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POLITICAL SCIENCE (POL)
College of Liberal Arts
Political Science
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POL 1001
- American Democracy in a Changing World (C/PE, SSCI)
(4.0 cr; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Introduction to politics/government in the United States. Constitutional origins/development, major institutions, parties, interest groups, elections, participation, public opinion. Ways of explaining politics, nature of political science. Emphasizes recent trends.
POL 1001H
- Honors Course: American Democracy in a Changing World (C/PE, SSCI)
(4.0 cr; =[01246]; fall, spring, every year)
Introduction to politics/government in the United States. Constitutional origins/development, major institutions, parties, interest groups, elections, participation, public opinion. Ways of explaining politics, nature of political science. Emphasizes recent trends.
POL 1015
- Mass Politics in a Media Age (C/PE)
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, offered periodically)
In a world of sound bites, soft news, and ubiquitous information/images, do we make rational voting decisions? Are we politically engaged? Do politicians, the media, and political institutions promote or obstruct our efforts to be good citizens? What does responsible citizenship entail? What can be done to enhance citizenship?
POL 1019
- Indigenous Peoples: A Global Perspective (IP, SSCI)
(3.0 cr; =[AMIN 1002]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, offered periodically)
Colonial experiences of selected indigenous peoples in Americas, Euroasia, Pacific Rim.
POL 1025
- Global Politics (IP, SSCI)
(4.0 cr; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Study of international relations and issues in contemporary world affairs. Forms of state interaction from violent conflict to cooperation and integration; activities of international institutions; transnational relations involving non-state actors such as international businesses, human rights networks, and environmental movements.
POL 1026
- We and They: U.S. Foreign Policy (IP)
(4.0 cr; fall, spring, every year)
Contemporary foreign policy issues; how the United States makes foreign policy in a global era; historical background. How two regions (such as the Middle East and China) affect and are affected by U.S. policy.
POL 1054
- Repression and Democracy Around the World (IP, SSCI)
(4.0 cr; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Introduction to political life in all its worldwide variety. Focus on repression, democracy, rights, corruption, gender, and political change. Guest lectures by political science professors who are experts on different parts of the world. Non-majors welcome.
POL 1054H
- Honors: Repression and Democracy (SSCI, IP)
(4.0 cr; =[01665]; fall, spring, every year)
Introduction to political life in all its worldwide variety. Focuses on repression, democracy, rights, corruption, gender, and political change. Guest lectures by political science professors who are experts on different parts of world.
POL 1065
- Government and Medicine (C/PE, SSCI)
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, every year)
Why is the United States the only industrialized nation that lacks national health insurance? Should the government regulate health care? Who should address these issues? Introduction to American government. Health care policy, constitution, elections, congress, the presidency.
POL 1201
- Political Ideas and Ideologies (C/PE, SSCI)
(4.0 cr; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Analysis of key concepts and ideas (e.g., freedom, equality, democracy) as they are constructed by major theories and ideologies (liberalism, conservatism, socialism, etc.).
POL 1234
- Citizen U: Building Tomorrow's Citizens Today
(3.0 cr; A-F only, spring, every year)
Questions of public engagement and higher education. Focuses on U as public space for citizen action/discussion. Hisotry of U, its ongoing initiatives in public engagement. Core concepts of public achievement. Model of public engagement practiced at U.
POL 1903
- Freshman Seminar (C/PE)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Fr or no more than 30 cr; fall, spring, every year)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
POL 1904
- Topics: Freshman seminar (IP)
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Fr or FRFY; fall, spring, every year)
International perspectives.
POL 1905
- Freshman Seminar
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Topics vary by instructor.
POL 1908W
- Topics: Freshman Seminar (C/PE, WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-freshman; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
POL 1909W
- Topics: Freshman Seminar (IP, WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-freshman; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
POL 3070
- Faculty-Supervised Individual Field Work
(1.0 - 13.0 cr [max 13.0 cr]; Prereq-#, %; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Faculty-supervised research related to work in political or governmental organizations.
POL 3080
- Faculty-Supervised Individual Internships
(3.0 - 13.0 cr [max 15.0 cr]; Prereq-#, %; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Internship with government or community organizations arranged by the department and awarded competitively each spring semester.
POL 3085
- Quantitative Analysis in Political Science (MATH)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-9 cr social sciences recommended; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Empirical research techniques. Testing a political hypothesis using data. Topics such as setting up research question in political science, research design, and techniques of data analysis.
POL 3085H
- Honors Course: Quantitative Analysis in Political Science (MATH)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-9 cr soc sci or #; fall, every year)
Introduction to empirical research techniques or how one tests a political hypothesis using data. Topics such as setting up a research question in political science, proper research design, and basic techniques of data analysis.
POL 3110H
- Honors Thesis Credits
(1.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-3109, pol sci, honors, %; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Individual research/writing of departmental honors thesis.
POL 3210
- Practicum (C/PE)
(2.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; fall, spring, every year)
Offers different kinds of out-of-class opportunities to complement the readings, assignments, and objectives of a parent course in political science. Opportunities vary according to demands of the parent course.
POL 3225
- American Political Thought (C/PE)
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Puritans, American Revolution, Constitution, pro- and anti-slavery arguments, civil war and reconstruction, industrialism, westward expansion, Native Americans, immigration, populism, socialism, social Darwinism, women's suffrage, red scares, Great Depression, United States as world power, free speech, pluralism and multiculturalism.
POL 3235W
- Democracy and Citizenship (C/PE, WI)
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-1201 recommended; fall, spring, every year)
Surveys models of democracy based on individual rights; pluralism; civic republicanism; community activism. Examines dilemmas of democratic government and citizenship in a race, class, and gender-stratified society; explores its possibilities in a changing world.
POL 3251
- Greeks, Romans, and Christians: Ancient and Medieval Political Thought (C/PE)
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; =[POL 5251]; Prereq-=: 5251)
Politics and ethics in Greece, Rome, Christendom: Thucydides, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, Aquinas, Marsilius.
POL 3252
- Renaissance, Reformation, and Revolution: Early Modern Political Thought (C/PE)
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-=: 5252)
Thinkers, themes, and discourses from the Renaissance to the French Revolution. Renaissance Humanists; Machiavelli; More; Reformation; Luther; Calvin; Natural Law; Grotius; Divine Right; Common Law; Bacon; English Revolutionaries; Hobbes; Locke; Astell; Enlightenment; Rousseau; French Revolutionaries; Hume; Burke; Wollstonecraft.
