[Pols-l] Changing POLS 301 Major Requirment

[Paul Johnson]

I suggest you do not list a specific set of courses in any guidelines. 
Instead, say they have to pick from the listings for Diversity and 
Social Justice and then the Undergrad Director would have a list.  It 
was--is?--that way on "what counts as US politics" or IR or whatnot.  If 
you do this, you can have the same courses on list, but undergrad 
director has some freedom to negotiate as times change.  For example, if 
I were back there full time, there would be "Social Choice and Game 
Theory" which was, actually, on the official registry of diversity 
courses at one point.

Please consider leaving introduction to Political Theory as a course 
that fulfills this.  You are more likely to have grad students who can 
teach that.

Also I'd leave a back door on this, create a "Topics in Diversity and 
Social Justice: _____" course, numbered in the 300s.

This is how both EEB and HIST did it when they killed off the one 
required thing. If you number this topics in thing in the 300s, then we 
can conceivably have graduate students teach it.

pj

On 10/19/2017 03:57 PM, Kennedy, John James wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
> Currently POLS majors are requited to take POLS 301.
>
>
> For the POLS Major students, they currently need:
>
>
> *Required Courses:
> (1) Introduction to U.S. Politics (POLS 110 or 111), and either
>
>
> (2) Introduction to Comparative Politics (POLS 150 or 151) or
> Introduction to International Politics (POLS 170 or 171)
>
>
> (3) Introduction to Political Theory (POLS 301 or 302) and
>
>
> (4) Political Science Methods of Inquiry (POLS 306) and
>
>
> *Additional Requirements for Major:
> (5) Electives- 18 required credit hours (15 hours at 400 level or above)
>
>
>
> We propose to stop requiring POLS 301 and let students select one of 
> the five electives to fulfill the major requirement.
>
>
> The proposed requirements would look like this:
>
>
> *Required Courses:
> (1) Introduction to U.S. Politics (POLS 110 or 111), and either
>
>
> (2) Introduction to Comparative Politics (POLS 150 or 151) or
> Introduction to International Politics (POLS 170 or 171)
>
>
> (3) Diversity and Social Justice.Select ONE of the five electives:
>
> POLS 501: Contemporary Political Thought
>
> POLS 674: International Ethics
>
> POLS 644: Justice and Public Policy in Democratic Societies
>
> POLS 630: Politics of Identity
>
> POLS 612: Psychology in Politics
>
>
> (4) Political Science Methods of Inquiry (POLS 306)
>
>
> *Additional Requirements for Major:
> (5) Electives- 18 required credit hours (15 hours at 400 level or above)
>
>
>
> Another alternative is to not require POLS 306 and then require POLS 
> 150 Introduction to Comparative Politics and POLS 170 Introduction to 
> IR. Currently we require POLS 110 and POLS 150 OR POLS 170. However, 
> we can require POLS 150 AND POLS170 instead of the list of new electives.
>
>
> The proposed requirements would look like this:
>
>
> *Required Courses:
> (1) Introduction to U.S. Politics (POLS 110 or 111)
>
>
> (2) Introduction to Comparative Politics (POLS 150 or 151)
>
>
> (3) Introduction to International Politics (POLS 170 or 171)
>
>
> (4) Political Science Methods of Inquiry (POLS 306)
>
>
> *Additional Requirements for Major:
> (5) Electives- 18 required credit hours (15 hours at 400 level or above)
>
>
> I hope this is helpful,
>
> John
>
>
>
> John James Kennedy, Associate Professor
>
> Department of Political Science, University of Kansas
>
> Office: Blake Hall, Room 521
>
> Phone: 785-864-9025
>
> E-mail: kennedy1 at ku.edu
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Carter, Brittnee A
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 19, 2017 3:25 PM
> *To:* Kennedy, John James; Miller, Patrick R.; Johnson, Paul E.
> *Subject:* Re: Changing POLS 301 Major Requirment
>
> Quick clarification, will this eliminate 301 as a course or simply 
> reduce the enrollment size and make it part of this curriculum just no 
> longer a requirement?
>
>
> In addition, I plan to regularly offer POLS 674, International 
> Ethics which I suggest may be appropriate for this list of electives.  
> Here is the course description.  It will be offered Spring 18 and 
> likely again next year or every other year.
>
>
> "This course reviews how philosophical perspectives elucidate the role 
> ethics plays in foreign policy. It covers human rights doctrines, 
> issues of economic and political justice, just war theory (jus ad 
> bellum) and just conduct of war (jus en bello) and humanitarian 
> intervention."
>
>
> Brittnee
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Kennedy, John James
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 19, 2017 2:34 PM
> *To:* Miller, Patrick R.; Carter, Brittnee A; Johnson, Paul E.
> *Subject:* Changing POLS 301 Major Requirment
>
> Hello Undergraduate Committee members,
>
>
> Given the change in the department over the last few years we are 
> discussing removing POLS 301 Introduction to Political Theory as a 
> major requirement.  The alternative is a new required set of electives 
> that cover theory, diversity and social justice. The suggested title 
> is: Diversity and Social Justice.  The list of electives is below with 
> the most recent offering available in the department.
>
> Let me know if you have any comments or suggestions. I plan to submit 
> this to Don with the Undergraduate Committee response next week.
>
> POLS 501: Contemporary Political Thought
>
> Marie Staniforth Spring 18,   Marie Staniforth Fall 17, Marie 
> Staniforth Spring 17, Ben Jones
>
> Fall 16, Brittnee Carter Spring 16
>
> POLS 644: Justice and Public Policy in Democratic Societies
>
> Gary Reich Spring 18, Gary Spring 17, Gary Spring 16
>
> POLS 686: International Human Rights
>
> Mariya Omelicheva Spring 18
>
> POLS 630: Politics of Identity
>
> Patrick Miller Fall 17
>
> POLS 612: Psychology in Politics
>
> Patrick Miller Spring 17, Christina Bejarano Spring 16
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>
>
> John James Kennedy, Associate Professor
>
> Department of Political Science, University of Kansas
>
> Office: Blake Hall, Room 521
>
> Phone: 785-864-9025
>
> E-mail: kennedy1 at ku.edu
>

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