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PHYS 5993 - Physics Colloquium
First and second year students enrolled in the Physics PhD program are required to take Physics Colloquium in their first and second years of study.
Credits: 2
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PHYS 6030 - Energy in the 21st Century
Learn how we produce, distribute, and consume energy including not only fossil fuels and nuclear, but also renewable energy like solar, wind, hydro, tidal, geothermal, biomass/biofuel, and fuel cells. Learn about the developments in science and technology that allow us to shape our future energy options. This is a course about Energy for K-12 teachers. No physics or math prerequisite courses are required.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 6050 - How Things Work I
This course considers objects from our daily environment. Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 6060 - How Things Work II
This course considers objects from our daily environment. Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 6090 - Galileo and Einstein
This course examines how new understanding of the natural world developed from the time of Galileo to Einstein taking the two famous scientists as case studies. This may be a distance learning course intended for in-service science teachers with lectures, homework and exams conducted via the internet. Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 6110 - Physical Science for Teachers
Laboratory-based course providing elementary and middle school teachers hands-on experience in the principles and applications of physical science. Not suitable for physics majors; no previous college physics courses are assumed. Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree and presently (or intending to be) a K-8 teacher.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 6200 - Topical Physical Science
A series of one-credit science courses of interest to K-12 teachers, as well as the general public. These courses are offered anywhere in the state as needed through School of Continuing and Professional Studies regional centers. The courses are designed to meet Virginia’s SOLs and consist of lectures, demonstrations, and many hands-on science activities. Current course topics include Sound, Light & Optics, Aeronautics and Space, Electricity, Meteorology, Magnetism, Heat & Energy, Matter, and Force & Motion. May be taken more than once. Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree or instructor permission.
Credits: 1
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PHYS 6205 - Physical Science for K-8 Teachers: Meteorology
The basis of meteorology will be investigated.Topics include temperature measurements, air flow, pressure, density, elements of the atmosphere, heat transfer and radiation, greenhouse effect, ozone layer, humidity, and atmospheric optics. Satellite and weather maps will be studied. Whenever possible, laboratory experiments will be done to demonstrate weather phenomena and concepts.
Credits: 1
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PHYS 6207 - Physical Science for K-8 Teachers: Heat and Energy
The basic concepts of heat and energy will be investigated including conduction and convection, changes of state, and potential and kinetic energy. Teacher activities include convection, heat absorption, evaporation, melting and boiling points, and energy transfer. Videos and demonstrations will be utilized to better understand the concepts of heat and energy.
Credits: 1
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PHYS 6209 - Physical Science for K-8 Teachers: Force and Motion
Teachers will learn about force and motion including simple machines, position, velocity, acceleration, various forces (friction and gravity, for example), rockets, Newton’s laws, and energy. Activities include making a spring balance, building various simple machines including a Rube Goldberg device, water soda rockets, sail and steam boats. Videos and lecture demonstrations will help provide conceptual understanding.
Credits: 1
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PHYS 6251 - Light and Optics I
This course focuses on concepts in light and optics I covering topics such as light rays, images, shadows, reflection and refraction and is designed to be taken by inservice K-5 teachers . The material is introduced from a historical perspective The course is unique in that it requires students to complete and write-up 5 light and optics experiments. Prerequisites: undergraduate degree or permission from instructor.
Credits: 1
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PHYS 6252 - Light and Optics II
This course focuses on concepts in optics and light II covering topics such as light rays, images, shadows, reflection, refraction, disperson, color, and lenses, and is designed to be taken by inservice grades 6-10 teachers . The material is introduced from a historical perspective The course is unique in that it requires students to complete and write-up 10 light and optics experiments at home. Prerequisites: undergraduate degree or permission from instructor.
