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POLI 63. First-Year Seminar: Social Movements and Political Protest and POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI) Violence. 3 Credits. Unconventional collective political behavior: mass movements, riots, POLI 50. First-Year Seminar: Movies and Politics. 3 Credits. demonstrations, revolts, and revolution. Movies often reflect important social and political issues. In this course POLI 66. First-Year Seminar: The United States and the European Union: students will see a set of movies, discuss them, and put them into social Partners or Rivals?. 3 Credits. and political contexts. The alliance between America and the European Union is one of the most Gen Ed: SS, CI. important political relationships today. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 67. First-Year Seminar: Designing Democracy. 3 Credits. POLI 52. First-Year Seminar: Friendship in Political Thought. 3 Credits. Introducing the study of using political institutions as levers of conflict This seminar will explore what relationships have been designated management in ethnically plural, postconflict national states. "friendship" in the past, and why they are of such concern to political and Gen Ed: SS. ethical philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Montaigne, and Emerson. Grading status: Letter grade. Honors version available Gen Ed: PH, CI. POLI 70. First-Year Seminar: Political Conflict in the European Union and Grading status: Letter grade. the United States. 3 Credits. This course examines the politics of the European Union in comparison POLI 52H. First-Year Seminar: Friendship in Political Thought. 3 Credits. with the United States. This seminar will explore what relationships have been designated "friendship" in the past, and why they are of such concern to political and POLI 72. First-Year Seminar: Entrepreneurship in Community and ethical philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Montaigne, and Emerson. Economic Development. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: PH, CI. This is a survey course of entrepreneurial strategies as they are used in Grading status: Letter grade. community and economic development. It involves an individual research or service project by each student. POLI 54. FYS: The American Worker: Sociology, Politics, and History of Gen Ed: SS, NA. Labor in the United States. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. This course will survey a wide range of topics on the American Laborer and the American Worker unions. POLI 75. First-Year Seminar: Thinking about Law. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: NA. This seminar explores the notion of a rule of law, statutory and case Grading status: Letter grade. law, legal analysis, and the realities of the adversarial system and legal practice. Students will be engaged in analytical thinking and expression POLI 57. First-Year Seminar: Democratic Governance in Contemporary through classroom discussion, analytical papers, and examinations. Latin America. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: PH. This seminar explores challenges in democratic governance in Grading status: Letter grade. contemporary Latin America. With important regional variations, the exercise of state power reflects historical continuities of corruption, POLI 76. First-Year Seminar: The Obama Presidency. 3 Credits. patronage politics, and other abuses of state resources. There are also This course examines the presidency of Barack Obama, the first African demands for accountability and transparency across the region and more American to serve in the nation's highest office. independent judiciaries. Gen Ed: SS, US. Gen Ed: SS, BN. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 89. First-Year Seminar: Special Topics. 3 Credits. POLI 58. FYS: Global Production and Workers' Rights: North Carolina, Course content will vary each semester. Latin America, and East Asia. 3 Credits. Repeat rules: May be repeated for credit; may be repeated in the same This course explores the politics of economic globalization, with a term for different topics; 6 total credits. 2 total completions. focus on the relationships among trade, multinational corporations, and Grading status: Letter grade. workers' rights. POLI 100. American Democracy in Changing Times. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: SS, GL. Why do Americans love democracy, but hate politics? Why are there Grading status: Letter grade. only two political parties? Why do voters hate, yet respond to negative POLI 59. First-Year Seminar: Revolution, America in 1776 and France in campaigning? This course will introduce students to politics in the United 1789. 3 Credits. States, addressing these and many more questions about how American We examine the political theory of revolution at two dramatic moments democracy works. Honors version available in history: The American Revolution and The French Revolution. This Gen Ed: SS, NA. course is throws students into New York City in 1775 and Paris in 1791 Grading status: Letter grade. by recreating and engaging with the ideas and arguments of these times POLI 100H. American Democracy in Changing Times. 3 Credits. through two, role-immersive simulations. Why do Americans love democracy, but hate politics? Why are there Gen Ed: SS, NA. only two political parties? Why do voters hate, yet respond to negative Grading status: Letter grade. campaigning? This course will introduce students to politics in the United POLI 62. First-Year Seminar: How Leaders Lead Others. 3 Credits. States, addressing these and many more questions about how American This course prepares the student for an understanding of influence and democracy works. the practice of political leadership and persuasion. Gen Ed: SS, NA. Gen Ed: SS, CI. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. 2 POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI)

POLI 130. Introduction to Comparative Politics. 3 Credits. POLI 201. Politics of Bureaucracy. 3 Credits. This course examines the diversity of political arrangements in societies Problems of the public service; internal dynamics of public organizations; across the globe. Honors version available acquisition and allocation of public funds; the roles of bureaucracy in Gen Ed: SS, BN, GL. relation to public policy, clients, the citizenry, and society. Grading status: Letter grade. Gen Ed: SS. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 130H. Introduction to Comparative Politics. 3 Credits. This course examines the diversity of political arrangements in societies POLI 202. The United States Supreme Court. 3 Credits. across the globe. Examination of the process of policy making on the Supreme Court. Gen Ed: SS, BN, GL. Focuses upon the selection of justices, factors affecting the court's Grading status: Letter grade. decision making, and the impact of its policies. POLI 150. International Relations and Global Politics. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: SS. An introduction to the study of political and economic relations in the Grading status: Letter grade. international system. Topics covered include international conflict, trade, POLI 203. Race, Innocence, and the Decline of the Death Penalty. 4 global finance, international institutions, civil war, and human rights. Credits. Honors version available A large majority of Americans supports the death penalty in the abstract, Gen Ed: SS, GL. but the number of death sentences and executions has been declining Grading status: Letter grade since the mid-1990s. This course explores the decline of the death Same as: PWAD 150. penalty by looking at race, questions of innocence, and the new politics of POLI 150H. International Relations and Global Politics. 3 Credits. capital punishment. An introduction to the study of political and economic relations in the Gen Ed: SS, US. international system. Topics covered include international conflict, trade, Grading status: Letter grade. global finance, international institutions, civil war, and human rights. POLI 204. Introduction to Southern Politics. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: SS, GL. This course examines the politics of the American South. Each state Grading status: Letter grade is studied separately and we examine the region from a broad/general Same as: PWAD 150H. perspective. Both academic books and journal articles are read. By POLI 150L. International Relations and Global Politics Research the end of the course, students should be familiar with historical and Laboratory. 1 Credit. contemporary politics in the South. This laboratory section introduces students in POLI 150 to contemporary Gen Ed: SS, NA. research methods in the study of international relations and world Grading status: Letter grade. politics. Students will design and conduct independent research related POLI 205. Politics in the U.S. States. 3 Credits. to international politics. Permission of the instructor. State and local governments in the United States exercise considerable Requisites: Corequisite, POLI 150. power over public policies such as education, social welfare, and Gen Ed: EE- Mentored Research. taxation. This course examines similarities and differences across Grading status: Letter grade. the U.S. states to better understand the causes and consequences of POLI 190. Undergraduate Seminar. 3 Credits. politics in these settings. Previously offered as POLI 101. Honors version A detailed examination of selected topics in the field of political science. available Gen Ed: SS. Gen Ed: SS, NA. Repeat rules: May be repeated for credit; may be repeated in the same Grading status: Letter grade. term for different topics; 12 total credits. 4 total completions. POLI 205H. Politics in the U.S. States. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. State and local governments in the United States exercise considerable POLI 193. Internship in Political Science. 3 Credits. power over public policies such as education, social welfare, and An opportunity to obtain credit for an internship in a government or public taxation. This course examines similarities and differences across the service organization. Pass/Fail only. Does not count toward the political U.S. states to better understand the causes and consequences of politics science major. Requires permission of the department. Open to political in these settings. Previously offered as POLI 101. Gen Ed: SS, NA. science majors only. Requisites: Prerequisite, at least two POLI courses. Grading status: Letter grade. Gen Ed: EE- Academic Internship. POLI 206. Race and the Right to Vote in the United States. 3 Credits. Repeat rules: May be repeated for credit. 6 total credits. 2 total This course surveys scholarly literature on electoral institutions, racial completions. politics, and access to the ballot in the United States. In 30 hours of Grading status: Pass/Fail. community service with partner organizations, students produce a POLI 200. The President, Congress, and Public Policy. 3 Credits. publicly available research project using oral histories, mapping, scholarly An analysis of the roles and influence of the president, the Congress, and research, and podcasts. other participants in the making of national policy. Gen Ed: SS, EE- Service Learning, US. Gen Ed: SS. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI) 3

