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PCL 591-MASTERPIECES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 1. 4 credits
PCL 592-MASTERPIECES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 2. 4 credits
PCL 593-MASTERPIECES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 3. 4 credits
 GRADUATE COURSES
PCL 601-POLITICAL SCIENCE SCOPE AND METHOD. 5 credits
 Prerequisite: Permission of department. Science in relation to social sciences.
Development of political science. Micro vs. macro approaches. Political science
research strategies. Normative and value approaches and problems.
PCL 604-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROBLEMS. 5 credits
 Organizational structure; recruitment; development of leadership; development
of organizational effectiveness. Open only to students with A.B. degree working
for terminal master's degree in public administration, to qualify for federal, state,
or local government management.
PCL 605-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES. 5 credits
 Prerequisite: PCL 604. Decision-making; budget planning and formulation; ethics
 in administration. Open only to students with A.B. degree working for terminal
 master's degree in public administration, to qualify for federal, state, or local
 government management.
 PCL 606-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION INTERNSHIP. 5 credits
 Prerequisites: PCL 604, PCL 605. Supervised internship under a major local
 government administrator, with seminar sessions to develop research project. Open
 only to students with A.B. degree working for terminal master's degree in public
 administration to qualify for federal, state, or local government management.
 PCL 613-THE CONDUCT OF INQUIRY. 5 credits
 Empirical research methodology in political science.
 PCL 614-POLITICAL BEHAVIOR: POLIMETRICS 1. 5 credits
 PCL 615-SURVEY RESEARCH. 5 credits
 Identical with SY 648. Prerequisite: STA 320. Methods of survey research
 in context of field investigation. Formulation of research hypotheses predicted
 by theory; construction of measuring instruments; collection, analysis of data.
 PCL 616-SEMINAR IN POLITICAL THEORY. 5 credits
 Problems in political theory. Idealism vs. pragmatism. Theories as to the scope
 of government. Authority vs. individualism.
 PCL 617-SEMINAR IN POLITICAL THEORY. 5 credits
 Continuation of PCL 616. Theories of political causation and absolute govern-
 ment.
 PCL 618-SEMINAR IN POLITICAL BEHAVIOR: POLIMETRICS 2. 5 credits
 PCL 619-HISTORY OF AMERICAN POLITICAL THEORY. 5 credits
 Background of American theory. Historical treatment from the Mayflower
 Compact to the contemporary period.
 PCL 620-LATIN AMERICAN POLITICAL THEORY. 5 credits
 Prerequisites: A reading knowledge of Spanish and undergraduate work in Latin
 American government. Writings and theories of the leading Latin American political
 thinkers from Alberdi, Sarmiento and Marti to contemporary figures.
 PCL 621-POLITICAL MODEL BUILDING. 5 credits
 Prerequisites: Graduate standing in political science, math sequence through
 and including MS 211; MS 304 (calculus sequence); STA 320 or STA 520; ISE 350
 (Fortran). Mathematical and statistical applications of political model building,
 including computer simulation.