris
Telephone: 303-556-6243
Web site: http://carbon.cudenver.edu/public/fwc/
This center provides a research clearinghouse to students and faculty on the Downtown Campus on legal and political issues that affect indigenous peoples (the Fourth World). In addition to supporting a modest library of rare books and periodicals on indigenous issues, the center also stocks video and audio resources on subjects of indigenous politics and a substantial news file archive on current developments in the Fourth World. The center has produced curricular materials, including the Fourth World Bulletin, for use in international relations and area-studies courses.
Currently, the center is expanding the number of course offerings in the area of Fourth World studies and expects to offer a certificate in Fourth World studies in the near future.
Center for NEW DIRECTIONS in Politics and Public Policy
Director: Kathryn Cheever
Telephone: 303-556-5950
Web site: http://thunder1.cudenver.edu/newdirections/index.htm
This center provides academic programs, courses and research focused in the areas of politics and public policy with the purpose of developing the leadership capacities necessary to address changing public priorities for the 21st century within neighborhoods, communities, governmental jurisdictions and nonprofit entities.
The center expects to offer an undergraduate certificate in public policy and administrative leadership in the near future.
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