Course Offerings, Topics & Speakers

MSU Dept. of Criminal Justice and Political Science

To contact us:

Phone: 517-432-0121

Fax: 517-432-0200

Past Course Topics:

· Biles: Prisons and Orientation to Rehabilitation

· Bronitt: Police Powers and Surveillance

· Burgmann: Women and the Political Process

· Easteal: Violence Against Women

· Gunningham: Environmental Regulation

· Inkpen: Re-integrative Shaming

· MacAskill: Aboriginal land rights

· McDonald: Drugs and Drug Policy in Australia

· Niland: Anti Discrimination Law

· Ombudsman's Office: Corruption and Governmental Responses

· Parliamentary procedures

· Seymour: Juvenile Justice in Australia

· Smith: Australian Political Culture

· Smith: Parliamentary and Presidential Systems

· Sullivan: Politics of Immigration

· Thompson: The Republicanism Debate

· Thompson: Multiculturalism

· Wright: Industrial Relations

· Wardlaw: Law Enforcement Trends

· Wearing: Inequality and Social

Courses Offered:

· CJ 422 Comparative and Historical Criminal Justice 3 cr.

· CJ 490 Independent Study 1-3 cr.

· CJ 491 Special Topics in Criminal Justice 2-4 cr.

· IAH 221C Great Ages: The Modern World (I) 4 cr.

· ISS 315 Global Diversity and Interdependence (I) 4 cr.

· PLS 313 Public Policy Analysis 3 cr.

· PLS 322 Comparative Legal Systems 3 cr.

· PLS 354 Politics of Asia 3 cr.

· PLS 357 Politics of English-speaking Democracies 3 cr.

· PLS 495 Independent Study 1-4 cr.

· SOC 490 Special Topics in Sociology 3 cr.

· SSC 496 Field Study Abroad 4 cr.