1002. Introduction to Political Theory
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Major themes of political theory such as justice, obligation, and equality, and their relevance to contemporary political concerns. CA 1.
View Classes »1202. Introduction to Comparative Politics
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
A survey of institutions, politics, and ideologies in democratic and non-democratic states. CA 2. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1207. Introduction to Nonwestern Politics
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
A survey of institutions, ideologies, development strategies, and the political processes in nonwestern culture. CA 2. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1402. Introduction to International Relations
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
The nature and problems of international politics. CA 2. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1402W. Introduction to International Relations
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
The nature and problems of international politics. CA 2. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1602. Introduction to American Politics
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Analysis of the organization and operation of the American political system. CA 2.
View Classes »1602W. Introduction to American Politics
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Analysis of the organization and operation of the American political system. CA 2.
View Classes »1996. Introduction to Research
1.00 - 4.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Introduction to research and research methods in political science.
View Classes »2023. Political Theory in Film
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Exploration of political theoretical questions through essays and films. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2062. Privacy in the Information Age
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Honors Credit
Honors course providing a thematic overview of privacy from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Public policy, legal and ethical debates surrounding privacy and the impact of technology and scientific advances on how privacy is conceptualized, valued, enacted, and protected.
View Classes »2062W. Privacy in the Information Age
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Provides a thematic overview of privacy from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Public policy, legal and ethical debates surrounding privacy and the impact of technology and scientific advances on how privacy is conceptualized, valued, enacted, and protected.
View Classes »2072Q. Quantitative Analysis in Political Science
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Explanation of the quantitative methods used in political science. Application of these methods for the analysis of substantive political questions.
View Classes »2073Q. Advanced Quantitative Methods in Political Science
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Explanation of advanced quantitative methods used in political science. Application of these methods and relevant statistical software for the analysis of substantive political questions.
View Classes »2221. Introduction to Government and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
The politics of the contemporary Middle East. Topics may include state formation, authoritarianism, democratization, and the Arab Spring uprising. Taught in English. CA 2. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2221W. Introduction to Government and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
The politics of the contemporary Middle East. Topics may include state formation, authoritarianism, democratization, and the Arab Spring uprising. Taught in English. CA 2. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2222. Political Institutions and Behavior in Western Europe
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Comparative analysis of the governments and politics of Western Europe.
View Classes »2429. Political Violence
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
The forms, causes, and consequences of political violence including terrorism, insurgency, and civil war. Addresses why individuals and groups take up arms; how and why nonstate actors employ specific strategies of violence; how states fight back; and how conflicts end. Formerly offered as POLS 3429.
View Classes »2450. Nuclear Security
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
The development of nuclear weapons and their consequences. Topics include the science and history of nuclear weapons, as well as nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and strategy.
View Classes »2460E. Maritime Politics
The political dimensions of the world’s oceans. This course draws upon international relations theories to analyze states, international law, intergovernmental organizations, trade, and non-state actors with respect to the world's largest bodies of water. CA 2.
View Classes »2602W. Religion and Politics in America
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
The interaction and relationship between religion and politics in the U.S. political system. CA 4.
View Classes »2607. American Political Parties
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
An analysis of the aims, organization, and growth of parties in the United States.
View Classes »2607W. American Political Parties
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
An analysis of the aims, organization, and growth of parties in the United States.
View Classes »2622. State and Local Government
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
The practical working of democracy and the role of state and local governments.
View Classes »2803W. Legal Reasoning and Writing
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Simulation of the "Moot Court" experience. Students will develop legal writing and oral argumentation skills in relation to hypothetical appellate cases about free speech, religion, rights of the accused, separation of powers, and equal protection claims.
View Classes »2807. Women and the Law
The development of constitutional and statutory standards for treatment of women under the law in the United States.
View Classes »2807W. Women and the Law
The development of constitutional and statutory standards for treatment of women under the law in the United States.
View Classes »2827W. Criminal Justice in Practice
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Exploration of the American Criminal Justice system through simulations, interactions with practitioners in the field, visits to institutions within the system, and service projects with organizations working within the system.
View Classes »2995. Special Topics in Political Issues
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 30 credits.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
An exploration of political issues at the national and international levels.
View Classes »2996. Directed Research I
1.00 - 4.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 8 credits.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Faculty-directed investigation of a research topic in political science.
