Political Science Courses
Course listing by subfield and recent syllabi
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General courses
POLS 101 American Government
Ford Fall 2009 (pdf)
Cabot Fall 2009 (pdf)
Chorlton Fall 2009 section 2 (pdf)
Chorlton Fall 2009 section 3 (pdf)
Felts Fall 2009 (pdf)
Gillespie Fall 2009 (pdf)
Hinton Fall 2009 (pdf)
Mann Spring 2009 (pdf)
LaPira Spring 2009 section 2 (pdf)
LaPira Spring 2009 section 3 (pdf)
Archie-Hudson Fall 2008 learning community section 4 (pdf)
POLS 102 Contemporary Political Issues
Chorlton Fall 2008 (pdf)
France Fall 2007 (pdf)
Creed Spring 2007 (pdf)
POLS 103 World Politics
Gorden Fall 2009 (pdf)
France Fall section 3 2009 (pdf)
France Fall 2009 section 4 (pdf)
Parson Fall 2009 (pdf)
Liu Maymester 2009 (pdf)
Delfeld Spring 2009 section 3 and 4 (pdf)
Liu Fall 2008 section 1 (pdf)
Liu Fall 2008 section 2 (pdf)
Friedman Fall 2007 (pdf)
POLS 104 World Regional Geography
Watson section 1 Fall 2009 (pdf)
Watson section 2 Fall 2009 (pdf)
Keenan Fall 2009 (pdf)
Long Spring 2009 section 3 (pdf)
Long Spring 2009 section 4 (pdf)
POLS 250 Politics and Political Inquiry I
Hinton Fall 2009 section 1 (pdf)
Hinton Fall 2009 section 2 (pdf)
Hinton Fall 2009 section 3 (pdf)
Curtis Fall 2009 (pdf)
Jos Spring 2007 section 2 (pdf)
Jos Spring 2007 section 3 (pdf)
POLS 251 Politics and Political Inquiry II
Mann Fall 2009 section 1 (pdf)
Mann Fall 2009 section 2 (pdf)
LaPira Fall 2009 (pdf)
Stewart Spring 2009 (pdf)
Ford Spring 2008 (pdf)
Halfacre Spring 2008 section 090 and 091 (pdf)
Mann Fall 2007 section 1 (pdf)
Mann Fall 2007 section 2 (pdf)
POLS 400 Tutorial
POLS 401 Reading and Independent Study
POLS 402 Field Internship
Delfeld Fall 2009 (pdf)
Curtis Spring 2009 (pdf)
Veninga Fall 2008 (pdf)
Ford Spring 2008 (pdf)
Creed Fall 2007 (pdf)
POLS 405 Capstone Seminar
Ford Fall 2009 Keeping the Republic (pdf)
Parson Fall 2009 The Political Economy of Global Capitalism (pdf)
France Maymester 2009 No Passport required (pdf)
Jos Spring 2009 Work (pdf)
Liu Spring 2009 Politics at Home and Abroad (pdf)
Creed Spring 2009 War (pdf)
Curtis Fall 2008 Politics of the End (pdf)
Moore Fall 2008 Campaigns and Elections (pdf)
Jos Spring 2008 Work (pdf)
Parson Spring 2008 Politics of Global Human Welfare (pdf)
Mann Spring 2008 Murder (pdf)
Creed Fall 2007 War (pdf)
Ford Fall 2007 Citizen Participation (pdf)
Halfacre Maymester 2007 Environmental Community Development (pdf)
Long Spring 2007 Food (pdf)
Liu Spring 2007 Diplomacy and Politics (pdf)
Curtis Spring 2007 Discrimination: theory, practice and law (pdf)
Friedman Fall 2006 OAS Simulation (pdf)
Moore Fall 2006 Campaigns and Elections (pdf)
Halfacre Maymester 2006 (pdf)
Creed Spring 2006 (pdf)
France Spring 2006 (pdf)
Jos Spring 2006 (pdf)
POLS 499 Bachelor's Essay
Bachelor's Essay policies and procedures (pdf)
American Politics
POLS 380 State Politics
POLS 381 Urban Government and Politics
POLS 382 The Congress
POLS 383 The Judiciary
POLS 384 The Presidency
POLS 386 American Politics and the Mass Media
Lee Fall 2008 (pdf)
Cabot Fall 2006 (pdf)
POLS 387 Political Parties and Interest Groups
POLS 388 Elections, Participation, and Voting Behavior
POLS 389 Public Opinion in American Politics
POLS 390 Southern Politics
POLS 391 Extremist Politics
POLS 392 Women and Politics
POLS 394 Political Campaign Communication
Lee Fall 2009 section 1 (pdf)
Lee Fall 2009 section 2 (pdf)
POLS 395 American Federalism
POLS 399 Special Topics in American Politics
Chorlton Spring 2009 LGBT Politics (pdf)
Archie-Hudson Fall 2008 State Legislatures and Legislative Policymaking (pdf)
Bass Fall 2007 Role of The Federal Judiciary (pdf)
Archie-Hudson Spring 2007 State Leg. and Leg Policymaking (pdf)
Veninga Spring 2007 Race, Ethnicity and Urban Space (pdf)