POL 3306
- Presidential Leadership and American Democracy
(3.0 cr; =[POL 5306]; Prereq-1001 or equiv, non-pol sci grad major or #; spring, even years)
No single individual in the American political system is the subject of such high expectations as the president. Examine whether the president's political and constitutional powers are sufficient to satisfy the high expectations that Americans have of him. Should presidents be expected to dominate American politics?
POL 3308
- Congressional Politics and Institutions
(3.0 cr; =[POL 4308, POL 5308]; Prereq-1001 or 1002 or #; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Origin/development of U.S. congressional institutions, parties, committees, leaders, lobbying/elections, and relations between Congress/executive branch. Relationship of campaigning/governing, nature of representation, biases of institutional arrangements.
POL 3309
- Justice in America
(3.0 cr; =[01344]; Prereq-1001 or 1002 or #; fall, spring, every year)
American judiciary. Selection of judges. How/why these individuals/institutions behave as they do. What influences judicial decisions. What impact decisions have. Why people comply with them.
POL 3310
- Topics in American Politics
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Topic in American politics.
POL 3310H
- Topics in American Politics
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Topics in American politics.
POL 3319
- Education and the American Dream (C/PE, SSCI)
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud)
Introduction to politics and education in the United States. Equality of educational opportunity, educating democratic citizens, school finance, role of political institutions in making educational policy. Efforts to reform/remake American education, including charter schools and private school vouchers.
POL 3321
- Issues in American Public Policy (C/PE)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1001 or equiv or #)
Analysis of the politics of the policy process including agenda formation, formulation, adoption, implementation, evaluation. Attention to selected policy areas.
POL 3325
- U.S. Campaigns and Elections
(3.0 cr; A-F only, fall, even years)
Presidential/congressional campaigns/elections in the United States. How political scientists study electoral politics. Theoretical generalizations about candidates, voters, parties, and the media. Ways electoral context and "rules of the game" matter.
POL 3410
- Topics in Comparative Politics
(3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Topics of current analytical or policy importance to comparative politics. Topics vary.
POL 3441
- Politics of Environmental Protection (ENVT)
(3.0 cr; =[POL 5441]; Prereq-=: 5441; jr or sr social science major)
How the American political system deals with environmental issues, how third world countries deal with problems of environmental protection and economic growth, and the way the international community deals with global environmental problems.
POL 3451W
- Politics and Society in the New Europe (WI)
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Changing politics/society of Europe. Generational change/values, political parties, welfare state, future of European integration, political stability, democratization.
POL 3477
- Political Development (SSCI)
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-1054 or #; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Political processes/problems associated with economic development. Political economy of underdevelopment/development. Problems of state building, development of political institutions.
POL 3479
- Latin American Politics
(3.0 cr; =[LAS 4479, POL 5479]; Prereq-1054 or #; fall, spring, summer, offered periodically)
Overview of Latin American politics and political economy. Authoritarianism, human rights, redemocratization. Development/economic policy. Social movements. Ethnicity, race, religion. Revolution. U.S.-Latin American relations.
POL 3491
- Film and Latin American Politics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1054 recommended; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Introduction to using film to study Latin American politics. Hollywood films explore how the United States "sees" Latin America, its people, and its political problems; films from Latin America explore how Latin American popular culture reflects a country's political issues. One feature film per week. Brief readings about issues raised by each film.
POL 3701
- American Indian Tribal Governments and Politics (C/PE, SSCI)
(3.0 cr; =[AMIN 3501]; A-F or Aud)
History, development, structure, politics of American Indian Governments. North American indigenous societies from pre-colonial times to present. Evolution of aboriginal governments confronted/affected by colonizing forces of European/Euro-American states. Bearing of dual citizenship on nature/powers of tribal governments in relation to states and federal government.
POL 3739
- Politics of Race, Class, and Ethnicity (CD, IP)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-6 cr in soc sci; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Introduction to how race, ethnicity, and class interact in political process. Focuses on political conflict through comparative analysis of United States, South Africa, and Brazil.
POL 3752
- Chicano Politics (SSCI, CD)
(3.0 cr; =[CHIC 3852]; spring, every year)
Foundations/contradictions of contemporary Chicano politics. Policy issues that concern Latinos, successes/failures of Latino empowerment strategies, electoral impact of Latino votes. Question of whether there is a Latino politic/community.
POL 3766
- Political Psychology of Mass Behavior (C/PE)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1001 or equiv or #; fall, spring, every year)
How political behavior of citizens and political elites is shaped by psychological factors, including personality, attitudes, values, emotions, and cognitive sophistication. Political activism/apathy, leadership charisma, mass media, group identifications, political culture.
POL 3767
- Political Psychology of Elite Behavior (C/PE)
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud, spring, offered periodically)
Intersections of politics, personality, and social psychology. Focuses on political leaders and elites. Usefulness of psychological theories for conducting political analysis. Role of individual, of group processes, of political/social cognition, and of context in political decision-making.
POL 3769
- Public Opinion and Voting Behavior
(3.0 cr; =[POL 5767]; Prereq-1001 or equiv or #; fall, spring, every year)
Major factors influencing electoral decisions and political attitude formation/change. Data analysis lab required.
POL 3785
- Persuasion and Political Propaganda
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud)
Introduction to persuasion and political propaganda. Persuasion theories relevant to designing effective political propaganda. Applying theories to analyze WWI/WWII propaganda posters, films, and political campaign commercials. Use of fiction as propaganda tool.
POL 3810
- Topics in International Relations and Foreign Policy
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, spring, every year)
Analysis of selected issues in contemporary international relations. Topics vary.
POL 3835
- International Relations (IP, SSCI)
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Introduction to theoretical study of international relations. How theoretical perspective shapes one's understandings of structure/practices of global politics.
POL 3872W
- Global Environmental Cooperation (ENVT, IP, WI)
(4.0 cr [max 5.0 cr]; Prereq-credit cannot be granted if credit has been received for: 5872)
Emergence of the environment as a key aspect of the global political agenda. Non-governmental and governmental international organizations. Politics of protection of the atmosphere, rain forest, seas, and other selected issues. International security and the environment.