POLI 207. The Politics of Organized Interests. 3 Credits. POLI 217. Women and Politics. 3 Credits. This course examines how interests organize themselves, enter into A comparison of men and women as political actors at the mass and elite and then interact within interest communities, and seek to influence level in America. Topics considered include the "gender gap," the women's government policy through electoral activity and lobbying legislators, movement, abortion, and the Equal Rights Amendment. executives, and courts. Gen Ed: SS, US. Gen Ed: SS. Grading status: Letter grade Grading status: Letter grade. Same as: WGST 217. POLI 208. Political Parties and Elections. 3 Credits. POLI 220. Race, Ethnicity, and Electoral Representation in the United An analysis of the dynamics of party alignment and realignment States. 3 Credits. and of nomination and election to public office in American national This course examines the electoral representation of racial andethnic government. Honors version available minorities in the United States. While multiple ethnic groups are Gen Ed: SS. studied,there will be an emphasis on the two largest minority groups in Grading status: Letter grade. the country: Latinosand African Americans. POLI 208H. Political Parties and Elections. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: US. An analysis of the dynamics of party alignment and realignment Grading status: Letter grade. and of nomination and election to public office in American national POLI 231. Latin America and the United States in World Politics. 3 government. Credits. Gen Ed: SS. A survey of the events, institutions, and issues that have dominated Grading status: Letter grade. relations between Latin America and the United States. POLI 209. Analyzing Public Opinion. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: SS. A study of forces affecting public opinion and its expression in various Grading status: Letter grade. political activities. Emphasis on gathering and analyzing opinion data. POLI 232. Politics of the United Kingdom. 3 Credits. Course may be taught in the computer classroom. Honors version An introduction to contemporary UK politics emphasizing the political available battle between socialist and conservative ideologies. Honors version Gen Ed: SS, QI. available Grading status: Letter grade. Gen Ed: SS, NA. POLI 209H. Analyzing Public Opinion. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. A study of forces affecting public opinion and its expression in various POLI 232H. Politics of the United Kingdom. 3 Credits. political activities. Emphasis on gathering and analyzing opinion data. An introduction to contemporary UK politics emphasizing the political Course may be taught in the computer classroom. battle between socialist and conservative ideologies. Gen Ed: SS, QI. Gen Ed: SS, NA. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 210. Global Issues and Globalization. 3 Credits. POLI 233. Comparative Politics of the Middle East. 3 Credits. Survey of international social, political, and cultural patterns in selected This course is designed as an introduction to contemporary Middle societies of Africa, Asia, America, and Europe, stressing comparative Eastern politics for advanced undergraduates. To explore this topic, the analysis of conflicts and change in different historical contexts. LAC course combines systematic analytical approaches to big questions with recitation sections offered in French, German, and Spanish. concrete knowledge of events and developments in specific countries. In Gen Ed: GL. so doing, it aims to give students a critical understanding of politics while Grading status: Letter grade simultaneously building empirical knowledge about the Middle East/ Same as: GLBL 210, ANTH 210, GEOG 210, HIST 210. North Africa region. POLI 211. Religion and Politics. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: SS, BN. Religion and politics are deeply intertwined in contemporary America, Grading status: Letter grade. as evidenced by heated and often highly partisan debates over a wide POLI 234. Comparative Politics of the Global South. 3 Credits. variety of political issues such as abortion and immigration. This course An overview of politics and government in the Global South, emphasizing addresses the variety of ways in which religion and politics intersect for theories and challenges of development, modernization, and voters and political elites with a focus on understanding how scholars democratization. Regional emphasis may vary by instructor. operationalize religious concepts and use data to make empirical claims Gen Ed: SS, BN. about the relationship between religion and politics. Grading status: Letter grade. Gen Ed: SS, NA. POLI 235. The Politics of Russia and Eurasia. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. Factors and forces that explain the rise and demise of the Soviet political POLI 215. Political Psychology: An Introduction. 3 Credits. system and consideration of emerging new political configurations in the Findings of the behavioral sciences are examined as they relate to area. Honors version available politics. Includes such issues as human nature, community, political Gen Ed: SS, BN. socialization, alienation, mass movements, belief systems, and Grading status: Letter grade. personality. Gen Ed: SS. Grading status: Letter grade. 4 POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI)

POLI 235H. The Politics of Russia and Eurasia. 3 Credits. POLI 240. African American Politics. 3 Credits. Factors and forces that explain the rise and demise of the Soviet political A survey of African American political development from emancipation to system and consideration of emerging new political configurations in the the present. The course examines the dynamics of minority group politics area. with African Americans as the primary unit of analysis. Students consider Gen Ed: SS, BN. African American politics in domestic and global contexts and issues of Grading status: Letter grade. local, regional, national, and international relevance. POLI 236. Politics of East-Central Europe. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: HS. Examines contemporary politics in east-central Europe by looking at the Grading status: Letter grade communist period, the 1989 revolutions, and the political, economic, and Same as: AAAD 240. social transformations underway in the area. Honors version available POLI 241. Comparative Political Behavior. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: SS, BN. Political behavior is the study of attitudes, ideology, and engagement Grading status: Letter grade. with the government. Why are some individuals more likely than others to POLI 236H. Politics of East-Central Europe. 3 Credits. support specific policies? How do we understand the connection between Examines contemporary politics in east-central Europe by looking at the voters and political parties? What makes an individual more likely to communist period, the 1989 revolutions, and the political, economic, and vote? When and where are broad social movements, wars, rebellions and social transformations underway in the area. revolutions most likely to occur? Comparative political behavior studies Gen Ed: SS, BN. how these phenomena operate across different institutional and cultural Grading status: Letter grade. environments. Honors version available Gen Ed: SS, GL. POLI 237. The Politics of China. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. An introduction to the politics of People's Republic of China with a focus on the Reform Era. Provides a working knowledge for understanding POLI 241H. Comparative Political Behavior. 3 Credits. political events in contemporary China in three parts: historical Political behavior is the study of attitudes, ideology, and engagement background, evolution of political institutions, and changing relations with the government. Why are some individuals more likely than others to between ordinary people and the Chinese state. support specific policies? How do we understand the connection between Gen Ed: SS, BN. voters and political parties? What makes an individual more likely to Grading status: Letter grade. vote? When and where are broad social movements, wars, rebellions and revolutions most likely to occur? Comparative political behavior studies POLI 238. Politics of the Global South: Latin America. 3 Credits. how these phenomena operate across different institutional and cultural An introduction to politics and political economy of Latin America, environments. emphasizing Latin America's position in the Global South and including Gen Ed: SS, GL. consideration of leading theoretical explanations of development and Grading status: Letter grade. political change. Country emphasis varies with instructor. Honors version available POLI 248. Intersectionality: Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Justice. 3 Gen Ed: SS, BN. Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. The first goal of this super course is to give students real tools for how to address multiple modes of difference and identity formations like race, POLI 238H. Politics of the Global South: Latin America. 3 Credits. gender, class, and sexuality. An introduction to politics and political economy of Latin America, Gen Ed: CI, US. emphasizing Latin America's position in the Global South and including Grading status: Letter grade consideration of leading theoretical explanations of development and Same as: AMST 248, ENGL 248, WGST 249. political change. Country emphasis varies with instructor. Gen Ed: SS, BN. POLI 252. International Organizations and Global Issues. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. Examines international organizations and their relationships with and impact upon international politics, international law, and selected global POLI 239. Introduction to European Government. 3 Credits. issues. Honors version available A treatment of the political institutions and processes of western Gen Ed: SS, GL. European democracies, with special attention to France, Germany, Grading status: Letter grade England, and Italy. Honors version available Same as: PWAD 252. Gen Ed: SS, GL, NA. Grading status: Letter grade POLI 252H. International Organizations and Global Issues. 3 Credits. Same as: EURO 239. Examines international organizations and their relationships with and impact upon international politics, international law, and selected global POLI 239H. Introduction to European Government. 3 Credits. issues. A treatment of the political institutions and processes of western Gen Ed: SS, GL. European democracies, with special attention to France, Germany, Grading status: Letter grade England, and Italy. Same as: PWAD 252H. Gen Ed: SS, GL, NA. Grading status: Letter grade POLI 253. Problems in World Order. 3 Credits. Same as: EURO 239H. An examination of selected topics in international relations, such as security and defense, international integration, and north-south relations. Gen Ed: SS, GL. Grading status: Letter grade Same as: PWAD 253. POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI) 5

