Perspectives on Canada

William Green, Professor of Government
Morehead State University, w.green@morehead-st.edu, Course Coordinator

Jason Holcomb, Assistant Professor of Geography,
Morehead State University, j.holcomb@morehead-st.edu

Harold Tallant, Professor of History
Georgetown College, Harold_Tallant@georgetowncollege.edu

Steven Savage, Professor of Anthropology
Eastern Kentucky University, Steve.Savage@eku.edu

John Petersen, Professor of Government
Western Kentucky University, John.Petersen@fsmail.wku.edu

Ernest J. Yanarella, Professor of Political Science
University of Kentucky, ejyana@uky.edu

Perspectives on Canada/ Topics in Political Science is a multi-disciplinary online course which explores the geography, history, society, politics, and economy of America's northern neighbor with particular attention to contemporary Canadian domestic and international issues, including Quebec's role in the Canadian federation, trans-border economic and cultural relationships with the United States, and Canada's active participation in world affairs.

Perspectives on Canada/ Topics in Political Science is a Canadian Studies Online Program (CSOP) course which will originate from Morehead State University, use MSU Blackboard server and electronic library reserves, and be coordinated by William Green, Professor of Government at MSU, and team taught by him and the five CSOP faculty identified above. You may take this course if you are an MSU, EKU, WKU, UK, and Georgetown College student. At MSU, the course is listed as GOVT 399; at EKU, it is ANT 375; at WKU, it is PS 299; at UK, it is A&S 300; and at Georgetown, it is HIS 470.

After you register for this course on your home campus, you must do three things. First, email or phone Professor Green at w.green@morehead-st.edu (606-783-2128) and provide him with your email address, phone number, and mailing address. Second, purchase the textbooks from the MSU campus bookstore. Third, email Julia Lewis, MSU's Blackboard Administrator at j.lewis@morehead-st.edu and 606-783-2082 for information on the usernames and passwords you will need to access the MSU's Blackboard course site and library's electronic reserves.

Comparative Constitutional Law/Comparative Civil Liberties

William Green, Professor of Government
Morehead State University, w.green@moreheadstate.edu

Constitutions embody a commitment to limiting governmental power by entrenching a panoply of fundamental rights and freedoms. As the first modern nation to write a constitution, the United States has had a significant influence on twentieth century constitutions, including Germany’s 1949 Basic Law and Canada’s 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We will explore the nature of comparative constitutional law and the role of the US, Canadian, and German constitutional courts in defining the rights to privacy and equality and freedom of speech and religion in terms of their decisions on focus on abortion, sexual orientation, defamation and hate speech, and religion in public schools. Throughout the course, we will analyze the constitutional conversations these courts have had about the meaning of individual rights and liberties in their democratic post-industrial societies.

Comparative Constitutional Law/Comparative Civil Liberties is a Canadian Studies Online Program course which will originate from Morehead State University, use MSU Blackboard server and library reserves, and be taught by William Green, Professor of Government at MSU. You may take this course if you are an MSU, EKU, WKU, UK, and Georgetown College student. At MSU, the course is listed as GOVT 303; at EKU, it is POL 405; at WKU, it is PS 400; at UK, it is PS 491; and at Georgetown, it is POL 470.

After you register for this course on your home campus, you must do three things. First, email or phone Professor Green at w.green@morehead-st.edu (606-783-2128) and provide him with your email address, phone number, and mailing address. Second, purchase the textbooks from the MSU campus bookstore. Third, contact Julia Lewis, MSU's Blackboard Administrator at j.lewis@morehead-st.edu and 606-783-2082 for information on the usernames and passwords you will need to access the MSU's Blackboard course site and library's electronic reserves.

Politics of the North American Auto Industry

Ernest J. Yanarella, Professor of Political Science
University of Kentucky, ejyana@.uky.edu

The changing global political economy and restructuring of national, state, and local economies have placed the future of the North American automobile industry in jeopardy. In this course, we will explore the politics of the Big Three automakers in the United States and Canada in terms of globalizing trends in the international automobile marketplace, the emergence of Japanese and South Korean transplants in North America, the challenge of flexible production methods to traditional assembly line production, the problem of overcapacity in the international auto market, the role of union labor in reorganizing the workplace, the technological advances in automobile construction and fuel efficiency, and the
prospects for renewal of North American auto manufacturing in the face of global competition.

Politics of the North American Auto Industry is a Canadian Studies Online Program course which will originate from the University of Kentucky, use the UK Blackboard server and electronic library reserves, and be taught by Professor Ernest J. Yanarella, Professor of Political Science at UK. You may take this course if you are an MSU, EKU, WKU, UK, and Georgetown College student. At MSU, it is listed as GOVT 399; at EKU, it is POL 405; at UK it is PS 491; at WKU, it is PS 460; and at Georgetown, it is POL 470.

After you register for this course on your home campus, you must do three things. First, email or phone Professor Ernest J. Yanarella at ejyana@uky.edu or 859-257-2989 and provide him with your email address, phone number, and mailing address. Second, purchase your textbooks from the University of Kentucky campus bookstore. Third, self-enroll in this UK Blackboard course. If you have any UK Blackboard-related questions, you may contact Keyth Sokol, UK Distance Learning Coordinator, at ksokol@email.uky.edu or 859-257-4052.

Political Economy and Environment of Canada

Ernest J. Yanarella, Professor of Political Science
University of Kentucky, ejyana@.uky.edu

Canada's environmental policy has felt the impact of the country's subordinate economic place vis-à-vis the United States. In this course, we will survey this impact and then draw upon Canada's incredible geographic expanse and rich natural resources, to explore how the Canadian environment, as cultural symbol and economic resource, has shaped the country’s environmental tradition and its political movements and environmental groups which seek to protect its natural ecosystems and preserve its natural resources. We will also examine Canada’s efforts to steer a course to ecological sustainability in the face of tendencies toward top-down globalization of the international political economy.

Political Economy and Environment of Canada is a Canadian Studies Online Program course which will originate from the University of Kentucky, use the UK Blackboard server and electronic library reserves, and by taught by Professor Ernest J. Yanarella, Professor of Political Science at UK. You may take this course if you are an MSU, EKU, WKU, UK, and Georgetown College student. At MSU, it is listed as GOVT 399; at EKU, it is POL 405; at UK it is PS 491; at WKU, it is PS 449; and at Georgetown, it is POL 470.

After you register for this course on your home campus, you must do 3 things. First, email or phone Professor Ernest J. Yanarella at ejyana@uky.edu or 859-257-2989 and provide him with your email address, phone number, and mailing address. Second, purchase your textbooks from the University of Kentucky campus bookstore. Third, self-enroll in this UK Blackboard course. If you have any UK Blackboard-related questions, you may contact Keyth Sokol, UK Distance Learning Coordinator, at ksokol@email.uky.edu or 859-257-4052.