POLI_SCI 101-6-20 Politics of Citizenship, Migration & Refuge First-Year Seminar
WCAS First-Year Seminar. Various topics by instructor. Specific topics and descriptions can be found in Caesar. Open to first-year students in Weinberg College only. Does not satisfy major/minor requirements in Political Science.
POLI_SCI 101-6-21 Plato’s Road to Resilience First-Year Seminar
WCAS First-Year Seminar. Various topics by instructor. Specific topics and descriptions can be found in Caesar. Open to first-year students in Weinberg College only. Does not satisfy major/minor requirements in Political Science.
POLI_SCI 101-6-21 Sports, Politics & Public Opinion
POLI_SCI 101-6-21 Sports, Politics & Public Opinion First-Year Seminar
WCAS First-Year Seminar. Various topics by instructor. Specific topics and descriptions can be found in Caesar. Open to first-year students in Weinberg College only. Does not satisfy major/minor requirements in Political Science.
POLI_SCI 101-6-21 Syria: politics, society, and culture in revolution
POLI_SCI 101-6-21 Syria: politics, society, and culture in revolution First-Year Seminar
WCAS First-Year Seminar. Various topics by instructor. Specific topics and descriptions can be found in Caesar. Open to first-year students in Weinberg College only. Does not satisfy major/minor requirements in Political Science.
POLI_SCI 101-6-22 Body Politics First-Year Seminar
WCAS First-Year Seminar. Various topics by instructor. Specific topics and descriptions can be found in Caesar. Open to first-year students in Weinberg College only. Does not satisfy major/minor requirements in Political Science.
WCAS First-Year Seminar. Various topics by instructor. Specific topics and descriptions can be found in Caesar. Open to first-year students in Weinberg College only. Does not satisfy major/minor requirements in Political Science.
POLI_SCI 101-6-22 Press and the Political Process First-Year Seminar
WCAS First-Year Seminar. Various topics by instructor. Specific topics and descriptions can be found in Caesar. Open to first-year students in Weinberg College only. Does not satisfy major/minor requirements in Political Science.
POLI_SCI 101-6-23 Alts, Populists, Neos, and Billionaires: Right Politics Worldwide in the 21st Century
POLI_SCI 101-6-23 Alts, Populists, Neos, and Billionaires: Right Politics Worldwide in the 21st Century First-Year Seminar
WCAS First-Year Seminar. Various topics by instructor. Specific topics and descriptions can be found in Caesar. Open to first-year students in Weinberg College only. Does not satisfy major/minor requirements in Political Science.
POLI_SCI 101-6-23 Insurgency and Nation-Building in the Age of Revolution
POLI_SCI 101-6-23 Insurgency and Nation-Building in the Age of Revolution First-Year Seminar
WCAS First-Year Seminar. Various topics by instructor. Specific topics and descriptions can be found in Caesar. Open to first-year students in Weinberg College only. Does not satisfy major/minor requirements in Political Science.
POLI_SCI 101-6-24 Political Controversy First-Year Seminar
WCAS First-Year Seminar. Various topics by instructor. Specific topics and descriptions can be found in Caesar. Open to first-year students in Weinberg College only. Does not satisfy major/minor requirements in Political Science.
POLI_SCI 101-6-25 The American Way of War First-Year Seminar
WCAS First-Year Seminar. Various topics by instructor. Specific topics and descriptions can be found in Caesar. Open to first-year students in Weinberg College only. Does not satisfy major/minor requirements in Political Science.
POLI_SCI 201-0-20 Introduction to Political Theory
Examination of texts in political theory. Topics vary but often include justice, the Greek polis, the modern state, individualism, representative democracy.
POLI_SCI 210-0-20 Introduction to Empirical Methods in Political Science
Tools political scientists use. How qualitative, quantitative, and experimental research designs help answer difficult descriptive and causal questions.
POLI_SCI 211-0-20 Introduction to Interpretive Methods in Political Science
Philosophy of inquiry and interpretive research methods for students of political science. Examines diverse schools of thought on research methods and their relevance for research goals.
POLI_SCI 220-0-20 American Government and Politics
The structure and process of American politics from competing perspectives. Analysis of representation, voting, interest groups, parties, leadership, and policymaking institutions. The gateway course for the American politics subfield.
POLI_SCI 230-0-20 Introduction to Law in the Political Arena
Roles of law in society and politics. Police and prisons, law and social change, courts and politics, legal reasoning, Supreme Court decision making, judicial discretion, legal strategies for making change.
POLI_SCI 250-0-20 Introduction to Comparative Politics
Emphasis may be on industrialized and/or developing states. Major issues include regime-society relations, political change and conflict, and policy making.
