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POLITSC 1300
Global Politics
Summer Term | 3 credit units | Distance Learning
Cooperation and conflict in world politics. Covers basic theories of international relations and key issues, including security, political economy, international organizations, and the environment. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 145 or 145H. GE soc sci human, nat, and econ resources and diversity global studies course. GE foundation social and behavioral sci course.
POLITSC 2300
American Foreign Policy
Session 2 | 3 credit units | Distance Learning
The role of the United States in world politics since the Second World War, emphasizing structural change in economic and political-military relations. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 245 or 245H. GE soc sci orgs and polities and diversity global studies course. GE foundation social and behavioral sci course.
POLITSC 3240
Political Violence
Session 2 | 3 credit units | In person
This course will expose students to major theoretical debates and broad empirical patterns of intrastate conflict during the post-World War II era.
POLITSC 3798
Field Research Methods for Politics & Development in Africa: Education Abroad in Malawi
Summer term | 3 credit units | In Person
Introduction to the tools of data analysis in political science, with an emphasis on data visualization. GE data anly course. GE foundation math and quant reasoning or data anyl course.
POLITSC 3910
Identity Politics
Session 2 | 3 credit units | In Person
Explores who controls the meaning of identity in society; examining identity from the perspective of liberal, sociological, and social psychological, structuralist, and institutionalist theories. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 547.
POLITSC 4131
American Supreme Court
Session 2 | 3 credit units | In Person
This course focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court as an institution and emphasizes the ways in which its formal and informal norms and structures shape the nature and content of the law the Court makes.
POLITSC 4191
Internship
Session 2 | 0-10 credit units | Distance Learning
Combines experience in political institutions or policy processes with analysis of that experience in light of relevant scholarly literature. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs or 3 completions.
POLITSC 4310
Security Policy
Session 1 | 3 credit units | In Person
National security and military policy issues and trends since 1945; covers containment, deterrence, Vietnam, nuclear weapons, terrorism, and globalization. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 552.
POLITSC 4998
Undergraduate Research in Political Science
Summer Term | 0-10 credit units | In Person
Undergraduate research in variable topics. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs or 10 completions. This course is graded S/U.
POLITSC 4999H
Honors Thesis Research
Summer Term or Session 2 | 2-4 credit units | In Person
Honors thesis research with thesis adviser. Minimum of two semesters required of candidates for BA with distinction in political science. Prereq: Honors standing, and Sr standing, and enrollment in Political Science major, and permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs or 4 completions. This course is graded S/U.
Current as of 5/10/2024