Course Catalog 2008-2009
Professor Emeritus Emmett H. Buell, Jr., Director
Professor Emeritus Emmett H. Buell, Jr.; Associate Professors Sue Davis, Paul Djupe, Andrew Z. Katz, James Pletcher; Assistant Professors Eric Boehme, Katy A. Crossley-Frolick
The program is named in honor of Senator Richard G. Lugar (R-Indiana), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Denison Trustee, and member of the class of 1954. Inspired by Senator Lugar's legacy of academic excellence, distinguished service, and prominent role in American agricultural and foreign policy, the Lugar Program is open to students of all majors and partisan predilections. International students are welcome to enroll.
The Lugar Program featurestwotracks, the first of which was established by a 1995 vote of the faculty.Track onefocuses on American politics and public policy, combines coursework in these areas with a congressional internship, and brings former members of Congress to campus every other year. Students must complete four courses in American politics and U.S. foreign policy (see track one list below). One of these courses (Political Science 319) must be taken prior to the congressional internship; another (Political Science 358 or 359) must be taken before graduation. Two more courses on the track one list must also be completed by the end of the senior year. Students must earn a grade of C or better in each Lugar Program course. The internship may be taken in a House or Senate office. Although slightly more than half of all Lugar students have interned with Senator Lugar, others have worked in the House as well as in the Senate, for Democrats as well as Republicans. One intern worked for Rep. Bernie Sanders, the socialist at-large congressman from Vermont. Most Lugar students undertake a four-week internship starting immediately after commencement that ends in mid-June. However, students may also do their congressional internships through the Washington Semester Program during the fall or spring semesters.
The faculty enactedTrack twoin May 2005. It has been designed for students primarily interested in international affairs and foreign policy, especially with an aptitude for the study of foreign languages and a desire to pursue a career in such fields as international security, homeland defense, control over weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and foreign affairs. In particular, track two provides a foundation for graduate study at the Graduate School of International Policy Studies at the Monterrey Institute in California, or at similar graduate programs that also require extensive language training. To complete the track two program at Denison, students must take two years (four semesters) of coursework in a foreign language. Although French, German, and Spanish are acceptable, students interested in the Monterrey option are encouraged to study Arabic, Chinese, or Japanese. Some coursework in a language could be undertaken at Monterrey or another institution, most likely during the summer. As in track one, students must take four of the courses listed below under track two offerings. The minimum grade in each of these courses and in every semester of foreign language instruction is a C. Track two contains an experiential/internship component that must be completed prior to the spring semester of the senior year. The off-campus commitment must be met during the fall or spring while participating in the Washington Semester Program at the American University in Washington, D.C. (or at a comparable program approved by the director). Track two students may choose one of the Washington Semester's internationally focused offerings, such as Foreign Policy, Peace and Conflict Resolution, International Environment and Development, or International Business and Trade. The Washington Semester will place Lugar students in their internships. The Foreign Policy program has sent students to the Department of State, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Organization of American States, Defense Department, and numerous other institutions. The Peace and Conflict Resolution program includes a practicum that dispatches students to Northern Ireland or South Africa for brief periods.
Students electing this track must take four courses from the following list, one of which must be POSC-319 and another of which must be POSC-358 or 359: American Political Behavior and Institutions POSC-202, American Public Policy POSC-315, The Politics of Congress POSC-319, The American Presidency POSC-320, Selecting the American President POSC-321, The Supreme Court and the Political Process POSC-350, Foreign Policy Formulation POSC-358, The Conduct of American Foreign Policy POSC-359. POSC-319 must be taken prior to the congressional internship. The congressional internship must be completed before the spring semester of the senior year.
In addition to two years of instruction in a foreign language and an off-campus program during a fall or spring semester, students enrolled in track two of the Lugar Program must take four of following courses: Politics of Russia POSC-322, Politics in Eastern Europe POSC-323, Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa POSC-324, Ethnic Conflict/Ethnic Peace POSC-325, The Middle East in World Affairs POSC-327, Politics of the Global Environment POSC-328, Transitions to Democracy POSC-330, Inernational Organizations and Global Governance POSC- 344, International Political Economy POSC-355, Foreign Policy Formulation POSC-358, The Conduct of American Foreign Policy POSC-359.