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Click on the name of an online science general graduate course to view the detailed information; you can also find out about the college or university offering the category by clicking on "School's Profile". |
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Elements of National Power (NS502) |
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American Public University |
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Compare countries to determine which is the most powerful and which pose the greatest future threats. Critique the greatest strategists who have influenced policymakers over the last two centuries. Declare when and where force should be used. Integrate economics and politics in a global view. Explore Geopolitics. And do all of this by using nine Newsgroup discussion areas to state and defend developed viewpoints. |
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European Security Institutions (NS577) |
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American Public University |
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Survey and analysis of the main international institutions dealing with European security, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), the Western European Union (WEU), and the European Community (EC). The survey will include selected challenges facing each organization, particularly NATO, and their relation to specific European countries and to U.S. foreign and defense policy. |
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Foreign Policy Analysis (NS508) |
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American Public University |
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This course teaches the student to analyze a state?s foreign policy decision-making. The course introduces both agency and structural models for analyzing foreign policy decisions. Students learn and practice the actor/process, rational choice, game theory, organizational behavior, and governmental politics models. Students use these models to analyze state foreign policy decision-making in both crisis and non-crisis situations. |
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Independent Study: Space Studies (SP690) |
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American Public University |
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An opportunity for Space Studies students to pursue an independent research project or examine a specific area of Space Studies under the mentorship of a single professor. Students must complete 24 credits of study before taking this course. Participation is at the discretion of the faculty member. The course will typically involve six or more telephone calls and produce a major research paper (50+ pages); there will be no examination. Students will submit a proposal prior to the start of the project, and a rough draft of the paper at week 10, both of which will count toward the final grade. Prior to registering, students should first contact the professor with whom they wish to mentor their independent study, coordinate an agreement on the grading requirements, and then NOTIFY the University System Registrar with the name of their professor. |
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Inferential Statistics (PSY7620) |
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Capella University |
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Application of parametric statistical procedures to psychological research and the strengths and limitations of conducting quantitative studies. Sampling issues, experimental design, and concerns of internal validity will be examined. Tests of difference between and among groups and correlation will be studied. This course may involve the use of software in the analysis of data sets provided by the instructor. |
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Interagency Operations (NS610) |
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American Public University |
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This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of interagency operations of the Federal Intelligence Community. Members of this community include the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the State Department Bureau of Research and Intelligence, the National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and others. Topics include the theory of intelligence, intelligence and information gathering functions, and the degree to which intelligence is shared among agencies as well as the control of released information. |
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International Strategic Context (NS501) |
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American Public University |
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An analysis of the domestic and international contexts that shape the behavior of state and non-state actors. An assessment of major social, cultural, political, military, economic, technological, and historical issues that influence the international context; the roles and influence of international organizations and non-state actors; the key transitional challenges to national security such as weapons proliferation and terrorism. This course will prepare the student to conduct strategic assessments of selected organizations, regions, states, and other actors on the international stage. |
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Introduction to Orbital Mechanics (SP501) |
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American Public University |
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What is an orbit? How does a spacecraft fly to the Moon or Mars? What does NORAD use to track all of the satellites currently in orbit around Earth? How does a spacecraft move from one orbit to another? These questions and more are answered in this course. From Kepler and Newton to the modern telecommunications, navigation, and remote sensing spacecraft, knowledge of orbital mechanics is essential for the modern Space Manager to be able to plan future space missions and to converse with orbital analysts that perform the day-to-day calculations determining current operating spacecraft location. |
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Introduction to Space Studies (SP500) |
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American Public University |
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This course is a survey of space programs and operations and their meaning for the future international and national economic and national security. The course will provide an overview of major policy, program, scientific, and technical issues in space for the non-scientist. |
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Islam (NS552) |
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American Public University |
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The events of September 11, 2001 have forced the world to focus on Islam. This course will enable students to put the contemporary Islamist challenge to the West into historical, political, and cultural context and to understand Islam and the Islamic world more broadly. It does not focus on Islamism specifically, but does include it. The breadth of the course content reflects the inconsistent and uncertain usage of the term Islam. Strictly defined, Islam refers only to the religion founded by Muhammad. It is not a political, ethnic, geographic or cultural term any more (or less) than Christianity is. The central theme of the course will be to address the question of whether the relationship of theology to polity within Islamic societies is unique to that religious tradition. |
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Latin American International Relations (NS564) |
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American Public University |
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This course surveys the international relations of Latin American nations. It analyzes the relations of Latin America with the United States and other nations, both within and outside of the region. Attention is given to political, security, economic, and cultural issues. |
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Latin American Security Issues (NS565) |
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American Public University |
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Latin America continues as one of the most important areas to the United States -- even as it remains one of the least understood. In particular, the internal dimension of security has not yet been resolved in many Latin American nations to the extent that domestic stability can be taken for granted, a reality which could have profound consequences for the United States. In the recent past, for instance, the US has experienced two major refugee influxes, one from Cuba, the other from Haiti. Further, the US has seen countries as close as Mexico and Colombia experience internal turmoil which at times appeared sure to produce similar waves. This course focuses upon this internal security dynamic. |
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National Space Organization (SP575) |
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American Public University |
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This course addresses the United States organization for space operations, to include exploration, satellite operations, military purposes, and research and development. Included in the organization will be the linkages between governmental and non-governmental enterprises in or dealing with space. The course will also briefly address comparative organizations for space as witnessed in other industrialized nations. |
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Politics and Security in North Africa (NS581) |
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American Public University |
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Today the countries of North Africa -- Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania -- increasingly share a common destiny and are likely to play an ever more important role in international relations. This course analyzes the historical and contemporary issues of this important world region. Country-based and regional themes ranging from historical topics to sociological, anthropological, economic, diplomatic and other issues are covered. |
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Politics and Security in the Levant (NS555) |
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American Public University |
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This course will describe the means by which Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon have attempted to deal with internal security challenges. Students will learn the key governing principles of each of these countries the major regional problems facing these governments and their responses to these problems. The course will also cover the most significant changes in the last few years in the governance of these countries. |
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Politics and Security in the Northern Tier (NS554) |
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American Public University |
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A study of the politics and security of one of the world's most volatile regions, this course addresses the region's internal country relations and its external relations as a region working in and with the rest of the world. Economic, internal security, and defense issues are emphasized. |
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Quantitative Methods (QMBP 5413) |
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Florida Metropolitan University |
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Statistical theory and problems relating to business and industry in supporting administrative decision making. |
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Readings in Middle Eastern Studies (NS550) |
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American Public University |
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This course provides students with a thorough, interdisciplinary introduction to the Middle East. The texts introduce the Middle East from the disciplinary perspectives of geography, history, political science, and economics. The four books cover much of the same material from different perspectives; the repetition of which will help students. ?Israel? and ?The Last Great Revolution? introduce the students to two of the most interesting countries the Middle East, Israel and Iran. ?Between Memory and Desire? and ?Dream Palace of the Arabs? are essays by senior scholars of the Middle East which probe the central dilemmas of the region. This course does not address Islam as a religion and Islamic civilization, which is the topic of NS 552 Islam, or, except in the Ajami volume, allow students to explore material by Middle Eastern authors, as does NS 551, Readings in Middle East Cultures. Serious students of the Middle East are urged to take all three courses to gain a thorough background. |
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