Credits: 2
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PHYS 6253 - Light and Optics III
This course focuses on concepts in light and optics III covering topics such as light rays, images, shadows, reflection, refraction, disperson, color, and lenses, interference, polarization, and diffraction and is designed to be taken by inservice grades 11-12 teachers. The material is introduced from a historical perspective The course is unique in that it requires students to complete and write-up 15 light and optics experiments at home. Prerequisites: undergraduate degree or permission from instructor.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 6263 - Electricity and Magnetism III
This course focusses on concepts in electricity and magnetism covering topics such as static electricity, charging by friction and induction, resistors, capacitors, DC circuits, Faraday and Lenz’s law activities. It is a hand-on activities course done at home by science teachers of grades 6-10. A kit composed of the electrical and magnetic materials is purchased and supplemented by low cost materials from home.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate Degree or Permission from Instructor
Credits: 3
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PHYS 6310 - Classical and Modern Physics I
A comprehensive study of physics using some calculus and emphasizing concepts, problem solving, and pedagogy. This course series is intended for in-service science teachers, particularly middle school physical science and high school physics teachers. This course can be used for crossover teachers who wish to obtain endorsement or certification to teach high school physics. This is a required course for the M.A.P.E. degree. This course is typically taught for 4 weeks in the summer with a daily two-hour lecture and two-hour problem session. Problem sets continue for three months into the next semester. Motion, Kinematics, Newton’s laws, energy and momentum conservation, gravitation, harmonic motion, waves, sound, heat, and fluids. . Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 6320 - Classical and Modern Physics II
A comprehensive study of physics using some calculus and emphasizing concepts, problem solving, and pedagogy. This course series is intended for in-service science teachers, particularly middle school physical science and high school physics teachers. This course can be used for crossover teachers who wish to obtain endorsement or certification to teach high school physics. This is a required course for the M.A.P.E. degree. This course is typically taught for 4 weeks in the summer with a daily two-hour lecture and two-hour problem session. Problem sets continue for three months into the next semester. Coulomb’s law, Gauss’s law, electrostatics, electric fields, capacitance, inductance, circuits, magnetism, and electromagnetic waves. Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 6330 - Classical and Modern Physics III
A comprehensive study of physics using some calculus and emphasizing concepts, problem solving, and pedagogy. This course series is intended for in-service science teachers, particularly middle school physical science and high school physics teachers. This course can be used for crossover teachers who wish to obtain endorsement or certification to teach high school physics. This is a required course for the M.A.P.E. degree. This course is typically taught for 4 weeks in the summer with a daily two-hour lecture and two-hour problem session. Problem sets continue for three months into the next semester. Geometric and physical optics, relativity, and modern physics. Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree and instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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PHYS 6350 - Curriculum Enhancement I
A laboratory sequence normally taken concurrently with PHYS 6310, 6320, 6330, respectively. It includes experiments with sensors that are integrated with graphing calculators and computers and other experiments using low cost apparatus. This course is typically held in the summer for four weeks and is extended into the next semester creating an activity plan. The laboratories utilize best teaching practices and hands-on experimentation in cooperative learning groups. Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 6360 - Curriculum Enhancement II
A laboratory sequence normally taken concurrently with PHYS 6310, 6320, 6330, respectively. It includes experiments with sensors that are integrated with graphing calculators and computers and other experiments using low cost apparatus. This course is typically held in the summer for four weeks and is extended into the next semester creating an activity plan. The laboratories utilize best teaching practices and hands-on experimentation in cooperative learning groups. Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 6410 - Physics Teaching Pedagogy
A course in the pedagogy of teaching secondary school physics. This may be a distance-learning course intended for in-service teachers desiring to teach secondary school physics. Prerequisite: PHYS 6310, 6320, 6330, 6350, and 6360, or instructor permission. Not suitable for physics majors.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 6513 - Topics in Physical Science
Small classes studying special topics in physical science using cooperative teaching in a laboratory setting. Hands-on experiments and lecture demonstrations allow special problems to be posed and solved. May be taken more than once. Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree or instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 3
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PHYS 6993 - Independent Study
A program of independent study for in-service science teachers carried out under the supervision of a faculty member culminating in a written report. A typical project may be the creation and development of several physics demonstrations for the classroom or a unit activity. The student may carry out some of this work at home, school, or a site other than the University. Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree and instructor permission.
Credits: 3 to 6
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PHYS 7010 - Theoretical Mechanics I
The statics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies. Discusses the methods of generalized coordinates, the Langrangian, Hamilton-Jacobi equations, action-angle variables, and the relation to quantum theory. Prerequisite: PHYS 3210 and MATH 5220, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 7210 - Statistical Mechanics
Discusses thermodynamics and kinetic theory, and the development of the microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical ensembles. Includes Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions, techniques for handling interacting many-particle systems, and extensive applications to physical problems. Prerequisite: PHYS 7610.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 7410 - Electricity and Magnetism I
A consistent mathematical account of the phenomena of electricity and magnetism; electrostatics and magnetostatics; macroscopic media; Maxwell theory; and wave propagation.
Prerequisite: PHYS 7250 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 7420 - Electricity and Magnetism II
Development of the theory of special relativity, relativistic electrodynamics, radiation from moving charges, classical electron theory, and Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of electrodynamics.
