2019-2020 Online Continuing Education Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Online Continuing Education Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PO 1920 - Comparative Politics


This course serves as an introduction to a global perspective on international relations. Students will be exposed to basic concepts and issues of comparative politics. Political institutions and processes will be serve as a starting point and are examined in comparison to their American counterparts. The course focuses on three types of states in the international system: industrialized democracies, post-communist regimes, and the developing countries. By the end of this course successful students should have a familiarity with the politics of major states, an understanding of the major issues in the comparative study of politics, and an ability to analyze current political trends and development within the international community. (4 credits)



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