Offered by Department of Political Science
College of Natural and Social Sciences
PSCI Courses
- PSCI 800P - Public Administration - 3 hours
- Nature, functions and problems of public administration in the United States. Emphasis is placed on the utilization and control of
public administrative agencies by the legislative, executive and judicial branches of national and state government. Assumes basic
knowledge of American government.
- PSCI 840P - Advanced Study in Comparative Politics: Special Topics - 3 hours
- A seminar in a special topic in the subfield of comparative politics, e.g., Cross-national political behavior, or The politics
in the former Soviet Union. May be repeated up to 6 hours with a different topic.
- PSCI 850P - Nations in Transition - 3 hours
- This course examines the nations that are going through significant transformation. Covering a wide range of countries around
the world, this class considers how these countries struggle to move toward stable democracies despite different obstacles. Furthermore,
we will critically explore the roles that the United States and the international community should assume in these transitional societies.
- PSCI 856P - Regional Field Study - 1-4 hours
- Designed to give students a first-hand acquaintance with the political perspective of a particular area of the world.
- PSCI 868P - Advanced International Politics - 3 hours
- Concerned with applying methods and models of analysis to major contemporary issues in international affairs.
- PSCI 886P - Policy Analysis - 3 hours
- This course develops both a normative conception of the analyst's role and understandings needed to perform basic analysis.
Specifically, the course will survey basic quantitative techniques (i.e., survey research, focus groups and more) for analyzing
policies. This course may be used by participants in the UNO "Greater Nebraska" M.P.A. program as an elective.
- PSCI 890 - Directed Research - 1-3 hours
- Independent readings on advanced political science topics. Directed by a political science graduate faculty member.
- PSCI 899 - Readings in Political Science - 1-3 hours
- Independent readings on advanced political science topics. Directed by a political science graduate faculty member.