View Classes »2998. Variable Topics in Contemporary Political Issues
3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
An exploration of contemporary political issues at the national and international levels. May be repeated for credit with a change in subject matter.
View Classes »2998W. Variable Topics in Contemporary Political Issues
3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
An exploration of contemporary political issues at the national and international levels. May be repeated for credit with a change in subject matter.
View Classes »3002. Classical and Medieval Political Theory
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
An examination of Greek, Roman and early Judeo-Christian political ideas and institutions, and their relevance to the present.
View Classes »3012. Modern Political Theory
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Major political doctrines of the modern period up through the end of the 19th century, and their influence upon political movements and institutions as they are reflected in the democratic and nondemocratic forms of government.
View Classes »3017. Contemporary Political Theory
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Major political writings from 1900 to the present.
View Classes »3019W. Black Political Thought
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Exploration of black U.S., Caribbean, and African political thought, with a focus on processes of and resistance to racialization, enslavement, and colonization.
View Classes »3022W. Western Marxist Tradition
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Exploration of the social and political theories of Marx and Engels, and of later interpretations and modifications of their ideas.
View Classes »3025. Political Theory and Popular Music
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Exploration of political theories and their relationships to contemporary popular musical genres including folk, hip-hop, pop, reggae, and rock. Students will conduct original analyses connecting political theories to contemporary popular music genres and artists.
View Classes »3027W. Historical Women Political Thinkers
Critical study of the writings of several historical women political thinkers.
View Classes »3032. American Political Thought and Ideology
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
American political thought from the colonial to the contemporary period. Political thought discussed as the ideological expression of the larger sociopolitical situation.
View Classes »3040. Power, Politics and Art
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
A study of power and politics through a survey of major political ideologies and their expression in art and architecture, in various past and present cultures, both as a means of political socialization and a tool of resistance and protest. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3042. Theories of Human Rights
Various theories of human rights, both historical and contemporary. Conceptual arguments both in favor and critical of the theory and practice of human rights will be considered, with literature taken primarily from philosophy and political theory.
View Classes »3062. Democratic Theory
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Survey of theories of democracy from classical times to the present; analysis of defenders and critics of democracy.
View Classes »3072. Political Protest and Ideology
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Variants of major ideologies such as liberalism, socialism, communism, anarchism, fascism, and feminism in their socio-historical context, as well as alternative visions from the Third World.
View Classes »3082. Critical Race Theory as Political Theory
Interdisciplinary scholarship on racial identity, legal decisions, and political action from the perspective of political science and political theory. Topics include interactions between states and social movements, the intersections of race, class, gender, and membership, and the problems with both post-racialism and identity politics.
View Classes »3202. Comparative Political Parties and Electoral Systems
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
A focus on political party and electoral systems around the world, including advanced industrial nations, transitional nations, and less developed nations. Issues such as the relationship between electoral and party systems, democratic reform, voting behavior, and organization of political parties are examined.
View Classes »3202W. Comparative Political Parties and Electoral Systems
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
A focus on political party and electoral systems around the world, including advanced industrial nations, transitional nations, and less developed nations. Issues such as the relationship between electoral and party systems, democratic reform, voting behavior, and organization of political parties are examined.
View Classes »3203. Environmental Policy and Institutions
Development of environmental policies and institutions and their effects on the motivations and the actions of individuals and groups with implications for questions of equity, justice, and sustainability. Draws on approaches from comparative politics, public policy, and international relations.
View Classes »3205. Voting Behavior and Public Opinion Around the World
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
How voting behavior differs across countries. Topics may include turnout, class voting, the electoral role of religion, accountability for the economy, vote buying, ethnic politics, attitudes toward welfare, support for democracy, and anti-Americanism.
View Classes »3206. Comparative Political Economy
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Introduction to overlapping themes in economics and political science including the substantive and emperical relationship between these two in advanced industrial democracies.
View Classes »3208WE. Politics of Oil
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Historical and contemporary role of oil in comparative politics and international relations. CA 2.
View Classes »3209. Sustainable Energy in the 21st Century
Political, socioeconomic, environmental, science and engineering challenges of energy sources; comparison of feasibility and sustainability of energy policies around the world.
View Classes »3212. Comparative Perspectives on Human Rights
Cultural difference and human rights in areas of legal equality, women's rights, political violence, criminal justice, religious pluralism, global security, and race relations.
View Classes »3214. Comparative Social Policy
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Institutional structures of modern welfare states, including systems of social insurance, healthcare, and education. Assessment of leading political explanations for their growth and cross-national differences among them.