POL 3873V
- Global Citizenship and International Ethics (C/PE, IP, WI)
(3.0 cr; =[01340]; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Case studies of ethics in intervention, war, weapons, foreign aid, environmental practices, and human rights are used to examine global ethical responsibilities of individual citizens and public officials. Effectiveness of transnational social movements in influencing policy at domestic/international levels.
POL 3873W
- Global Citizenship and International Ethics (C/PE, IP, WI)
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Case studies of ethics in intervention, war, weapons, foreign aid, environmental practices, and human rights are used to examine the global ethical responsibilities of individual citizens and public officials; effectiveness of transnational social movements in influencing policy at domestic and international levels.
POL 4210
- Topics in Political Theory
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Topics in political theory.
POL 4225
- Politics and Education (C/PE)
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; A-F only, fall, every year)
Politics/education: theoretically, historically, practically. Ancient/modern theories of politics (especially democratic politics) in connection with education. Course usually has a practicum in which students work with each other or coach younger students on problems of public importance to their communities.
POL 4253
- Modernity and Its Discontents: Late Modern Political Thought (C/PE)
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; =[POL 5253])
Theoretical responses to and rival interpretations of Western economy, society, politics, and democratic culture in modern age. Theories of history. Class struggle. End of metaphysics, death of God. Technology/bureaucracy. Psychology of culture in Hegel, Marx, Tocqueville, Mill, Nietzsche, Weber, Freud.
POL 4275
- Contemporary Political Thought
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1201 recommended; fall, spring, offered periodically)
The 20th-century crisis of Western humanism in major works of contemporary political thought from World War II to the present. Relationships between force and freedom; ideology and truth; authority and resistance. Thinkers may include Arendt, Camus, Beauvoir, Fanon, Foucault, Habermas, Rawls, Sartre, Said. Ideas may include communitarianism, feminism, postcolonialism, postmodernism, socialism.
POL 4280
- Topics in Political Theory
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 8.0 cr])
Topics in historical, analytical, or normative political theory. Topics vary.
POL 4310
- Topics in American Politics
(3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; Prereq-1001 or equiv or #; fall, spring, every year)
See Class Schedule for description.
POL 4315W
- State Governments: Laboratories of Democracy (WI)
(4.0 cr; =[POL 5315]; Prereq-1001 or equiv, non-pol sci grad major or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Political behavior, governmental institutions, and public policies in American states; comparison among states, between state and national government, with special attention given to Minnesota.
POL 4322
- Rethinking the Welfare State (C/PE)
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr])
Discuss competing arguments about welfare states in advanced industrial countries. Are welfare states the result of sectional interests, class relations, or citizenship rights? Compare American social policy with policies in other western countries.
POL 4327
- The Politics of American Cities and Suburbs
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1001 or 1002, non-pol sci grad major or equiv or #)
Development and role of American local government; forms and structures; relationships with states and the federal government; local politics and patterns of power and influence.
POL 4331
- Thinking Strategically in Domestic Politics (C/PE)
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr])
A survey of applications of rational-choice and game theories to important features of domestic politics in the United States and elsewhere.
POL 4403W
- Comparative Constitutionalism (WI)
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, even years)
Theory/practice of constitutionalism in different countries. Conceptual/normative inquiry between constitutionalism, rule of law, and democracy. Origins/role of constitutions. Relevance of courts with constitutional review powers: U.S., Germany, Japan, Hungary, Russia, South Africa, Nigeria.
POL 4410
- Topics in Comparative Politics
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Topics of current analytical or policy importance to comparative politics. Topics vary.
POL 4461W
- European Government and Politics (WI)
(4.0 cr [max 7.0 cr]; =[POL 5461]; Prereq-1054 or 3051 or non-pol sci grad or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
European political institutions in their social settings; power and responsibility; governmental stability; political decision making, government and economic order.
POL 4463
- The Cuban Revolution Through the Words of Cuban Revolutionaries
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1025 or 1054 or equiv or #; fall, every year)
How the Cuban Revolution was made, why it is still in place. Emphasis role of leadership/strategy. How, in their own words, the Cubans and their leaders saw/see what they are doing.
POL 4465
- Southeast Asian Politics
(3.0 cr; spring, odd years)
Southeast Asia's increasingly important role in global political/economic affairs. U.S. involvement in region. Progress toward and resistance to democratic political systems. Economic development.
POL 4473W
- Chinese Politics (IP, WI)
(3.0 cr; =[EAS 4473]; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Focuses on fundamental conflicts in Chinese society; the democracy movement, human rights, class divisions, gender struggles, environmental issues, and capitalist vs. socialist development strategies. Secondary topics include Chinese foreign relations and domestic and foreign political issues in Taiwan.
POL 4477
- Struggles and Issues in the Middle East (IP)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1054 or 3051 or non-pol sci grad or #)
Turkey, Iran, Israel, and selected Arab states. Domestic politics of religious/secular, ethnic, economic, environmental, and other policy/identity issues. Regional politics of water access, Israeli/Palestinian/Arab world relationships, oil and the Persian/Arabian Gulf, and human rights.
POL 4478W
- Contemporary Politics in Africa and the Colonial Legacy (IP, WI)
(4.0 cr; =[POL 5478, AFRO 4478, AFRO 5478]; Prereq-1054 or 3051 or non-pol sci grad or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Examines how current politics in mainly, though not exclusively, sub-Saharan Africa have been shaped by the pre-colonial and colonial processes. Reality of independence; recurrent political and economic crises, global context and prospects for effective democracy.
POL 4481
- Governments and Markets
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-1054 or 3051 or non-pol sci grad or #)
Study the connection between democracy and markets with attention to the experiences of countries in North America and Europe.
POL 4485
- Human Rights and Democracy in the World
(3.0 cr; =[POL 5485]; Prereq-At least one 1xxx or 3xxx course in pol sci, non-pol sci major or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Examine the question of human and democracy rights in global and comparative perspectives. Explore the history of ideas about human rights and democracy and contrast economic, political, psychological, and ideological explanations for repression.
POL 4487
- The Struggle for Democratization and Citizenship (C/PE)
(4.0 cr; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Origins of democratic process. Emphasizes how disenfranchised fought to become included. History of democratic movement from its earliest moments to present. Attempts to draw a balance sheet.
POL 4489W
- Citizens, Consumers, and Corporations (WI)
(3.0 cr; spring, odd years)
How ordinary people can act collectively to hold corporations accountable for effects their activities have on communities/nations. Mobilizing as citizens through mass protests, lobbying politicians, and pursuing claims through court system. Mobilizing as consumers through purchasing decisions.
