POS 160 — Introduction to International Relations
(3 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop) 3 Hrs./Wk. (3 Hrs. Lecture) *1 5 wks. This introductory course is about the theory and contemporary history of global politics from an international relations perspective. Subjects include: the nature of personal leadership, the environment, power and decision making; causes of terrorism, war, peace, and relations between national security and domestic political stability; economic development and trade management, technology and the global revolution in communications and interdependence and ethnic and religious identities in regional and global politics. POS 1 70 Sports and Politics 3 Credits (3 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop) 3 Hrs./Wk. (3 Hrs. Lecture) *1 5 wks. This course will introduce the student to the relationships between sports and politics in the contemporary world. In particular, the course will analyze how politics and laws affect the structure and outcomes of sports and how sports affect the structure and con tent of politics and laws. Specifically, the course will focus on the following themes: civil rights and sports, the legal and fiscal environment of sports, federal and state and local government regulations of sports, commercialism in sports and the globalization of sports. Both amateur and professional sports will be analyzed. The following specific sports and sporting events will be analyzed: the Olympics, baseball, soccer, hockey, and snowmobiling. In a more general way, football and basketball will also be analyzed. Within these, the f