Explain how political scientists construct knowledge and communicate inferences and explanations about political systems, institutional interactions, and behavior.

PAU-1.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Describe differences between regimes, states, nations, and governments.

PAU-1.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Describe democracy and authoritarianism.

PAU-1.C

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the process and goals of democratization.

PAU-1.D

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain sources of power and authority in political systems.

LEG-1.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Describe the sources of political legitimacy for different types of regimes among course countries.

LEG-1.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how governments maintain legitimacy.

LEG-1.C

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how internal actors influence and interact with state authority and either enhance or threaten stability.

PAU-3.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Describe parliamentary, presidential, and semi-presidential systems.

PAU-3.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Compare institutional relations among parliamentary, presidential, and semipresidential systems.

PAU-3.C

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the structure, function, and change of executive leadership in course countries.

PAU-3.D

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Describe procedures for the removal of executive leadership by other institutions.

PAU-3.E

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Describe legislative structures and functions in course countries.

PAU-3.F

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how legislative powers are constrained by other institutions and/or processes, which can affect legislative independence.

PAU-3.G

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Describe the structure and functions of judiciaries.

PAU-3.H

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the importance of independent judiciaries relative to other political institutions.

IEF-1.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Describe civil society.

IEF-1.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the role of civil society among course countries.

IEF-1.C

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how political culture relates to citizen behavior and the role of the state.

IEF-1.D

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how political values and beliefs frame policy choices to address particular political problems.

DEM-1.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the nature and role of political participation as related to a regime's use of authority and power.

DEM-1.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how political participation affects and is affected by democratic or authoritarian regime types.

DEM-1.C

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the extent to which civil rights and civil liberties are protected or restricted in different regimes.

LEG-2.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Describe politically relevant social cleavages.

LEG-2.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how political and social cleavages in course countries affect citizen relationships and political stability.

DEM-2.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Describe electoral systems and election rules among course countries.

DEM-2.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how election rules serve different regime objectives regarding ballot access, election wins, and constituency accountability.

PAU-4.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Describe characteristics of political party systems and party membership.

PAU-4.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how political party systems and memberships link citizen participation to policy making.

IEF-2.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how social movements and interest groups affect social and political change.

IEF-2.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Describe pluralist and corporatist interest group systems.

IEF-3.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how global economic and technological forces influence political policies, behaviors, and culture.

IEF-3.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Compare political responses to global market forces.

IEF-3.C

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how globalization creates challenges to regime sovereignty.

IEF-3.D

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Describe economic and political liberalization policies.

IEF-3.E

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the adoption of and consequences associated with economic liberalization policies.

LEG-3.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how international and supranational organizations influence domestic policymakers and national sovereignty.

LEG-3.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how governments adapt social policies to address political, cultural, and economic changes.

LEG-3.C

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how rapid industrialization and economic development have produced radical changes in governmental policies.

LEG-4.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain political causes and consequences of demographic changes.

LEG-5.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how natural resources affect political and economic development.

S.1.A

Skill

Depth 3

Describe political systems, principles, institutions, processes, policies, and behaviors.

S.1.B

Skill

Depth 3

Explain political systems, principles, institutions, processes, policies, and behaviors.

S.1.C

Skill

Depth 3

Compare political systems, principles, institutions, processes, policies, and behaviors.

S.1.D

Skill

Depth 3

Describe political systems, principles, institutions, processes, policies, and behaviors of a course country.

S.1.E

Skill

Depth 3

Explain how political systems, principles, institutions, processes, policies, and behaviors apply in a course country.

S.2.A

Skill

Depth 3

Compare two or more course countries based on their political systems, principles, institutions, processes, policies, and behaviors.

S.2.B

Skill

Depth 3

Explain the implications of the similarities and differences between countries with similar political systems, principles, institutions, processes, policies, and behaviors.

S.2.C

Skill

Depth 3

Explain the implications of the similarities and differences between countries with different political systems, principles, institutions, processes, policies, and behaviors.

S.3.A

Skill

Depth 3

Describe the data presented.

S.3.B

Skill

Depth 3

Describe patterns and trends in data.

S.3.C

Skill

Depth 3

Explain patterns and trends in data to draw conclusions.

S.3.D

Skill

Depth 3

Explain what the data implies or illustrates about political systems, principles, institutions, processes, policies, and behaviors.

S.3.E

Skill

Depth 3

Explain possible limitations of the data provided.

S.4.A

Skill

Depth 3

Describe the author's claim(s), perspective, evidence, and reasoning.

S.4.B

Skill

Depth 3

Explain how the author's argument or perspective relates to political systems, principles, institutions, processes, policies, and behaviors.

S.4.C

Skill

Depth 3

Explain how the implications of the author's argument or perspective may affect political systems, principles, institutions, processes, policies, and behaviors.

S.5.A

Skill

Depth 3

Articulate a defensible claim/ thesis.

S.5.B

Skill

Depth 3

Support the argument using relevant evidence.

S.5.C

Skill

Depth 3

Use reasoning to organize and analyze evidence, explaining its significance to justify the claim/thesis.