POL 4501W
- The Supreme Court and Constitutional Interpretation (C/PE, WI)
(3.0 cr; =[POL 5487]; Prereq-1001 or 1002 or equiv or [non-pol sci] grad student or #; fall, every year)
Historical/analytical approaches to Court's landmark decisions. Explores theory/techniques of judicial review. Relates Court's authority to wider political/social context of American government.
POL 4502W
- The Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights (C/PE, WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1001 or 1002 or equiv or [non-pol sci] grad major or #; spring, every year)
Supreme Court's interpretation of Bill of Rights, 14th amendment. Focuses on freedom of speech, press, religion; crime/punishment; segregation/desegregation, affirmative action; abortion/privacy.
POL 4525W
- Federal Indian Policy (C/PE, WI)
(3.0 cr; =[AMIN 4525W]; A-F or Aud, fall, even years)
Formulation, implementation, evolution, comparison of Indian policy from pre-colonial times to self-governance of new millennium. Theoretical approaches to federal Indian policy. Major federal Indian policies. Views/attitudes of policy-makers, reactions of indigenous nations to policies. Effect of bodies of literature on policies.
POL 4561
- Comparative Legal Systems (IP)
(3.0 cr; =[POL 5561]; Prereq-Jr or sr or non-pol sci grad major)
Survey of the principal legal systems of the Western world. Examine the role of the legal system in relation to various political and economic systems and the contrast between the common law and civil law traditions.
POL 4737W
- American Political Parties (C/PE, WI)
(4.0 cr; =[POL 5737]; Prereq-1001 or equiv or #; fall, spring, odd years)
The American two-party system; party influence in legislatures and executives; decline of parties and their future.
POL 4766
- American Political Culture and Values (C/PE)
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-1001 or equiv or non-pol sci grad major or #)
Empirical analysis of basic political values--individualism, freedom, and equality; dominant beliefs about democratic principles, materialism, capitalism, citizenship, patriotism and heroism.
POL 4771
- Racial Attitudes and Intergroup Conflict
(3.0 cr)
Basic approaches, findings, and controversies in research on racial attitudes and intergroup relations, from perspective of political psychology. Approaches developed by researchers in political science, social psychology, and sociology. Contemporary issues/debates, historical development of research/theory.
POL 4773W
- Interest Groups, Social Movements and Politics of Race, Class, and Gender (WI)
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, every year)
Interest groups and social movements as agents of democratic representation and political change in American politics and policy-making. Organizations/movements that represent racial/ethnic minorities, women, religious conservatives, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, and low-income people.
POL 4810
- Topics in International Politics and Foreign Policy
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Analysis of selected issues in contemporary international relations. Topics vary.
POL 4833
- The U.S. in the Global Economy
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-3835 recommended)
Domestic and international politics of United States, foreign economic policy (trade, aid, investment, monetary, and migration policies). Effects of policies and international economic relations on the U.S. economy and U.S. politics.
POL 4867W
- United States Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East (IP, WI)
(4.0 cr; =[01237]; Prereq-Jr or sr; fall, every year)
U.S. foreign policy toward Israeli-Palestinian issue in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, etc. Mideast polities, debates, actions. Rationales for U.S. engagement with region. Readings of Middle East authors.
POL 4878W
- Israeli-Palestinian Situation (WI)
(4.0 cr; fall, spring, every year)
Situation as clash of two communities. History, politics, and respective narratives of each community. Divisions within each community that are consequential for reconciliation. Examples of reconciliation literature from both communities.
POL 4881
- International Law (IP)
(3.0 cr; =[POL 5881]; Prereq-3835 or non-pol sci grad or #)
How international law matters for world politics. Lectures, discussions, and simulations of cases examine key concepts and theories of international law. Topics include war crimes, human rights, law of the sea, the environment, and international crime.
POL 4883W
- Global Governance (IP, WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3835 or non-pol sci grad or #; fall, spring, summer, offered periodically)
Seminar discussions and class simulations examine the rise and role of inter-governmental organizations such as the United Nations and non-governmental organizations. Topics include peacekeeping, trade, development, human rights, security and arms control, self-determination, refugees, health, and the environment.
POL 4885W
- International Conflict and Security (IP, WI)
(4.0 cr; =[POL 5885]; fall, spring, odd years)
An examination of alternative theories of the sources of militarized international conflict. Apply these theories to one or more past conflicts and discuss their relevance to the present.
POL 4887
- Thinking Strategically in International Politics (SSCI)
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, odd years)
Survey of applications of game theory to international politics; conflict and cooperation, global environmental commons, deterrence and reputation.
POL 4889
- Governments and Global Trade and Money
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; =[POL 5889]; Prereq-3835 or non-pol sci grad or #; fall, spring, summer, offered periodically)
Study the politics of international trade and monetary affairs including north-south and east-west relations
POL 4900V
- Honors: Senior Paper
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Honors, pol sr, #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Can be attached to any 3xxx or 4xxx course. A 10-15 page paper is submitted for evaluation/advice by instructor, then revised for final submission.
POL 4900W
- Senior Paper (WI)
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Pol sr, #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Can be attached to any 3xxx or 4xxx course (with the agreement of that course's instructor). A 10-15 page paper is submitted for evaluation/advice by instructor, then revised for final submission.
POL 4970
- Individual Reading and Research
(1.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-#, %, @; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Guided individual reading or study.
POL 5210
- Topics in Political Theory
(3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; fall, spring, offered periodically)
POL 5251
- Greeks, Romans, and Christians: Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
(4.0 cr; =[POL 3251]; Prereq-grad student)
Politics/ethics in Greece, Rome, Christendom: Thucydides, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, Aquinas, Marsilius.
POL 5252
- Renaissance, Reformation, and Revolution: Early Modern Political Thought
(4.0 cr; Prereq-=: 3252; spring, every year)
Thinkers, themes, and discourses from the Renaissance to the French Revolution. Renaissance Humanists; Machiavelli; More; Reformation; Luther; Calvin; Natural Law; Grotius; Divine Right; Common Law; Bacon; English Revolutionaries; Hobbes; Locke; Astell; Enlightenment; Rousseau; French Revolutionaries; Hume; Burke; Wollstonecraft.