Prerequisite: PHYS 7420 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 7610 - Quantum Theory I
Introduces the physical basis of quantum mechanics, the Schroedinger equation and the quantum mechanics of one-particle systems, and stationary state problem. Prerequisite: Twelve credits of 3000-level physics courses and MATH 5210, 5220, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 7620 - Quantum Theory II
Includes angular momentum theory, techniques of time-dependent perturbation theory, emission and absorption of radiation, systems of identical particles, second quantization, and Hartree-Fock equations. Prerequisite: PHYS 7610 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 8220 - Fundamentals of Photonics
Studies nonlinear optical phenomena; the laser, sum, and difference frequency generation, optical parametric oscillation, and modulation techniques. Prerequisite: PHYS 5310 and exposure to quantum mechanics.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 8320 - Statistical Mechanics II
Further topics in statistical mechanics. Prerequisite: PHYS 8310.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 8420 - Atomic Physics
Studies the principles and techniques of atomic physics with application to selected topics, including laser and microwave spectroscopy, photoionization, autoionization, effects of external fields, and laser cooling. Prerequisite: PHYS 7620 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 8450 - Computational Physics II
Linear algebra and large sparse matrix methods applied to partial differential equations, with applications to 1+1 and 2+1 dimensional Schrodinger equations. The use of lattice gauge theory methods for introducing electromagnetic fields on a grid, and applications to the quantum theory of conductivity and the integer quantum Hall effect. Application of Monte Carlo simulation methods to statistical mechanical systems, quantum mechanics, and quantum field theory. Prerequisite: PHYS 5630 or instructor permission
Credits: 3
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PHYS 8610 - Condensed Matter Theory I
The description and basic theory of the electronic properties of solids including band structure, electrical conduction, optical properties, magnetism and super-conductivity. Prerequisite: PHYS 7620 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 8630 - Introduction to Field Theory
Introduces the quantization of field theories, including those based on the Dirac and Klein-Gordon equations. Derives perturbation theory in terms of Feynman diagrams, and applies it to simple field theories with interactions. Introduces the concept of renormalization. Prerequisite: PHYS 7620.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 8640 - Modern Field Theory
Applies field theory techniques to quantum electrodynamics and to the renormalization-group description of phase transitions. Introduces the path integral description of field theory. Prerequisite: PHYS 8630.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 8710 - Nuclear Physics I
Discusses nuclear theory and experiment from the modern perspectives of the fundamental theory of the strong interaction: Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).
Credits: 3
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PHYS 8750 - Elementary Particle Physics I
Introduction to the Standard Model of Electroweak and Strong Interactions, to be followed by physics beyond the Standard Model, including aspects of Grand Unification, Supersymmetry, and neutrino masses.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 8820 - Ultracold Gases
Ultracold Gases
Credits: 3
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PHYS 8880 - Quantum Optics and Quantum Information
Studies the quantum theory of light and other boson fields with a special emphasis on the nonclassical physics exemplified by squeezed and entangled quantum states. Applications to quantum communication, quantum computing, and ultraprecise measurements are discussed. Prerequisite: PHYS 7610 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 8970 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
For master’s research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
Credits: 3 to 12
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PHYS 8999 - Master Thesis Non-Topical Research
For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
Credits: 1 to 12
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PHYS 9010 - Introduction to Physics Research I
Workshops given by UVA Physics faculty describing their research. Restricted to Arts and Sciences graduate students in Physics only
Credits: 1
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PHYS 9020 - Introduction to Physics Research II
Workshops given by UVA Physics faculty describing their research.
Credits: 1
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PHYS 9410 - Atomic and Molecular Seminar
Atomic and Molecular seminars given by invited speakers from outside and within UVA. Restricted to Arts and Sciences Physics graduate students only.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 9420 - Atomic and Molecular Seminar
Studies the principles and techniques of atomic physics with application to selected topics, including laser and microwave spectroscopy, photoionization, autoionization, effects of external fields, and laser cooling. Prerequisite: PHYS 7620 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 9610 - Condensed Matter Seminar
Condensed Matter seminar given by invited speakers from outside and within UVA. Restricted to Arts and Sciences Physics graduate students only.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 9620 - Condensed Matter Seminar
Condensed Matter seminar given by invited speakers from outside and within UVA. Restricted to Arts and Sciences Physics graduate students only
Credits: 3
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PHYS 9710 - Nuclear Physics Seminar
Nuclear Physics seminar given by invited speakers from outside and within UVA. Restricted to Arts and Sciences Physics graduate students only.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 9720 - Nuclear Physics Seminar
Nuclear Physics seminar given by invited speakers from outside and within UVA. Restricted to Arts and Sciences Physics graduate students only.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 9810 - High Energy Physics Seminar
High Energy Physics seminars given by invited speakers from outside and within UVA. Restricted to Arts and Sciences Physics graduate students only.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 9820 - High Energy Physics Seminar
High Energy Physics seminars given by invited speakers from outside and within UVA. Restricted to Arts and Sciences Physics graduate students only.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 9998 - Pre-Qual Preparation for Doctoral Research
For students who have not passed the Qualifying exam for doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected.
