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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 390-0-21 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 390-0-23 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 390-0-22 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.