POL 5253
- Modernity and its Discontents: Late Modern Political Thought
(4.0 cr; =[POL 4253]; Prereq-=: 3253; spring, odd years)
Theoretical responses to and rival interpretations of Western economy, society, politics, and democratic culture in the modern age; theories of history; class struggle; end of metaphysics and death of God; technology and bureaucracy; psychology of culture in Hegel, Marx, Tocqueville, Mill, Nietzsche, Weber, Freud.
POL 5275
- Contemporary Political Thought
(3.0 cr; Prereq-=: 4275; grad student; 1201 recommended; fall, spring, every year)
20th-century crisis of Western humanism in major works of contemporary political thought from World War II to present. Force and freedom. Ideology and truth. Authority and resistance. Thinkers may include Arendt, Camus, Beauvoir, Fanon, Foucault, Habermas, Rawls, Sartre, Said. Ideas may include communitarianism, feminism, postcolonialism, postmodernism, socialism.
POL 5280
- Topics in Political Theory
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; Prereq-=: 4280; grad student)
Topics in historical, analytical, or normative political theory. Topics vary, see Class Schedule.
POL 5306
- Presidential Leadership and American Democracy
(3.0 cr; =[POL 3306]; Prereq-grad student or #)
Examines whether president's political and constitutional powers are sufficient to satisfy citizens' high expectations and whether president should be expected to dominate American politics.
POL 5308
- Congressional Politics and Institutions
(3.0 cr; =[POL 4308, POL 3308]; Prereq-grad student or #; fall, spring, every year)
Origin/development of U.S. congressional institutions, parties, committees, leaders, lobbying/elections, and relations between Congress/executive branch. Relationship of campaigning/governing, nature of representation, biases of institutional arrangements.
POL 5309
- Justice in America
(3.0 cr; Prereq-=: 4309; [1001 or 1002], [non-pol sci grad major or equiv or #])
American judiciary, selection of judges, how/why these individuals/institutions behave the way they do. What influences judicial decisions. What impact decisions have. Why people comply with them.
POL 5310
- Topics in American Politics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-grad student or #; fall, spring, every year)
See Class Schedule for description.
POL 5315
- State Governments: Laboratories of Democracy (WI)
(4.0 cr; =[POL 4315W]; Prereq-grad student or #)
Political behavior, governmental institutions, and public policies in American states. Comparison among states, between state and national government. Emphasizes Minnesota.
POL 5322
- Rethinking the Welfare State
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; Prereq-=: 4322; grad student)
Competing arguments about welfare states in advanced industrial countries. Whether welfare states result from sectional interests, class relations, or citizenship rights. Compares American social policy with policies in other western countries.
POL 5327
- Politics of American Cities and Suburbs
(3.0 cr; Prereq-=: 4327; [[1001 or 1002], [non-pol sci grad major or equiv]] or #)
Development/role of American local government. Forms and structures. Relationships with states and federal government. Local politics and patterns of power/influence.
POL 5331
- Thinking Strategically in Domestic Politics
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; Prereq-=: 4331; grad student)
Applications of rational-choice and game theories to important features of domestic politics in the United States and elsewhere.
POL 5403
- Comparative Constitutionalism
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, even years)
Theory/practice of constitutionalism in different countries. Conceptual/normative inquiry between constitutionalism, rule of law, and democracy. Origins and role of constitutions. Relevance of courts with constitutional review powers: U.S., Germany, Japan, Hungary, Russia, South Africa, Nigeria.
POL 5410
- Topics in Comparative Politics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-grad student; fall, spring, every year)
Topics of current analytical or policy importance. Topics vary, see Class Schedule.
POL 5441
- Environmental Policy
(3.0 cr; =[POL 3441]; Prereq-non-pol sci grad student or #; spring, every year)
How American political system deals with environmental issues. How third world countries deal with environmental protection/economic growth. How international community deals with global environmental problems.
POL 5461
- European Government and Politics (WI)
(4.0 cr; =[POL 4461W]; Prereq-grad student or #; spring, every year)
European political institutions in their social settings. Power and responsibility. Governmental stability. Political decision making. Government and economic order.
POL 5465
- Southeast Asian Politics
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, odd years)
U.S. involvement in region. Progress toward and resistance to democratic political systems and economic development.
POL 5473
- Chinese Politics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-=: 4473, EAS 4473; grad student)
Fundamental conflicts in Chinese society. Democracy movement, human rights, class divisions, gender struggles, environmental issues, capitalist vs socialist development strategies. Secondary topics include Chinese foreign relations and domestic/foreign political issues in Taiwan.
POL 5477
- Struggles and Issues in the Middle East
(4.0 cr; Prereq-=: 4477; 1054 or 3051 or non-pol sci grad student or #)
Turkey, Iran, Israel, and selected Arab states. Domestic politics of religious/secular, ethnic, economic, environmental, and other policy/identity issues. Regional politics of water access, Israeli/Palestinian/Arab world relationships, oil and Persian/Arabian Gulf, human rights.
POL 5478
- Contemporary Politics in Africa and the Colonial Legacy
(4.0 cr; =[POL 4478W, AFRO 4478, AFRO 5478]; Prereq-grad student or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
How current politics in mainly, though not exclusively, sub-Saharan Africa have been shaped by pre-colonial/colonial processes. Reality of independence, recurrent political/economic crises. Global context and prospects for effective democracy.
POL 5479
- Latin American Politics
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; =[LAS 4479, POL 3479]; Prereq-grad student or #)
Overview of Latin American politics and political economy. Authoritarianism, human rights, redemocratization. Development and economic policy. Social movements. Ethnicity/race. Religion. Revolution. U.S.-Latin American relations.
POL 5481
- Governments and Markets
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; Prereq-=: 4481; 1054 or 3051 or non-pol sci grad student or #; S-N or Aud)
Connection between democracy and markets. Focuses on countries in North America, Europe.
POL 5485
- Human Rights and Democracy in the World
(3.0 cr; =[POL 4485]; Prereq-grad student or #)
History of ideas about human rights and democracy. Economic, political, psychological, and ideological explanations for repression.
POL 5487
- Struggle for Democratization and Citizenship
(4.0 cr; =[POL 4501W]; Prereq-grad student; fall, spring, every year)
History of democratic movement from its earliest moments in history to present. Attempts to draw balance sheet. Emphasizes how disenfranchised fought to become included.