POLI 254. International Environmental Politics. 3 Credits. POLI 270. Classical Political Thought. 3 Credits. Covers the politics of environmental issues, with a focus on issues that Survey designed to introduce students to major political thinkers and have become internationalized. It focuses on the special problems that ideas of the ancient world and of the medieval period. Honors version arise in creating rules for environmental management and regulation available when no single government has authority to enforce those rules. Gen Ed: PH, NA, WB. Gen Ed: SS, GL. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade POLI 270H. Classical Political Thought. 3 Credits. Same as: ENEC 254. Survey designed to introduce students to major political thinkers and POLI 255. International Migration and Citizenship Today. 3 Credits. ideas of the ancient world and of the medieval period. This class explores the moral, economic, political, and cultural Gen Ed: PH, NA, WB. dimensions of international migration. It is discussion-based and tackles Grading status: Letter grade. such thorny questions as, Do we have an obligation to let poor people POLI 271. Modern Political Thought. 3 Credits. into our rich country? What constitutes persecution? How do foreigners Survey course designed to introduce students to major political thinkers affect national identity? How should citizenship be allocated? Honors and schools of thought dating roughly from the 16th century to the version available present. Honors version available Gen Ed: GL, US. Gen Ed: PH, NA. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 255H. International Migration and Citizenship Today. 3 Credits. POLI 271H. Modern Political Thought. 3 Credits. This class explores the moral, economic, political, and cultural Survey course designed to introduce students to major political thinkers dimensions of international migration. It is discussion-based and tackles and schools of thought dating roughly from the 16th century to the such thorny questions as, Do we have an obligation to let poor people present. into our rich country? What constitutes persecution? How do foreigners Gen Ed: PH, NA. affect national identity? How should citizenship be allocated? Grading status: Letter grade. Gen Ed: GL, US. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 272. The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense. 3 Credits. An analysis of ethical issues that arise in peace, war, and defense, e.g., POLI 256. The Politics of the First Era (1880-1914) of Globalization. 3 the legitimacy of states, just war theory, terrorism, weapons of mass Credits. destruction. This course considers the politics of international trade and finance on Gen Ed: PH, GL, NA. the eve of World War I. We explore the factors, domestic and international, Grading status: Letter grade that facilitated integration prior to World War I, as well as those that Same as: PHIL 272, PWAD 272. prevented a return to economic openness in the 1920s and 1930s. Gen Ed: SS, GL. POLI 276. Major Issues in Political Theory. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. An examination of major issues in political thought, including equality; obedience; violence and nonviolence; justice; forms of social, economic, POLI 257. Politics, Society, and Culture in Postwar Germany. 3 Credits. and political life; liberty; and human nature and politics. Honors version The interdisciplinary seminar will explore cultural, historical, and political available issues of contemporary Germany and analyze German developments Gen Ed: PH, NA. from the postwar period to the present. Readings and discussions in Grading status: Letter grade. English. Gen Ed: HS, NA. POLI 276H. Major Issues in Political Theory. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade An examination of major issues in political thought, including equality; Same as: HIST 257, EURO 257. obedience; violence and nonviolence; justice; forms of social, economic, and political life; liberty; and human nature and politics. POLI 260. Crisis and Change in Russia and Eastern Europe. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: PH, NA. Draws on historical, political, economic, and sociological perspectives to Grading status: Letter grade. analyze social, cultural, and institutional change. Gen Ed: SS, BN. POLI 280. American Political Thought. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade A survey course in American political ideas from the 17th century to the Same as: PWAD 260, SOCI 260. present, with emphasis on the role of politics, society, and economy in American thought. Honors version available POLI 265. Feminism and Political Theory. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: PH, NA, US. Introduction to feminist theory and its implications for the study and Grading status: Letter grade. practice of political theory. Topics: women in feminist critiques of the Western political tradition, schools of feminist political theory. POLI 280H. American Political Thought. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: PH, CI, NA. A survey course in American political ideas from the 17th century to the Grading status: Letter grade present, with emphasis on the role of politics, society, and economy in Same as: WGST 265. American thought. Gen Ed: PH, NA, US. Grading status: Letter grade. 6 POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI)

POLI 281. Data in Politics I: An Introduction. 3 Credits. POLI 325. Institute of Politics Fellows Seminar in Civic Leadership. 1.5 The Information Revolution has had a transformative effect on business, Credit. journalism, law, policy, and more. This course illustrates the breadth This course is facilitated by a Fellow from the UNC Institute of Politics, of ways in which data can help solve important social problems and an experienced political practitioner who has held elected or appointed increases students' comfort handling and analyzing data themselves. office. Over the course of the semester, students will engage in active Students leave with a foundation for acquiring more advanced and sustained dialogue with the Fellow and with one another on topics techniques. relevant to the Fellow's professional experience in public life. May not Gen Ed: SS, QI. count toward the political science major. Grading status: Letter grade. Repeat rules: May be repeated for credit. 3 total credits. 2 total POLI 285. Applied Experimental Research: Politics in the US and Europe. completions. 3 Credits. Grading status: Pass/Fail. The course familiarizes students with experimental research methods in POLI 333. Race and Public Policy in the United States. 3 Credits. political science, including laboratory experiments, field experiments, and Exploration of the relationship between race and public policy in the survey experiments. Students will design and conduct an experimental U.S. Primary focus on African Americans, but other racial groups also research project on a research question about US or European politics. studied. Key areas include reproductive justice, health care, employment, Gen Ed: SS, QI. labor, welfare, education, housing, environmental justice, policing, Grading status: Letter grade criminalization, foreign policy, immigration, and war. Same as: EURO 285. Gen Ed: SS, US. POLI 287. Strategy and International Relations. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade Introduction to the study of strategic decision making in international Same as: AAAD 333. relations, with an emphasis on the application of basic game theoretic POLI 345. Buying Influence: Interest Groups and Public Policy. 3 Credits. models. Incorporates in-class simulations of international relations Students will gain an understanding of the role interest groups play in scenarios. American public policy and how that role has shifted over time. The Gen Ed: SS, GL, QI. course emphasizes the role of interest groups in four policy areas: civil Grading status: Letter grade rights, the environment, social policy, and campaign finance. Same as: PWAD 287. Gen Ed: SS, NA. POLI 288. Strategy and Politics. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade Offers an introduction to positive political theory, the application of Same as: PLCY 345. rational choice analysis (or economic models) to the study of political POLI 350. Peace Science Research. 3 Credits. phenomena. Topics include social choice theory, legislative voting, This Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) problems of cooperation and collective action, and public choice theory. introduces students to the practice of quantitative research on peace, Encourages students to think about politics from a critical vantage point. conflict, and conflict resolution. Students work in teams to develop Gen Ed: SS, QI. original research projects that answer policy-relevant questions in the Grading status: Letter grade. field of peace science. POLI 290. Special Topics in Political Science. 3 Credits. Requisites: Prerequisite, POLI 150. A detailed examination of special topics in political science. Gen Ed: SS, EE- Mentored Research. Repeat rules: May be repeated for credit; may be repeated in the same Grading status: Letter grade. term for different topics; 12 total credits. 12 total completions. POLI 381. Data in Politics II: Frontiers and Applications. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. New approaches to data analysis are having a transformative effect on POLI 291. Undergraduate Learning Assistant Practicum. 1-3 Credits. business, journalism, law, and policy - to name just a few sectors. This This course is for students selected as Undergraduate Learning course is for students who have a basic familiarity working with social Assistants (ULAs) for political science courses during the semester they science data. It uses this foundation to teach more advanced ways to serve as ULAs. This course will provide support and structure to make think about inference and uncertainty, with an emphasis on cutting-edge them effective in their role, including training in pedagogy and University techniques and applications to real world problems. policies; ongoing mentorship and supervision; and opportunities for Requisites: Prerequisite, POLI 281. reflection, assessment, and evaluation. May not count toward the Gen Ed: SS, QI. political science major. Permission of the instructor. Grading status: Letter grade. Gen Ed: EE- Service Learning. POLI 384. Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. 3 Credits. Repeat rules: May be repeated for credit. 9 total credits. 9 total One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary completions. gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative Grading status: Letter grade. techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics. Gen Ed: PH. Grading status: Letter grade Same as: PHIL 384, ECON 384. POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI) 7