POLI_SCI 304-0-20 Human Rights Between East and West
In this course, students consider challenges leveled against the declared universalism of human rights. They assess these challenges from the perspective of two non-western traditions: Islam and Confucianism.
POLI_SCI 309-0-20 Political Theories of the Rule of Law
Key documents and debates in the development of theories of law and jurisprudence. From Aeschylus to contemporary democratic and legal theories and major court cases on topics ranging from torture to Title IX. POL_SCI_309_0 and LEGAL_ST_309_0 are taught together; may not receive credit for both courses.
Intermediate coverage of statistical methods appropriate for data in political science research, such as multiple regression, logit and probit, estimation and inference with non-independent or non-identically distributed sampling, basic time series and panel data methods, and causal inference in statistical models.
Structural foundations and historical development of the American presidency; predominant scholarly theories of presidential power and leadership; contemporary issues and debates.
POLI_SCI 325-0-20 Congress and the Legislative Process
Organization of legislatures to make public policy; impact of constituents and political parties on legislative decision making; polarization; legislative-executive relations. Emphasis on the US Congress and contemporary politics. Prerequisite: POLI_SCI 220 or equivalent.
Analysis of how diversity shapes policy in the United States and how policies contribute to racial and ethnic diversity. Immigration reform, school choice, residential segregation, and criminal justice.
Survey of black politics in the United States, including blacks' relations with government, whites, political parties, public policy, and electoral politics.
POLI_SCI 330-0-20 U.S. Refugee Policy & Localities
Comparative understandings of refugee policies in liberal democracies and their relation to constitutional and human rights. Street level bureaucracy, constitutional governance, federalism, integration, refugee resettlement policy, citizenship and belonging. POLI_SCI 330-0 and LEGAL_ST 330-0 are taught together; may not receive credit for both courses.
Operation of appellate courts, with emphasis on the US Supreme Court. Decision making by appellate courts and the development of public policy. Prerequisite: POLI_SCI 220-0 or POLI_SCI 230-0.
Introduction to interpretation of the US Constitution by the Supreme Court. Judicial review, federalism, congressional and executive authority, separation of powers. Taught with LEGAL_ST 332-0; may not receive credit for both courses. Prerequisite: POLI_SCI 220-0 or POLI_SCI 230-0.
POLI_SCI 333-0-20 Constitutional Law II: Civil and Political Rights
Consideration of US Supreme Court decisions dealing with civil and political rights, including equality, freedom of speech and religion, and criminal procedures. LEGAL_ST 333-0 and POLI_SCI 333-0 are taught together; may not receive credit for both courses. Prerequisite: POLI_SCI 220-0 or POLI_SCI 230-0.
Implications of Latino politics including contemporary social and political developments of Latino communities in the United States from a comparative urban framework. Focus on Mexican and Cuban Americans and Puerto Ricans.
Introduction to immigration politics in the U.S. with a focus on policies, public opinion, participation, and mobilization. Emphasis on relationships between nativity, citizenship status, legal status, and race/ethnicity.
Introduction to the politics of international economic relations. Roots and evolution of the international political economy. Fundamental controversies about international trade, finance, and development. Prerequisite: POLI_SCI 240-0 or consent of instructor.
How US foreign policy is formulated, executed, legitimated, and contested. Topics include 9/11 and its aftermath, covert action, interventionism, trade, US respect for international norms, and US engagement with the Middle East.
Basic issues in national security, focusing primarily on the United States. Topics include the nature of "national interest," major actors in national security policy making and military strategy, and the influence and role of the defense establishment.
Analysis of changes in the world economy and their implications for politics, economics, and society. Politics of multinational production, finance, and trade in the context of governance problems in a globalizing world. Prerequisite: POLI_SCI 240-0 or equivalent.
Survey of politics and political history of the Middle East and North Africa from World War I to the present. Topics include state building, authoritarianism, political economy, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the causes, trajectories, and aftermath of the 2011 Arab uprisings.
Explores the economic and social changes that have constituted development, with a focus on comparing the historical experience in Europe to more recent processes in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Patterns of socioeconomic development and regime forms in Latin America. Interaction of internal and international economic and political structures and processes.
POLI_SCI 356-0-20 Constitutional Challenges in Comparative Perspective
Constitutional controversies and resolutions in liberal democracies. Constitutional traditions and governance, rule of law, legitimacy and authority in diverse societies, human rights, social transformation. POLI_SCI 356-0 and LEGAL_ST 356-0 are taught together; may not receive credit for both courses.
Impact of historical development on contemporary institutions, political and political-economic institutions, interest groups and parties, policy making, and social and economic policy.
POLI_SCI 368-0-20 Political Economy of Development
Major analytical perspectives of modern political economy seen through concrete problems of development and underdevelopment in the least developed countries.