POL 5501
- Supreme Court and Constitutional Interpretation
(3.0 cr; Prereq-grad student or #; fall, every year)
Historical/analytical approaches to Court's landmark decisions. Theory/techniques of judicial review. Court's authority related to wider political/social context of American government.
POL 5502
- Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights
(3.0 cr; Prereq-=: 4502; 1001 or 1002 or equiv or non-pol sci grad student or #; spring, every year)
Supreme Court's interpretation of Bill of Rights, 14th amendment. Freedom of speech, press, religion. Crime/punishment. Segregation/desegregation, affirmative action. Abortion/privacy.
POL 5525
- Federal Indian Policy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-=: 4525, AmIn 4525; grad student; A-F or Aud)
Formulation, implementation, evolution, comparison of Indian policy from pre-colonial times to self-governance of new millennium. Theoretical approaches to federal Indian policy. Major federal Indian policies. Views/attitudes of policy-makers, reactions of indigenous nations to policies. Effect of bodies of literature on policies.
POL 5561
- Comparative Legal Systems
(3.0 cr; =[POL 4561]; Prereq-grad student or #)
Survey of principal legal systems of Western world. Role of legal system in relation to various political/economic systems. Contrast between common law and civil law traditions.
POL 5737
- American Political Parties
(3.0 cr; =[POL 4737W]; Prereq-grad student or #)
American two-party system. Party influence in legislatures/executives. Decline of parties, their future.
POL 5766
- American Political Culture and Values
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; Prereq-=: 4766; 1001 or equiv or non-pol sci grad student or #)
Individualism, freedom, equality. Dominant beliefs about democratic principles, materialism, capitalism, citizenship, patriotism/heroism.
POL 5767
- Public Opinion and Voting Behavior
(3.0 cr; =[POL 3769]; Prereq-grad student or #; fall, spring, every year)
Major factors influencing electoral decisions. Political attitude formation/change. Data analysis lab required.
POL 5810
- Topics in International Politics and Foreign Policy
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-=: 4810; grad student; fall, spring, every year)
Selected issues in contemporary international relations. Topics vary, see Class Schedule.
POL 5833
- The United States in the Global EconomyUS For Econ Policy
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; Prereq-=: 4833; grad student; 3835 recommended)
Domestic/international politics of United States. Foreign economic policy (trade, aid, investment, monetary, migration policies). Effects of policies and international economic relations on U.S. economy/politics.
POL 5872
- Global Environmental Politics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-=: 3872; non-pol sci grads only)
Emergence of the environment as a key aspect of the global political agenda. Non-governmental and governmental international organizations. Politics of protection of the atmosphere, rain forests, seas and other selected issues. International security and the environment.
POL 5881
- International Law
(3.0 cr; =[POL 4881]; Prereq-grad student or #)
How international law matters for world politics. War crimes, human rights. Law of the sea and of the environment. International crime. Lectures, discussions, simulations of cases.
POL 5883
- Global Governance
(3.0 cr; Prereq-=: 4883; 3835 or non-pol sci grad student or #; fall, spring, summer, offered periodically)
Rise/role of inter-governmental organizations such as United Nations, non-governmental organizations. Peacekeeping, trade, development, human rights, security and arms control, self-determination, refugees, health, environment. Seminar discussions, class simulations.
POL 5885
- International Conflict and Security
(3.0 cr; =[POL 4885W]; Prereq-grad student)
Alternative theories of sources of militarized international conflict. Theories applied to past conflicts. Theories' relevance to present.
POL 5887
- Thinking Strategically in International Politics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-=: 4887; grad student; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, odd years)
Applications of game theory to international politics. Conflict/cooperation, global environmental commons, deterrence/reputation.
POL 5889
- Governments and Global Trade and Money
(3.0 cr; =[POL 4889]; Prereq-3835 or grad student or #; fall, summer, every year)
Politics of international trade and monetary affairs, including north-south and east-west relations.
POL 5970
- Individual Reading and Research
(1.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-#, %, @; summer, every year)
Guided individual reading or study.
POL 8060
- Research Proseminar in Political Science
(2.0 cr [max 8.0 cr]; Prereq-Pol sci grad student; S-N only, fall, spring, every year)
Readings, discussion, guest speakers. Topics vary by semester.
POL 8070
- Advanced Research and Writing in Political Science
(2.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-ABD student in pol sci; S-N only, fall, spring, every year)
Commentary/guidance at all stages of dissertation research process, from conceptualization of topic/project to editing of nearly final drafts.
POL 8101
- Introduction to Political Science
(3.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
History, scope, and methods of political science as a discipline; current subfields; major research programs (including statism, pluralism, institutionalism, realism, behavioralism, rational choice, and critical theory); problems of theory, interpretation, concept-formation, comparison, measurement and experimentation; designs for research.
POL 8104
- Professional Development I
(1.0 cr [max 2.0 cr]; Prereq-Pol student, ABD status; S-N or Aud, fall, every year)
Research ethics. Completion of dissertation prospecti or early dissertation chapters.
POL 8105
- Professional Development II
(1.0 cr [max 2.0 cr]; Prereq-Pol sci student, ABD, %; S-N or Aud, spring, every year)
Research ethics. Skills for teaching undergraduate courses in political science. Completion of dissertation prospecti or early chapters.
POL 8120
- Core Course in Political Methodology: Modeling Political Processes
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Pol sci grad major or #; fall, spring, odd years)
Methods used and potential for creating models of political processes. Designing political institutions, discerning/forecasting election outcomes, producing early warnings of international conflicts, increasing turnout in elections. Using mathematics to study political strategy and collective decision making in committees/legislatures. Using statistics to measure political variables, design experiments with human subjects, and test micro/macro political theories.
POL 8122
- Positive Theory
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Survey of positive political theory and rational-choice models. Information and transaction costs; institutions; models of elections, voting, coalitions.
POL 8123
- Introduction to Quantitative Political Research
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Pol sci grad student or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, offered periodically)
Principles of regression analysis, use of regression model in political science.
POL 8124
- Game Theory
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[8122, grad pol sci major] or #)
Application of noncooperative game theory in political science. Equilibrium concepts, bargaining, repeated games, games of incomplete information, signaling games, reputation, learning in games.
POL 8125
- Dynamic Analysis
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Pol sci grad student or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Time series method, its application in political science.