POLI 395. Mentored Research in Political Science. 1-3 Credits. POLI 411. Civil Liberties under the Constitution. 3 Credits. Required preparation, six hours of POLI course credit. Permission of An analysis of the complex political problems created by the expansion of the instructor. Students carry out a research project under the direct protection for individual liberties in the United States. Emphasis will be on supervision of a faculty mentor. Learning contract required. Open to contemporary problems with some supplemental historical background. political science majors. Honors version available Gen Ed: EE- Mentored Research. Gen Ed: HS, NA. Repeat rules: May be repeated for credit. 6 total credits. 6 total Grading status: Letter grade. completions. POLI 411H. Civil Liberties under the Constitution. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. An analysis of the complex political problems created by the expansion of POLI 396. Directed Readings in Political Science. 1-3 Credits. protection for individual liberties in the United States. Emphasis will be on Required preparation, six hours of POLI course credit. Permission of the contemporary problems with some supplemental historical background. instructor. Directed readings in a special field under the direction of a Gen Ed: HS, NA. faculty member. Learning contract required. Open to political science Grading status: Letter grade. majors. POLI 412. United States National Elections. 3 Credits. Repeat rules: May be repeated for credit. 6 total credits. 2 total Course studies United States presidential and congressional elections. completions. Emphasis on individual vote, changing party strengths, and the relation of Grading status: Letter grade. outcomes to policy. Honors version available POLI 400. Executive Politics. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: SS, NA. This course explores how presidents select policy options, how they Grading status: Letter grade. decide timing, what shapes their congressional support, and how they POLI 412H. United States National Elections. 3 Credits. build successful coalitions. Course studies United States presidential and congressional elections. Gen Ed: SS, CI. Emphasis on individual vote, changing party strengths, and the relation of Grading status: Letter grade. outcomes to policy. POLI 401. Political Economy I: The Domestic System. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: SS, NA. Problems of the national government in managing capitalist development Grading status: Letter grade. and economic growth; political constraints; patterns of conflict among POLI 416. Constitutional Policies and the Judicial Process. 3 Credits. domestic actors. Analysis of the structure and functions of judicial systems emphasizing Gen Ed: SS. the organization, administration, and politics of judicial bureaucracies Grading status: Letter grade. and roles of judges, juries, counsel, litigants, and interested groups in POLI 404. Race, Immigration, and Urban Politics. 3 Credits. adjudication processes. This course provides a survey of the literature on race, immigration, Gen Ed: SS, NA. and urban politics in the contemporary United States. The goal is to Grading status: Letter grade understand the complex relationship between racial/ethnic identity and Same as: PWAD 416. local political processes. Students explore topics such as police brutality, POLI 417. Advanced Political Psychology. 3 Credits. immigration, the education system, and coalition politics. Examines in greater depth issues in the field of political psychology, Requisites: Prerequisite, POLI 100. including conflict and conflict resolution, socialization, attitude formation, Gen Ed: SS, EE- Service Learning, US. mass movements, leader-follower relationships, and psychobiography. Grading status: Letter grade. Honors version available POLI 406. State Governments: Laboratories of Democracy. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: SS, CI, QI. Advanced topics in state government and politics, including political Grading status: Letter grade. behavior and processes, governmental institutions, public policies. POLI 417H. Advanced Political Psychology. 3 Credits. Emphasis on how states serve as the laboratories of democracy in a Examines in greater depth issues in the field of political psychology, federal system. including conflict and conflict resolution, socialization, attitude formation, Requisites: Prerequisite, POLI 100 or 101. mass movements, leader-follower relationships, and psychobiography. Grading status: Letter grade. Gen Ed: SS, CI, QI. POLI 409. Mock Constitutional Convention. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. Students employ their understanding of political philosophy and practical POLI 418. Mass Media and American Politics. 3 Credits. politics to write a new constitution for the United States. Emphasis is on Junior-senior standing required. Examination of the role, behavior, and creative blending of theory and practice. influence of the mass media in American politics. Gen Ed: SS. Gen Ed: SS, NA. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 410. The Constitution of the United States. 3 Credits. A study of the fundamental principles of constitutional interpretation and practice in the United States by means of lectures, textbooks, and cases. Emphasis will be on the political context surrounding and the impact following Supreme Court decisions. Gen Ed: SS, NA. Grading status: Letter grade. 8 POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI)

POLI 419H. Race and Politics in the Contemporary United States. 3 POLI 429. Diversity and Politics. 3 Credits. Credits. Diversity is sometimes cited as a facilitator of political cooperation Restricted to juniors and seniors. Surveys the vast literature on race and but more often it is considered a challenge for constructive civic politics in the contemporary United States and examines the complex engagement. This course engages the various ways in which different relationship between racial and ethnic identity and political outcomes. forms of diversity (e.g., racial, ethnic, religious, linguistic, national origin) It explores broad political science concepts in the context of racial and and politics interact across a wide range of societies. ethnic groups. Requisites: Prerequisite, POLI 130. Gen Ed: SS, US. Gen Ed: GL. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 419. Race and Politics in the Contemporary United States. 3 POLI 430. Analysis of National Security Policy. 3 Credits. Credits. Course explores contemporary threats to national security, approaches Restricted to juniors and seniors. Surveys the vast literature on race and to national security strategy, policy instruments, the role of military force, politics in the contemporary United States and examines the complex and the policy-making process. relationship between racial and ethnic identity and political outcomes. Gen Ed: SS, GL. It explores broad political science concepts in the context of racial and Grading status: Letter grade ethnic groups. Honors version available Same as: PLCY 430, PWAD 430. Gen Ed: SS, US. POLI 431. African Politics and Societies. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. The problems of race, class, and ideology are explored in the countries POLI 420. Legislative Politics. 3 Credits. south of the Zambezi River, along with the political and economic ties Examines the politics of the United States Congress. Emphasis on that bind these countries. representation, the legislative process, and policy making. Honors version Gen Ed: SS, BN, GL. available Grading status: Letter grade. Gen Ed: SS. POLI 432. Tolerance in Liberal States. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. This course will compare the theory and practice of tolerance in the POLI 420H. Legislative Politics. 3 Credits. United States and Europe, with particular attention to Great Britain and Examines the politics of the United States Congress. Emphasis on France. representation, the legislative process, and policy making. Gen Ed: PH, CI, NA. Gen Ed: SS. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 433. Politics of the European Union. 3 Credits. POLI 421. Framing Public Policies. 3 Credits. Examines the politics and political economy of institutional change and This course will focus on the process by which policies get framed, or policy making in the European Union in comparative perspective. Honors defined, in public discussions. Framing is focusing attention on some version available elements of a complex public problem rather than others. Readings Gen Ed: SS, GL, NA. combine psychological background with case histories of United States Grading status: Letter grade and comparative public policy changes over time. Same as: EURO 433. Gen Ed: SS, CI, EE- Mentored Research. POLI 433H. Politics of the European Union. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. Examines the politics and political economy of institutional change and POLI 422. Minority Representation in the American States. 3 Credits. policy making in the European Union in comparative perspective. This class explores the political representation of blacks, Latina/os, Gen Ed: SS, GL, NA. women, and gays and lesbians in the American states. How do these Grading status: Letter grade groups achieve descriptive and substantive representation? How does Same as: EURO 433H. state context shape the political representation of these minorities? POLI 434. Politics of Mexico. 3 Credits. Students taking this course should have a strong interest in state politics. This course provides a survey of 20th-century politics in Mexico, Gen Ed: SS, US. including the construction of the single-party regime under the PRI and Grading status: Letter grade. the political and economic changes in the second half of the century that POLI 424. Legislative Procedure in Congress. 3 Credits. marked the end of the one-party regime and inaugurated a new era of Examines legislative procedure in Congress. Requires active participation political competition. in a Model Congress. Gen Ed: SS, BN. Gen Ed: SS. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 435. Democracy and Development in Latin America. 3 Credits. POLI 428. Sexuality, Race, and Gender: Identity and Political The analysis of central issues of democracy and development in Latin Representation. 3 Credits. America. Honors version available Analyzing the impact of the descriptive representation of marginalized Gen Ed: SS, BN, GL. communities on public policy, legislation, and social change. Sexual Grading status: Letter grade. orientation, identity, gender, ethnicity and race, and the intersectionality of these communities. We seek to understand the role that elected officials can have in driving change, affecting their colleagues and constituents. Gen Ed: SS, US. Grading status: Letter grade. POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI) 9

