113. American Government and Politics. (3h) The nature of politics, political principles, and political institutions, with emphasis on their application to the United States.

210. Topics in United States Politics and Public Policy. (1h or 3h) A intensive study of one or more major problems in contemporary United States politics and policy.

211. Political Parties, Voters, and Elections. (3h) An examination of party competition, party organizations, the electorate and electoral activities of parties, and the responsibilities of parties for governing.

212. U.S. Policymaking in the Twenty-first Century. (3h) Examines the contemporary United States lolicymaking process. Special attention to ways issues become important and contributions of different political actors, institutions, and ideologies in the passage or rejection of policy proposals. Considers a range of social, economic, and regulatory policies.

213. Public Administration. (3h) Introduction to the study of public administration emphasizing policy making in government agencies.

214. Business and Government in the United States. (3h) Examination of the evolution of the relationship between business and government. Emphasis on contemporary public policies affection and affected by business in some or all of the areas of labor relations, health care, economics, trade, telecommunications, campaign finance, and the environment.

215. Citizen and Community. (3h) An examination of the role and responsibilities of citizens in democratic policy making. Includes discussion of democratic theory, emphasis on a policy issue of national importance (i.e. poverty, crime, environment), and involvement of students in projects that examine the dimension of the issue in their community. P -- Permission of instructor.

216. U.S. Social Welfare Policy. (3h) An analysis of U.S. social policymaking and policy outcomes on issues such as welfare, education, health care, and Social Security, with an emphasis on historical development and cross-national comparison.

217. Politics and the Mass Media. (3h) Exploration of the relationship between the political system and the mass media. Two broad concerns will be the regulation of the mass media and the impact of media on political processes and events.

218. Congress and Policy making. (3h) An examination of the composition, authority structures, external influences, and procedures of Congress with emphasis on their implications for policy making in the United States.

220. The American Presidency. (3h) Emphasis on the of office and the role; contributions by contemporary presidents considered in perspective.

222. Urban Politics. (3h) Political structures and processes in American cities and suburbs as they relate to the social, economic, and political problems of the metropolis. (CD)

223. Blacks in American Politics. (3h) A survey of selected topics, including black political participation, political organizations, political leadership, and political issues. It will also show the relationship of these phenomena to American political institutions and processes as a whole.

225. American Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers and the Federal System. (3h) An analysis of Supreme Court decisions affecting the three branches of the national government and federal/state relations.

226. American Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties. (3h) Judicial interpretations of First Amendment freedoms, racial equality, and the rights of the criminally accused. Not open to first-year students.

227. Politics, Law, and Courts. (3h) Analysis of the nature and role of law in American society and the structure and procedure of American courts. Questions of judicial organization, personnel, and decision-making as well as the impact of law and court decisions on the social order, are explored at local, state, and national levels.

229. Women and Politics. (3h) The course will examine classical and contemporary arguments regarding the participation of women in politics as well as current policy issues and changes in women's political participation.

114. Comparative Government and Politics. (3h) An analysis of political institutions, processes, and policy issues in selected countries. Case studies will be drawn from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. (CD)

231. Western European Politics. (3h) Comparative analysis of political institutions, processes, and policy issues in selected West European countries. Special attention will be given to case studies involving Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy and to the process of European integration.

232. Politics in Russia and Eastern Europe. (3h) Analysis of the political economic, and social patterns of the region emphasizing the internal dynamics of the political and economic transition processes currently underway.

233. The Politics of Modern Germany. (3h) A study of the historical legacy, the political behavior, and governmental institutions of contemporary Germany (newly unified Germany).

234. United Kingdom Politics in the Global Age. (3h) The purpose of this course is to introduce the nature and content of contemporary United Kingdom politics by placing those politics in a wider analysis of United Kingdom history, society, and international positions. (CD)

236. Government and Politics in Latin America. (3h) Comparative analysis of the institutions and processes of politics in the Latin American region. (CD)

237. Comparative Public Policy in Selected Industrialized Democracies. (3h) An analysis of public policy choices involving such matters as health care, education, environment, and immigration in Western Europe and the United States.

