Brazil Program Courses 2008

• HUMN 2960 (Brazilian Foreign Language and Culture) May substitute for Area C 2

• POLS 1150 (World Politics) Comparative political systems with emphasis on the variety of world polities. Differences in government structure, policy, and political traditions. Democratization, modernization, nationalism, the future of the nation state, the end of the Cold War, and the potential of developing nations (Core Area B: Global Perspectives).

• POLS 3440 (Latin American Politics) Examination of cultural traditions, economic institutions and problems, efforts to strengthen and deepen the recent transitions to democracy, and civil-military relations in post authorization Latin America.

• CRJU 2010 (Universal Justice) Critical juxtaposition of the justice ideal in actual practice in the U.S. and other countries. Development of universal justice construct rooted in the Rule of Law and applicable to terrorism, piracy, international criminal conspiracy, immigration, sanctuary, asylum, amnesty, and war crimes (Core Area B: Global Perspectives).

• CRJU 3600 (Topics in Criminal Justice) Substantive topics, problems and issues not covered in other courses but of importance to contemporary study of criminal justice. Topics to be announced before each offering; course may be repeated if topic is substantially different. Course will be tailored to a comparative study of Brazilian and US law and institutions

• HSCP 3750 (Topics in Public Health: The Brazilian Public Health System) A comparison of major public health problems in both the United States and Brazil. Students can select a particular public health problem to compare in detail.

• PUBH 5560U (Introduction to International Health) Introduction of the application of public health and its relationship to other disciplines in the field of international health.