POLI 435H. Democracy and Development in Latin America. 3 Credits. POLI 447. Immigrant Integration in Contemporary Western Europe. 3 The analysis of central issues of democracy and development in Latin Credits. America. Immigrant integration has been one of the most intense political issues in Gen Ed: SS, BN, GL. Western Europe in recent decades. The extent to which these immigrants Grading status: Letter grade. have successfully integrated is a hot topic of debate across Europe, and there is no consensus about the best way to promote integration. This POLI 438. Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe. 3 Credits. course explores these debates. Honors version available Explores the collapse of communist rule in 1989 and the reaction of Gen Ed: SS, CI, NA. international institutions to the challenges of democratization, economic Grading status: Letter grade. transition, ethnic conflict, and European integration in an undivided POLI 447H. Immigrant Integration in Contemporary Western Europe. 3 Europe. Credits. Gen Ed: SS, NA. Immigrant integration has been one of the most intense political issues in Grading status: Letter grade Western Europe in recent decades. The extent to which these immigrants Same as: EURO 438. have successfully integrated is a hot topic of debate across Europe, and POLI 440. How to Stay in Power When the People Want You Dead: The there is no consensus about the best way to promote integration. This Politics of Authoritarian Survival. 3 Credits. course explores these debates. Dictators do not rely on consent of the people to stay in power. But they Gen Ed: SS, CI, NA. do still face constraints and must perform a delicate balancing act to Grading status: Letter grade. maintain enough support to stay in office and reap its rewards. This class POLI 448. The Politics of Multilevel Governance. 3 Credits. seeks to understand when autocrats are successful and when they fail. Political authority is changing around the world. Decision making has Gen Ed: SS, GL. shifted down to state and local governments, such as Catalonia and Grading status: Letter grade. Scotland, and up to international organizations such as the European POLI 441. Israeli Politics and Society. 3 Credits. Union and the World Health Organization. What does this mean for the This course will explore Israeli society, Israeli politics, and the Arab-Israeli future of the national state? conflict. Gen Ed: SS, GL. Gen Ed: BN, GL. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 449. Beg, Borrow, or Steal: How Governments Get Money and Its POLI 442. International Political Economy. 3 Credits. Effects on Accountability. 3 Credits. Theories of international political economy, major trends in international This course explores the politics behind taxation, foreign aid, natural economic relations, selected contemporary policy issues. resources, and debt, focusing on how each affects accountability and Requisites: Prerequisites, ECON 101 and POLI 150. state capacity. Topics include when governments tax; whether taxation Gen Ed: SS, GL. causes democratization; the effects of foreign aid and oil money on Grading status: Letter grade corruption and conflict; and how government debt shapes domestic Same as: EURO 442. politics. Gen Ed: SS, GL. POLI 443. American Foreign Policy: Formulation and Conduct. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. The role of Congress, the press, public opinion, the president, the secretary and the Department of State, the military, and the intelligence POLI 450. Contemporary Inter-American Relations. 3 Credits. community in making American foreign policy. Emphasizes the impact of A comprehensive analysis of hemispheric international relations and the bureaucratic process on the content of foreign policy. foreign policies of individual Latin American nations. Honors version Requisites: Prerequisite, POLI 150; permission of the instructor for available students lacking the prerequisite. Gen Ed: SS, GL. Gen Ed: SS. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade POLI 450H. Contemporary Inter-American Relations. 3 Credits. Same as: PWAD 443. A comprehensive analysis of hemispheric international relations and foreign policies of individual Latin American nations. POLI 444. Terrorism and International Peace. 3 Credits. The U.S. 9/11 attack represents the defining terrorist attack to Americans, Gen Ed: SS, GL. but in most of the world, terrorism has long been part of politics. We will Grading status: Letter grade. examine what motivates individuals to consider violence, how individuals POLI 451. Race, Ethnicity, and Political Change in Comparative organize to protect their political interests, the types of tactics used by Perspective. 3 Credits. violent groups and the state's response, before concluding with a study of The course examines the interplay of race, ethnicity, political institutions, collapsed states, the international implications of political violence, and and political mobilization in modern state and nation-building. Through possibilities for conflict resolution. the use of broadly drawn international case studies, the politics of Gen Ed: SS, GL. ethnicity and race is analyzed from the perspective of global processes Grading status: Letter grade of state building, colonialism and decolonization, and capitalist Same as: PWAD 444. development as well from local development of ideology and political organizations. Gen Ed: SS, BN. Grading status: Letter grade. 10 POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI)

POLI 452. Africa and International Conflict. 3 Credits. POLI 469H. Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia. 3 Credits. The purpose of this course is to examine Africa's conflicts using an Focuses on ethnic and political conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and historical examination and advances in international relations theory. We efforts by the international community to end conflict and promote peace will examine European colonial intervention, the wars of independence, and reconstruction. the Cold War, and the use of proxies, insurgencies, the African World War, Gen Ed: SS, GL. the Sudanese War, and the "war of terrorism." Grading status: Letter grade Gen Ed: BN, GL. Same as: PWAD 469H. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 470. Social and Political Philosophy. 3 Credits. POLI 453. When Countries Go Broke: Political Responses to Financial An examination of the logic of social and political thought with an Crises. 3 Credits. analysis of such concepts as society, state, power, authority, freedom, What happens when countries go broke? This course considers the social and political obligation, law, rights. Honors version available complex historical relation between revenue generation and the Gen Ed: PH, NA. development of the nation-state, and details a variety of major crises Grading status: Letter grade. facing governments today, including the political determinants of and POLI 470H. Social and Political Philosophy. 3 Credits. responses to major recent financial crises. An examination of the logic of social and political thought with an Gen Ed: SS, GL. analysis of such concepts as society, state, power, authority, freedom, Grading status: Letter grade. social and political obligation, law, rights. POLI 457. International Conflict Processes. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: PH, NA. Analysis of international conflict and the causal mechanisms that drive or Grading status: Letter grade. prevent conflict. Emphasis is on the conditions and processes of conflict POLI 471. Contemporary Political Thought. 3 Credits. and cooperation between nations. Survey of the historical foundations, central tenets, and political Gen Ed: SS, GL. consequences of prominent 20th-century political theories. Topics Grading status: Letter grade include contemporary liberalism and Marxism, fascism, theories of Same as: PWAD 457. development, populism, feminism. Honors version available POLI 458. International Conflict Management and Resolution. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: PH, NA. Examines the management and resolution of international and civil wars. Grading status: Letter grade. Honors version available POLI 471H. Contemporary Political Thought. 3 Credits. Requisites: Prerequisite, POLI 150. Survey of the historical foundations, central tenets, and political Gen Ed: SS. consequences of prominent 20th-century political theories. Topics Grading status: Letter grade include contemporary liberalism and Marxism, fascism, theories of Same as: PWAD 458. development, populism, feminism. POLI 458H. International Conflict Management and Resolution. 3 Credits. POLI 472. Problems of Modern Democratic Theory. 3 Credits. Examines the management and resolution of international and civil wars. Major problem areas in democratic theory including definitions, Requisites: Prerequisite, POLI 150. presuppositions, and justifications of democracy, liberty, equality, minority Gen Ed: SS. rights, public interest, participation, dissent, and civil disobedience. Grading status: Letter grade Honors version available Same as: PWAD 458H. Gen Ed: PH, NA. POLI 459. Trans-Atlantic Security. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. The course explores the development of Euro-Atlantic security POLI 472H. Problems of Modern Democratic Theory. 3 Credits. institutions (NATO, EU) and compares security policy in the United States Major problem areas in democratic theory including definitions, and Europe. Cases include policy toward the Balkans, Afghanistan, presuppositions, and justifications of democracy, liberty, equality, minority Russia, and Ukraine. Includes review of concepts of security and selected rights, public interest, participation, dissent, and civil disobedience. international relations approaches to international organizations. Gen Ed: PH, NA. Gen Ed: SS, GL. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade Same as: PWAD 459. POLI 473. Politics and Literature. 3 Credits. Identifies and interprets political ideas using historical and contemporary POLI 469. Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia. 3 Credits. literary sources. Examines literature as political practice. Focuses on ethnic and political conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and Gen Ed: PH, NA. efforts by the international community to end conflict and promote peace Grading status: Letter grade. and reconstruction. Honors version available Gen Ed: SS, GL. POLI 476. The Political Theory of the American Founding. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade A role-immersive simulation of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Same as: PWAD 469. Students employ their knowledge of the political theory and science of the founding period to become the Convention of 1787 and write a constitution. Gen Ed: PH, CI, NA. Grading status: Letter grade. POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI) 11