238. Comparative Economic Development and Political Change. (3h) An overview of the relationship between economic development, socio-structural change, and politics since the creation of the international capitalist system in the sixteenth century. The course is organized around case studies of what we now recognize as industrialized democracies, evolving Communist systems and command economies, and "Third World" countries.

239. State, Economy, and International Competitiveness. (3h) The purpose of this course is to introduce a range of important case studies of national economic performance, and to do so in such a manner as to illustrate the role of public policy in economic performance in a number of leading industrial economies (the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, and Japan).

242. Topics in Comparative Politics. (1h or 3h) An intensive study of one or more major problems in contemporary comparative politics.

244. Politics and Literature. (3h) An examination of how literature can extend our knowledge of politics and political systems. The course considers the insights of selected novelists.

245. Ethnonationalism. (3h) This course is concerned with the role of ethnicity in world politics It focuses on both theoretical and substantive issues relating to: (a) the nature of ethnicity and ethnic group identity; (b) the sources of ethnic conflict; (c) the politics of ethnic conflict; (d) the policy management of ethnic conflict; and (e) international intervention in ethnic conflict.

246. Politics and Policies in South Asia. (3h) A survey of major issues relevant to politics and policy in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. (CD)

247. Islam and Politics. (3h) The course explores the interrelationship of Islam and politics in the contemporary world. The course has two main foci. The first deals with Islam as a political which shapes the structure of political institutions and behavior. The second looks at Islam in practice by examining the interaction between Islam and the political systems of Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and others. (CD)

248. Government and Politics of China. (3h) A survey of the political institutions and processes in China (People's Republic of China and Republic of China). Emphasis on group conflict, elites, ideology, as well as current policy changes in the process of modernization.

249. Government and Politics of Japan. (3h) A survey of the political institutions and processes in Japan. Attention also is given to the relationship between politics and economics.

116. International Politics. (3h) A survey of the forces which shape relations among states and some of the major problems of contemporary international politics. (CD)

252. Topics in International Politics. . (1h or 3h) An intensive study of one or more major problems of contemporary international politics.

253. International Political Economy. (3h) Analyzes major issues in the global political economy including theoretical approaches to understanding the tension between politics and economics, monetary and trade policy, North-South relations, environmentalism, human rights and democratization.

254. American Foreign Policy: Contemporary Problems. (3h) A critical examination of different methods of studying American foreign policy and of selected policies followed by the United States since the early 1960s.

256. Nuclear Weapons and National Security. (1h or 3h) An analysis of the strategic, political and moral implications of nuclear weapons as instruments of national policy. Both American and Soviet perspectives will be considered and special attention will be given to contemporary debates over the possession and control of nuclear weapons.

259. The Arab-Israeli Conflict. (3h) An analysis of factors influencing the relationship between Israel and its neighbors relative to fundamental aspects of United States, Israeli Palestinian' and Arab states policies.

260. United States and East Asian. (3h) An analytical survey of United States interaction with East Asia, with special emphasis on the strategic security and the political economic of the region. (CD)

261. International Law and Organizations. (3h) Examination of the theoretical and substantive problems relating to the development and functioning of international law and international organizations and their contributions to international politics. Topics such as the United Nations system, human rights, and the law of the sea will be considered.

265. The Causes of War and the Condition of Peace. (3h) An interdisciplinary examination of the causes of violent international conflict and the conditions for maintaining or restoring peace. Key concepts and issues will be explored through an extensive use of case studies of actual conflicts. (Also listed as International Studies 221.)

267. America in Vietnam: Myth and Reality. (3h) An analysis of American policy towards Vietnam with special emphasis on the period of 1954-75. The focus will be on the relationship between American policies and the problems posed by Vietnamese and American cultures.

115P. Plato, Aristotle, and Classical Political Thought. (3h) An examination of the nature and goals of the classical position, with attention to its origins in ancient Athens and its diffusion though Rome. Representative writers are Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero.

