SS 201 - Economics (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents. The nature of a market economy. Microeconomics?demand theory, production possibilities, cost and price, equilibrium anal-ysis, and applications to decision making in the firm. Macroeconomics?national income accounts, consumption, investment, government monetary and fiscal policy, and problems of employment and price levels. Economic analysis leading to an understanding of current developments in the United States economy and international trade and currency problems. Students who have received credit for Econ 265 or Econ 266 may not subsequently receive credit for SS 201.

SS 201H - Honors Economics (3-0-3)
Prerequisite: enrolled in the Honors College or permission of the instructor. Covers the material in SS 201, but topics are treated more comprehensively and in greater depth.

SS 300 - Basic Principles of Law and the Judicial System (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents, two from HSS 211, HSS 212, HSS 213 or their equivalents. Explores controversial legal issues focusing upon fundamental principles of law that have evolved in such bodies of law as contract, tort, criminal real and intellectual property, and in specialized areas such as environmental and labor/business law. Covers implementation of law in the judicial system, which includes examination of administrative regulations and due process.

SS 318 - International Economic Policy (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202, SS 201 or their equivalents. Examines the increasing effects international economic affairs have on our lives; the choices economic policy analysts must make; the economic policies that promote or restrain trade; and causes of economic growth or decline.

SS 338 - Issues in Public Policy (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202, SS 201 or equivalents. A survey of key social and political issues within a public policy perspective. Topics covered include policy problems with an emphasis on economics, urban and regional planning, sociology-psychology, natural science or engineering, and problems with a political science emphasis.

SS 343 - Rise of Modern Diplomacy (3-0-3)
Examines the origins and mechanisms of modern diplomacy and their historic connection with the state. Topics include resident embassies, the development of diplomatic procedures and conventions, international law, diplomatic theory, and the relationship between diplomacy and war.

SS 351 - International Relations (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202, SS 201 or equivalents. Analysis of the factors affecting relations among nations. Emphasis on the growing interdependence of the world system. Examination of international agencies, such as the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. International political and economic conflict. Patterns of power, and the roles of diplomacy, war, and international terror. Attempts to ameliorate conflicts among nations.

SS 352 - Race and Ethnicity: Contemporary Issues (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202, SS 201 or their equivalents. Explores the concepts of race and ethnicity in both national and international arenas. Scientific, sociological, political, and global implications are addressed. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to competently address the impact of race on micro and macro levels, from both individual and policy perspectives. Special topics are negotiated with students at the start of each class. Such topics can include immigration, affirmative action, educational curricula, institutional racism, or the impact of multiculturalism on families. Emphasis is on the interaction between race and technology.

SS 362 - Environmental Economics (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202, SS 201 or their equivalents. Presents a detailed overview of the relationship between political economy and the environment. Draws on diverse case studies including global warming, harvesting of minerals on the ocean's floor, destruction of old growth forests, and contamination of the nation's water, air, and soils. Explores the economic remedies to the fast changing relationship between society and nature. Co-listed as STS 362.

SS 362H - Honors Environmental Economics (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: admission to the Honors College or permission of the instructor. An honors course parallel to SS 362. Co-listed as STS 362H.

SS 363 - Natural Resources Economics (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202, SS 201 or equivalents. Natural resource economics is concerned with supply and demand, theory, pricing under various market conditions, the commodity aspects of exchange and the effects of government intervention on depletion and profits. Case studies and examples of natural resource usage will be demonstrated; also substitution and recycling strategies will be examined