POLI 477. Advanced Feminist Political Theory. 3 Credits. POLI 692H. Honors Thesis Research. 3 Credits. Examines in greater depth and complexity current issues in feminist Required of all students in the honors program in political science. political theory. Topics: theories of subjectivity and solidarity, feminist Gen Ed: CI, EE- Mentored Research. poststructuralist and post-Marxist thinking, gender in the public sphere. Grading status: Letter grade. Gen Ed: PH, CI, NA. POLI 693H. Honors Thesis Research. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade Required of all students in the honors program in political science. Same as: WGST 477. Gen Ed: EE- Mentored Research. POLI 488. Game Theory. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. Increasingly, political and social scientists are using game theory to POLI 698. Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course. 3 analyze strategic interactions across different settings. This course aims Credits. to give students a deep technical understanding of the most relevant Permission of the department. This capstone course advances PHIL 384, concepts of game theory and how these concepts have been applied to focusing on such theoretical and philosophical issues as the analysis of the study of political and economic phenomena. rights or distributive justice and the institutional implications of moral Requisites: Prerequisite, POLI 287 or 288. forms. Gen Ed: SS, QI. Requisites: Prerequisite, PHIL 384. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 700. Core Seminar on American Politics. 3 Credits. POLI 490. Advanced Special Topics in Political Science. 3 Credits. An overview of research on American politics that introduces students A detailed examination of advanced special topics in political science. to a wide range of sustentative understandings and theoretical Honors version available perspectives. Repeat rules: May be repeated for credit; may be repeated in the same Grading status: Letter grade. term for different topics; 12 total credits. 4 total completions. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 701. American Political Institutions. 3 Credits. Theory and practice of political institutions in the American context. POLI 490H. Advanced Special Topics in Political Science. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. A detailed examination of advanced special topics in political science. Repeat rules: May be repeated for credit; may be repeated in the same POLI 703. Congress and Theory Building. 3 Credits. term for different topics; 12 total credits. 4 total completions. This course examines diverse theoretical perspectives on national Grading status: Letter grade. institutional change and stability, using as our institutional focus the United States Congress between 1789 and 1989. POLI 630. Political Contestation in Europe. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. Examines recent developments in the European integration process by exploring the potential for political contestation concerning European POLI 704. American Presidency. 3 Credits. Union matters in national politics. Familiarizes students with the main Survey of the substantial literature and research on the American theoretical approaches and the extensive empirical work dealing with the Presidency. effects of European integration. Grading status: Letter grade. Gen Ed: SS. POLI 705. Judicial Politics. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. Survey of recent literature on the politics of judicial institutions and the POLI 631. European Security: The Enlarging European Union and the behavior of judges, lawyers, litigants, and other actors in the judicial Trans-Atlantic Relationship. 3 Credits. process, emphasizing relationships between judicial and other policy- Permission of the instructor for undergraduates. Since the collapse making processes. of communism from 1989 to 1991, the European Union has faced a Grading status: Letter grade. fundamentally different geopolitical neighborhood and an evolving POLI 708. Seminar in Subnational Politics and Policy. 3 Credits. relationship with the United States. We will explore how Europe has This course surveys the major topics and research programs in addressed new challenges to its security in its neighborhood and beyond. subnational American politics and policy, with special attention to the Gen Ed: SS. vertical and horizontal intergovernmental interactions inherent within Grading status: Letter grade. federal political systems. POLI 632. The European Union as a Global Actor. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. Permission of the instructor for undergraduates. This seminar introduces POLI 710. Political Parties. 3 Credits. students to basic theoretical approaches to both international relations Selected problems and issues in the study of American and comparative and the European Union by focusing on the European Union's external parties and party systems. relations and foreign policies. Grading status: Letter grade. Gen Ed: SS. POLI 711. American Political Behavior. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. Theoretical study of mass behavior (i.e., participation, voting, protest) in POLI 691H. Honors Seminar in Research Design. 3 Credits. the American context. Required of all students in the honors program in political science. Grading status: Letter grade. Gen Ed: EE- Mentored Research. POLI 712. Public Opinion. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. A study of public opinion, its formation, expression, and impact on political systems and public policy. Grading status: Letter grade. 12 POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI)

POLI 713. Dynamics of Electoral Politics. 3 Credits. POLI 723. Approaches to Conflict Transformation: Theory and Practice of Change within mass electorates. Topics include issue and attitude Peacebuilding Across Contexts. 3 Credits. change, political realignments, and models of electoral competition. In this course, students will learn about a variety of mechanisms for Grading status: Letter grade. resolving or transforming conflict on interpersonal, community, state, and POLI 714. Political Socialization. 3 Credits. international levels. The pedagogy of this course will be both theoretical and practical. Through readings, assignments, and class discussion, The learning process by which individuals acquire values, attitudes, and norms affecting their behavior in the political community, with emphasis we will wrestle with questions about the efficacy, significance, and on major agencies of socialization: family, schools, peer groups, and ethical implications of various methods of conflict transformation; and media. we will learn some techniques of conflict resolution from experienced Grading status: Letter grade. practitioners. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 715. Seminar on Political Psychology. 3 Credits. This course surveys and evaluates current and past research in political POLI 724. Organization Design. 3 Credits. psychology. Topics may include: personality, attitudes and values, Field theory, motivation, communication, and systems perspectives as socialization, political reasoning, information processing, decision theoretical bases for organization design. making, political identity, and political affect. Requisites: Prerequisite, POLI 700, or permission of the instructor. Requisites: Prerequisite, POLI 711. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 725. Public Administration Analysis and Evaluation II. 3 Credits. POLI 716. Organized Interests in United States Politics. 3 Credits. Second course in a two-course sequence introducing students to applied The course examines the major theories and empirical research on how research design, data collection, data management, data analysis, and organized interests mobilize and maintain themselves, interact within analytical reporting to allow students to conduct original research, be populations, exercise influence through lobbying, and impact public informed consumers of other research, and ultimately improve public policy. It includes the full range of interest organizations operating in program planning and evaluation decisions. American politics at any level and in all institutional venues. Requisites: Prerequisite, PUBA 719. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade Same as: PUBA 720. POLI 717. Potential for Democratic Stability in Deeply Divided Societies. 3 Credits. POLI 726. Intergovernmental Relations. 3 Credits. The theory of power sharing tries to explain how stable democracy is Conflict and cooperation among governmental officials representing possible in deeply divided societies. national, state, and local governments in the United States; changing Grading status: Letter grade. roles of governments and new mechanisms for intergovernmental collaboration. POLI 718. Agenda-Setting. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. This class will focus on theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of agenda-setting in both American and comparative settings. POLI 727. Framing. 3 Credits. Begins in the 1950s through current literature, covering a wide range This class will focus on the theoretical and empirical studies of individual of methodological approaches. Assignments include participation in and collective framing. Readings will be from journalism, sociology, seminar discussion, short papers on readings, and substantial original psychology, and political science and will include both US-based and research paper. comparative studies. Assignments include participation in seminar Grading status: Letter grade. discussion, short papers on readings, and substantial original research paper. POLI 720. Managing Public Policy. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. The role(s), function(s), and strategy of public administrators in the formulation, adoption, and implementation of public policies. Policy from POLI 728. Policy Workshop. 3 Credits. the perspective of the policy maker; cases exploring the relationship of Application of theories and techniques of policy analysis and planning to theories to actual policy processes. Spring. current public problems for actual clients. Focus on design and execution Requisites: Prerequisites, POLI 700, 745, or PUBA 723. of policy research, and interpretation and presentation of results. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 721. Public Policy and Administration. 3 Credits. POLI 729. The Psychology of Collective Politics. 3 Credits. Alternative explanation of public policies and policy-making processes; Explores the psychological underpinnings of collective politics from the introduction to policy analysis as a way to inform choices among policy perspective of both individuals and groups. Political behaviors examined options; policy implementation through administrative practices and include deliberation, protest, nationalism, and intergroup conflict. procedures. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 730. Comparative Political Research and Analysis. 3 Credits. POLI 722. Federal Policies and Institutions. 3 Credits. The seminar introduces the beginning graduate student to the central The motivations of public agency officials, interactions between issues and major developments in the field of comparative government bureaucracies and other political actors, and alternative strategies to and politics. control bureaucratic power and discretion in making, implementing, and Grading status: Letter grade. evaluating public policies. Grading status: Letter grade Same as: PUBA 722. POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI) 13