Credits: 1 to 12
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PHYS 9999 - PhD Thesis Non-Topical Research
For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.
Credits: 1 to 12
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PHY 8011 - Seminar in Physiology
Topics of current interest in physiology and related sciences are presented and discussed.
Credits: 2
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PHY 8012 - Seminar in Physiology
Topics of current interest in physiology and related sciences are presented and discussed.
Credits: 2
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PHY 8040 - Physiology A
The course will integrate background cellular and molecular knowledge into organ systems and whole animal, function. It is intended to provide the ability to integrate knowledge at the molecular level into function, the foundation of translational-based research. The physiology to be covered will include the nervous system, metabolism and endocrine systems.
Credits: 2
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PHY 8041 - Physiology B
The course will integrate background cellular and molecular knowledge into organ systems and whole animal, function. It is intended to provide the ability to integrate knowledge at the molecular level into function the foundation of translational-based research. Specifically, the physiology to be covered will include the heart, vasculature, kidney, GI, and muscle.
Requisites: PHY 8040 or permission of instructor
Credits: 2
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PHY 8052 - Vascular Biology A
The class covers the broad range of vascular biology from the basic science to clinical implications. The class integrates new methods in the field and relationships to heart function.
Prerequisite: PHY 8040
Credits: 2
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PHY 8053 - Vascular Biology B
The class covers the broad range of vascular biology from the basic sciences to the clinical implications. In addition, the class integrates new methods in the field and relationships to heart function.
Prerequisite: PHY 8040 and PHY 8052
Credits: 2
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PHY 8092 - Directed Readings in Physiology
Readings in particular fields of physiology under supervision of the instructor.
Credits: 1 to 3
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PHY 8093 - Directed Readings in Physiology
Readings in particular fields of physiology under supervision of the instructor.
Credits: 1 to 3
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PHY 9995 - Research
Directed research on an approved problem in physiology.
Credits: 3 to 12
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PHY 9998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research
For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected.
Credits: 1 to 12
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PHY 9999 - Non-Topical Research
For doctoral dissertation.
Credits: 1 to 12
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PPL 5993 - Independent Study in Public, Policy and Law
Independent study under faculty supervision, for students who are preparing for intensive research on a specific topic. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1-6
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PLAP 5430 - Intergovernmental Relations
Analyzes the contemporary relations of national, state, and local governments. Examines urban and metropolitan growth problems and their implications for public policy and administration in relation to the federal system. Prerequisite: Six credits of PLAP or fourth-year standing.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 5460 - The Politics of the Budgetary Process
This course examines the politics and processes of federal budgeting, and the role the budget plays in national economic policy making. Topics covered include the historical development of the budget and fiscal policy; the creation of the executive budget; the politics of the budgetary process through appropriations, entitlements, and tax policy; and the relationship between fiscal and monetary policy. Crosslisted with PPOL 5460
Credits: 3
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PLAP 5500 - Special Topics in American Politics
Investigates a selected issue in American government or American political development.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 5526 - Special Topics in Public Policy or Public Administration
Intensive analysis of selected issues in public policy or public administration. Prerequisite: Any PLA course or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 5993 - Selected Problems in American Politics
Independent study under faculty supervision, for students who are preparing for intensive research on a specific topic. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 7000 - American Political Development
Surveys the development of American politics over the history of the nation.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 7010 - American Political Institutions
Provides a general introduction to the field of American political institutions. It is structured as a ‘survey’ course, providing both an overview of classic works and coverage of important new research in this subfield.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 7110 - American Political Behavior
Introduces the fields of public opinion, mass media, political psychology, voting behavior, and other forms of political participation. Focuses primarily but not exclusively on research conducted in the United States.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 7261 - American Political Development in Action
This course is built around readings drawn from the leading works in this field that spans history, political science, and sociology. Students will also attend colloquia where works in progress will be presented by leading APD scholars.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 7410 - Survey of State and Local Government
Readings and research on the institutions, processes, and interrelationships of state, local, and governmental units smaller than national in scope.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 7440 - Social Policy and the Politics of Inequality in the United States
Investigates the political development of the American welfare state and offers competing perspectives on the causes and consequences of inequality in the United States. Examines how and why our social safety net is unique from other nations, public beliefs about income inequality and support for antipoverty measures, the implications of inequality for participation and influence, as well as consider several specific policies.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 7500 - Special Topics in American Politics