Analysis of Russia's political and economic revolutions after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Examines key concepts in comparative politics, such as revolution, regime change, market formation, nationalism, and state building.
Analysis of Russia's political and economic revolutions after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Examines key concepts in comparative politics, such as revolution, regime change, market formation, nationalism, and state building.
Effects of politics on the economy and vice versa, especially in advanced industrial economies. The welfare state, varieties of capitalism, and neoliberalism.
Focus on post-Cold War increase in civil wars, including causes and consequences of internal wars, and theories of conflict. Examines recent and contemporary civil wars to illustrate applications of theories and better understand current events.
Analysis of the links between illegal drugs and politics, from the politics of local communities to international public policy. Regional focus on North, Central, and South America.
Key debates and developments in the history and politics of American foreign relations. Domestic politics and foreign policy, political culture, interventionism, legal globalization, international institutions.
Development of international human rights. Comparative state and regional responses to forced migration due to war, conflict, and generalized violence. Humanitarian intervention, international law, and policy issues, such as gender-based violence, migrants at sea, and human trafficking.
POLI_SCI 383-0-20 War and Change in International Politics
Historical and contemporary forms of international order. Western and non-Eurocentric systems; how international order emerges; whether the post-1945 order will change.
Institutions in a broad societal context. How institutional frameworks apply to government, family, education, and the environment; implications of institutions. POLI_SCI 388-0 and SOCIOL 288-0 are taught together; may not receive credit for both courses.
Key debates in the comparative study of genocide. Why genocide occurs, why people become killers, how these processes relate to each other. POLI_SCI 389-0 and SOCIOL 379-0 are taught together; may not receive credit for both courses.
POLI_SCI 390-0-20 Politics of Corruption Special Topics in Political Science
Designed for investigation of topics of interest to students and faculty that are not covered by other course offerings. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
POLI_SCI 390-0-21 Politics of Nationalism and Ethnicity
POLI_SCI 390-0-21 Politics of Nationalism and Ethnicity Special Topics in Political Science
Designed for investigation of topics of interest to students and faculty that are not covered by other course offerings. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
POLI_SCI 390-0-21 Politics of the 1960s: Reform or Revolution
POLI_SCI 390-0-21 Politics of the 1960s: Reform or Revolution Special Topics in Political Science
Designed for investigation of topics of interest to students and faculty that are not covered by other course offerings. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
POLI_SCI 390-0-22 The Press & Presidential Elections
POLI_SCI 390-0-22 The Press & Presidential Elections Special Topics in Political Science
Designed for investigation of topics of interest to students and faculty that are not covered by other course offerings. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
POLI_SCI 390-0-23 Turkish Politics: Islamism, Authoritarianism, and Democratic Struggles
POLI_SCI 390-0-23 Turkish Politics: Islamism, Authoritarianism, and Democratic Struggles Special Topics in Political Science
Designed for investigation of topics of interest to students and faculty that are not covered by other course offerings. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
POLI_SCI 390-0-24 Multiculturalism Special Topics in Political Science
Designed for investigation of topics of interest to students and faculty that are not covered by other course offerings. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
POLI_SCI 390-0-25 Bad News Special Topics in Political Science
Designed for investigation of topics of interest to students and faculty that are not covered by other course offerings. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
POLI_SCI 390-0-25 Racial and Ethnic Politics Special Topics in Political Science
Designed for investigation of topics of interest to students and faculty that are not covered by other course offerings. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
POLI_SCI 390-0-26 Integrity and the Politics of Corruption
POLI_SCI 390-0-26 Integrity and the Politics of Corruption Special Topics in Political Science
Designed for investigation of topics of interest to students and faculty that are not covered by other course offerings. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
POLI_SCI 394-LK-20 Professional Linkage Program: Speechwriting
What goes into a great speech, and how do you write one? This seminar explores what makes speeches effective, persuasive, and memorable. We\'ll cover every aspect of the speechwriting process, from early research to final flourish. We\'ll explore why some speeches endure and most are forgotten. We\'ll consider the role of a speech in today\'s ever-changing political and media environment. And by the end, students will learn how to craft speeches that help leaders in any industry move audiences, win the battle of ideas, and change the world.
Two consecutive quarters (fall and winter) during which students work on their senior theses. Prerequisite: POLI_SCI 395-0 and admission to the honors program.
Undergraduate students with an excellent academic record in political science are encouraged to explore enrolling in 400-level graduate seminars. View the current graduate course offerings here. These courses offer exposure to advanced debates, as well as a unique chance to get to know a professor in a small-class setting. 400-level courses are especially great learning experiences for students considering pursuing graduate school. Undergraduates interested in a 400-level course should reach out to the instructor, as registration requires the instructor’s permission.