POLI 731. The Politics of Development and Change. 3 Credits. POLI 742. Political Economy of Latin American Development. 3 Credits. The theories, concepts, and mechanisms of political change, with Examines effects of state, regime-type, and political processes on particular attention to processes of development and modernization in agricultural and industrial policy in Latin America. Also considers the the new nations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. informal economy, international debt, and relationship between policy and Grading status: Letter grade. politicization. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 732. Political Economy of Multilevel Government. 3 Credits. The vertical distribution of governmental authority is changing around the POLI 743. Seminar on United States - Latin American Relations. 3 world. Decision making, resources, and power are shifting downward (to Credits. state and local governments) and upward (to supra-national bodies like Analysis of the central conceptual concerns and major theoretical the European Union, other regional or international organizations). This approaches to the study of inter-American relations, with a focus on course examines theories and empirical studies that explore the causes United States foreign policy toward the region. and consequences of these trends. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 744. African Politics: Challenges of Democratization and POLI 733. Comparative Political Economy. 3 Credits. Development. 3 Credits. Examines topics in the comparative political economy of Western Europe Study of the politics of development in contemporary Africa, with such as neocorporatism, postindustrialism, the politics of industrial emphasis on changing state society relations, the roles of peasants and relations, and the European community. women in politics, and prospects for democratization. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 734. Comparative Political Behavior. 3 Credits. POLI 745. Varieties of Democratic Capitalism in Europe and North Political behavior of the public in cross-national or non-American America. 3 Credits. settings. Political culture, belief systems, participation, protest, revolution, This course will examine the development of different types of welfare voting behavior, civic behavior, socialization, and media. states in Europe and North America. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 735. Comparative Bureaucracy. 3 Credits. POLI 746. Identities and Transitions. 3 Credits. A cross-national examination of functions, career patterns, role behavior, Capstone course for the REEES concentration in the Global Studies MA and relationships of bureaucratic elites within the context of national program. Interdisciplinary course focusing on the variety of problems political systems. Research on particular countries is emphasized. encountered by the societies of East European countries and successor Grading status: Letter grade. states of the former Soviet Union in their transition from communism to POLI 736. Political Transitions and Democratization in Comparative democracy. Perspective. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade Examination of contrasting theoretical approaches to understanding Same as: GLBL 730. democracy. Comparative study of Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin POLI 747. Diversity and Politics. 3 Credits. America elucidates challenges and opportunities that affect possibilities Diversity is sometimes cited as a facilitator of political cooperation for democratization and consolidation. but more often it is considered a challenge for constructive civic Grading status: Letter grade. engagement. This course engages the ways in which different forms of POLI 737. Psychology of Elite Decision Making. 3 Credits. diversity (e.g., racial, ethnic, religious, linguistic, gender, national-origin, Political thinking of politicians and civil servants in domestic and foreign sexuality) and politics interact across a wide range of societies. policy. Perception, cognition, learning, attitude change and persuasion, Grading status: Letter grade. aging, motivation, emotions, and personality. POLI 750. Theories of International Relations I. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. Introduction to the central issues and major theoretical developments in POLI 738. Power and Morality in Politics. 3 Credits. the field of international relations, focusing on system structure, political Motives of power and morality in rational choice theories and theories of and security issues, and decision making. power sharing. Empirical findings and normative evaluations. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 751. Theories of International Relations II. 3 Credits. POLI 739. Communist Political Systems. 3 Credits. Introduction to the central issues and major theoretical developments in An examination of the political evolution and process in societies the field of international relations, focusing on the politics of international governed by communist parties. economic relations, law and organization, and fundamental system Grading status: Letter grade. change. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 740. Issues in Latin American Politics. 3 Credits. Explores the central issues of Latin American politics and analyzes major POLI 752. International Organization. 3 Credits. theoretical debates. Theories and approaches to the study of international organizations and Grading status: Letter grade. regimes, plus selected noneconomic case studies. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 741. Latin American Politics: Research and Analysis. 3 Credits. Reviews major works and theoretical perspectives in the literature, POLI 753. International Conflict and Cooperation. 3 Credits. assesses contemporary political science research on Latin America, and An examination of international conflict and cooperative processes in the examines problems of field research. context of the evolution of the international system. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. 14 POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI)

POLI 754. Formal Models of International Relations. 3 Credits. POLI 775. American Political Theory. 3 Credits. An examination of research that uses formal models to analyze decision Survey of issues and problems in American political thought, with making in international relations, with a focus on non-cooperative game analysis of major thinkers and selected topics and emphasis on the role theory. of family, society, and economy in political theory. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 756. Politics of the International Economy. 3 Credits. POLI 776. Recent and Contemporary Political Theory. 3 Credits. Positive theories of political choice in trade, monetary relations, foreign An introduction to recent and contemporary political thought, its major investment, and regional integration. thinkers and issues. Emphasis on Continental thought. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 757. Political Economy of the Nation State in the World System. 3 POLI 777. Major Figures in Political Theory. 3 Credits. Credits. An in-depth study of the primary and secondary literature on one or two Analysis of the interaction between the external sector of the economy major figures in the history of political thought (e.g., Plato, Machiavelli, and domestic politics in weak capitalist states. Hobbes, Marx). Requisites: Prerequisite, ECON 460 or 465; permission of the instructor Grading status: Letter grade. for students lacking the prerequisite. POLI 778. The Formal Theory of Institutions. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. This course is a comprehensive introduction to the burgeoning literature POLI 758. Theories of Foreign Policy. 3 Credits. on the formal theory of institutions. This course is an introduction to the field of foreign policy analysis. Its Grading status: Letter grade. primary goal is to expose students to the theories and methods of foreign POLI 780. Scope and Methods of Political Research. 2 Credits. policy research and analysis. Permission of the instructor. A discussion of the theory and process of Grading status: Letter grade. political analysis, including philosophy of science, research design, the POLI 759. Research in Cooperation and Conflict Processes. 3 Credits. methods of drawing causal inferences, and of generating data. Advanced doctoral-level course. Builds off POLI 750 to explore current Grading status: Letter grade. lines of research on conflict and cooperation. Each student will develop POLI 782. Logic of Political Inquiry. 3 Credits. potential research projects and one expanded research project. The A critical examination of models of political inquiry. Empirical (naturalist), project should be suitable for subsequent development into a thesis and/ interpretive, and critical metatheories are considered in terms of or publication. Course focuses on research and the research process. each model's ontological, epistemological, and practical/political Grading status: Letter grade. consequences and presuppositions. POLI 763. Divided Societies. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. When a society is deeply divided along racial, ethnic, religious or linguistic POLI 783. Probability and Statistics. 4 Credits. lines, this classical model brings the risk that the majoritarian segment of Introduction to probability theory and basic principles of statistical society always stays in power. inference, including estimation and tests of hypotheses; basic Grading status: Letter grade. programming in R. POLI 768. Feminist Political Theory. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. A survey of feminist approaches to politics and political inquiry. POLI 784. Regression Models. 4 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade Introduction to linear and nonlinear regression models for continuous Same as: WGST 768. and categorical data. Topics include ordinary least squares estimation, POLI 770. Community Economic Development: Strategies and Choices. 3 maximum likelihood estimation, casual inference for observational Credits. studies, graphical model interpretation techniques, and data analysis in The goal of this course is to acquire a command of the fundamentals R. of economic development from the community's perspective. This is Grading status: Letter grade. done by reading and absorbing the theoretical literature on economic POLI 786. Time Series Analysis of Political Data. 3 Credits. development from the fields of urban politics, planning, sociology, Discusses the problems that arise when regression methodologies are economics, political science, and sociology. applied to time series and pooled time series data. Grading status: Letter grade Requisites: Prerequisite, POLI 784; permission of the instructor for Same as: PUBA 770. students lacking the prerequisite. POLI 771. Modern Political Theory. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. An introduction to modern political thought, its major thinkers and issues. POLI 787. Advanced Topics in Political Data Science. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. Survey of important contemporary trends in advanced data analysis. POLI 773. Major Issues in Political Theory. 3 Credits. Likely topics include multilevel models, measurement models, machine An introduction to the major issues of political theory, with emphasis on learning, modeling dependence, and advanced computation in R. the major thinkers in the history of Western political thought. Requisites: Prerequisites, POLI 783 and 784. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 774. Classical Political Theory. 3 Credits. An introduction to ancient and medieval political thought, its major thinkers and issues. Grading status: Letter grade. POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI) 15

