Mar 18, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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POSC 489 - Senior Assessment


Description:
A “capstone” course designed to assess students’ mastery of fundamental knowledge of politics and of writing and analytical skills.

Prerequisites:
Co- or prerequisites: POSC 101, POSC 210, POSC 260, POSC 270, and either POSC 481, POSC 482, POSC 483, or POSC 485 and senior standing.

Credits: (2)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Develop, or one hopes, further refine students’ writing skills in the context of the study of politics.
  • Read primary and secondary sources in the student’s chosen research area.
  • Review and be able to demonstrate knowledge of the fundamentals and foundation of the discipline of political science at the undergraduate level.
  • Demonstrate an acceptable level of analytical and research skills.
  • Evaluate, by way of the end-of-course questionnaire, the faculty of this department, its curriculum, and its program.
  • Develop, in the process of the course, a greater understanding of the nature of the discipline of political science.
  • Develop, in the process of the course, an appreciation of the diversity and complexity of political life from an historical and from a contemporary perspective.
  • Differentiate between subjective values and opinions and objective facts.
  • Learn to organize one’s thoughts and communicate those thoughts in a clear, written form.
  • Become an all-round good person, eat all one’s vegetables, don’t be cruel to animals (unless they deserve it), and struggle against corporate fascism.

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