POL 8126
- Qualitative Methods
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; fall, spring, every year)
Broad introduction to qualitative methods in social science. Practical, hands-on training through fieldwork projects devised and carried out during the semester. Interviewing, participant observation, narrative interpretation, ethical problems, and issues of gender and race in fieldwork.
POL 8127
- Survey Research Methods: Measuring Public Opinion
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Pol sci grad major; fall, spring, even years)
Theoretical/empirical issues in survey research methodology aimed at assessing political attitudes/behavior (including questionnaire design, scientific sampling). Skill areas necessary to analyze, design, or conduct surveys to examine political phenomena.
POL 8131
- Advanced Methods and Models
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major, 6 cr 81xx seminars or #)
Intersection of statistical methodology and deductive modeling; issues in merging inductive and deductive research. Sample topics: parties and elections, probabilistic voting, strategic modeling of international relations.
POL 8160
- Topics in Models and Methods
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; fall, spring, every year)
Seminars on selected topics.
POL 8201
- Understanding Political Theory
(3.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or %; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Key concepts and major approaches.
POL 8215
- Philosophy of Political Inquiry
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Major schools in philosophy of science as applied to political inquiry: pragmatism, positivism, hermeneutics, critical rationalism, critical theory, realism. Themes of political inquiry: explanation, interpretation, theory, criticism. Political issues raised by philosophy of science: liberalism, democracy, control, multiculturalism.
POL 8225
- American Political Thought
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Colonial era to present: Puritans, American Revolution, Constitution, rise of individualism, pro- and anti-slavery arguments, civil war and reconstruction, industrialism, westward expansion, Native Americans, immigration, populism, socialism, social Darwinism, growth of corporations and unions; Great Depression; growth of American power at home and abroad.
POL 8235
- Democratic Theory
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Competing models of democracy: classical, republican, liberal, radical, Marxist, neo-Marxist, pragmatist, populist, pluralist, postmodern, participatory. Domestic and international struggles over meaning of "democracy"; social science models of and findings on democracy.
POL 8251
- Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Politics and ethics in Greece, Rome, Christendom: Thucydides, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, Aquinas, Marsilius.
POL 8252
- Early Modern Political Thought
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Theorists and texts from Renaissance to French Revolution. Selectively includes Machiavelli, More, Calvin, Luther, Grotius, Bodin, Hobbes, Winstanley, Harrington, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Hume, Smith, Burke, and Wollstonecraft; key debates over liberty, law, power, and knowledge.
POL 8253
- Late Modern Political Thought
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Theoretical responses to and rival interpretations of Western economy, society, politics, and democratic culture in the modern age; theories of history; class struggle; the end of metaphysics and the death of God; technology and bureaucracy; psychology of culture, in Hegel, Marx, Tocqueville, Mill, Nietzsche, Weber, Freud.
POL 8260
- Topics in Political Theory
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; fall, spring, every year)
Readings and research in special topics or problems.
POL 8275
- Contemporary Political Thought
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
From approximately World War II to the present. Survey of range of texts or intensive focus on such authors as Adorno, Arendt, Derrida, Foucault, Habermas, Horkheimer, Rawls, Said. Sample topics: feminism, postmodernism, communitarianism, Frankfurt School, postcolonialism.
POL 8301
- American Politics
(3.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Seminar on main themes of theory and research in American politics, institutions, law, and policy. Major works on individual, mass, elite, and institutional behavior and their relationship to each other. Foundation for advanced seminars in American politics.
POL 8302
- Public Opinion and Political Participation
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Major theoretical perspectives and research on political participation, voting behavior, and public opinion. Voter turnout, importance of party identification, effects of campaigns, long-term change in public opinion, and designing and conducting research.
POL 8303
- Political Parties
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Party systems and subsystems; party organizational characteristics, goals, and incentives; distribution of power and authority within the party; chief party functions; party as an organizer of governmental power; determinants of party structure and role.
POL 8305
- Interest Groups and Social Movements
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Theoretical/empirical work on role of interest groups and social/political movements in American politics and policy-making processes. Theories of interest group and social/political movement formation, maintenance, and decline. How interest groups and social/political movements attempt to influence public policy. Impact/effectiveness groups/movements as agents of democratic representation, particularly for marginalized groups.
POL 8307
- Proseminar in Political Psychology I
(1.0 cr; =[PSY 8211]; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or pol psych minor or #; S-N or Aud, fall, every year)
Readings, discussion, and guest speakers. Topics vary by semester.
POL 8308
- Proseminar in Political Psychology II
(1.0 cr; =[PSY 8212]; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or pol psych minor or #; S-N or Aud, spring, every year)
Readings, discussion, and guest speakers. Topics vary by semester.
POL 8311
- Political Psychology and Socialization
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or pol psych minor or #; A-F or Aud)
Introduction to political psychology. Personality and politics; political cognition, emotion, and political behavior; political expertise; media and politics; aggression, authoritarianism, and political behavior; altruism and politics.
POL 8312
- Legislative Process
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Introduction to study of legislative politics; theories of legislative institutions and individual behavior; congressional elections; congressional committees, parties, and leaders.
POL 8313
- Executive Process
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Tension between leadership and democracy in context of American presidency in terms of President's relationship with federal bureaucracy, Congress, and making of diplomatic and military policy.
POL 8314
- Judicial Process
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Judicial systems and roles; selection of judges; organizing and supporting litigation; influences on judicial decisions; impact and enforcement of judicial decisions; courts and other institutions of government.
POL 8320
- Social Psychology of Prejudice and Intergroup Relations
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud)
Approaches, findings, and controversies in research on social psychology
of prejudice, racial attitudes, and intergroup relations. Focuses on approaches based in social psychology and on related work from political science and sociology.
POL 8321
- Urban Politics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; A-F or Aud)
Selection of local leadership; relationship of political system to governmental forms and social institutions; role and impact of political institutions; policymaking at local level; studies in policy problems; the emerging metropolis.
POL 8325
- State Politics and Intergovernmental Relations
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Theoretical approaches to comparative study of state politics; study of political culture and behavior, governmental institutions, and public policy at state level; federalism.
POL 8331
- Constitutional Law
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Overview of substantive and theoretical debates in American constitutional law; role of law and constitutional interpretation in shaping American political institutions and American politics.
POL 8333
- FTE: Master's
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Master¿s student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
POL 8335
- Public Policy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Theoretical approaches: incrementalism, innovation and policy learning, comparative policy outputs, policy process models, interest groups, and selected areas of public policy.
