Undergraduate Courses

2009-2010 Courses (current as of 10/2009 and subject to change)

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Key to Course Fields:
International Relations Courses: 1, 10-19, 110-119, 210-219
American Politics Courses: 2, 20-29, 120-129, 220-229
Political Theory Courses: 3, 30-39, 130-139, 230-239
Comparative Politics Courses: 4, 40-49, 140-149, 240-249
Political Methodology Courses: 150-159

Fall
Introductory Courses
POLISCI 1. Introduction to International Relations (Krasner)
POLISCI 22N. Inequality and American Democracy (Segura)
POLISCI 24Q. Law and Order (Rutten)
Intermediate Undergraduate Lectures
POLISCI 114D. Democracy, Development, & Rule of Law (Diamond, Stoner-Weiss)
POLISCI 118P. US Relations in Iran (Milani)
POLISCI 136S. Justice (Cohen)
POLISCI 140L. China in World Politics (Miller)
POLISCI 124R. Judicial Political and Constitutional Law: the Federal System (Rutten) WIM
POLISCI 125S. Chicano/Latino Politics (Segura)
Advanced Undergraduate Seminars
POLISCI 222R. Culture, Identity, and Diversity (Callan, Sniderman)
POLISCI 223S. The Default Power: American Foreign Policy in a Uni-Multipolar World (Joffe)
POLISCI 226U. Approaches to American Legal History (Rakove)
POLISCI 246. African Politics (Adida)
Cognates
ECON 1A. Introductory Economics A
ETHICSOC 185M. Contemporary Moral Problems
HISTORY 150A. Colonial and Revolutionary America
HUMBIO 172A. Children, Youth, and the Law
MS&E 193/193W/293. Technology and National Security
OSPBEIJ 66. Essentials of China's Criminal Justice System
OSPBER 115X. The German Economy: Past and Present
OSPFLOR 106V. Italy: From Agrarian to Postindustrial Society
OSPMOSC 72. Space, Politics, and Modernity in Russia
OSPMOSC 74. Post-Soviet Eurasia and SCO: Society, Politics, and Integration
OSPOXFRD 24. British and American Constitutional Systems in Comparative Perspective
OSPPARIS 211X. Political Attitudes and Behavior in Contemporary France
OSPSANTG 221X. Political Transition & Democratic Consolidation: Chile in Comparative Perspective
PHIL 72. Contemporary Moral Problems

Winter
Introductory Courses
POLISCI 2. Introduction to American Politics (Fiorina, Frisby)
POLISCI 36N: Lotteries (Stone)
Intermediate Undergraduate Lectures
POLISCI 110C. America and the World Economy (Goldstein) WIM
POLISCI 114S. International Security in Changing World (Crenshaw, Sagan)
POLISCI 122. Intro to American Law (Friedman)
POLISCI 124S. Judicial Politics and Const. Law: Civil Liberties (Rutten)
POLISCI 128S. The Constitution: A Short History (Rakove)
POLISCI 133. Ethics and Politics of Public Service (Reich)
POLISCI 141. Global Politics of Human Rights (Karl)
POLISCI 147. Comparative Democratic Government (Diamond)
POLISCI 148. Chinese Politics: The Transformation and Era of Reform (Oi)
Advanced Undergraduate Seminars
POLISCI 210R. International Conflict: Mngmnt & Res (Holloway, Ross, Weiner)
POLISCI 214R. Decision-Making in US Foreign Policy (Rice)
POLISCI 216. Law, Economics, and Politics of International Trade (Bagwell, Goldstein, Sykes)
POLISCI 216E. International History and International Relations Theory (Holloway)
POLISCI 221. Democratic Theory: An Empirical Approach (Sniderman)
POLISCI 222P. Creating the American Republic (Rakove)
POLISCI 225E. Seminar on Law and Politics (Kousser)
POLISCI 230A. Origins of Political Thought (Ober)
POLISCI 243R. Research Seminar in Human Rights (Karl) WIM
POLISCI 245R. Politics in Modern Iran (Milani)
POLISCI 248S. Latin American Politics (Magaloni)
POLISCI242D. Political Economy of Property Rights (Haber)
Cognates
AFRICAST 112/212. AIDS, Literature, and Land: Foreign Aid and Development in Africa
ECON 1A. Introductory Economics A
ECON 1B. Introductory Economics B
EDUC 260X. Understanding Statistical Methods and their Social Science Applications
HRP 239. Understanding Statistical Methods and their Social Science Applications
OSPBER 15. Shifting Alliances? The European Union and the U.S.
OSPFLOR 78. An Extraordinary Experiment: Politics and Policies of the New European Union
OSPOXFRD 18. Making Public Policy: An Intro to Political Philosophy, Politics, and Economy
OSPSANTG 129X. Latin America in the International System
REES 320. State and Nation Building in Central Asia
STATS 209. Understanding Statistical Methods and their Social Science Applications

Spring
Introductory Courses
POLISCI 1. Introduction to International Relations (Tomz)
POLISCI 3. Introduction to Political Philosophy (Hussain)
POLISCI 4. Introduction to Comparative Politics (Rodden)
POLISCI 16N. Politics of Economic Development (Tomz)
POLISCI 48N. Muslim Integration into France (Laitin)
POLISCI 37. The Obama Presidency: A Midterm Review (Reich, Steyer) (1 unit)
Intermediate Undergraduate Lectures
POLISCI 110D. War and Peace in American Foreign Policy (Schultz) WIM
POLISCI 116. History of Nuclear Weapons (Holloway)
POLISCI 130C. Modern Political Thought. (Stone)
POLISCI 136R: Intro to Global Justice (McLeod, Oberman)
POLISCI 120C. American Political Institutions: Congress, Exec Branch, Courts (Rutten) WIM
POLISCI 123. Politics and Public Policy (Frisby)
POLISCI 140C. Comparative Political Economy of Post-Communist Transitions (Stoner-Weiss)
POLISCI 142B. British Politics (Dorfman)
POLISCI 144T. Democracies and Dictatorships (Magaloni)
POLISCI 149S. Islam and the West (Milani)
POLISCI 151A. Doing Political Science (Jusko)
Advanced Undergraduate Seminars
POLISCI 210C. Globalization and Its Discontents (Gould)
POLISCI 213R. Political Economy of Financial Crisis (Lipscy)
POLISCI 227R. Polarized Politics and Special Interest Groups (Wand)
POLISCI 225S. Public Leadership in Theory and Practice (Sullivan)
POLISCI 220P. The President in the Policy Process (Sullivan)
POLISCI 231. High Stakes Politics (Ober, Weingast)
POLISCI 236. Theories of Civil Society, Philosophy, & the Non-Profit Sector (Sievers)WIM
POLISCI 240L. Politics of Divided Korea (Kihl)
POLISCI 245P. Politics and Society in Israel (Lev-On)
POLISCI 299Q: Junior Honors Seminar (Magaloni)
Cognates
AFRICAST 111/211. Education for All? The Global and Local in Public Policy Making in Africa
ECON 1B. Introductory Economics B
IPS 206B. Organizations
OSPKYOTO 215X. The Political Economy of Japan
OSPOXFRD 35. Modern UK and European Government and Politics
OSPOXFRD 141U: European Imperialism and the Third World, 1870-1970
OSPPARIS 122X. Challenges of Integration in the European Union
OSPSANTG 116X. Modernization & Its Discontents: Chilean Politics at Turn of the Century
PUBLPOL 102/202. Organizations and Public Policy
PUBLPOL 183. Philanthropy and Social Innovation
PUBLPOL 304B. Organizations