La Salle University Course Catalog
  • Undergraduate

    Day

    1. Accounting
    2. American Studies
    3. Art and Art History
    4. Biology
    5. Business Administration Major
    6. Business Systems and Analytics
    7. Chemistry/Biochemistry
    8. Communication
    9. Communication Sciences and Disorders
    10. Computer Science
    11. Coordinated Program in Dietetics
    12. Criminal Justice
    13. Didactic Program in Nutrition
    14. Digital Arts and Multimedia Design (DArt)
    15. Economics
    16. Economics and International Studies
    17. Education
    18. English
    1. Environmental Science
    2. Environmental Studies
    3. Finance
    4. French
    5. German
    6. Health Studies
    7. History
    8. Information Technology
    9. Integrated Science, Business, and Technology (ISBT)
    10. International Business
    11. Italian
    12. Law
    13. Management and Leadership
    14. Marketing
    15. Mathematics
    16. Military Science
    17. Music
    18. Nursing
    1. Nutrition
    2. Philosophy
    3. Physics
    4. Political Science
    5. Psychology
    6. Public Health
    7. Religion
    8. Russian
    9. Social Work
    10. Sociology
    11. Spanish

    Evening and Weekend

    1. Accelerated RN-BSN Program
    2. Accounting
    3. Art and Art History
    4. Biology
    5. Business Administration
    6. Chemistry
    7. Communication
    8. Criminal Justice
    9. Economics
    10. English as a Second Language (ESL)
    11. Finance
    12. Foreign Language - Conversation and Culture
    13. Foreign Languages
    14. History
    15. Humanities
    16. Literature in Translation
    17. Management and Leadership
    18. Marketing
    19. Mathematics, Computer Science, and Information Technology
    20. Music
    1. Organizational Leadership
    2. Philosophy
    3. Physics
    4. Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Certificate Program
    5. Pre Speech-Language Pathology Program
    6. Pre-Business Administration Program (PBA)
    7. Pre-Nursing Program
    8. Psychology
    9. R.N.-BSN to MSN Program
    10. Religion
    11. RN to MSN Bridge Program
    12. Social Work
    13. Sociology
    14. The Achieve Program
  • Minors
    1. Business Administration Minor
    2. Central and Eastern European Studies Minor
    3. Communication Sciences and Disorders Minor
    4. Entrepreneurship Minor
    5. Entrepreneurship Minor
    6. Environmental Studies Minor
    7. International Studies Minor
    8. Leadership and Global Understanding Minor (LGU)
    1. Life Science Minor
    2. Risk Management and Insurance Minor
    3. Urban Studies Minor
  • Masters
    1. Analytics
    2. Bilingual/Bicultural Studies
    3. Business Administration (Full-time)
    4. Business Administration (One-Year)
    5. Business Administration (Part-Time)
    6. Central and Eastern European Studies
    7. Computer Information Science
    8. Counseling and Family Therapy
    1. Cybersecurity
    2. Economic Crime Forensics
    3. Education
    4. English
    5. Hispanic Institute
    6. History
    7. Human Capital Development
    8. Information Technology Leadership
    1. Instructional Technology Management
    2. MBA in Switzerland
    3. Nursing
    4. Public Health
    5. Speech-Language Pathology
    6. Strategic Communication
    7. Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Including ESL Program Specialist Certification (Pa.)
    8. Theology and Ministry
    1. Translation and Interpretation: English/Spanish-Spanish/English
  • Certificates
    1. Autism
    2. Certification (Only) as a Reading Specialist
    3. Certification as a Reading Specialist
    4. Classroom Management
    5. Fraud and Forensic Accounting
    6. Fraud and Forensic Accounting
    7. History (Certificate)
    8. Instructional Leadership
    1. Intelligence/Security Policy Studies with a Central/Eastern European Focus
    2. Interpretation: English/Spanish-Spanish/English
    3. Nursing Certificates
    4. Program Specialist-English as a Second Language (ESL Program Specialist)
    5. Social and New Media
    6. Special Education Certification
    7. Special Education Certification (Only)
    8. Teacher Certification
    1. Teaching English as a Second Language
    2. Translation: English/Spanish-Spanish/English
  • Doctoral
    1. Doctor of Nursing Practice
    2. Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology
    3. Doctor of Theology
  • General Info

    Overall

    1. La Salle University

    Undergraduate

    1. Admission
    2. Campus Services
    3. Division of Student Affairs
    4. Financial Services
    5. Programs and Procedures

    Evening and Weekend

    1. Admission
    2. Campus Services
    3. Financial Services
    4. Information
    5. Policies and Procedures

    Graduate

    1. Academic Policies
    2. Centers, Offices, and Services
    3. Mission Statements
    4. Philosophy of Graduate Education
    5. Student Services
  • Curriculum

    Undergraduate

    1. School of Arts and Sciences (Day)
    2. School of Arts and Sciences (Evening)
    3. School of Business (Day)
    4. School of Business (Evening)
    5. School of Nursing and Health Sciences
    6. College of Professional and Continuing Studies

    Special

    1. BUSCA (Bilingual Undergraduate Studies for Collegiate Advancement)
    2. English Lanugage Institute

Political Science

Faculty

Frameworks Course

Requirements

Mission Statement- Political Science

Program Goals

Student Learning Outcomes

American Government

  • POL 215
  • POL 301
  • POL 302
  • POL 303
  • POL 304
  • POL 305
  • POL 310
  • POL 311
  • POL 314
  • POL 316
  • POL 319
  • POL 385

Comparative Government

  • POL 120
  • POL 221
  • POL 322
  • POL 334

Course Descriptions

  • POL 151

International Politics

  • POL 240
  • POL 341
  • POL 342
  • POL 344
  • POL 348

Other Courses

  • ECN/HIS/POL 332
  • POL 270, 370, 470
  • POL 460
  • POL 461
  • POL 480
  • POL 481

Political Theory

  • POL 171
  • POL 260
  • POL 361
  • POL 363

Course Descriptions

POL 151: PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT (F, S)

3 credits/ Core: Frameworks of Scientific Understanding

This course provides an overview of the principles, institutions, and decision-making processes of American government. The course focuses on the foundations of the American constitutional order and the development of contemporary American government at the national level. Topics are approached in a critical and analytical way, seeking to understand the trade-offs inherent in particular democratic choices. Historical, comparative, and analytical methods are employed. This course is required of all political science majors and minors. The course requirements include a minimum of 10 to 12 pages of academic writing.