POLI 788. Statistics and Data Analysis for Political Science and Policy POLI 813. Comparative Welfare States. 3 Credits. Research. 3 Credits. This course examines the development, achievements, present crisis, and This course focuses on the application of statistical analysis to future of welfare states in advanced industrial democracies. quantitative data in order to study theoretically and substantively Grading status: Letter grade interesting questions about politics and policy. Same as: SOCI 813. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 816. Influential Works in Democracy. 3 Credits. POLI 789. Game Theory. 3 Credits. The course covers the major traditions of democratic theory from ancient This class provides graduate students with an introduction to game Greece to the present, ethnographies on political organization, and 19th- theoretic modeling, focusing on noncooperative game theory. Topics and 20th-century observations on democracy. covered include normal form games, extensive-form games, and games Grading status: Letter grade of incomplete information. Same as: SOCI 816. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 830. European Politics. 3 Credits. POLI 790. Positive Political Theory. 3 Credits. Active participation of students in a research project on career motives This seminar surveys applications of rational choice models across and ethical principles in European countries. the subfields of political science. It also considers critiques of national Grading status: Letter grade. choice approaches and alternative theoretical approaches to modeling POLI 831. Comparative European Societies. 3 Credits. human behavior. Examination of commonalities and differences of European societies Grading status: Letter grade. and of the tensions and difficulties attending the European integration POLI 791. Game Theory II. 3 Credits. process. This course is designed for students who desire greater proficiency in Grading status: Letter grade. the more advanced topics. The course focuses on games of incomplete POLI 846. Seminar in International Communication. 3 Credits. information that are widely used in political science like signaling and Reading and research in selected topics. Focus in recent years cheap-talk games and on topics that are starting to play a prominent role has included global news flow, communication and social change, like principal agents models. communication in the collapse of communism, Western dominance Requisites: Prerequisite, POLI 789. in international communication, global culture, and the influence of Grading status: Letter grade. technology. POLI 792. Research Seminar in Political Communication. 3 Credits. Requisites: Prerequisite, MEJO 446; permission of the instructor for Participants consider the scientific literature and conduct innovative students lacking the prerequisite. research. Topics focus on different media institutions' structure, political Grading status: Letter grade actors' communication strategies, and the ways that citizens engage Same as: MEJO 846. with social, print, and electronic media. The aim is to better understand POLI 850. Theories of International Politics. 3 Credits. political news, public opinion, and the character of electoral democracy. Topics relating to the development of theory in the realm of international Grading status: Letter grade. politics. POLI 799. TAM Internship Credit. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 799 includes both an internship and an academic component. POLI 851. Seminar in International Relations. 3 Credits. The student intern is required to work at least 8 hours per week, for a Special topics in international relations, such as alliances, bargaining, minimum of 100 hours, at the internship agency. In addition to the hours decision making, economic interdependence, and international human worked, the student must, under the supervision of the faculty supervisor, rights. write a research paper or complete a comparable project, and keep a Grading status: Letter grade. journal of internship activities. Requisites: Prerequisite, one semester of coursework in TAM. POLI 852. U.S.-E.U. Lecture Series. 1 Credit. Repeat rules: May be repeated for credit. 6 total credits. 2 total One credit course designed to enhance students' understanding of completions. transatlantic studies through lectures from and discussion with experts Grading status: Letter grade. in the field. Topics will focus on European Union and/or United States foreign and domestic politics as well as on contemporary transatlantic POLI 801. Judicial Behavior Research. 3 Credits. relations. POLI 803. Seminar on Application of Political Behavior Research to Grading status: Letter grade. Public Problems. 3 Credits. POLI 853. Political Economy of International Money and Finance. 3 Exploration and examination of the ways in which political behavior Credits. research can be applied to understanding and ameliorating public Investigates the linkages between politics and economics in various problems. realms of global finance, including exchange rates, sovereign debt, and Grading status: Letter grade. foreign direct investment. Consider efforts to govern global finance, as POLI 811. Seminar in Political Sociology. 3 Credits. well as the intersections between domestic politics and the international The relationships between social structure and political decisions. economy. Classical works and recent research in this area. Regimes and social structure; bureaucracies, political associations, and Grading status: Letter grade. professions; science and politics; closed and open politics; political movements and change. Grading status: Letter grade Same as: SOCI 811. 16 POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI)

POLI 860. Data Collection Methods. 3 Credits. POLI 885. Behavioral Economics and Experiments. 3 Credits. Reviews alternative data collection techniques used in surveys, The purpose of this course is to provide students with an introduction to concentrating on the impact these techniques have on the quality of behavioral decision research and its applications. Behavioral decision survey data. Topics covered include errors associated with nonresponse, research is intensely interdisciplinary, employing concepts and tools from interviewing, and data processing. economics, statistics, and other disciplines, as well as the core discipline Grading status: Letter grade of psychology. BDR has had an impact on the fields of medicine, law, Same as: SOCI 760, PLAN 730. military science, environmental sciences, and public policy. POLI 861. Questionnaire Design. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. Examines the stages of questionnaire design including developmental POLI 888. Applying Data Analysis to Transatlantic Studies. 3 Credits. interviewing, question writing, question evaluation, pretesting, This course is designed to get students to expand multivariate data questionnaire ordering, and formatting. Reviews the literature on analysis skills and to think critically about the presentation of information questionnaire construction. Provides hands-on experience in developing in professional settings and the media. A key goal is to give participants questionnaires. the confidence to critically evaluate whether the presentation of data Grading status: Letter grade is professionally sound. Another central goal is to expand skills in Same as: SOCI 761, PLAN 731. multivariate analysis by engaging in a semester-long research project POLI 870. Seminar in Political Theory. 3 Credits. that culminates in a publication quality paper. Special topics in political theory such as Marxism and Socialism, Requisites: Prerequisite, POLI 788. Democratic theory, contemporary political thought, or related topics. Grading status: Letter grade. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 890. Directed Readings in Political Science. 1-21 Credits. POLI 880. Design and Analysis of Experiments and Surveys. 3 Credits. Permission of the department. Directed readings in a special field under Introduction to the use of experimental and survey research methods the direction of a member of the graduate faculty. in political science. Topics include: factorial designs, repeated Grading status: Letter grade. measures design, ANOVA, sampling theory, survey errors and costs, and POLI 891. Special Topics in Political Science. 1-3 Credits. questionnaire design. Permission of the instructor. Seminar in selected areas of political Requisites: Prerequisites, POLI 780 and 783. science. Topics vary from year to year. May be repeated for credit. Grading status: Letter grade. Repeat rules: May be repeated for credit; may be repeated in the same POLI 881. Teaching Political Science. 1.5 Credit. term for different topics. This course is designed to train graduate students to serve as teaching Grading status: Letter grade. assistants. It will focus on how to teach at UNC and how to run a good POLI 993. Master's Research and Thesis. 3 Credits. section. Topics covered will include rules and regulations, resources POLI 994. Doctoral Research and Dissertation. 3 Credits. available through student services, emergency procedures, classroom management, how to stimulate discussion and keep up participation, and how to develop supplementary syllabi. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 882. Fall Friday Lecture Series on Trans-Atlantic Topics. 1 Credit. This course is designed to enhance students' understanding of trans- Atlantic studies through lectures from and discussion with experts in the field. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 883. Introduction to Bayesian Modeling for Political & Social Research. 3 Credits. Introduction to Bayesian modeling and data analysis. The course focuses on basic Bayesian and MCMC theory, as well as applications in the context of common regression and measurement models, including multilevel (generalized) linear models, mixture models, item-response theory models and models for text classification. Basic knowledge of mathematical statistics is desirable, and working knowledge of both the R programming language and the maximum likelihood estimation framework is required. Requisites: Prerequisite, POLI 784. Repeat rules: May be repeated for credit. 3 total credits. 2 total completions. Grading status: Letter grade. POLI 884. Introduction to Machine Learning. 3 Credits. A seminar-style course providing an introduction to the main concepts and models of machine learning. Prior completion of POLI 883 is recommended. Requisites: Prerequisites, POLI 783, 784, and 787. Grading status: Letter grade.