Examines policies impacting the production and utilization of energy in the U.S. and abroad. Addresses resource constraints, physical principles, and policy analysis tools and concepts.

An exploration of the organizations, strategies, and issues that have defined African American political life in the post-civil rights era in the United States.

Overview of core literature of public policy including theories of public policy, the history of public policy studies, the institutional structure of policy analysis, the profession of policy research, and the intellectual bases of public policy studies.

Roles of markets and government in allocating resources. Rational choice approaches to understanding policy. Institutional design. Growth and sustainability.

Examination of the relationships between science, technology, and government, including policies for support, control, and application of science and technology.

Critical examination of perception, verification, apriori and aposteriori knowledge, meaning and criteria of truth, and cognitive significance of scientific and philosophical propositions. Evolution of epistemology. Credit not allowed for both PHIL 4110 and PST 4110.

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Examines the American social and political system through the prism of Constitutional issues decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. Includes study of the Constitution of Georgia.

An introduction to the concepts guiding the responsible conduct of research. Students will learn about the ethical norms and guidelines within different fields of research.

The political economy of the digital transformation: policy problems in AI regulation, money digitization, data governance, content regulation, platform competition, trade, industrial policy.