POL 8337
- Welfare State Theories and American Social Policy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Rival theoretical explanations for cause and nature of welfare state development in context of four American social policies: social security, welfare, education, and healthcare.
POL 8360
- Topics in American Politics
(3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; fall, spring, every year)
Readings/research in special topics or problems.
POL 8401
- International Relations
(3.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or %; fall, spring, every year)
Basic theories/approaches to study of international politics. Surveys representative work/central issues of scholarship.
POL 8402
- International Security
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; spring, even years)
Introduction to contending theories of international conflict/security.
POL 8403
- International Norms and Institutions
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Origins, roles, and effectiveness of international norms and institutions; theoretical explanations and debates. Institution of sovereignty; rational choice versus constructivist perspectives; role of international law, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations; and international society and transnational cultural norms.
POL 8404
- International Hierarchy
(3.0 cr; =[CSDS 8404]; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; fall, offered periodically)
Asymmetric structures and processes of international relations; systemic conditions and implications of informal empire and structures of hegemony; cultural productions of difference and inequality.
POL 8405
- International Political Economy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; A-F or Aud)
Theoretical and policy issues in international economic relations. Different approaches for understanding outcomes in international economy. Trade, finance, labor markets, creation and maintenance of international regimes, and "globalization" of economic liberalism.
POL 8406
- Politics of International Finance
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Relationship between workings of the international political system and that of international markets for currency and capital.
POL 8407
- Morality in World Politics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Approaches to normative theorizing and empirical research on moral norms in world politics. Theoretical topics: realism, communitarianism, consequentialism, constructivism, postmodernism, cultural relativism. Substantive issue areas: famine and foreign aid, just war theory, nuclear weapons, moral implications of technology, case study on war (Gulf War).
POL 8408
- International Relations of the Environment
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Theory and practice of international environmental politics. Emergence of environment as major issue of international relations. Diversities of agendas and politics. Imperatives, templates, resistance in global efforts to forge an applied politics of environmental sustainability. Selected cases.
POL 8411
- Political Psychology and Foreign Policy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Foreign policy theories about decision makers and audiences. Impact of human nature, formal institutions, cultural and cross-cultural settings, and kinds of issues on foreign policy choice, control, and justification.
POL 8412
- American Foreign Policy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-8410 or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
U.S. policy toward foreign states and peoples: heritage, motivations, policy processes, what the public generally knows and wants, specific policies. Rise of intermestic issues and decline of enemy-focused internationalism; implications for process and content of U.S. foreign policy.
POL 8444
- FTE: Doctoral
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Doctoral student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
POL 8460
- Topics in International Relations
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; fall, spring, every year)
Readings and research in advanced topics or problems. Recent topics: global environmental issues, morality in world politics, and norms and institutions in world politics.
POL 8601
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Main theoretical approaches and issues: comparative method, the state and class; political culture; development, democratization, rational choice, social movements.
POL 8602
- Families, Children, and the State
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud)
Politics of family, sex, and children. Comparative perspective. Family autonomy vs. state authority. Political struggles over the definition of family, sex, and marriage. Crisis in fatherhood. Children.s rights. Globalization of Western ideology of childhood. Political realities of third-world childhood. Theories of political efficacy in family/child advocacy.
POL 8603
- European Government and Politics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; A-F or Aud)
Main theories and approaches used to interpret European politics. Many of these theories have broad relevance for comparative politics, for example, theories about the state, cleavages and coalitional bases, parties and social movements, and constitutional structures and institutions have broad relevance for the field of comparative politics.
POL 8605
- Government and Politics in Africa
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; A-F or Aud)
Theoretical and methodological approaches to study of African politics, focusing on pre-colonial and colonial legacies for post-colonial reality. Local politics, social construction of identities, political economy of peasantry and working class, political development and decay, social movements, and prospects for democracy.
POL 8608
- Government and Politics of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; A-F or Aud)
Framework for understanding politics of change underway in the former Soviet Union. Roots of current transformation, including causes and legacy of the Russian revolution and creation of the Soviet Union. Issues in current transformation, including nationalism, economic reform, and democratization. Prior knowledge of basic Soviet politics is assumed.
POL 8611
- Chinese Politics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Major issues since 1949: democratization, dissent, violence, gender, capitalist and socialist development strategies, inequality, effect of culture on politics, status of Taiwan. Current scholarly debates on Chinese politics. Professional methods for research on contemporary China.
POL 8615
- The Political Economy of Contemporary Japan
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Major political and economic issues confronting the Japanese system; situation of Japanese case within comparative politics literature concerning role of the state in formulating economic and social policy making. Review of literature. Deregulation in key industries, welfare reform, tax reforms.
POL 8619
- Latin American Politics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Major bodies of theory on development, democracy and redemocratization, social movements, civil society, the state, and transnational linkages.
POL 8633
- Comparative Sociopolitical Change
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Critical evaluation of literature and theoretical perspectives; comparative examination of social and political change and interrelationship between both processes; structure/agency nexus.
POL 8637
- Comparative Political Economy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #)
Connections between democracy and markets, emphasizing experiences of countries in North America and Europe.
POL 8641
- Comparative Mass Political Behavior
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; A-F or Aud)
Examined from a cross-national perspective. Development of political participation, mobilization and its effects, development of political cleavages and political parties as vehicles of conflict, modes of political behavior under varied systems of representation and varied party systems.
POL 8643
- Comparative Political Institutions
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Pol sci grad student or #; A-F or Aud)
Structure/operation of various political institutions in different settings. Theoretical approaches, comparative frameworks. Introduction to literature on political institutions. Preparation for comparative research on political institutions.
POL 8660
- Topics in Comparative Politics
(3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad pol sci major or #; fall, spring, every year)
Readings in advanced topics or problems; supervised research and research training.
POL 8666
- Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; % for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
POL 8777
- Thesis Credits: Master's
(1.0 - 18.0 cr [max 50.0 cr]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required [Plan A only]; No Grade, fall, spring, every year)
(No description)
POL 8888
- Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1.0 - 24.0 cr [max 100.0 cr]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
POL 8990
- Directed Readings and Research in Political Science
(1.0 - 7.0 cr [max 7.0 cr]; Prereq-16 cr 8xxx pol sci courses, #, %; fall, spring, summer, every year)
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