115Q. Medieval Political Thought. (3h) Examination of the encounter between political philosophy and revealed religion in the medieval period between the fall of Rome and the Reformation. Readings from St.Augustine, Avicenna, Averroes, Maimonides, St.Thomas Aquinas, and others. (CD)

115R. Modern Political Thought.. (3h) Political thought from Machiavelli to the present, including such topics as moral and natural rights, positive and negative freedom, social contract theory, alienation, and citizenship. Selected writings from, for example, Machiavelli, Locke, Rousseau, Mill, Marx, and Rawls.

269. Topics in Political Theory. (1h or 3h) An intensive study of one or more major topics in political theory.

270. Ethics and Politics. (3h) An investigation of the relationship between ethical reasoning and political theory. Representative philosophers include Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, Mill, Sidgwick, Green, Ayer, Hare, and McIntyre.

272. Democratic Theory. (3h) Examination of the theoretical underpinnings of democracy and some of the critiques of those foundations. Focus will be on understanding some of the major theories of democracy and on how key democratic concepts are defined differently within these various traditions.

273. Marx, Marxism and the Aftermath of Marxism. . (3h) An examination of Marx's indebtedness to Hegel, his early humanistic writings and the vicissitudes of the 20th century vulgar Marxism and neo-Marxism in the works of Lenin, Lukacs, Korsch, Horkeimer, Marcuse and Sartre.

275. American Political thought. (3h) An examination of the republican, civic humanistic tradition vs. the liberal, juridical tradition in American political thought from the Founding to the present. Readings from Locke, Sidney, the Federalists and anti-Federalists, Spencer, Dewey, Rawls, and Sandel.

276. Political Ideologies. (3h) Survey of modern political ideologies, with emphasis on the historical origin, development, and political functions of particular ideologies such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism, nationalist ideologies, ecologism, feminist and literation ideologies.

277. Feminist Political Thought. (3h) Introduction to feminist thought and its implications for the study and practice of political theory. Topics include feminist critiques of the western political tradition and schools of feminist political theory. (CD)

279. Varieties of Philosophical Liberalism. (3h) A study of varieties of 20th century philosophical liberalism such as libertarianism, utilitarianism, liberal utilitarianism, Rawlsian liberalism and communitarianism with special focus on rival conceptions of freedom and on utilitarianism and its critics.

280. Political Science Methods. (3h) An overview of the methods currently prominent in studying politics. Special attention will be given to the relationships between theory, method, and findings by focusing on the need to make empirical observation systematic. (QR)

281. Forms of Orientalism. (3h) The politics of the representational practices of Orientalism, the problem of cultural representation, and the relationship between Western intellectual constructions of the Orient and Western colonialism. (Also listed as INS 220)

285. Honors Study. (1.5h) Directed study toward completion of the project begun in seminar courses (291, 292, 293, or 294) and oral defense of the paper. Taken in the spring semester of the senior year by all candidates for departmental honors. P -- Politics 291, 292, 293, or 294.

287. Individual Study. (2h or 3h) Intensive research leading to the completion of an analytical paper conducted under the direction of a faculty member. Students are responsible for initiating the project and securing the permission of an appropriate instructor. P --Permission of instructor.

288. Directed Reading. (1h-3h) Concentrated reading in am area of study not otherwise available. Students are responsible for initiating the project and securing the permission of an appropriate instructor. P -- Permission of instructor.

289. Internship in politics. (2h or 3h) Field work in a public or private setting with related readings and an analytical paper under the direction of a faculty member. Students are responsible for initiating the project and securing the permission of an appropriate instructor. Normally one course in an appropriate subfield will have been taken prior to the internship. P -- Permission of instructor.

291. Seminar in American Politics. (3h) Readings, research, and independent study on selected topics. P -- Permission of instructor.

292. Seminar in Comparative Politics. (3h) Readings, research, and independent study on selected topics. P -- Permission of instructor.

293. Seminar in International Politics. (3h) Readings, research, and independent study on selected topics. P -- Permission of instructor.

294. Seminar in Political Philosophy. (3h) Readings, research, and independent study on selected topics. P -- Permission of instructor.