View Classes »3216. Women in Political Development
How women and gender circumscribe political life and generate relationships of inequality and justice on a global scale. Topics may include conflict and security, development, human rights and legal systems, labor and migration, nation building, political economy, and transnational justice.
View Classes »3228. Politics of Russia and the Former Soviet Union
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
The social and political structure of the former Soviet Union, the causes and outcome of efforts to reform it, and the development of democratic politics in Russia and other former Soviet republics.
View Classes »3235. Latin American Politics
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Theories and institutions of Latin American politics, with emphasis on issues of stability and change.
View Classes »3245. Chinese Politics and Economy
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Chinese political structure and policymaking process, attempts at democratization, process and outcome of economic reforms, development challenges in contemporary China.
View Classes »3247. Gender and War
Gender aspects of war. Masculinities and militaries; gender-based war violence; laws of war and post-war conditions for male and female soldiers and civilians.
View Classes »3249. Gender Politics and Islam
Construction of gender in Islamic texts and history, the religion's interaction with other patriarchal cultures and systems, western interventions and their impact, male leaders' reform efforts, women's movements.
View Classes »3250. The Political Economy of East Asia
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Economic, political, and social development of East Asia. CA 2.
View Classes »3250W. The Political Economy of East Asia
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Economic, political, and social development of East Asia. CA 2.
View Classes »3252. Politics In Africa
The political systems in contemporary Africa; the background of the slave trade, imperialism, colonialism, and the present concerns of nationalism, independence, economic development and military rule. Emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa.
View Classes »3256. Politics and Human Rights in Global Supply Chains
Political and human rights implications of regulating contemporary global supply chains: official regulatory frameworks; non-regulatory approaches to rule-making (such as voluntary corporate codes of conduct and industry standards); social responses to the dilemmas of "ethical" sourcing of goods and services.
View Classes »3256W. Politics and Human Rights in Global Supply Chains
Political and human rights implications of regulating contemporary global supply chains: official regulatory frameworks; non-regulatory approaches to rule-making (such as voluntary corporate codes of conduct and industry standards); social responses to the dilemmas of "ethical" sourcing of goods and services.
View Classes »3402. Contemporary International Politics
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Problems in international relations with emphasis on changing characteristics of international politics.
View Classes »3406. Globalization and Political Change
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Origins and contested definitions of globalization, and its impact on national, regional and international institutions and political processes. Designed for upper-level undergraduate students with a solid grounding in comparative politics and international relations.
View Classes »3406W. Globalization and Political Change
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Origins and contested definitions of globalization, and its impact on national, regional and international institutions and political processes. Designed for upper-level undergraduate students with a solid grounding in comparative politics and international relations.
View Classes »3410. International Political Economy
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Politics of international economic relations: trade, finance, foreign direct investment, aid.
View Classes »3412. Global Environmental Politics
Politics of how humans and natural systems interact. Managing the global environment, regulating resource commons, and coordinating to solve environmental problems.
View Classes »3413. International Security
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Theory and practice of international security. Topics include why groups use terrorism, why states go to war, the emergence of humanitarian intervention, and the role of technology ranging from nuclear weapons to computer viruses. CA 2.
View Classes »3413W. International Security
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Theory and practice of international security. Topics include why groups use terrorism, why states go to war, the emergence of humanitarian intervention, and the role of technology ranging from nuclear weapons to computer viruses. CA 2.
View Classes »3414. National and International Security
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Key American national security issues as integral parts of the larger problem of global security.
View Classes »3418. International Organizations and Law
The role of intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations and international law in world affairs with special attention to contemporary issues.
View Classes »3418W. International Organizations and Law
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
The role of intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations and international law in world affairs with special attention to contemporary issues.
View Classes »3426. Politics, Propaganda, and Cinema
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Lectures and films from several nations serve to illustrate techniques and effects of propaganda, analyzing the pervasive impact that propaganda has on our lives. The course concentrates on the World War II era.
View Classes »3428. The Politics of Torture
Examination of the usage of torture by state and non-state actors. Questions include, "Why is torture perpetrated?" "What domestic and international legal frameworks and issues related to the use of torture?" "How effective are existing legal prohibitions and remedies?" "Who tortures?" and "How does torture affect transitional justice?"