Intensive analysis of selected issues and concepts in American politics.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 7600 - Public Administration
General introduction to public administration at the graduate level, emphasizing the political and ecological influences upon it, the problems of internal organization and management, and the problems and methods of innovation and change.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 7660 - Policy Analysis
Analyzes public policy problems. Emphasizes the use of program evaluation, public management, and decision analysis on national and local programs.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 7770 - Groups in the Political Processes
A critical survey of the roles of groups in the American political system.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 8210 - The American Presidency
Readings and research on special problems of the American political and administrative system that come to a focus in the presidency or arise out of the manifold responsibilities of the president.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 8220 - The Party System and the Conduct of Government
Readings and research, emphasizing the functions of parties in the conduct of government, and the evolution of the party system in response to changes in the broader economic, social, and political environment.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 8410 - Development of the American Party System
Focuses on the development of the political party system in the United States, from the late 18th Century through the present day. Examines why political parties emerged in the U.S., both in Congress and at the mass level; why particular parties like the Federalists and Whigs collapsed; and how different “party systems” have developed historically.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 8440 - Urban Politics
Studies patterns of power and influence in urban decision-making. Topics include social, economic, and other factors influencing urban political institutions; patterns of leadership and political behavior in central cities and suburbs; issues of the exploding metropolis, including urban renewal, finances, transportation, education, reform, and state and federal intervention; and methodological problems.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 8500 - Special Topics in American Politics
Special Topics in American Politics
Credits: 3
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PLAP 8583 - Topics in Public Law
Topics in Public Law
Credits: 3
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PLAP 8610 - Seminar in Public Administration
Readings and research in public administration theory and practice and contemporary administrative problems.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 8740 - Personnel Administration
Studies the theories and application of public personnel systems and administration.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 8840 - Seminar in Civil Rights and Liberties
Explores the vexatious lines between the rights of individuals and those of the state in democratic society, focusing on such major issues as freedom of expression and worship; separation of church and state; criminal justice; the suffrage; privacy; and racial and gender discrimination. Focuses on the judicial process. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 8850 - American Constitutional Law and Theory Seminar
Examines the nature and parameters of the judicial function, focusing on law courts and jurists, with an emphasis on the political role of the Supreme Court of the United States. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 8998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
For master’s research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
Credits: 1 to 12
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PLAP 8999 - Non-Topical Research
For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
Credits: 1 to 12
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PLAP 9998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research
For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected.
Credits: 1 to 12
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PLAP 9999 - Non-Topical Research
For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.
Credits: 1 to 12
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PLCP 5230 - Politics of Eastern Europe
Introduction to the politics of Eastern and Central European countries. Considers political, social, and economic developments in these countries during the post-Versailles period. Subjects include the communist takeover at the end of World War II, uprising during the de-Stalinization era, and the collapse of communism at the end of the 1980s. Also deals with contemporary issues, including the process of democratization.
Credits: 4
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PLCP 5310 - Politics of Latin America
Studies the constitutional, political, and administrative systems of the major countries of Latin America, the political implications of economic development and social reform, and nationalist theories of socio-political development. Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of Latin America.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 5330 - Political Parties and Movements in Latin America
Studies the origins, activities, and contemporary position of the major political parties and movements in Latin America and Spain, and their relationship to economic development, social reform, and the conduct of government in the principal Latin American states.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 5350 - Democratic Theory and Democratization in Latin America
Investigates the various democratic theories and the democratization process in Latin America. Evaluates these theories and the democratization process in the contemporary global environment.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 5360 - Role of the Military in Latin America
Studies the impact of the military on government and society, the conditions effecting military intervention against constitutional governments, and the circumstances in which military intervention occurs and is likely to occur in Latin America and Spain. Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of Latin America.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 5410 - Islam and Democracy in the Middle East
Studies the prospects for democratic transitions in Middle Eastern states, emphasizing the role of Islamic political movements. Prerequisite: PLCP 3410 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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