Comparative Politics
POLS 210 Introduction to Comparative Political Analysis
POLS 321 Politics of Latin America
POLS 322 Politics of Africa
POLS 323 Politics of East Asia
POLS 324 Politics of the Middle East
POLS 326 Soviet and Russian Politics
POLS 328 Modernization, Dependency, and Political Development
POLS 329 Politics of Protest and Revolution
POLS 330 Comparative Gender Politics
POLS 331 The Politics of Film and Reality in South Africa
POLS 332 The Politics of Film and Reality in Latin America
POLS 333 The Politics of Contemporary Brazil
POLS 334 Geographies and Politics of the European Union
POLS 335 Cuban Revolution
POLS 337 Geography and Politics of the U.S. and Canada
Hurley Fall 2007 Geography and Politics of the US and Canada (pdf)
POLS 339 Special Topics in Comparative Politics
Gorden Fall 2009 Idea of Africa (pdf)
Liu Fall 2009 Chinese Politics (pdf)
Gorden Spring 2009 South Africa: The Politics of Democratic Transition (pdf)
Liu Fall 2008 section 1 Chinese Politics (pdf)
Shanes Fall 2008 section 2 Modern Jewish Politics (pdf)
Gorden Fall 2008 Section 3 Idea of Africa (pdf)
International Politics
POLS 360 International Relations Theory
Creed Spring 2009 (pdf)
Delfeld Fall 2008 (pdf)
POLS 361 The United States in World Affairs
POLS 362 Case Studies in Foreign Policy
POLS 363 International Law and Organization
POLS 364 International Environmental Politics
Delfeld Fall 2008 (pdf)
Creed Fall 2007 (pdf)
POLS 365 International Political Economy
POLS 366 International Diplomacy Studies
Parson Spring 2009 AU (pdf)
Friedman Spring 2009 OAS (pdf)
POLS 367 The Geography of International Conflict
POLS 368 Political Geography
POLS 369 Politics of Globalization
Velluzzi Fall 2008 (pdf)
France Spring 2007 (pdf)
POLS 379 Special Topics in International Relations
Delfeld Fall 2009 Human Rights Law (pdf)
Gorden Fall 2009 Int. Development Theory and Practice (pdf)
Gorden Fall 2008 section 1 Feminist Theories of Int. Development (pdf)
Liu Summer 2007 Chinese Foreign Policy (pdf)
Long Spring 2006 (pdf)
Political Thought and Public Law
POLS 220 Criminal Justice
Walsh Spring 2009 (pdf)
Carr Spring 2009 (pdf)
Tomlinson Fall 2008 (pdf)
POLS 221 Law and Society
Sanders Fall 2009 sections 085 and 086 (pdf)
POLS 340 Democratic and Anti-Democratic Thought
POLS 341 Constitutional Law
POLS 342 Civil Liberties
POLS 344 Jurisprudence
POLS 345 Ethics and Politics
POLS 346 Modern Ideologies
POLS 347 American Political Thought
POLS 350 Contemporary Liberalism
POLS 351 Utopia/ Dystopia
POLS 352 Gender, Theory, and Law: Sexual Harassment
POLS 353 Beginning Mock Trial
POLS 354 Advanced Mock Trial
POLS 359 Special Topics in Political Thought and Public Law
Tomlinson Spring 2009 U.S. Consititution: Seperation of Powers and Federalism
Carr Fall 2008 Legal Conflict and Mediation (pdf)
Gillespie Fall 2007 Quest for the Ideal (pdf)
Carr Fall 2007 Const. Rights of the Accused (pdf)
Curtis Spring 2006 Sexual Harassment (pdf)
Public Administration and Public Policy
POLS 200 Introduction to Public Administration
Archie-Hudson Spring 2009 (pdf)
POLS 201 Introduction to Public Policy
Archie-Hudson Fall 2009 (pdf)
Jos Fall 2007 (pdf)
Ellison Spring 2007 (pdf)
POLS 301 Bureaucratic Politics and Policy
POLS 302 Policy Evaluation
POLS 304 American Foreign Policy Process
POLS 305 Urbanization and Urban Geography
POLS 306 Urban Policy
POLS 307 Environmental Policy
Fisher Fall 2009 (pdf)
POLS 308 Education Policy
Archie-Hudson Spring 2009 (pdf)
POLS 309 Health Policy
Archie-Hudson Spring 2008 (pdf)
POLS 310 Environmental Geography
POLS 319 Special Topics in Public Administration and Public Policy
Fisher Fall 2009 Global Climate Change (pdf)
Velluzzi Spring 2009 Geographies and Politcs of Labor and Work (pdf)
Archie-Hudson Spring 2006 (pdf)