View Classes »3430. Evaluating Human Rights Practices of Countries
Examination of the ways in which governments, businesses, NGOs, IGOs, and scholars assess which human rights are being respected by governments of the world. Hands-on experience in rating the level of government respect for human rights in countries around the world.
View Classes »3434W. Honors Core: Excavating the International in Everyday Practices
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Examination of daily international practices utilizing an everyday objects lens, with attention to ethical implications for activism, change, and social justice.
View Classes »3437. Recent American Diplomacy
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
The foreign relations of the United States from the first World War to the present.
View Classes »3442. The Politics of American Foreign Policy
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Instructions, forces and processes in the making of American foreign policy. Emphasis will be on contemporary issues.
View Classes »3450. War and Technological Change
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Exploration of how technological developments affect the causes, conduct, and outcomes of war.
View Classes »3462. International Relations of the Middle East
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
The foreign policies and security problems of Middle Eastern States; sources of regional conflict and competition - oil, water, borders, religion, ideology, alliances, geopolitics, refugees, and superpower intervention.
View Classes »3464. Arab-Israeli Conflict
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Political relations between Arabs and Israelis with an emphasis on war and diplomacy.
View Classes »3464W. Arab-Israeli Conflict
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Political relations between Arabs and Israelis with an emphasis on war and diplomacy.
View Classes »3600. Making the Modern American Presidency
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Developments in the presidency from the constitutional era through President Hoover.
View Classes »3601. Modern American Presidency
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Developments in the presidency from President Franklin Roosevelt to the present.
View Classes »3602. The Presidency and Congress
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
The contemporary Presidency and its interactions with the Congress in the formation of public policy.
View Classes »3603WQ. Congressional Apportionment and Redistricting
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Empirical analyses and reporting of research on these fundamental democratic processes. CA 2.
View Classes »3604. Congress in Theory and Practice
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
In-depth analysis of the U.S. Congress, including representation, elections, policy formation, law making, and organization.
View Classes »3606. How to Fix an Election: The Politics of Election Administration in the United States
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
An analysis of the politics of election administration. Topics include: the roles of state and local governments; the participation of candidates, political parties, and voters; convenience-voting options, new technologies, voter turnout, and voter errors; redistricting; voter suppression and voter fraud; and prospects for reform.
View Classes »3608. The Art, Science, and Business of Political Campaigns
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
An analysis of strategy, communications, fundraising, and voter mobilization in contemporary political campaigns.
View Classes »3610W. American Politics in Film
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
An examination of films that describe the development of American political institutions, norms, and values; that portray the processes exhibited in contemporary political institutions or the behaviors that characterize modern-day politicians; or that interpret recurring clashes in American politics. CA 2.
View Classes »3612. Electoral Behavior
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Explaining elections and the basis for voters' decisions.
View Classes »3613. Congressional Elections
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Campaign organization, strategy, and election outcomes in Congressional elections. Topics include candidates and nominations, the roles of political parties and interest groups, campaign communications, campaign finance, and electoral reform.
View Classes »3617. American Political Economy
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Theoretical foundations of the American political economy. Examination of selected public policy issues, including interaction between economic factors and incentives, and democratic institutions and processes.
View Classes »3618. Politics of Inequality
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Relationship between democracy and inequality. Economic inequality and its causes, poverty, public opinion, inequalities in political voice and representation, public policy, the role of money in politics.
View Classes »3622. American Political Leadership
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Study of American political leadership as it relates to political culture, institutions and democratic principles.
View Classes »3625. Public Opinion
Concepts, theories, structure, and substance of public opinion.
View Classes »3625W. Public Opinion
Concepts, theories, structure, and substance of public opinion.
View Classes »3627. Connecticut State and Municipal Politics
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
An examination of contemporary Connecticut politics on the state and municipal levels.
View Classes »3628. Connecticut General Assembly
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Study of the state's legislative process through readings, discussions, and field work.
View Classes »3632. Urban Politics
Political systems and problems confronting urban governments.
View Classes »3632W. Urban Politics
Political systems and problems confronting urban governments.
View Classes »3633. Race and Policy
Examination of contemporary public policy through the lens of race.
View Classes »3642. African-American Politics
Political behavior, theory, and ideology of African-Americans, with emphasis on contemporary U.S. politics. CA 4.
View Classes »3647. Black Leadership and Civil Rights
Black leadership, emphasizing the principles, goals, and strategies used by African-American men and women to secure basic citizenship rights during the civil rights era.
View Classes »3652. Black Feminist Politics
An introduction to major philosophical and theoretical debates at the core of black feminist thought, emphasizing the ways in which interlocking systems of oppression uphold and sustain each other.
View Classes »3662. Latino Political Behavior
Latino politics in the United States. Political histories of four different Latino populations: Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban and Central American. Different forms of political expressions, ranging from electoral behavior to political art. CA 4.
View Classes »3667. Puerto Rican Politics and Culture
Legal and political history of the relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States with an emphasis on the question of United States empire and the politics of cultural resistance.
View Classes »3672. Women and Politics
An introduction to feminist thought, the study of women as political actors, the feminist movement and several public policy issues affecting women.
View Classes »3675. Practicum in Campaigns and Elections in the United States
4.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Study of and skill-development to effectively participate in U.S. political campaigns and elections.
View Classes »3710. Political Science Fiction
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
International relations theory and speculative fiction as interpretations and interrogations of war, peace, politics, knowledge, and imagination.
View Classes »3802. Constitutional Law
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
The role of the Supreme court in expounding and developing the United States Constitution. Topics include judicial review, separation of powers, federalism, and due process.
View Classes »3807. Constitutional Rights and Liberties
The role of the Supreme Court in interpreting the Bill of Rights. Topics include freedoms of speech and religion, criminal due process, and equal protection.
View Classes »3812. Judiciary in the Political Process
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
The Supreme Court in the Political Process.
View Classes »3815. United States Constitutional Dictatorships
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
An evaluation of America’s founding Constitution as an anti-democratic text that can be interpreted to enable a dictatorship. Political theories and constitutional interpretations of democracy and dictatorship. Examination of case studies that document how dictatorial interpretations of the Constitution have been used to legitimate the oppression of various groups of people, including women and people of color.
View Classes »3817. Law and Society
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Leading schools of legal thought, fundamental principles and concepts of law, the basic framework of legal institutions, and judicial procedure. Particular attention is devoted to the general features of American law as it affects the citizen, and primary emphasis is placed on the function of law as a medium for attaining a balance of social interests in a politically organized society.
View Classes »3822. Law and Popular Culture
Exploration of themes in the study of law and courts by contrasting scholarly work against representations of such themes in movies, televisions, and other media of popular culture.
View Classes »3822W. Law and Popular Culture
Exploration of themes in the study of law and courts by contrasting scholarly work against representations of such themes in movies, televisions, and other media of popular culture.
View Classes »3827. Politics of Crime and Justice
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Criminal justice in the United States, with emphasis on the links between law, politics, and administration.
View Classes »3832. Maritime Law
International and domestic legal concepts concerning jurisdiction in a maritime setting.
View Classes »3834. Immigration and Transborder Politics
U.S. immigration policy, trans-border politics, and the impact diasporas and ethnic lobbies have on U.S. foreign policy, with emphasis on Latino diasporas.
View Classes »3842. Public Administration
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
The politics of public administration. Role of administrative agencies and officials in American national, state, and local governments.
View Classes »3847. The Policy-making Process
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Introduction to the study of policy analysis. Consideration of description and prescriptive models of policy-making. Examination of several substantive areas of national policy in the United States.
View Classes »3857. Politics, Society, and Education Policy
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Analysis of interactions among educational policy, politics, and other social forces. Insights and concerns from politics and other social sciences disciplines applied to different levels and types of schooling.
View Classes »3991. Supervised Field Work
1.00 - 12.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).
View Classes »3993. Foreign Study
1.00 - 15.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 15 credits.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Special topics taken in a foreign study program. Consent of Department Head required, normally to be granted before the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor.
View Classes »3995. Special Topics
1.00 - 3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
3996. Directed Research II
1.00 - 4.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 8 credits.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Faculty-directed investigation of a research topic in political science.
View Classes »3999. Independent Study
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Open only with consent of instructor and department head.
View Classes »4894. Political Science Colloquium
1.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 2 credits.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Faculty research presentations demonstrating current topics of investigation within the department, literature review skills, and research design techniques. Recommended for sophomore and junior Honors students who are beginning their thesis research. Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).
View Classes »4994. Senior Seminar
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Required for students in the Honors Program. Weekly seminar on selected topics in political science. Students must complete this course prior to their final semester.
View Classes »4997W. Senior Thesis
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Honors Credit
All honors students writing an honors thesis in Political Science must take this course in each of their last two semesters.
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